Elizabethtown Station

This station was built in 1915 by the Pennsylvania Railroad to replace another that had been built in 1900. The station building was closed in 1977 by Amtrak. The ... (more)

A westbound Amtrak Keystone arrives at Elizabethtown station, pushed by an ACS-64, with a cab car leading. Middletown is the next stop, followed by Harrisburg, PA, its terminus. New high level pl... (more)

The interior of Amtrak's restored Elizabethtown station - built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1915

Though deteriorating and closed by Amtrak in 1977, the station was renovated in 2009. The c... (more)

Amtrak's Elizabethtown station - built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1915, survives to this day, serving both Amtrak's Keystone trains (Harrisburg, PA to New York, NY) and the Pennsylvanian (Pit... (more)

AMTK No 626 brings an eastbound Keystone train to a stop at Elizabethtown, PA. with New York City (via Philadelphia and the NEC) its final destination. The improved high level platforms were part... (more)

This ex-CP GP9u spent most of its latter career in Ontario. It now lives out its days on the Elizabethtown Industrial Railroad in Central PA.

The Elizabethtown Industrial Railroad passes over one of two crossings on the route on an inbound trip.

The Elizabethtown Industrial Railroad departs from the NS interchange with a single empty tank car.

The Elizabethtown Industrial Railroad picks up a car on the NS interchange with a former CP GP9u lettered for the Clinton Terminal Railroad for power.

Leaving quarters. With cylinder cocks open, the replica Lincoln Funeral Train at Stone Gables Estate prepares to leave its train shed at the west end of the line, on April 22, 2022, the 157... (more)

Maintaining the vigil. A Union Sentry stands guard over the coffin of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, in the aft compartment of the Presidential Car "United S... (more)

A soldier mourns his fallen leader. A Federal Soldier from the 54th Massachusetts poses for a portrait with the train bearing the body of his fallen Commander-in-Chief, Abraham Lincoln. more)

The silent watch. Federal troops stand guard over the train carrying the remains of the 16th President of the United States during a brief stop in a rural Pennsylvania borough.

This 202... (more)

The somber run from Harrisburg to Philadelphia. On Saturday, April 22, 1865, the special funeral train carrying the remains of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, made... (more)

A time-warp in Elizabethtown, PA. With Federal Troops rendering honors, the 2022 re-enactment of the Lincoln Funeral Train passes one span of the Herr's Mill Covered Bridge, on its journey ... (more)