A 600-series Harrisburg-Philadelphia Silverliner Service train, nearing the now-closed Eby-Chickies Road crossing. No. 230 was built by the St. Louis Car Co. in 1967 with left-hand controls, to pr... (more)

Amtrak GG-1 918 hustling the "National Limited" between Lancaster and Harrisburg on a cold Sunday afternoon in February of 1976. Maximum track speed on the old PRR main back then was 75 mph. No.... (more)

Keystone Service in the 1980s, with an eastbound 3-car rebuilt Metroliner set. Budd-GE snack bar-coach (PRR Class MPC85E5) No. 856 (scrapped February 2003) is in the lead.

Silverliner Service in the 1970s, with an ex-PRR Class MP85B stopping by Mount Joy's crumbling platform. Amtrak and the Commonwealth of PA recently opened a new station here, with high level plat... (more)

An ex-Westinghouse equipped Budd Metroliner leads eastbound Train 646 at the old PRR 777 signal site. For views from this spot in 1976, see photos 560456 and 628660 on this site.

Classy mid-80s Keystone Service, with rebuilt Budd Metroliners clattering along the old PRR 152-lb jointed rail. Car 887 (originally built as a GE-equipped parlor car) is followed by a GE snack b... (more)

Penn Central GG-1 No. 4890 (Altoona/GE, March, 1940) is leading the westbound "National Limited" at a mile-a-minute along the weed-infested old PRR mainline, passing under the Marietta Pike bridge... (more)

One of Amtrak's newest stations a-building in Mount Joy, PA. Estimated price tag- $25 million, when complete in Spring 2019.

A Penn Central Silverliner has just passed over a rural grade crossing about 10 miles west of Lancaster, on its way to Harrisburg.

Penn Central GG-1 No. 4930 is leading the eastbound National Limited to its next stop in Lancaster. The 4930 was built by Altoona/GE in June, 1940, as the PRR 4904.

GG-1 No. 901 (Altoona / Westinghouse, April, 1940) is leading the National Limited westbound to its next stop in Harrisburg, in this scene from the summer of 1976. Note the PRR 152-lb jointed rai... (more)

The Kansas City bound National Limited is crossing a barren early spring Lancaster County landscape on its way to Harrisburg for an engine change to diesels. 33-year old No. 917 (PRR 4919, Altoon... (more)

The Broadway Limited is racing west under the old Marietta Pike bridge, passing the crumbling station platforms at Mount Joy. The bridge has since been replaced, and Amtrak and the Commonwealth o... (more)

It's Leap Year Day 1976, about a month before Conrail, as the Penn Central's No. 4889 leads Amtrak's National Limited eastbound on the old PRR main line. Note the raised air intakes just below th... (more)

The Broadway Limited heads into the morning sun, with one of the GG-1s not picked up by Amtrak- No. 4894, built by PRR/GE in April 1940. I'm sure the passengers in the sleeper right behind the ba... (more)