An Amtrak work extra drops ties on the Keystone Line with ex-LIRR and C&O GP38s for power.

Keystone Sunset

AMTK No. 664 leads an eastbound "Keystone" into Mount Joy station at sunset only moments after a westbound "Keystone" departs. Amtrak's "Keystone... (more)

An Amtrak Keystone train, led by a Metroliner cab car, arrives at the recently renovated Mount Joy station in Pennsylvania. Next stop, Harrisburg.

The Pennsylvania Railroad relocated this stat... (more)

A late evening Amtrak Keystone train originating in Harrisburg, PA, departs the recently renovated (October 2019) Mount Joy station. The eastbound train is headed towards Philadelphia, eventually... (more)

Trackwork has diverted a westbound Conrail Truc-Train to the eastbound main near the Eby-Chickies Road crossing. Note the ex-EL SD45 trailing. Today, the signals are gone and the grade crossing ... (more)

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.