Keystone Service train at Elizabethtown, Pa., 2013.
Color digital image showing a Keystone Service (Harrisburg-New York) train stopped at the Elizabethtown, Pa., station.
- Digital Image Details
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- Date Archived:
- July 25, 2014
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 2010s
- Data Format:
- Image
- Route:
- Keystone Service
- Date Created:
- September 1, 2013
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In this image, one of many daily Keystone Service trains is led by cab coach No. 9635. Cab coaches such as this were rebuilt by Amtrak in the late 1980s from the original Budd-manufactured Metroliner cars; in conjunction with an electric locomotive, they operate in push-pull service.
The Pennsylvania Railroad opened the current Elizabethtown depot in 1915. It was designed in the Collegiate Gothic style by the well-known Philadelphia-based firm of Zantzinger, Borie & Medary and includes a slate roof, walls of rough Holmesburg granite and Indiana limestone used for trim. On May 4, 2011, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held to celebrate the station’s rehabilitation.
Between 2004 and 2006, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Amtrak undertook the “Keystone Corridor Improvement Project” with the goal of improving the 104 mile rail line in order to allow for all-electric train service, increase top speeds to 110 mph and add train frequencies including express options.
Photographer: Chuck Gomez for Amtrak. From the Amtrak Corporate Collection.