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Viewing Album:  Lancaster PA Station, 1970s
 
By:Bob Kise
Dates:7/15/1975 - 4/19/1980
Album Info:Teen railfan hangout. Most dates approximate. Two photos from 1980 included.
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Vintage cars parked at Lancaster Station
Title:  Vintage cars parked at Lancaster Station
Description:  Station built in 1929 by the PRR
Photo Date:  7/15/1975  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 3:28:36 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  175   Comments: 0
The westbound National Limited, Train No. 31
Title:  The westbound National Limited, Train No. 31
Description:  Pausing on its way to St. Louis and Kansas City
Photo Date:  9/13/1975  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 9:36:19 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 593(SDP40F)
Views:  384   Comments: 0
PC switcher with vintage P&LE boxcar
Title:  PC switcher with vintage P&LE boxcar
Description:  On the north side of the station
Photo Date:  9/13/1975  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 3:37:13 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  PC 9043(SW9)
Views:  644   Comments: 0
The eastbound Broadway Limited heading to Paoli and New York City
Title:  The eastbound Broadway Limited heading to Paoli and New York City
Description:  Train 40, at approximately 65 mph, on a late spring morning, out of the mist...
Photo Date:  6/5/1976  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 3:46:00 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 919(GG1)
Views:  399   Comments: 0
The last rays of the sun illuminating the Broadway Limited
Title:  The last rays of the sun illuminating the Broadway Limited
Description:  Train No. 41 out of New York City did not stop in Lancaster; next stop, Harrisburg. You had to wait for Train 441, out of Washington, DC.
Photo Date:  7/18/1976  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 3:39:21 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 914(GG1)
Views:  334   Comments: 0
My cousin watches Train 441 pulling into the station
Title:  My cousin watches Train 441 pulling into the station
Description:  The Washington Section of the Broadway Limited. I think that's an Amtrak rep in the red sport coat...
Photo Date:  7/18/1976  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 3:40:11 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK GG1(GG1)
Views:  506   Comments: 0
441's engineer gets down to business.
Title:  441's engineer gets down to business.
Description:  Pulling out to head to Harrisburg
Photo Date:  7/18/1976  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 3:41:06 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK GG1(GG1)
Views:  557   Comments: 0
Amtrak 925 West, in the fading twilight
Title:  Amtrak 925 West, in the fading twilight
Description:  The New York Section of the Broadway Limited at a mile-a-minute or better
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 3:42:26 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 925(GG1)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
Train 441 gliding to a stop
Title:  Train 441 gliding to a stop
Description:  Picking up passengers for points west of Harrisburg
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 3:43:14 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK GG1(GG1)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
441's smiling engineer
Title:  441's smiling engineer
Description:  With a Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers hat
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 3:43:44 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK GG1(GG1)
Views:  505   Comments: 0
Note illuminated cab signal above engineer's elbow
Title:  Note illuminated cab signal above engineer's elbow
Description:  The train will soon be doing 75 mph, west of Lancaster.
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 3:44:16 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK GG1(GG1)
Views:  503   Comments: 0
PC EMD switcher passing through the station
Title:  PC EMD switcher passing through the station
Description:  CORK Tower in right rear of photo
Photo Date:  9/4/1976  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 3:36:19 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  PC 9042(SW9)
Views:  325   Comments: 0
Roster shot of Amtrak GG1 909, with steam leaking
Title:  Roster shot of Amtrak GG1 909, with steam leaking
Description:  Pulling the Washington Section of the Broadway Limited, Train No. 441
Photo Date:  5/23/1977  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 3:47:07 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 909(GG1)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
Strasburg's No. 89 visiting the station
Title:  Strasburg's No. 89 visiting the station
Description:  At the dedication of the 1977 restoration of the station, by Amtrak
Photo Date:  6/18/1977  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 3:38:07 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Steam
Locomotives:  SRC 89(2-6-0)
Views:  1118   Comments: 0
A Silverliner set pausing on its way to Philadelphia
Title:  A Silverliner set pausing on its way to Philadelphia
Description:  Not much business on a Saturday night...
Photo Date:  9/9/1978  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 3:30:05 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  156   Comments: 0
The waiting area over the tracks
Title:  The waiting area over the tracks
Description:  On a quiet Saturday night, about a year after the station was restored by Amtrak in 1977.
Photo Date:  9/9/1978  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 3:30:48 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Night,Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  130   Comments: 0
The main waiting room, looking north
Title:  The main waiting room, looking north
Description:  Amtrak recently restored the station in late 2013, and painted over the sandstone walls. The previous restoration was in 1977.
Photo Date:  9/9/1978  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 3:32:03 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Night,Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  127   Comments: 0
The LAST GG1-powered Broadway Limited
Title:  The LAST GG1-powered Broadway Limited
Description:  Passing the classic PRR signals at the west end of the station. Train was crawling to allow the crowd to have half a chance photographing the train in the low light.
Photo Date:  4/19/1980  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 10:25:05 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 4935(GG1)
Views:  311   Comments: 0
The LAST GG1-powered Broadway Limited
Title:  The LAST GG1-powered Broadway Limited
Description:  A rainy April evening, around 7:30 p.m., passing slowly through the station to allow photography
Photo Date:  4/19/1980  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 10:23:33 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 4935(GG1)
Views:  342   Comments: 0

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