Awesome shot of all this electric equipment. Were you incredibly fortuitous in catching all this AEM7 action on the Keystone in the 80s/90s, or did they run more than I thought? I railfanned a lot of Keystone Amtrak during the 2000s, and saw them only twice. I don't recall them that frequently before that either.
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Nice shot, Bob! Classic (now) power, paint scheme and an interesting consist in tow. Wondering what the station looks like today - if it's even still there or replaced with another along with high level platforms.
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The Silverliner IIs & IIIs were kings until the late 70s/early 80s, when they started to use the rebuilt Metroliners. When the Metroliners started to deteriorate in the mid/late-80s, they switched to F40s push/pull with cab control cars, then just diesel power (GO Transit GP40Ps, F40s, and then AMD-103s.) The AEM-7s were pretty rare, I think, until 2006, when the service was upgraded. The Keystone Line history would make a good subject for a magazine article.
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Thanks guys, for your comments! Mitch, the station was remodeled in 2009-2010 and now has high-level platforms and passenger elevators to access the beautiful 1915-built main station building at the foot of the high fill, out of the photo to the left. The old freight elevator (to the left in the photo) was preserved, but it's not operable. There's free short-term and long-term parking available, and the station features two Quik-Trak machines, clean rest rooms, a water fountain, and wooden church pew-like benches for waiting. It's now a gem of a station- something that the community and Amtrak can be proud of.
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