Amtrak Cab Control Car, No. 9643, leads a Keystone eastbound around the bend at Gap, PA passing a nostalgic windmill while en route to New York via Philadelphia, PA.

AMTK No. 9643 has been in ... (more)

The "triple-8" Metroliner parlor car (PRR Class MPP85E5) leads a 3-car set under the 1923-built US Route 30 Bridge at Paradise. Note the old Pennsy 152-lb jointed rail on the Strasburg's siding a... (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.

1985 Keystone Service, with a Westinghouse Metrocoach leading a 3-car set under the old Route 30 bridge at Paradise. Not setting any speed records here, clattering along on the old PRR 152-lb joi... (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.

It's 1986, and a Westinghouse-equipped Budd Metroliner coach (PRR Class MP85E4) is rounding the bend just east of the Strasburg Rail Road interchange. Note the old PRR 152-lb jointed rail still in... (more)

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)

There was still some jointed rail on the NEC in 1978 when Metroliner Service utilized the original self-propelled Budd MU cars. Leading the consist is snack bar coach No. 855, PRR Class MPC85E5.

A southbound Metroliner rips across the four lanes of East Bel Air Avenue at 100 mph. Lead car No. 829 (PRR Class MP85E4) is a Westinghouse-equipped coach.

The only preserved Metroliner in its original configuration- PRR class MPC85E5, weighing in at 165,094#. Its rear door is also ajar; perhaps to allow air to circulate?

A northbound Metroliner is trailing a long cloud of dust as it starts to decelerate for the Susquehanna River crossing. Note the different pantographs on the GE-equipped 1st car and the Westingho... (more)

A southbound Metroliner is zipping by the WWII-era PRR station at 100 mph+, with a rebuilt snack bar coach in the lead. These cars were equipped with Leslie S37-S55 dual horns, which emanated a h... (more)

A Metroliner in Amish Country- the 823 (now cab-control car 9634) leads a trio of rebuilds east, with a panoramic view of Lancaster County farmland in the background. Note the replacement pantogr... (more)

A northbound Metroliner is leaving a trail of dust in its wake, as it whistles for the old East Bel Air Avenue crossing in Aberdeen. In the lead is a Budd-GE "Metroclub" car. Note the ... (more)

Budd-GE Metroclub No. 880 leads a northbound Metroliner under the old PRR signal bridge at the long-gone South Chapel Street crossing. For a recent view of this site, see photo 632908 on this web... (more)

A northbound Metroliner with a GE Snack Bar Coach in the lead is racing an AMC Gremlin on paralleling APG Road, approaching East Bel Air Avenue crossing. You can bet that the Leslie S37-S55 combo... (more)

A southbound Metroliner is rocketing over the 4-lane grade crossing in Aberdeen; speed here was usually between 105-110 mph. No. 813 is still in service, as cab-control car 9646.

A "patriotic" red-white-blue DC-bound Metroliner rounds the big curve just north of Aberdeen's Amtrak station. No. 827 is a Westinghouse-equipped 76-seat coach; PRR Class MP85E4. I remember look... (more)

Recently-rebuilt Metroliners head into the sunset, after slowing to switch onto No. 2 Track. Lead car No. 867 was one of twenty (Nos. 850-869) 60-seat snack-bar coaches built by Budd/GE as PRR Cl... (more)

A converted Metroliner cab car slows to a station stop on the superelevated curve at Middletown. The 9649 was delivered by Budd/Westinghouse in 1968 as PRR No. 807, Class MP85E4, with 76 coach se... (more)

What's now Amtrak's Metroliner Conference Car No. 9800 is seen here in its operating days rocketing past the half-hour Strasburg steam train power of the mid/late 80s. It was built by Budd as sna... (more)

A battered Metroliner snack-bar coach rips over the East Bel Air Avenue crossing at 100+ mph, on its way to DC. Lead car No. 852 was one of twenty 60-seat snack-bar coaches built by GE as PRR Cla... (more)

Recently-rebuilt Metroliners add a splash of color to the bleak Maryland countryside, approaching the now-closed Chelsea Road crossing. Amtrak has moved sensitive equipment to the roof, out of th... (more)

The only preserved/mostly unaltered (at the RR Museum of PA) Metroliner; snack-bar coach No. 860 is southbound at the now-closed Michaelsville Road crossing in Perryman. The snack-bar coaches (60... (more)

An eastbound 3-car set of rebuilt Metroliners comes out of the fog, sounding its 2-chime horn for the now-closed Rohrerstown Road crossing.

Four rebuilt Metroliners are southbound at Odenton Station; note the added roof bulges housing dust-sensitive equipment previously located underneath the frame. Also worth noting are the old Penn... (more)

Amtrak's first Metroliner "paint scheme" is seen in this photo, with an Amtrak sticker simply pasted over the Penn Central heralds. No. 859 is a Budd-GE parlor/snack car, equipped with ... (more)

A Budd-Westinghouse MU car leads a southbound train past the classic Deepwater Green Penn Central station sign at 100 mph.

One of the seven GG-1s painted in the "bloody nose" scheme wheels a Metroliner Service train southbound past the old taxi stand at 100 mph. Note the two shades of red paint to the right... (more)

The now-preserved 4926 heels to the superelevated curve at Aberdeen, pulling a set of Budd Metroliner MU cars. By this date, the Metroliners were having mechanical issues, and the GG-1s were call... (more)

An observant couple, wearing the bell-bottom style pants of the day, is waiting on the next southbound train as a northbound Metroliner kicks up a dust storm. Car 887 was built by Budd with GE eq... (more)

A Kodak TRI-X Pan view of the 904 (ex-PRR/PC 4901) northbound near the century mark, providing the muscle for a Metroliner. The Budd m.u. cars by this time were proving to be unreliable, and the ... (more)

Metroliner car 884 startles my cousin on the train platform with its melodious multi-chime horn. (Every Metroliner we had seen before had the standard shrill 2-chime horn.) This car was eventual... (more)

A northbound Metroliner rips by the junction with the Delmarva Secondary. Lead car no. 885 was eventually rebuilt into coach no. 44556.

A GE-equipped car, not yet repainted but rebuilt with equipment moved to the roof, is southbound at Bel Air Avenue. The Metroliners had a shrill 2-chime horn, which really got your attention. Un... (more)

A southbound set of Westinghouse-equipped unmodified Metroliners bumps across the Bel Air Avenue grade crossing at 100 mph+. The small building on the left was the local taxi stand.

The red-orange-blue nose treatment of the Metroliners was certainly eye-catching. Note the third car on this southbound train, which has been rebuilt to move equipment to the roof out of the dust... (more)

A northbound GG1-powered Metroliner passes through Aberdeen, observed by a young man on a bike. The 40-year old electrics were pressed into this high-speed service when the original Metroliner MU... (more)