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Owing to its lineage along the route of Pennsylvania’s original Main Line of Public Works, the former Pennsylvania Railroad trunk is known as ‘The Main Line’. This historic route runs just a few blocks from our new home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week our friend Wayne Duffett-TEC Associate’s Bridge Inspector and Conway Scenic Railroad steam locomotive engineer (and Tracking the Light reader) visited Kris and I in Lancaster, PA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After dinner at the Outback Steakhouse, we brought Wayne on a short tour of the railroad, hitting several highlights of the old Main Line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using the ASM.transitdocs.com Amtrak realtime phone app, we were able to time the passage of an eastward Amtrak Keystone<\/em> to just a few minutes, and watched the train zip by at nearly 90mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos exposed with a Lumix LX7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Former Pennsylvania Railroad stone bridge over the Conestoga River in Lancaster, PA. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wayne posing with some goob in at PRR hat. Photo by Kris Solomon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Amtrak Keystone <\/em>races eastward on the old Main Line. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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