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	Keystone Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amtrak's 195-mile (314 km) Keystone Service provides frequent passenger train service along the Amtrak-owned Keystone Corridor and Northeast Corridor between Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and New York City via Philadelphia.
		Operation of this service is complicated by the fact that electric trains cannot run from Philadelphia to Harrisburg (due to the lack of overhead catenary wires for the full length), and diesel trains cannot run from Philadelphia to New York (due to the long, insufficiently-ventilated tunnels under the Hudson River).
		As a result, trains require a reverse move and engine change at Philadelphia, resulting in a scheduled 20-30 minute delay, during part of which the passenger cars are without power or light.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Keystone_Service (448 words)

	Keystone (Amtrak) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amtrak's Keystone was a train service between New York Penn Station and Pittsburgh Penn Station.
		Prior to Amtrak the route was known as the Duquesne, named after Fort Duquesne in Pittsburgh, and was operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
		With the start of Amtrak operations on May 1, 1971 the Duquesne was kept, and was renamed the Keystone and renumbered 42 westbound and 43 eastbound with the first brand-new Amtrak timetable on November 14, 1971.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Keystone_(Amtrak) (182 words)

	Amtrak Starts To Resume Normal Service - On Track On Line Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Amtrak plans to restore all east-west services between Chicago and New York City and Washington by Sunday, but is unable to operate its routes via Richmond, Va., to the southeast and Florida due to the lack of commercial electric power.
		Amtrak service on the route used by the Crescent (trains 19 and 20) between New York-Washington and New Orleans, via Atlanta, uses a different route and was restored on Saturday, as was service within the Carolinas on the Carolinian (trains 79 and 80).
		Amtrak restored all services in the Northeast Corridor on Friday and the regular schedule of trains is being operated between Washington and Boston, via New York.
	www.on-track-on-line.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=1302 (1002 words)

	Statement of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Amtrak was created in 1970 as a private corporation in a restructuring of the larger rail industry, which was in a state of major financial distress.
		In FY 2005, Amtrak has budgeted $215 million on fixed facility infrastructure projects, and a total of $587.2 million for capital expenses, most of which will come from the $1.2 billion of Federal appropriations made available by this Subcommittee.
		Further adding to Amtrak’s deterioration is that the company’s debt increased massively in the late 1990’s, from $1.7 billion in 1997 to $4.8 billion in 2002 (with $3.8 billion non-defeased), without adequately increased passenger revenues to pay the debt service.
	appropriations.senate.gov /hearmarkups/Rosen5-12-05-FINAL.htm (3434 words)

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		Recently it was announced that Amtrak ridership increased nearly six percent and on-time performance systemwide improved to nearly 83 percent for the first three months of the year, continuing positive trends that developed last year.
		Amtrak Intercity: The Chicago-based Amtrak Intercity business unit, which operates most of the corporation's long-distance train service as well as short-distance service in the Midwest and Southeast, posted a 4.8 percent ridership increase in the second quarter, and a three percent increase for the first half of Amtrak's fiscal year.
		Amtrak West: The Oakland-based Amtrak West business unit, operating state-supported corridor services and the long-distance Coast Starlight in California, Oregon and Washington, experienced a 2.7 percent ridership decrease in the second quarter.
	www.geocities.com /k_kinlock/Downloads/ohio98.doc (1651 words)

	Amtrak - Routes - Northeast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Amtrak's Keystone Service runs between New York City and Harrisburg by way of Philadelphia.
		Keystone Service provides frequent daily service, affordable fares, competitive trip times, comfortable seating and more.
		Keystone Service is financed in part through funds made available by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
	www.amtrak.com /servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Route/Horizontal_Route_Page&c=am2Route&cid=1081256321911&ssid=134 (185 words)

	DVARP Newsletter: May 1995
		Fixing Amtrak is a big job: balancing the budget in the short run, finding a source of capital so Amtrak can maintain and replace its assets in the medium-term, and restoring balance to the nation's transportation policies in the long run, so the free market can work.
		Amtrak service to Atlantic City was to be eliminated and that to Harrisburg severely reduced.
		Amtrak's service cuts for February and April 1995 are but `phase I' of its program to shrink its railroad to match its budget.
	www.dvarp.org /dvrpA/dvrp95am.html (4147 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / Washington / Amtrak announces rules for GOP convention (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		As a security precaution, nearly all Amtrak passengers who want to ride the rails between Washington and Boston during the Republican National Convention -- Aug. 28 through Sept. 2 -- will have to make reservations in advance, the railroad announced Monday.
		Amtrak also warned of delays during the convention because of tighter security on all trains to and from New York's Pennsylvania Station, which is partly under the convention site, Madison Square Garden.
		The only exceptions to the all-reservation rule will be the three weekend roundtrip Keystone service trains and the nine Keystone and Clocker roundtrips operating on weekdays.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/washington/articles/2004/07/27/amtrak_announces_rules_for_gop_convention (257 words)

	Amtrak’s beginnings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Amtrak’s arrow logo was replaced in 2000 with its wave-like “travel mark” introduced concurrent with the launch of its satisfaction guarantee program, and in anticipation of the inauguration of the high-speed Acela Express.
		Amtrak’s early years are often called the “Rainbow Era,” which refers to the arrangement of hand-me-down engines, coaches and sleepers from the various railroads that formed the colorful consists of early Amtrak trains.
		Amtrak’s network of trains grew as well, and some of the cities and towns that had been without service on May 1, 1971, later became part of the Amtrak system.
	www.trains.com /Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/001/123clbam.asp (2304 words)

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		Although the station smelled heavily of smoke, surprisingly little damage was apparent and service returned almost to normal on the 24th.ÑMDM Éand the railroad died again SEPTA regional rail passengers were stymied by the fire which smoldered within the northeast corner of 30th Street Station just before 5 PM on Monday, December 23.
		Service at the SEPTA station returned to normal by December 26th.ÑJRP Inordinate effects on Reading side Although the fire was on the ex-Pennsylvania half of SEPTAÕs rail system, many Reading-side commuters were stranded for hours.
		Extension of the new MARC Perryville service to Wilmington is proposed.
	www.etext.org /zines/ASCII/DelawareRail/DVRP9201.TXT (7227 words)

	Dan Chazin's Trip on Amtrak's Keystone Service
		An open meeting of the Amtrak Reform Board is being held today in a hotel in Philadelphia, and when I received an announcement of the meeting from NARP, I decided that it would be interesting to attend this meeting.
		Since an Amtrak ticket is valid for free passage on SEPTA trains to Center City Philadelphia, I went up to the "regional rail" upper level of the station, where the SEPTA commuter trains stop.
		Also, at the conclusion of the meeting, I was approached by Lynn Bowersox, Amtrak's Senior Director of Communications for the Northeast Corridor, who told me that she was a close friend of Karen, to whom my cousin Barry was recently engaged.
	www.trainweb.com /travelogues/dchazin/1999d26a.html (1567 words)

	RR Museum of PA - Railroads Today 2
		Amtrak® carries over twenty one million passengers a year.
		Its trains range from state-subsidized regional services such as Pennsylvania's Keystone Service to the famed "name" trains such as the City of New Orleans.
		Until October 2004, Amtrak carried mail and express on its scheduled passenger trains in an effort to derive revenue to support the passenger service.
	www.rrmuseumpa.org /about/rrstoday/rrstoday2.htm (250 words)

	Keystone Westbound Schedule
		These schedules authorized by Amtrak, and provided by volunteers from the railroad newsgroup.
		Amtrak's Keystone Service is financed in part through funds made available by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
		State supported trains are operated at the discretion of the state, and their operation is dependent upon continued state financial support.
	www.trainweb.org /amtrak/ne_pa_w.html (431 words)

	Suggested Rationalization of Amtrak Florida Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Amtrak has experienced appreciable losses in both passengers and revenue passenger miles since FY 1993, the last year before drastic changes were made to its Florida service.
		Later, the Tampa maintenance and crew base was closed, and service was reconfigured to run a train through Tampa on the way to and from Miami.
		Amtrak is preparing to open a fourth route in Florida, Jacksonville to Miami via the Florida East Coast Railway.
	www.unitedrail.org /documents/florida1999.htm (2455 words)

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		We understand Amtrak won't allow the use of an existing out- of-service interlocking just east of Parkesburg because its policy is that all short-turn trains must pass beyond their last station before turning.
		If Amtrak can be persuaded to operate a train or own a line as part of its regular intercity system, all of the operating subsidy will come from Washington as part of Amtrak's annual funding process.
		Amtrak would prefer to follow its legislative charge to operate true intercity trains which for it are more renumerative.
	www.textfiles.com /magazines/DELAWARERAIL/dvrp9312.txt (9047 words)

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		Amtrak does have supporters in Congress, including most of the Representatives and Senators from our area; but Congress is now in a feeding frenzy with powerful forces seeking to reduce Federal discretionary spending.
		The PRR and Reading combined their seashore services in 1932 to form the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, Though many of the trains were essentially commuter services, they generated considerable publicity in the press.
		With Amtrak in its present financial state, previous plans may be moot; however, there was a plan to refurbish a number of E- 60 locomotives and Heritage coaches to give the daily commuters (realize that these are regular Amtrak patrons paying premium fares) a better service.
	www.etext.org /zines/ASCII/DelawareRail/DVRP9503.TXT (6098 words)

	APRC - Legislative Updates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Amtrak should be one of our success stories; right now it’s one of our biggest challenges.” On June 8, the Senate Commerce Committee held a confirmation hearing on the nominees.
		Amtrak is funded at $900 million, an improvement over last year’s zero funding, but not sufficient to address Amtrak’s capital and operating needs.
		Amtrak submitted an FY 2006 grant request for $1.82 billion to Congress on April 21, 2005.
	www.aprc.org /legislative (3145 words)

	wjz.com - Amtrak Problems After Snow Storm
		Nine Regional Service trains are canceled in their entirety, with passengers directed to other Regional Service trains.
		Six Empire Service trains are canceled in their entirety, with passengers directed to other Empire Service trains to and from Albany-Rensselaer, N.Y., and four Keystone Service trains are canceled in their entirety, with passengers directed to other Keystone Service trains to and from Harrisburg, Pa. Other services to and from the NEC are operating.
		Amtrak also modified service yesterday, February 12, with disruptions primarily on the New York-Philadelphia-Washington segment of the NEC.
	wjz.com /topstories/local_story_044080827.html (343 words)

	Today's Headlines - Friday, September 17, 1999
		Amtrak expects to resume service between Philadelphia and New York this afternoon.
		Keystone Service operates between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
		Schedules for Amtrak's Empire Service, which operates between New York City and Albany and Buffalo, New York, and NortheastDirect's service between Washington and Richmond and Newport News, Virginia, will be determined later today.
	www.ble.org /pr/archive/headline0917.html (612 words)

	Amtrak service cuts take effect here Nov. 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Amtrak has officially announced consolidation of two interstate trains serving the region into a single route, but it left the door open for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to intercede and preserve both of them.
		Amtrak officials also announced that the revamped New York-Pittsburgh-Chicago service provided by the once-a-day Pennsylvanian will operate on a schedule about an hour faster than the Three Rivers through spring because mail and express business cargo are being eliminated.
		Cash-strapped Amtrak officials yesterday indicated there's still a chance to save the Three Rivers train, which last year saw a ridership increase of 8.3 percent to 137,234.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04248/373460.stm (638 words)

	Cyberspace World Railroad - Amtrak Schedules
		We extend special thanks to Joe Wenclawiak, Linda Verdi Park, and Linda Collins of Amtrak for an advance copy of forthcoming schedule changes and to Steve Miller of Amtrak California for an advance copy of California changes.
		All Amtrak arrivals and departures are at Penn Station
		SEPTA provides free connecting service between 30th St. Station and Center City Philadelphia for all Amtrak passengers--show your ticket stub.
	www.cwrr.com /Amtrak (625 words)

	OTOL Philadelphia Area RailFest 2005: Parts A1 & A2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		There is a former freight yard here, as well as the tracks used by Amtrak's Keystone Service and THREE RIVERS trains, which come from the lower level of 30th Street Station.
		AMTRAK and a number of SEPTA commuter expresses use the inside pair of tracks.
		Commuter service is neatly zoned on this line so that on weekdays some trains run local to Bryn Mawr and terminate there, while some run express to Bryn Mawr and then local to Paoli or Malvern.
	pages.prodigy.net /kevinkorell/parf2005/parta1a2.htm (1349 words)

	Amtrak Reduces Fares For Keystone Service - On Track On Line Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Amtrak today announced a significant fare reduction on the Keystone line, the route between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Penn.
		One-way fares between cities along the route have been reduced $3 to $8, which is, in some cases, more than 50 percent.
		“With these new lower fares and 10 weekday roundtrips between Harrisburg and Philadelphia, the Keystone service is a convenient and economical way to avoid I-76,” said Barbara J. Richardson, Amtrak Vice President of Marketing and Sales.
	www.on-track-on-line.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=1699 (296 words)

	SurferMag Message Boards: Amtrak to Adopt All-Reserved Service, Other Security Measures for New York Republican ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Amtrak will not change its current, published schedule of trains operating in and out of New York during the convention.
		The all-reserved service will be effective for virtually all trains from Saturday, August 28 through Thursday, September 2, the last day of the convention.
		The only trains excepted from the reservation requirement will be the three weekend roundtrip Keystone service trains and the nine Keystone and Clocker roundtrips operating on weekdays.
	forum.surfermag.com /forum/showflat.php?Number=529402 (605 words)

	Keystone Corridor Progress???
		BTW, in my opinion, Amtrak should buy some of the stored Jersey Arrow II MU's for Keystone service, because it would free up more motors for Corridor duty, and you don't have to turn the trains at Penn Station nor at Harrisburg.
		Ironically, Arrow II's were used on Keystone Service trains in the 1970's before Amtrak bumped Metroliner MU's on to the line.
		The Empire Service corridor is being upgraded for high speeds, but they have a long way to go, considering there's no overhead line.
	www.trainorders.com /discussion/read.php?4,506003,nodelay=1 (1757 words)

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