The 1995 NRHS National Convention In Lancaster, PA

This was my first-ever real-life look at an Amtrak AEM7, and oddly it wasn't on the Northeast Corridor, but on the Keystone Corridor at Lancaster, PA while at the 1995 NRHS National Convention.

This was a better shot that I got of AMTK 910 after it pulled into Lancaster.

Although I've forgotten the exact date (it was the day they unveiled the Lancaster station sign, I know that much), I do remember taking my photos of 910 late in the day, and in this shot you get to see some of the sunset.

This is Picture 4 of my series on Amtrak #910 at Lancaster.

I haven't marked the loco under "locomotives" on this one, simply because it isn't actually visible. This is really more about the train departing into the sunset. :-)

I took this as we were approaching Scranton, and met an NYS&W excursion leaving Scranton. The same train had taken NRHS members from the Central New York and Utica & Mohawk Valley Chapters to Scranton for the weekend, although the convention, as usual was week-long. Months later, the engineer in #2400 (who I knew) commented that he had seen me taking the picture, and couldn't fully believe that it was me, as he thought I was on his train.

I took this right after our NRHS Convention Special pulled into Steamtown for its grand reopening in 1995, which coincided, of course, with the NRHS Convention. We had ALCO diesels on the way in, of course, but Milwaukee Road 261 on the way out!!

Here's another shot from the Steamtown Grand Reopening in 1995, showing two of Steamtown's three active on-site steam locomotives of the time, 2317 and 3254.

This shot is the best that I could get in this situation, unfortunately, as the crowding at the Grand Reopening of Steamtown was the largest that I had ever seen at a rail-related event up to that time, and still rivals anything that I've seen since. Even given that it was my best, I still ended up with a guy with a tripod. Notice that he's taking a video of a stationary object. Right.... I also had to crop this to hide a stain on the print that I scanned this from. Anyway, Reading, Blue Mountain, & Northern 425 is also visible in the background on the right.