Where do the Amtrak keystone trains do 110mph?

[Lackawanna565]

I'm going down to Lancaster county in two weeks and I want to get some video and photos of train doing that speed on the line. Where do they hit that speed?

 

[Rail Freak]

6 posts in 2 1/2 years! Dont talk alot? LOL

Nice to meet ya!

RF

BTW, I dont know the answer to your question!

 

[wayman]

I'm going down to Lancaster county in two weeks and I want to get some video and photos of train doing that speed on the line. Where do they hit that speed?

I believe it's between Narberth and Paoli (about 13 miles) and again between Parkesburg and Lancaster (about 24 miles).

 

[Acela150]

The Keystoner's run 80 between Overbrook and Paoli. They run 110 and in the area of Parkesburg and a little past Lancaster.

 

[AlanB]

See now I would have answered, hopefully on the tracks. :lol:

 

[MrFSS]

Last time I rode a Keystone we were in the Cab Car and the conductor allowed my granddaughter and me to sit in the engineer's seat. This was as fast as we went.

 

[wayman]

The Keystoner's run 80 between Overbrook and Paoli.

I thought the Keystones that run straight from PHL-PAO (no ARD stop) could run faster once they're around the Overbrook-Merion-Narberth bend and hit the "straight-away" run paralleling Lancaster Avenue all the way to Paoli (which is also the stretch where they made a huge effort to switch to concrete ties and new rail several years ago, for speed upgrades). Not so? I would not have guessed they were doing "only 80" when I've seen them whip through Bryn Mawr!

 

[jis]

The Keystoner's run 80 between Overbrook and Paoli. They run 110 and in the area of Parkesburg and a little past Lancaster.

Except for that railroadcrossing in that area where it is restricted to 90mph for the RxR crossing.

 

[wayman]

The Keystoner's run 80 between Overbrook and Paoli. They run 110 and in the area of Parkesburg and a little past Lancaster.

Except for that railroadcrossing in that area where it is restricted to 90mph for the RxR crossing.

There are no at-grade crossings east of Lancaster. The only three remaining crossings are between Lancaster and Mount Joy (which is blocked off), in Mount Joy, and near downtown Elizabethtown.

 

[jcl653]

The Keystoner's run 80 between Overbrook and Paoli. They run 110 and in the area of Parkesburg and a little past Lancaster.

Except for that railroadcrossing in that area where it is restricted to 90mph for the RxR crossing.

There are no at-grade crossings east of Lancaster. The only three remaining crossings are between Lancaster and Mount Joy (which is blocked off), in Mount Joy, and near downtown Elizabethtown.

There is a grade crossing at Irishtown Rd, roughly 9 miles east of Lancaster. It is slated to be removed, along with all of the remaining Keystone grade crossings, thanks to a stimulus grant.