Keystone track work apparent Oct 2-3

[jacorbett70]

I can't find this anywhere else, but Amtrak.com reservation pages show a bus bridge for trains 42 and 43 between Lancaster and Harrisburg, PA on October 2 and 3 (a weekend). It currently shows the Keystones operating with train service, but some (train 663, 615, 666, 668) canceled between HAR-PHL. Train 44 on Sunday 10/3 is replaced by train/bus service on the train 42 (Mo-Sat) schedule. Trains numbered 1042 and 1043 run the PGH-HAR portion of the Pennsylvanian.

It looks like track closures part of the day for construction.

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l76/jacorbett70/AmtrakPABusBridge42.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l76/jacorbett70/AmtrakPABusBridge43.jpg

 

[afigg]

I can't find this anywhere else, but Amtrak.com reservation pages show a bus bridge for trains 42 and 43 between Lancaster and Harrisburg, PA on October 2 and 3 (a weekend). It currently shows the Keystones operating with train service, but some (train 663, 615, 666, 668) canceled between HAR-PHL. Train 44 on Sunday 10/3 is replaced by train/bus service on the train 42 (Mo-Sat) schedule. Trains numbered 1042 and 1043 run the PGH-HAR portion of the Pennsylvanian.

It looks like track closures part of the day for construction.

I suspect this is due to replacing the bridge in Middletown. I was able to book through trains on Oct 2 from PHL to ELT (Elizabethtown), but not to Middletown or Harrisburg.

 

[jacorbett70]

I can't find this anywhere else, but Amtrak.com reservation pages show a bus bridge for trains 42 and 43 between Lancaster and Harrisburg, PA on October 2 and 3 (a weekend). It currently shows the Keystones operating with train service, but some (train 663, 615, 666, 668) canceled between HAR-PHL. Train 44 on Sunday 10/3 is replaced by train/bus service on the train 42 (Mo-Sat) schedule. Trains numbered 1042 and 1043 run the PGH-HAR portion of the Pennsylvanian.

It looks like track closures part of the day for construction.

I suspect this is due to replacing the bridge in Middletown. I was able to book through trains on Oct 2 from PHL to ELT (Elizabethtown), but not to Middletown or Harrisburg.

I refined my search based on your info and found the story:

On a weekend in early October, Amtrak will shut down train traffic in Middletown, remove the old spans and drop the new bridges into place, the spokeswoman said...Passengers will be taken by bus between Harrisburg and Lancaster during the work, she said.

http://www.pressandjournal.com/articleDetail.aspx?id=3274