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By Angela Cotey | September 15, 2013

| Last updated on January 4, 2021

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AMTK, passenger action; lead unit 512, DASH8-P32BWH; The Pennsylvanian is seen passing through Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Taken on 21 April 2013, by Michael T. Burkhart; filed in Amtrak folder

Amtrak Dash-8 No. 512 substitutes for the regular P42 on the Pennsylvanian at Lancaster, Pa., on April 21, 2013. Photo by Michael T. Burkhart

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