Amtrak’s Autumn Express train, with Amtrak 145 and 822 in command of the
sixteen car consist, is seen passing over the Vinegar Ferry Road underpass on
November 2 on NS’s Port Road tracks. Back in the early 1800’s, a German
landholder named Christian Winiker operated a ferry near this location.
Pronunciation of his name soon became locally corrupted to "Vinegar" and today
this location is known as Vinegar Ferry. In another mile, the Autumn Express
will cross the Susquehanna River via Shocks Mill Bridge on its way to Harrisburg
and return to Philadelphia via the Port Road and Columbia Secondary.
Amtrak's Keystone Service train 664, with Amtrak 919 (AEM-7), makes its
9:47 stop at Elizabethtown to pick up passengers heading to Philadelphia and
points east.
