No one who rides Amtrak has to be told that a lot of the railroad’s infrastructure is very, very old. The tracks go back to the days of the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads, both founded in the 19th century. Many of Amtrak’s metal train cars were produced in the ’60s at the long-defunct Budd plant in North Philadelphia. In contrast, the mod information board at 30th Street Station is a relatively recent purchase, having been installed shortly after Amtrak came into existence in 1971.