Doubleheaded GG-1s stop traffic in Aberdeen, as they head north at 80 mph with a Florida train. (Paused at the crossing are an old Checker cab, a Ford, and a Chevy Corvette, if I'm not mistaken...) This 4-lane grade crossing was always busy, with constant traffic to and from Aberdeen Proving Ground. Everything has changed here, with a pedestrian overpass now dominating the scene. Bel Air Avenue has been cut, and a new APG Road overpass carries vehicular traffic across the NEC. Lead locomotive 917 still survives, amazingly; it was built by Altoona/Westinghouse in July 1942 as the PRR 4919, retired by Amtrak after 5.5 million miles, and is today preserved at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke.
America's Passenger Train. While some feel passenger equipment now looks all the same, the scenery is still breath taking and the locomotives and equipment look great.
