Maryland Area Rail Commuter (MARC) celebrated the 150th anniversary of the opening of Baltimore & Ohio’s Metropolitan Branch in 1873 with an excursion trip on Memorial Day. The anniversary excur... (more)

Former C&O appearing to have some brake issues at the roundhouse. Things must have worked out because this one went on to serve the AGR.

On Rear DP duty of CSX C750-17 is CSXT ES44AH 3194 "Spirit of Law Enforcement." The coal is from Leer Mine, near the town of Philippi in Barbour County, West Virginia. After loading, the... (more)

After an overhaul and repaint, Amtrak 192 is out on the road again. Heading east leading the Capitol Limited. A pair of Phase VII ALC-42s numbers 330 and 331 hitch a ride to DC, where they will be... (more)

Amtrak 651 blasts through the station at Odenton, MD on 3 Track leading a midday DC-bound Northeast Regional train. The PRR-style station sign is a nice touch.

CSX 787 leads a pair of light engines from Benning, DC to Brunswick, MD to pick up a set of scrap gondolas. R150 would later return east to DC with the empty scrap gons.

CSXT 8902, one of the few ST70AHs (SD70ACe-T4) on CSX's roster, leads empty autorack train M21716 west through downtown Gaithersburg. 8902 trailed on M216 a few days prior.

Amtrak 189 leads the Capitol Limited through Gaithersburg, MD with some extra equipment. A Phase III Viewliner, Phase III Amfleet Inspection Car "Beech Grove", and the Corridor Clipper.

WMSR 558 moves some cars around in the Cumberland Station

CSXT 911 visits the B&O Railroad Museum.

“Playing Catch-up�
Operating 5 minutes behind schedule out of Aberdeen, Amtrak 85(20), a Boston-Richmond Northeast Regional, is making up time, screaming south at 17:42 on the... (more)

Amtrak 19, the Crescent, hustles through Aberdeen behind the E60MA "class unit". The nose Amtrak decal appeared to need replacing. Today, Amtrak's ACS-64s occupy the same numbe... (more)

After a brief rain shower, P029 rounds the corner with ALC-42 321 trailing.

Passengers wait on platform to board a Northeast Regional bound for Boston.

In their last fall of revenue service, the 940 departs BWI amid the changing foliage.