The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad performed a shakedown and load test run with recently restored ex-C&O turned WMSR 2-6-6-2 1309 on December 16. The locomotive is seen rounding Helmstetter’s... (more)
Freshly painted "Bold Lime" ballast hoppers look right out of the box. Amtrak Freight
Amtrak 653 crossing the bridge in Perryville.
Hotshot UPS train I033 with the 911 on the point approaches the Bush St grade crossing with downtown Baltimore in the distance.
Amtrak 93 crosses the Susquehanna with just minutes of daylight remaining.
Is It Still An Alco? On the morning of November 19, 2021, Maryland & Delaware (MDDE) Alco RS3m 1203 (ex-CR 9942 [RS3M], exx-EL 1052, née-DLW 914, RS3, 3/1952) leads the turn from Federalsb... (more)
Having just departed Tradepoint Rail Grays Yard, Y328 crosses the Bear Creek movable bridge with 20 cars in tow for Bayview.
ZAP! After a lot of patience, I captured a good sized arc, or the visible discharge of electricity between the catenary wire and pantograph's carbon strips. At high speeds, some arcing is ... (more)
The stained glass in the ceiling of Baltimore Penn Station is beautiful. I wonder how many people walk right on through on their phone without bothering to look up?
The "Coke" or "Polar Bear" unit was the first and so far only wrap (but likely not the last) to be applied to an ACS-64, gathering a lot of interest among fans and travelers. ... (more)
B&O 7402 sits in the parking lot of the museum.
Caboose C3808 is turning a rusty brown just like the leaves this fall afternoon outside the roundhouse at the B&O Railroad Museum.
2nd day of testing for WM 1309 heading west in the Narrows
NS loaded coal train 592, bound for Baltimore, passes over the Susquehanna River Bridge at Havre de Grace.
One of CSX's newest EMD rebuilds leads Q217-19 west on track 1 of CSX's Baltimore Terminal Subdivision.
