In the words of the 'street photographer' Weegee, "f8 and be there" (although f9 worked nicely here, also)

Commuters head home after a long day in DC.

VRE train 333 pulls into the Rolling Road Station.

A southbound afternoon VRE commuter train has just departed Washington's Union Station and is seen here passing Virginia Avenue Tower.

Shadows creep up as commuters head home past an abandoned siding in Manassas

Waiting for the evening rush to bring commuters home. Photo taken on rr property with permission.

Spectacular pre-dawn sky as the sunrise nears

Heading for Manassas and Broad Run

Paint scheme on the former Chicago gallery cars matches the locomotive nicely!

VRE pulls into the station after laying over in the coach yard all day.

VRE leased three F40s from Railworld prior to their MP36s being delivered, and V35 was one of them. This is former Amtrak #311.

VRE 335 briefly disrupts the semi-rural quiet of Clifton on its way to Manassas

VRE commuter train repositions in the Washington Terminal in between the morning and afternoon rush under the watchful eye of K Tower to the left.

The commuter rush is about to begin as southbound VRE train pulls into Rippon Station.

Pushing north across Powells Creek