“On The Fly”
Diesel exhaust fills the air as a three-unit helper set, led by CS/B&O SD40-2 7613, cuts off “on the fly” at the east portal of Mt. Airy Tunnel after assisting an ea... (more)

“Modus Operandi: N2A”
The St. Louis Trailer Train, powered by Chessie System/ B&O GP40-2 4137, CS/B&O GP40-2 4425, and C&O SD40 7562, in N2A configuration, is westbound on Track 1, c... (more)

Western Maryland FA-2 303 presents the classic Alco profile as it awaits its next trip up the hill while working helper duty at Williamsport, MD. Following its retirement by the WM in 1972, this l... (more)

All four of the Western Maryland's Alco FA-2s teamed up with an F7 to push hard on the rear of a loaded coal train off the Baltimore & Ohio as it climbs Williamsport Hill en route to Hagerstown, M... (more)

“Ten O’Clock Low”
CSX 0171 (OBSS), with RF&P GP40-2 141 plus three, is westbound at Rossville interlocking on CSX's (former B&O) Philadelphia Subdivision. The conductor appears to... (more)

“Squeeze Play”
Viewed from Lover's Leap, CSX R217 (Philadelphia-New Boston, MI auto racks) is westbound through the Cumberland Narrows, just west of Cumberland, MD. Between Ha... (more)

A family enjoys the sights (and some fishing) along the banks of the Susquehanna River as an Amtrak Regional Express led by ACS-64 No. 613 sprints towards Havre de Grace, Baltimore, and eventually... (more)

A lot has changed at Odenton in the last 37 years- the old Pennsy gooseneck lamp is long-gone, the E60s are gone, and Odenton interlocking has been moved northward near Jackson Grove Road and has ... (more)

“Curtis Bay Mtys”
B&O’s Old Main Line, which generally follows the Patapsco River (and the South Branch of the Patapsco) west from Baltimore, plays host to some westbound coal empt... (more)

The MARC lineup at the yard in Brunswick, Maryland includes a set of RDC’s and three conventional trains. The F9PHA began life as Baltimore & Ohio F7A 937, and is now Norfolk Southern F9A 4270.

A pair of MARC RDC’s spends the weekend in Brunswick, Maryland. On Monday morning, they will head to Martinsburg to begin their revenue journey to Washington.

A westbound MARC train approached its station stop at the small depot in Dickerson, Maryland. The loco was rebuilt from Penn Central/Conrail GP40 3062.

A small spot of morning sunlight opens on MARC AEM7 4903 as it departs Bowie, Maryland with a Washington-bound train.

A westbound MARC train passes through the settlement of Boyds, Maryland on the former Baltimore & Ohio Metropolitan Subdivision. Both of these locomotives plied these rails as B&O road units in th... (more)

A Washington-bound MARC train passes the boarded-up tower at Bowie, Maryland.