Capitol Limited - 29 Approaches Harpers ferry for it's scheduled stop.

The last light of day from the 2019 Summer Solstice finds MARC P879 crossing the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, WV.

The DPU engine of CSX Q372 rolls past a small fire that has developed on the bridge over the Potomac River. Please note, the photographer was on the phone with 911 and CSX at the time the photo wa... (more)

Reading’s big, home-built T-1 4-8-4s never looked so festive hauling Pennsylvania coal. But in 1977, steam entrepreneur Ross Rowland has decorated the 2101 in vermilion, yellow and blue for a su... (more)

After a fresh snowfall overnight CSX E792 marches across the Potomac River at the confluence with the Shenandoah and with the snow covered Blue Ridge Mountains serving as the backdrop during a bri... (more)

“State of Confusion”
Having just crossed the Potomac River, the power on these westbound coal mtys is passing Harpers Ferry Station, while the bulk of the train is still in Maryland.... (more)

W751 rolls through Harpers Ferry, WV on its return trip to Millville a few miles west along the Shenandoah River. In the distance you can see the train's entire length and end on the 1894 bridge a... (more)

Seen crossing the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, WV is this eastbound coal drag destined for Baltimore, MD on a mid afternoon in December.

The westbound Capitol Limited pulling into it's station stop in Harpers Ferry as dark clouds from the remnants of Florence (and some wind) hang low.

A loaded oil train is back on the move after stopping to line the north siding switch at Harpers Ferry. The train is working south on the Marquette Sub and is 16 miles from the next crew change lo... (more)

A loaded oil train bound for Maryland, LA, works along the Mississippi River between Lansing and Harpers Ferry near MP 115. Between Lansing and Harpers Ferry the Marquette Sub disappears along the... (more)

The seldom documented east portal of the Harpers Ferry under Maryland Heights is not as glamorous as it's brother to the west. The brick face dates to 1894 and the only modification was only very ... (more)

An increasingly rare sight with a GP39-2 leading a MARC train past Brunswick to Martinsburg. Shown approaching Harpers Ferry leading the P879 bringing commuters from Washington DC to the suburbs.

Harpers Ferry Tunnel cuts through the rock face under Maryland Heights. An eastbound crossing the Potomac River lights up the tunnel portal and interior as it approaches.

WINDOW DRESSING A look through the interior of the former women's waiting area in the E Francis Baldwin designed 1894 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station in Harpers Ferry, WV as CSX 598 leads a t... (more)