A rare appearance of Superliners on the Cardinal, viewed at Alexandria station.

Photographer- my Father- Guy Lisowski. A pair of RF&P GP40-2s pull a TOFC consist northbound past what was a great train watching location for many years; RF&P "Potomac Yard," affectionately re... (more)

The Carolinian heads north under the SB signals at Slaters Lane. This view is from the bike path of the recently created Potomac Yard Park, a narrow park, maybe 30 yards wide, that sits alongside... (more)

Photographer- Unknown at this time- possibly R. Hartman. Original 35mm Kodachrome slide Purchased from R. Palmer. Here we find the last Southern Rwy Ps-4 sans tender in Alexandria, VA after ... (more)

An outbound commuter stops at Alexandria as a thunderstorm head into the area.

Amtrak's "Carolinian" passes VRE 327 to Manassas as it arrives Alexandria

PRR motors at Pot Yard sit under the wired service track awaiting assignment.

PRR P5A motors at Pot Yard sit under the wired service track awaiting assignment while exotic partners look on from afar.

A trio of boxcabs wait to take a freight north out of Pot Yard, 1961.

A 3-unit set of FA2's wait alongside a set of Pennsy E2B's which were regularly seen at Pot Yard, summer 1961.

A cut of pristine Fruit Growers Express reefers is sorted out on the hump at Potomac Yard. It appears they were in the consist of a hot TOFC train. FGEX had their corporate HQ in Alexandria at t... (more)

RF&P F's wait for another train to lead, and a C&O geep is seen far right, in this scene from the ready tracks at Pot Yard, once one of the busiest on the east coast. From the south, it was not u... (more)

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

Amtrak's Silver Star pulls into Alexandria for its station stop.

Chessie System light power rolls by the hump at Potomac Yard just before sunset.