After a quick stop at Crystal City, an early rush hour VRE train makes its way southbound to Alexandria, with a final destination at Fredericksburg.

Amtrak 301 leads the northbound Floridian a few miles outside America’s Capitol under a beautiful winter sunset.

CSX international intermodal train I135 (Suffolk, VA to Chicago 59th Street) is seen passing through Alexandria at Slaters Lane on the former RF&P mainline. This was once the location of the spraw... (more)

Amtrak Regional Train 134 is seen on the North side of Alexandria on its trip from Roanoke, VA to New York City at Slaters Lane. This location was once the home of the sprawling Potomac Yard.

Amtrak Regional Train 84 is seen on the North side of Alexandria on its trip from Norfolk, VA to New York City at Slaters Lane. This location was once the home of the sprawling Potomac Yard.

CSX 4733, a rebuilt SD70MAC, leads a Manifest train through Alexandria.

A pair of rebuilt SD70MAC locomotives lead an X30124 through Slater's Lane, entering V. I. Kreally's work authority. Visible off to the right is the unserved Norfolk Southern branch off to the (cl... (more)

Though ALC-42’s have been making more frequent appearances on the Chicago-bound Cardinal service, it’s P42DC #148 in charge of the train as it arrives at Alexandria Union Station on track 2.

CSX 6156 leading L133 returning back south through Alexandria after picking up a gondola car loaded with rail segments from the RO siding.

A pair of RF&P GP40s lead what was most likely the Sealston Switcher south out of Potomac Yard. The train is passing an inbound freight at Alexandria station. This job handled sand and gravel fo... (more)

Trail Fail? Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metrorail 3000-Series car no. 3264 (Breda, 1984-1988) is the lead motor on an 8-car Blue Line train seen approaching E... (more)

Carolinian on the Corridor. Amtrak P42DC locomotive no. 46 (GE Genesis, 1996-2001) is seen leading train 79 - the southbound Carolinian - past King St-Old Town Station on ... (more)

Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac train Extra 123 South crawls out of the railroad’s "Pot Yard" (the nickname for their Potomac Yard) behind a pair of GP40s (123 and 122) and a GP40-... (more)

A pair of RF&P E8A's 1009-1014 on the point of train 375 pauses at Alexandria station before continuing south to Richmond on March 01, 1971. Two railroads, the Southern Railway and the C&O opera... (more)