“The Heartbreak of Corrosion”
Rust has taken its toll on the best part of the B&O paint scheme—the Capitol Dome emblem—on this GP40, acting as lead unit on a westbound manifest a... (more)

“Western Maryland Relic”
WM speeder 211 (Fairmont Class A3, Series D, Group 2) resting off the rails next to the scale track in B&O’s Hancock Yard, on July 12, 1986. Last I heard, ... (more)

“Blue Down”
A westbound manifest at Manila (Main Line Sub, mp 209.5), with CSXT GP40 6814, B&O/CSXT GP35 4383, and CSXT GP15T 1517, strains to reach the summit at Sand Patch on Octob... (more)

“Cloaking Device”
After making quick work of setoffs and pickups at Jessup Yard, CSX R341 (West Baltimore-Cumberland), with CSXT U23B 3238, CSXT GP38 2156 and Chessie System/CSXT GP4... (more)

“Saddle Up”
This crewman is reporting for duty on MARC GP39H-2 74 at Washington Union Station in the afternoon of March 14, 1988. His train, MARC 254, is the earliest afternoon depar... (more)

“Brickyard 171”
CSX R171 (former OBSS, “Orange Blossom Special-South”), with RF&P GP40 125 plus three, is westbound by “Baltimore Brick”, approaching Rossville interlocking (... (more)

“Big Blue's Newest”
Detail of CR C39-8 6007, temporarily assigned to static display on Track 10 at the Harrisburg Transportation Center during the dedication of PRR GG1 4859 on Novem... (more)

OBSS (Orange Blossom Special-South), with CSX/B&O GP40 6638 plus four, is westbound at White Marsh on B&O's Philadelphia Sub at 09:05 on January 6, 1987. CSX/B&O 6638 is the former B&O 4063.
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“Truncated Orange Blossom”
With only two engines (Chessie System/B&O GP40-2 4296 and Seaboard System/SBD U30C 7238), and fewer than 20 trailers, an unusually short Orange Blossom Spe... (more)

“Long Gone”
Long gone are the CPLs, cabin cars, front runners, and the friendly wave. With RF&P GP40-2 146 plus three on the head end, Chessie System/C&O extended vision caboose (90)... (more)

CSX R191, led by RF&P GP40 125, is westbound on the Thomas Viaduct at 10:53 on December 9, 1990.

The complete locomotive consist is
(1) RF&P GP40 125 (built 10/1966 as RF&P 125),
(2) ... (more)

“Clear Signal: Poplar”
CSX R171 (the former OBSS, Orange Blossom Special-South), with RF&P GP40 121 on point, is westbound approaching the Poplar intermediates at mp 82.5 on the CSX ... (more)

“On the Advertised”
At 12:27 PM, Amtrak 109 Metroliner, with AMTK AEM7 948, is adhering to schedule, southbound just south of FREDERICK ROAD (mp 99.9) in Baltimore, MD, on the NEC, N... (more)

“Workin’ Cats”
B&O’s Curtis Bay 97 (Baltimore/Curtis Bay to Cumberland), powered by Chessie System/B&O GP40-2 4438, CS/B&O GP30 6924, CS/B&O GP40-2 4430, and CS/C&O GP30 ... (more)

“Danger Close”
AMTK AEM7 942 leads Amtrak 169 Mayflower south, past the neighborhood of Harewood Park, just south of GUNPOW interlocking (mp 79.3) on the Northeast Corridor.more)