It's 9:34am Amtrak's P052, the "Auto Train" from Sanford, FL has almost completed its journey only a few minutes late with a normal arrival time schd at 9:30 into Lorton,VA
Amtrak's best looking train.. AKA the Autotrain is 2 hours early and only minutes from its final destination in Lorton as it crosses Neabsco Creek just moments after sunrise... AMTK # 831 leading ... (more)
Headed north on the former RF&P
Nice to get the former Metra gallery cars next to the locomotive!
Southbound Auto-Train.
Northbound empty coal cars head over Powell's Creek (not the Potomac River!) on the RF&P. Above the trailing cars on the left you can see the seagulls that were disturbed from their chosen spots ... (more)
SB "Silver Star"
Northbound CSX Trash Train crosses over the Potomac
CSX worktrain crosses the half empty Potomac River, with a Chessie Caboose in tow directly behind a clean SD60M
Headed by a pair of AC6000CW (CSXT 678 and 670) a northbound train heads across Powell's Creek. This was one of seven trains that would cross Powell's Creek between 8am and 9am this morning, poss... (more)
Almost at it's destination, the Auto Train crosses over Powell's Creek.
121 leads a mix of Conrail and CSX units through Woodbridge.
The sun is just above the horizon at 6:45AM on Wednesday morning as VRE train 304 hustles commuters across Neabsco Creek.
The clouds are beginning to clear over the Potomac as 304 pushes toward D.C. [a nod to Mr. Hamlin for pioneering the sunrise shot here]
