A Pumpkin and a Meatball

Sunday evening finds an Amtrak GP7 and its work train parked for the weekend on a track at Penn Station in Baltimore. Two tracks over, a two-month-old MARC... (more)

While am Amtrak train that I was riding mare its station stop at Baltimore, a GG1 trimgled by on another track.

A Bruce Van Sant original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

An original 35mm negative from my collection; the photographer was not specified.

Catenary maintenance is a constant, never-ending job that is often unnoticed or unappreciated. Kudos to all of those who do the work to keep the current flowing. A Richard Louderback original sl... (more)

An original Kodachrome slide form my collection; the photographer was not specified.

Having just passed under N Howard St, Q409-24 prepares to enter the short tunnel under West Mount Royal Avenue, with the Howard St Tunnel just ahead.

Pictured at Bayview Yard, this “Paducah rebuild”, the former PRR/PC/CR GP9 7056 (built 1956), retained its high short hood when rebuilt* for Conrail at the IC shops in 1978.

I believe this ... (more)

A Acela Express train passes through Halethorpe Station.

Common scene of the Northeast Corridor: A ACS-64 leads a Amtrak Northeast Regional train through the Halethorpe Station.

A MARC train passes through Halethorpe Station.

“Loose Caboose”
No longer wearing its “Linking NORTH and SOUTH” herald, RF&P caboose 923 (built 12/1970 by Southern Iron & Equipment) had wandered off home rails with the Ringling Brothe... (more)

Some fall color still hanging on.

One of five built by ALCo for C&O.

“Clear Signal: Hammerjacks”
The B&O’s Chesapeake (Brunswick to Philadelphia) is eastbound, passing Hammerjacks just before reaching HB Tower in Baltimore at 18:56 on August 17, 1... (more)