A GP-30 works the "hump" at the Brooks Ave. Yard. Cars were cut loose on the hump after a slight shove and they rolled down into the North Yard. Switches were all thrown by hand to get the cars on... (more)
B&O E9A 1441 looks to be ready to head out of Washington Union Station while a PRR GG-1 looks on in the background.
The old B&O livery was very dignified.
At Linden Rd. the signals on the bridges have been converted from lower quadrant semaphores by this time (1950 comparison photo linked below), but the B&O intercity passenger fleet would soon retr... (more)
With a camera crew in the cab and on the ground producing a documentary, the B&O 25 makes all the sound and fury she can muster on an early morning run.