“Five Day Work Week”
Four of the five F9PHs rostered by the Maryland Rail Commuter Service (MARC) are laying over for the weekend in the yard at Brunswick, late in the afterno... (more)

“Best Bib and Tucker”
Photographed at Riverside on June 29, 1986, the newly repainted CSX/B&O 6344 is the former Chessie System/B&O GP40-2 4446. Outshopped from Huntington in early M... (more)

“Off the Showroom Floor…Almost”
This pair of Chessie System units looks to have seen some very limited revenue service, but, having just been built in August, they certainly hadn�... (more)

“Dog’s Breakfast”
Whatever else might be said of GTI in the 80’s (typically rather negative), they certainly could concoct some interesting power lashups (at least in pain... (more)

“Fresh Air”
The conductor of the “East End Local” (B829), with Chessie System/B&O GP38 2047 (CSX#), gets some fresh air and conducts a “roll by” inspection of R171 (Orange Bl... (more)

“Are You Doing Your Part (?)”
CS/WM caboose (90)1803, in the green safety paint scheme, along with CS/WM (90)1863 (partly visible) in standard Chessie System attire, gets a Sunday o... (more)

“ Allegheny Manifest”
On the eastern slope of Sand Patch at Manila (Main Line Subdivision, mp 209.5), Willard to Cumberland manifest CSX R356 (former ALLY/Allegheny), with Chessie Sy... (more)

“On The Fly”
Diesel exhaust fills the air as a three-unit helper set, led by CS/B&O SD40-2 7613, cuts off “on the fly” at the east portal of Mt. Airy Tunnel after assisting an ea... (more)

“Sans Dome”
Skirting past the rock face at Relay is B&O bay window caboose 903729, bringing up the rear of an Old Main Line coal drag destined for the Curtis Bay piers. Still in (now... (more)

“Breakfast Without Orange Juice…”
Doing its part to ensure an adequate supply of sunshine for the following week, Conrail’s OJT (Tropicana orange juice train) charges across the ... (more)

“Open Vestibule”
SOU 992253, a box car modified with an “open vestibule”, leads as the Norfolk Southern shoulder ballast cleaning equipment is shoved east on the Lurgan District,... (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)

“Mud on the Tarz”
EBT 2-ton freight truck No. 4, a 1953 Chevrolet 6400, poses in front of the turntable at the Rockhill Furnace shop complex during East Broad Top’s 60^th... (more)

“Hammerhead”
Western Maryland Scenic’s freshly-painted B32-8 made its second revenue trip—this time long hood forward—on September 23rd, hauling the Frostburg Flyer, seen here ... (more)

“Don’t Judge a Book…”
“WM”/MMID 97A (ex-MILW 97A), attired in Western Maryland speed lettering, rests at the Union Bridge shops on a Sunday in mid-October, 1985. Despite its... (more)