The RF&P 2nd generation geeps shared a paint scheme - if not paint colors - with GM&O GP30s and GP35s.

This beautiful 4-8-4 Northern was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railway. It is the John Marshall. It had a tractive force of 62,800 lbs., and a... (more)

Near Russell KY, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac 622 "Carter Braxton" is seen on a heavy coal drag.

This beautiful looking 4-6-2 Pacific, number 325, was built in 1927 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, for the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad. According to t... (more)

Power for the southbound Orange Blossom Special threads its way into CSX’ East Side Yard in Philadelphia. After a CSX crew replaces the arriving Conrail crew, the mix of RF&P and CSX EMDâ... (more)

Power from the southbound Orange Blossom Special emerges from one of the tunnels under the intersection of 34th Street and Gray’s Ferry Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The EMD’s w... (more)

The southbound Orange Blossom Special crosses the Schuylkill River on the Columbia Bridge at Belmont, Pennsylvania. The Belmont Water Works can be seen above the lead unit.

The southbound Orange Blossom Special prepares to crosses the Schuylkill River at Belmont, Pennsylvania. If I recall correctly, the plot of dirt in the foreground was a cooperative garden f... (more)

The southbound Orange Blossom Special crosses the Schuylkill River on the former Reading bridge at Belmont, Pennsylvania. The OBSS almost always had CSX units in the consist, but today’s ... (more)

Early morning finds the southbound Orange Blossom Special, with predominately Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac power, rolling through Fairless Junction, Pennsylvania, on SEPTA’s West ... (more)

In a Potomac Yard scene repeated countless times over the years, a Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac SW1500/slug set grabs a classic Conrail N5C caboose off of an inbound train. It is entirely po... (more)

Running well behind schedule, the OBSS (Orange Blossom Special-South), with 4 of its 5 units off the RF&P’s roster, speeds west at White Marsh on B&O’s Philadelphia Subdivision, on May 18, 198... (more)