CSX manifest pulls into Brunswick at the crack of dawn. Heavy fog blanketing the Potomac River Valley is visible in the distance.
Loosely inspired by Richard Steinheimer, A Passion For Trains, Plate 97. If you compare the two, of course, you realize instantly why Steinheimer is Steinheimer and Mrozek is Mrozek. I hope to f... (more)
A friendly wave from the engineer to the railfans on the platform during Brunswick's Annual Railroad Days. The loaded coal drag slowly pulls east to get a set of helpers for the final leg of the t... (more)
A pair of GP 40-2s (6151 & 6280) bracket a GP 38-2 (2774) as the power set sits idle on a Sunday afternoon.
The operator at WB Tower watches from the porch on the tower the Q411 enter the Brunswick Yard. Earlier the Q411 went into emergency by Shenandoah Jct.
The Q130 jet with a 70ACe and GP38 leading slows to a stop at Brunswick. They stay just long enough for a crew change then its off towards the Ports of Norfolk.
It is hard to correct the horizon on a photo with track this uneven. The handrails on the front of the MARC engines look like a bad modeling job on a 70's area FP45 from Athearn!
Look, Twins! Not really, but pretty close. A pair of coal trains sit at the west end of Brunswick both featuring bright future painted CW44AC's leading a dark future painted CW44AC, and a mixed ba... (more)
GP38-2 2774 spends the night in Brunswick.
The first train of the afternoon passenger parade P873 makes it final stop of the day at Brunswick.
Martinsburg, West Virginia, bound P877 rolls pass WB tower. In the distance P875 is taking on fuel and water before yarding for the night.
A westbound empty coal train has just departed Brunswick Yard and splits the signals at Weverton.
These days I think one would be hard pressed to find an operational tower in better shape than Brunswick's WB Tower. Here the classic structure oversees the movement of a pair of Erie products on ... (more)
