Only signal maintenance people usually get a view like this! A new Safetrans signal bridge lies on the ground (one signal turned sideways, one already pointed forward), awaiting installation as t... (more)
Pump It Up! Usually a WMSR trip is done without refilling the tender, but on this day they chose to add water at the midpoint of the trip in Frostburg, with water pumped from a hydrant by ... (more)
Q249-25 has just arrived at Jessup Yard, just behind the distant bridge, and is ready to push back into the yard (. In an unusual combination move, the train brings mixed freight out of Baltimore... (more)
The yard at Brunswick has been around a long time and has seen many changes, one of which is the abandonment of this old siding that was (presumably) once used to unload hoppers. Now it sits, for... (more)
Amtrak 538 gets a clear signal and begins its push compass north, soon to be east, as late day shadows creep across the track.
The marina stirs as yet another Amtrak heads for Washington DC on a beautiful morning.
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thedieselshop.us lists BNSF 2189 as a GP38X.
Where are the cows? Where are the cows? Send in the cows! Not being hungry for whatever sort of feed is provided here, they have wandered over trackside behind the barn, although I doubt... (more)
A pan shot need not be of a train, an engine, or part of an engine!
Empty coal heads west on the OML, now that the curfew at Harpers Ferry, for overnight tunnel work, has ended.
If the Auto Train passengers are seeing as much pretty scenery here at Aquia as I am, they are mighty happy!
For another shot of the marina that day, go Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: GE P40DCLocation: Stafford, Virginia, USALocomotive #: AMTK 831Train ID: CSX P053Photo Date: September 15, 2013
A grain train, infrequently seen these days, passes the passenger platforms in Gaithersburg, once an important town for loading grain from nearby farms onto railcars.
"Eastbound Train," "Gaithersburg," what else do you need to know?
The eastbound Capitol Limited is about to clear the yard, hopefully with some freights to follow. Alas, it didn't turn out that way.
