Q217-28 with a pair of CN EMD's rolls through HB interlocking as downtown Baltimore towers in the background.

A Pumpkin and a Meatball

Sunday evening finds an Amtrak GP7 and its work train parked for the weekend on a track at Penn Station in Baltimore. Two tracks over, a two-month-old MARC... (more)

While am Amtrak train that I was riding mare its station stop at Baltimore, a GG1 trundled by on another track.

A Bruce Van Sant original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

An original 35mm negative from my collection; the photographer was not specified.

Catenary maintenance is a constant, never-ending job that is often unnoticed or unappreciated. Kudos to all of those who do the work to keep the current flowing. A Richard Louderback original sl... (more)

An original Kodachrome slide form my collection; the photographer was not specified.

Having just passed under N Howard St, Q409-24 prepares to enter the short tunnel under West Mount Royal Avenue, with the Howard St Tunnel just ahead.

“Cat Pole Not Included”
Pictured at Bayview Yard, this “Paducah rebuild”, the former PRR/PC/CR GP9 7056 (built 1956), retained its high short hood when rebuilt* for... (more)

A Acela Express train passes through Halethorpe Station.

Common scene of the Northeast Corridor: A ACS-64 leads a Amtrak Northeast Regional train through the Halethorpe Station.

A MARC train passes through Halethorpe Station.

“Loose Caboose”
No longer wearing its “Linking NORTH and SOUTH” herald, RF&P caboose 923 (built 12/1970 by Southern Iron & Equipment) had wandered off home rails with the ... (more)

Some fall color still hanging on.

“Clear Signal: Hammerjacks”
The B&O’s Chesapeake (Brunswick to Philadelphia) is eastbound, passing Hammerjacks just before reaching (the then closed) HB Tower in Baltimore ... (more)