Under the distant moon, Q398 on the left passes three trains waiting to move east, all hooked up to compressed air, which allows crews not to have to walk their trains again.

Among the many pieces of hardware on the front of this unit is something resembling a shower head!

A crewman from the latest arrival hooks the train up to an air hose, thus maintaining air pressure throughout the train while it waits to move further east. In doing so the train joins not only t... (more)

Q130 waits patiently at the Maple Avenue signal while the dispatcher has problems with getting the signal to display a clear. This was only one of a handful of problems that occured in the Met th... (more)

Amtrak's westbound Capital Limited is speeding past WB Tower in Bruswick, Maryland.

A freshly recrewed westbound train is passing WB Cabin on its way to Cumberland.

With CSX's new renumbering job, there is no doubt what 4566's previous number was, CSXT 766. This battered and dirty 70MAC is heading up D740 for the eastbound trip to Benning, MD.

Laying over.

CSX 1 The "Spirit of West Virginia" makes an early morning pass by Brunswick. This train stopped at Brunswick to get a set of helpers for a push on the Old Main Line to its destination in Baltimor... (more)

Morning sun hits an ACe leader on Track 3 with a load of coal waiting on a crew to finish the journey to Benning Yard in Washington DC.

Looking worse for wear, CSX 6816 (33459 9/67) had seen service as L&N 3020 and SBD 6816 and surprisingly has continued on as Point Comfort & Northern 3002 and now as New Orleans Public Belt 3002.

A skull? In lieu of a crossing gate for this access road into the yard, or even a set of crossbucks, CSX has chosen a sterner warning for its employees arriving to work.

While taking a lunch break before arriving at Harpers Ferry, I'm treated to some CSX action in Brunswick.

Chessie System (B&O) SW1200 #9617 next to roundhouse in Brunswick, MD. This unit was retired in 1987.

Q411 on the Main with coal drags, 4768 - V634 and 446 - T861 ready to head East.