Norfolk Southern SD70ACC 1847 leads the way up the west slope on a doubled-up NS coal drag. You can see the two mid-train units just vaguely off in the distance. The standard helper set consisting... (more)

Reading & Northern Fall Foliage train blasts through downtown Tamaqua on its way to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.

Amtrak 29 slips between some buildings in downtown Gaithersburg on a gloomy day, squeezing between an old fire station and a large apartment complex built a few years ago. The building on the left... (more)

CSX's Chessie System ES44AC Heritage Unit #1973 leads M21629 eastbound by the Muirkirk MARC Station.

During the evening westbound rush, MARC P875 notches up out of downtown Gaithersburg. Next station stop, is Metropolitan Grove which is exactly 2 miles from the platform in Gaithersburg. EXIF ... (more)

Amtrak 29, the westbound Capitol Limited navigates it's way through the Washington D.C. suburbs on it's way to Chicago, IL.

Amtrak's Phase IV Heritage Unit #164 bypasses the fairly new Georgetown I.T. track. This siding was re-laid parallel to the mainline in order to make room for the Maryland Department of Transporta... (more)

Westbound Capitol Limited train number 29, rounds the corner about to knock down a Medium Clear signal at Point of Rocks. Amtrak P42DC 138 does the honors of pulling the Capitol Limited which had ... (more)

Into the storm. As Amtrak P02904 cleared CP Derwood, faint rumbles of thunder grew louder. Amidst the rapidly approaching severe line of thunderstorms, about 5 miles behind me, Engineer Ryan gives... (more)

See Tracks, Think Train! Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver P42DC leads the Capitol Limited through the Tuscarora Interlocking in Tuscarora, Maryland. Nice way to reach 100 photos on here!

Amtrak's Capitol Limited gets back up to track speed after departing the Rockville Amtrak Station.

As the sun starts to fall closer to the horizon, NS 66E charges through the cut in Union Furnace, PA.

The westbound Capitol Limited climbs out of the Derwood Dip, on its way to Chicago, IL.

Maryland Area Rail Commuter (MARC) celebrated the 150th anniversary of the opening of Baltimore & Ohio’s Metropolitan Branch in 1873 with an excursion trip on Memorial Day. The anniversary excur... (more)

CSX 787 leads a pair of light engines from Benning, DC to Brunswick, MD to pick up a set of scrap gondolas. R150 would later return east to DC with the empty scrap gons.