I probably was sitting just a wee bit too close to the tracks when this one came by! I've learned my lesson.
A woman watches the passing manifest from the platform of the former B&O freight house.
The rock runner pulls by an indicator light apparently used to call hard of hearing passengers back into the station for a non-aural message.
My old notes say this is a K578, but now I realize I've never heard of such a train. It could be an east bound rock runner, but the hoppers look empty. A puzzle.
An east bound auto rack train crosses at Summit Road and begins to pass by the MARC station.
Like the sign says...
The afternoon Brunswick-Washington train at Gaithersburg.
The westbound Capitol Limited, already running about a half hour late out of DC, blasts through historic downtown Gaithersburg. The annual Shaker Forest Festival is just wrapping up.
Prior to the afternoon rush, an eastbound MARC train makes a brief stop at Gaithersburg.
A trainload of empty trash containers passes through Gaithersburg on its return trip to the Shady Grove Solid Waste Transfer Facility in nearby Derwood. Taken from atop the parking garage.
This scene looks almost like an HO scale layout! Taken from atop the parking garage.
The daily eastbound Rock Runner passes under Route 355, heading into Gaithersburg Town Center. Taken from atop the parking garage.
An eastbound autorack train passes under Route 355. Taken from atop the parking garage.
