The southbound Orange Blossom Special crosses the Schuylkill River on the Columbia Bridge at Belmont, Pennsylvania. The Belmont Water Works can be seen above the lead unit.

The southbound Orange Blossom Special prepares to crosses the Schuylkill River at Belmont, Pennsylvania. If I recall correctly, the plot of dirt in the foreground was a cooperative garden f... (more)

A northbound Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac intermodal train approaches the intermodal facility at Potomac Yard. The Washington Monument is on the center horizon, while the U.S. capitol is on ... (more)

Acca Yard was the southern-most point on the Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac, a Class I railroad that was a bridge line "Linking North & South" about 113 miles in length. The RF&P con... (more)

An RF&P TOFC train heads south past Potomac Yards. This train was most likely 171, the Orange Blossom Special. 171 originated on Conrail in South Kearny, NJ and terminated in Tampa, FL on... (more)

With a departure from Kearney, New Jersey in the wee hours of the morning, Conrail train TV-171, the southbound Orange Blossom Special usually arrived in Philadelphia just after first ligh... (more)

The fall colors were beginning to show on the maple trees in the front of Gwalthmey Baptist Church at Gwalthmey, VA as southbound manifest No. 105 passed on Oct. 18, 1979 with an interesting power... (more)

At less than 1%, as far as railroad grades are concerned, RF&P's Rutherglen Hill was pretty lame. That said, it could still take the wind out of the sails of a freight train as is passed over the... (more)

Southbound Orange Blossom Special on Thomas Viaduct near Baltimore, MD