“Takin’ a Detour”
During the Howard Street Tunnel Project, CSX’s Philadelphia to Cumberland manifest M371 is utilizing trackage rights over Norfolk Southern between Philadelphia ... (more)

AMTK 621, wearing one of two Crayola-sponsored wraps, brings a BOS-NPN Northeast Regional south at Perryville, Maryland. This locomotive is draped in Violet Blue, and features the collection of ei... (more)

A BOS-WAS Northeast Regional rolls south on Track 3 of the NEC, past the junction with Norfolk Southern’s Port Road Branch at Perryville, Maryland, after an afternoon thunderstorm had dissipated... (more)

“Amish, Meet Acela II”
An Amish family visiting the Perryville Railroad Museum is introduced to Amtrak’s NextGen Acela, in the form of Trainset 8, which was testing on the Northea... (more)

“At This Juncture…”
Cities Sprinter AMTK 660 leads Amtrak 195(11), a BOS-RVM Northeast Regional, south on No. 3 Track of the Northeast Corridor, past the junction with Norfo... (more)

“Close Encounter”
At 89 mph on Track 3, AMTK 607, with Amtrak 131 (NYP-WAS Northeast Regional) rockets past the standing MARC 537–waiting to depart on Track 4 at Perryville.... (more)

“Man & Machine”
Veteran EBT engineer Courtney Brown eases Mikado No. 16 (BLW, 1916) and train to a stop at Orbisonia Station at the end of an excursion to Colgate Grove on October 16... (more)

“We Don't Need No Stinkin' Catenary”
After meeting a westbound hopper train at CP-WEST ROCK (PD 7.4), Conway to Edgemoor manifest NS 36A hustles down the once electrified former PRR/... (more)

“Santa Visits Perryville”
Santa and Mrs. Claus paid a visit to the Perryville Railroad Museum at the Perryville MARC Station on Saturday, December 14th, and, during a lull in visitor... (more)

The Autumn Glory Special, running between Baltimore and Oakland, Maryland via B&O’s Washington, Metropolitan, Cumberland and Mountain Subdivisions, was sponsored by the Baltimore Chapter/... (more)

Amtrak 145(30), a NYP-RNK Northeast Regional, sprints [pun intended] south, past the Perryville Station that now serves at the northern terminus of MARC’s Penn Line commuter service. The station... (more)

“Heritage Twofer”
With both the Baltimore & Ohio (CSXT 1827) and Western Maryland (CSXT 1852) heritage half-breeds as power, CSX’s priority intermodal I031-13 (North Bergen, NJ to ... (more)

Having pulled its 11:00 train up to Orbisonia Station for boarding, EBT Mikado No. 16 poses for this broadside prior to departure.

Norfolk Southern priority intermodal 25G (Harrisburg/GI8 to Chicago/47th St), led by NS 4416 plus two additional, races west on Track 3 through the borough of Lilly on the West Slope of the Allegh... (more)

“Pennsylvanian Arrival”
Amtrak 42(25), the eastbound Pennsylvanian (PGH-NYP), approaches the Altoona Transportation Center for its scheduled stop with a nominally on-ti... (more)