Nearing the end of a run from New Jersey, the Norfolk Southern office car train rolls into Seabrook, MD, on the heels of a Marc local, underneath miles of catenary wires. Photo by Casey Thomason.... (more)
Diesels under the wires
Shoving to DC in the snow, MARC 4911 pushes a service towards DC as the 2010 blizzard kicks up.
The 2010 blizzard is on! MARC services rush people home as the storm intensifies. In a matter of hours snow covers the ground and 2-3 ft of it is still coming.
A MARC service comes to a stop as the historic 2010 mid Atlantic blizzard begins to crank up. Many people were rushing out of DC before the snow began to pile up.
Before you can see the train, you hear a roar. Then out of the storm at 100 mph with whistle blaring a regional slams through. Amtrak was the only thing that stayed moving.
In the aftermath of the " 2010 Snowmageddon" in the Mid Atlantic, a regional kicks up it's own blizzard.
The first Acela southbound carves a path through 2 feet of snow the day after the big 2010 blizzard that threw the mid Atlantic into chaos. Amtrak however kept running, though with fewer trains.
The day after the historic blizzard of 2010, transportation is still in chaos, however Amtrak is running, even with half it's trains annulled. Here a southbound regional kicks up the snow.
The Southern Crescent and The Patriot
Two GG1s at track speed. What could be better?
MARC commuter train pulling into the station the day before the 2010 blizzard in the Washington DC area
Amtrak Acela the day after the 2010 blizzard in the Washington DC area