I probably was sitting just a wee bit too close to the tracks when this one came by! I've learned my lesson.

Had an eastbound come by on track 2, there would have been four trains side by side! Air hoses serve to keep the brake pressure up so the trains don't have to be walked again.

An empty autorack train climbs the hill to the Buck Lodge signals on a pleasant winter day. The trees filter the sunlight, making an interesting pattern of striped shadows in the snow.

A woman watches the passing manifest from the platform of the former B&O freight house.

Amazingly enough, as of April 2007, the new Safetrans signals STILL have not taken over for the CPLs!

This unit coal train stopped before the switch, so I thought it was heading down the Pepco lead to deliver to the power plant, but instead it continued east, heading for its ultimate destination a... (more)

The sun has set but the need for passenger transportation in a major European city never goes away, so the grand terminals live on. One can enjoy a similar view while dining in the restaurant jus... (more)

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.

A trash train waits to head north to Interbay yard as a southbound intermodal train just passes. Behind them looms the Louis Dreyfus grain elevator, being enshrouded by fog. The scene is bisecte... (more)

Q411-10 heads east after having just passed the signals at Tuscarora along with the barking dogs.

It looked like there was a coal movement on 3-runner ready to go east, but a PTI van pulled up and left a crew to move the power into the yard. Within the hour a new set of power arrived to pull ... (more)

A MARC train passes the Castle at Forest Glen, renovated into the castle look sometime between 1916 and 1922. Its past uses have included a post office, retail store, apartments, hotel, barber, dr... (more)

A MARC train leans into the curve at Georgetown Junction, past an autorack on the (former branch line) spur whose latest bit of graffiti is still wet. Note the chair the vandals left behind; they... (more)