The Capitol Limited passes an autorack set out onto the spur that formerly was the beginning of the Georgetown Branch. The autorack has fresh paint from the graffiti artists I witnessed a few min... (more)
Track to the left is what remains of the Georgetown Branch, now only a few feet long. Large blue building with orange stripes in the background is Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, research... (more)
Q226 passes the yard at Hancock, approaching the tower. Third autorack train of the morning!
Thoughts as the train approached: Hmm, the nose isn't yellow, it's red! Santa Fe? No, too much cherry red. Hmm, it's CP! Wow!
Lots of autoracks moving on this snowy day.
Who decides to clean only the door of a locomotive?
MP 11 means Q296 has just passed the Kensington detector and CPLs and is approaching the station on its way east.
Q276-16 passes the CPLs at Kensington and is approaching the MARC station.
Oddly, this trainset is not the one that will depart in 1/2 hour for Glauburg-Stockheim.
Part of only two of the five trainsheds (three with six tracks and two on the sides with four each) in the sizeable station at Frankfurt are visible. Engine class Baureihe 218 is part of the V 16... (more)
Sun in the eyes at dusk makes for a difficult WB departure past the imposing tower at the main station in Frankfurt.
Q398 EB under the historic wooden arch bridge (now steel reinforced) at Washington Grove. Caboose in the distance is ex-Missouri Pacific, now on private property adjacent to the line.
Like the sign says...
L415 approaches the MARC shelter and grade crossing at Maple Avenue; the EB signal is behind the photographer.
Unlike other CSX Metropolitan Sub CPLs, the ones at Seneca Fill have protective mesh, presumably to protect against vandalism.
