Amtrak Meets MARC. A four-hour late Amtrak Capital Limited (Train 30, AMTK 69, P42DC leading) passed the Gaithersburg, Maryland station at the right time to meet MARC Train 873 (MARC 7759, ... (more)
Loaded iron ore train weighing around 43000 tons is seen here battling a 8km grade of 0.4% almost finishing its journey of near 1800km to the mines and back to São Luís.
Due to track construction work in Löchligut (east of Bern), the direct route for freight trains from the Olten area to the Bernese Oberland and vice versa was closed and the trains were diverted ... (more)