On the afternoon of the solar eclipse, CSX 5235 and company lead a manifest northbound through downtown Silver Spring as a Metro train heads south towards the Washington.

Before The Move. Haagsche Tramweg-Maatschappij 1329 PCC 1329 (HTM, 2/1971) sits in front of the visitor's center of the National Capital Trolley Museum on March 29, 2008. This car was retir... (more)

Amtrak's Phase IV Heritage Unit #164 bypasses the fairly new Georgetown I.T. track. This siding was re-laid parallel to the mainline in order to make room for the Maryland Department of Transporta... (more)

The MARC-RRE Special from Washington, DC to Frostburg, MD is braking to a stop to pick up passengers at the old B&O station in Silver Spring.

The Capitol Limited heads west under the Talbot Road bridge, an upside down turntable.

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Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 176
Train ID: CSX P029
Photo Date: April 24, 2016

Late running Q276 chugging east with autos for the greater DMV (DC, MD, VA). No complaints with the SD40/SD50 combo!

Carrying around the cheap-o Canon "nifty fifty" made all the difference in terms of catching this rainy day low light shot. My first precipitation-defined-headlight-beam shot! Empty oil heading b... (more)

An EMD Demonstrator GP40 leads K952 through Georgetown Jct.

The eastbound Rockrunner passes Georgetown Jct. on the Metropolitan Subdivision in 1996.

During the B&O Capital Limited’s last autumn before Amtrak (1970), westbound No. 5 makes her brief evening station stop at suburban Silver Spring, Maryland, on the way to Chicago. In the consis... (more)

The aftermath of the collision between Amtrak 29 and Marc P286 in 1996. The wreck claimed eleven lives.

Five years ago GE narrow cabs were a lot easier to find! Westbound empty auto racks pass the remnants of a light snow and the short stump of what once started the branch to, yes, Georgetown... (more)

A Pooch with The Blue Ridge.