In surroundings that once were rolling mills and now are tilt-up distributions centers, Tradepoint Rail keeps on rolling.

It's tough to believe this beautiful day was in November. Here a CSX manifest rolls through the interlocking at Bayview.

Riding behind a 7-unit lashup on the old B&O Mountain Sub with an SD40-2 helper, A-B-A Fs, and two MARC Geeps bracketing another F-Unit. The special departed Cumberland and traversed the Seventeen... (more)

“Heritage Twofer”
With both the Baltimore & Ohio (CSXT 1827) and Western Maryland (CSXT 1852) heritage half-breeds as power, CSX’s priority intermodal I031-13 (North Bergen, NJ to ... (more)

CSX M415 passing by M421. Canon 6Dii 24mm, 6 flashes used

The 1.75% grade begins just beyond here on the old Western Maryland mainline in the Narrows west of Cumberland, and the 1238 is pouring it on. The 1238 was built by the Montreal Locomotive Works ... (more)

X193 passes the abandoned Crown Cork and Seal plant, as it descends the hill to Seagirt.

The daily “Frostburg Flyer” enters the Cumberland station on a beautiful fall day.

The L-26 (pumpkin patch limited) travels through the world famous narrows. Wills creek cut this route over millions of years of erosion, or so they say.

I135 last Brunswick Station

Here, just (compass) northeast of Hurlock proper, MDDE 1203 leads the 2:00 p.m. Fall Festival Express south at milepost 14.8, returning to town at 14:54, during the Hurlock Fall Fest on Oct... (more)

TPR's second job heads back from Grays Yard with 20 cars for the various distribution that occupy the former Bethlehem Steel plant that's now Tradepoint Atlantic.

M409-19, with an EMD rebuild in command speeds westbound at White Marsh.

Holding at the “bud board” M421-17 awaits the yard masters word to allow them to enter the yards. CSX 7274 “Spirit of West Virginia” is also in trail. The fall color is starting to really ... (more)

MARC 883 passes WB tower, 7 flashes used