A southbound Amtrak regional train flies across the Susquehanna River bridge in route to Washington, DC and points south.

Amtrak's northbound Crescent accelerates out of the curve and into the sun on a beautiful May morning.

VRE departs Burke Centre, enroute to Manassas, amidst moderate snowfall.

A set of VRE Kawasaki coaches coast in to the Burke Centre station on snow covered rails. VRE service ran a modified but reliable schedule through the storm.

A colorful UP W/F/F SD70 leads NS 203 southbound through the plant at Burke. These units were seen earlier in the day on the local after being turned on the wye for this train. Notice the new ATC... (more)

Elephant style UP units run backwards, northbound with Alexandria local P54. The lead unit has no functioning headlight and almost appears to be unattended.

NS 9418 leads UP 4424 southbound through Burke, VA with hot UPS pigs in tow.

NS 9846, still in primer, leads a UP unit and a standard cab NS unit northbound with coal on a beautiful spring day.

Amtrak #3 leads the westbound "Cardinal" into the curve past the VRE commuter station.

NS 9732 Leads a W/F/F UP Unit on the point of the Ringling Brothers Red Unit Circus Train eastbound at Joppa, MD. The train was delayed several hours due to congestion in Baltimore and the need t... (more)

A leased Sounder trainset, with recently repaired F59 #V41, descends Fairfax Hill just before sunset

A rare high-hood lashup as NS 4123 leads NS 5210 on a Saturday afternoon local south of Burke, VA. The train is currently switching cars at a recycle transfer facility

Amtrak's Westbound Cardinal stirs up fresh fallen snow as the crew poses for the shot near Burke, VA. This trains consist recently lost the Dorm, Diner and Viewliner Sleeper for a bit due to repa... (more)

VRE power leads a leased Sounder trainset SB on a mid-day run to Manassas. Sounder F59's proved unreliable and VRE has opted to use their own power with the leased trainsets.