“WYE I Sing the Blues”
Conrail BUEN (Buffalo-Enola), with CR SD40 6340 on point, is southbound at CP-WYE on the Buffalo Line, about to cross the Rockville Bridge, at 16:57 on 04/24/1... (more)

Led by CR SD50 6757 plus three additional, Conrail’s PYSE (Potomac Yard to Selkirk), operating on CSX rails between Anacostia and Park Jct., has just entered the single main of the Philadelphia ... (more)

“OBS Variety Pack”
There were precious few vantage points along the B&O’s Philadelphia or Washington Subdivisions to get a broadside view of a 5-unit lashup. And, save a train actu... (more)

“Against the Current”
Running opposite main, three B36-7s in Seaboard System attire, along with an RF&P GP40-2 and a Chessie/C&O GP40, power the Orange Blossom Special-Sout... (more)

“MAILing It In”
CR GP40 3201, plus five, leads the Sunday edition of Conrail’s MAIL-9 (Kearny to Chicago) west on the Pittsburgh Line at mp 115.3, near Cove, on 04/24/1988 at 14:53... (more)

“Will Not Exceed 10 MPH”
With some autumn color still evident, a westbound manifest approaches–at reduced speed–the boardwalk at the BTSC/Baltimore Terminal Service Center (mp 5.... (more)

“Loose Caboose”
No longer wearing its “Linking NORTH and SOUTH” herald, RF&P caboose 923 (built 12/1970 by Southern Iron & Equipment) had wandered off home rails with the ... (more)

“Seaboard Samich”
A pair of RF&P locomotives bookends a trio of Seaboard System B36-7s on CSX 0171, the Orange Blossom Special-South, westbound at White Marsh at 09:20... (more)

“HOoping It Up”
The operator at HO Tower hoops up orders to a westbound manifest at Hancock.
Locomotives:
(1) Chessie/C&O SD40-2 7558 (ex-C&O 7458)
(2) SCL/SBD GP40 6745, wi... (more)

Winter’s slime hides an early—but not the first—CSX paint scheme on CSXT 6589, as the former B&O 4014 leads a late Orange Blossom Special-South through the “Hanover Curve”, westbo... (more)

“State of Confusion”
Having just crossed the Potomac River, the power on these westbound coal mtys is passing Harpers Ferry Station, while the bulk of the train is still in Maryland.... (more)

“Clear Signal: Hammerjacks”
The B&O’s Chesapeake (Brunswick to Philadelphia) is eastbound, passing Hammerjacks just before reaching (the then closed) HB Tower in Baltimore ... (more)

Conrail CSAL (Rocky Mount, NC-Allentown, PA), operating as CSX Z412 between Anacostia and Park Jct., is eastbound on Track 2, splitting the B&O CPL bracket post installations at Rosedale on the Ph... (more)

“Got Horsepower?”
Five units, totaling 13,750 hp, lead the Orange Blossom Special west, about halfway between the BRADSHAW and LORELEY intermediates on the former B&O Philadel... (more)

At 17:48, MARC 132 is barely late as it begins to slow for its scheduled 17:43 St. Denis station stop on April 20, 1987. Here, the Washington to Baltimore Camden Line commuter has just clea... (more)