The RBBX Circus Train is back in our nation's capital! Here, Benning Yard local crew B701 is pulling the animal cars off of the main consist so that they can be respotted onto the Anacostia Stora... (more)

Operator Allen Brougham gives P029 a wave as the Capitol Limited passes through QN, led by AmAmtrak #208.

V02 pops out of the seldom seen tunnel underneath Capitol Hill.

After a fast run down the NEC, 925 awaits its next assignment in Washington.

Old and new elements of railroading share the scene at L'Enfant, with weed covered PRR catenary supports contrasting the months old VRE station. Bridging the gap between old and new is Amtrak's C... (more)

Another Amtrak oddity that could be found at Washington Union Station was the GP7, there were about 16 of these on Amtrak's roster at the time of the photo.

Some of the more unusual locomotives on Amtrak's roster could be found working the yard at Union Station. 562 began life as an SW9 on the Santa Fe, then was rebuilt into an SSB 1200 and later sol... (more)

There weren't many benefits associated with working for The Great Train Store, but being able to photograph Amtrak on lunch break wasn't bad.

CSX intermodal heads north across the Potomac River from Virginia into DC. The Jefferson and Washington monuments are a prominent feature of the Washington, DC skyline.

A colorful assortment of power sits at the Ivy City Engine Terminal in Washington DC on a September day in 1975. Front and center is Southern Railway E8A 6905 (ex-SOU 2928, built 9/51), still in ... (more)

The Corridor Clipper is an Amfleet I modified by Amtrak into a Track Geometry Car that includes a pantograph on its roof.

The VIP special from Norfolk, VA arrives in DC the day after the inaugural run of this new service. On the rear is the Amtrak Beech Grove with a Christmas Wreath drumhead, NS full dome and CSX Gr... (more)

937 waits for its next assignment on a gloomy December day.

A utility employee cleans the windshield while all exterior lights are tested on the 904 in preparation for its next turn.

One of the last great train terminals looks resplendent in the colors of a December sunset. The flags are at half-mast for the recent Sandy Hook massacre.