“I032 Over Wire”
Actually, the “wire” is long gone, but some of the catenary infrastructure lives on (such as this cat pole at milepost PD 1.4) along NS’s Port Road Branch. Thi... (more)

“PB&W, 1905”
Amtrak Train 2250(5) shuns the exquisite Perryville Station as it speeds north, regaining velocity after crossing the Susquehanna River Movable Bridge at a maximum of 90... (more)

With one of CSX’s eight autonomous track assessment cars (ATACs), CSXT 994374 (a/k/a ATAC 5) on the head end, followed by a very healthy cut of Tropicana^® reefers, CSXT 977 an... (more)

“Reflections of Spring”
At 09:43, a total of five Maryland Midland EMDs pull a 26-car train of aggregate–from S.W. Barrick’s Woodsboro quarry to Barrick’s Finksburg Term... (more)

“Meteoric”
At 08:49 a.m., Amtrak 98(22), the Silver Meteor (MIA-NYP), is operating ahead of schedule, although it has slowed here to less than 90 mph (viz. 88.6 mph) to... (more)

On the return leg of a Tamaqua to Hometown High Bridge excursion, run in conjunction with the 30th Annual Tamaqua Summerfest, RBMN 2011, one of eight GP38-2s rostered by Reading & No... (more)

“Where There’s Smoke…”
A CSX track geometry train, symbolled as a passenger extra, kicks up fresh ballast fines as it approaches the intermediates at Harberson Walker* [sic] at m... (more)

“Constant Flow Rate”
Yet another in the never-ending stream of coal drags departs Brunswick, eastbound, on Sunday afternoon, December 6, 1987 at 14:52. With CSR/C&O SD50 8574 and B&... (more)

“Five Day Work Week”
Four of the five F9PHs rostered by the Maryland Rail Commuter Service (MARC) are laying over for the weekend in the yard at Brunswick, late in the afterno... (more)

“Capt. John O’Donnell”
CTN 47, Canton Railroad’s SW900 “Capt. John O’Donnell”, is tied down for the weekend at the road’s (then) headquarters on Boston Street.

The... (more)

“Breakfast Without Orange Juice…”
Doing its part to ensure an adequate supply of sunshine for the following week, Conrail’s OJT (Tropicana orange juice train) charges across the ... (more)

An afternoon Brunswick Line commuter (MARC 211) slows for its scheduled 5:23 p.m. arrival at Point of Rocks.

B&O F7A 4566 (née B&O F7A 369, built 01/1951, EMD) was sold to MK and shipped t... (more)

“Refrigerated, Frosty & Patapsco”
…and that’s just the locomotive.

As an early morning snowfall peters out, OBSS (the Orange Blossom Special-Sout... (more)

“They Don't Build 'Em Like That Anymore”
E. Francis Baldwin, B&O’s principal architect, designed the railroad’s third Oakland station (1884), which opened for business in 1885. ... (more)

“Lonely Survivor”
The Western Maryland Railway freight station in York, shown here on April 21, 1984, was built in 1896 for WM precursor Baltimore & Harrisburg Railway Company. The J... (more)