A closeup of the Capitol Limited from high above Wills Mtn AMTK 163 AMTK 147
My first amtrak travels through Sand Patch.
The Capitol Limited passes thru downtown Cumberland just moments after departing the station and starting its journey west over the famed Sand Patch Grade AMTK 81 AMTK 69
P030 at approaching Baltimore Street with 3- SD50 helpers on standby for the next heavy train east over sand patch grade
P030 eastbound along the Casselman River just west of Meyersdale and east of Yoder on sandpatch
P030 is beats its scheduled arrival time by 5 minutes today but quickly looses that and more in a breif rain that hits the area. The actual holdup however is because the conductor has to issue tic... (more)
P030 is moments ahead of a morning thunderstorm that stretches across the area. This train arrives 49 minutes later in Cumberland ... still 5 minutes early... in a light rain shower and thunder
The view from the Loudoun Heights incorporates most of the attractions in the Harpers Ferry area... Here we have the eastbound Capitol Limited departing the station, running 40 minutes late...
AMTK 51 & AMTK 23 in fresh paint lead todays Capitol Limited into Cumberland
AMTK 51 & AMTK 23 in fresh paint lead todays Capitol Limited over Sandpatch
The Deuce is loose! Number 2 heads east on Number 2 at Mexico. E819 waits on Number 1 for it to clear behind lone ES44AH 811.
Running wrong main on the Metropolitan Sub, P030 makes its way east through Brunswick, beneath a deep blue sky.
With no CSX trains running, the Capitol Limited has the entire Cumberland Sub to itself on New Years Day 2009.
