Recent content by Bandob

Thank you very much for the permission to use your photos. Here's a photo of the 607, the one you saw recently, as it was in operation in 1970.

It is really nice to see this museum and this part of railroad history being preserved. In 1970, the Railroad at Fort Eustis was using steam power, and periodically had trips for the public. Here's a photo I took of the train in October, 1970 when it hosted a trip for the Washington DC chapter...

In the week between Christmas and New Year's, 1995, Amtrak held an open house at Baltimore, MD Penn Station. AEM7 @929 headed a consist of Amfleet, Viewliner, Vermonter Baggage, and MARC coaches. Here's a view of the entire train and some interiors.

I was fortunate in being able to ride an equipment move once. Our private car Dover Harbor was part of a move from Washington to Philadelphia for display at National Train Day Activities. Here's a view as we left Union Station.

This morning I posted another in a series of "Trains and People" photos on my retirement community listserv. They have proven very popular. I used this one from 1995, showing the diesels for the Cardinal being directed onto the consist in Washington, DC. I asked, "why primer?" on another train...

"I also remember the dingy 70s-era P&LE commuter train at their station." Here it is at the station in 1979.

Picture worth 1000 words dept: here's the former B&O Station on Grant Street, Circa 1979.

We have made many trips by train, long and short. For her, the food has been the deal-breaker, especially for longer trips.

I appreciate discovering and being able to join this forum. I am a retired physician and also a past volunteer at the B&O Railroad Museum. I now live in a senior citizen community, and we have been very active this year in starting a Model Trains and Railroading interest Group. Many of the...