Eastern Railroad Discussion > Quantico, VA CSX (RF&P) Aerial

An unusually cold February has iced the tributaries of the Potomac River, in this case Quantico Creek. A northbound coal drag crosses the creek on a morning when it was 15 degrees when we took off from the nearby Manassas, VA airport at 10:30 am.

The second image shows a portion of the Presidential fleet of helicopters at the air field on the Marine Corps Base Quantico......including the Osprey.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/01/15 11:16 by cinder.

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This for the pictures, our son who is in the Navy is stationed at Quantico working the the Naval Medical Clinic as a supply specialist.

Pat
South Austin, TX

OK.....In that case here are a couple more.

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Neat! Thanks for posting this.

Another fine job of aerial photography.
John

Nice pics!! I REALLY like the last two!!

Always enjoy your aerial shots, Cinder. Takeoff performance must have been spectacular at 15 degrees.

Nice shots...those are Osprey's not Presidential Helicopters. I used to be stationed there, the HMX-1 helicopters are usually inside.

Cinder, nice pictures.
By any chance did you get any shots of the
Power Plant south of the base.
They have an old RS 1 that looks like its been sitting
a long time, between the main line and the plant.Jim

I assume you mean north of Quantico.

1. Power plant enveloped in steam in the cold temperature last Tuesday..

2. The plant in 2007 with switcher in view.



Also below are previous threads I posted eight years ago.

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/attachments/fullsize/165000/possum_pt_power_1_cropped_to.JPG

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?2,1371509,1371509#msg-1371509 (Switcher in third picture)

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RFandPFan Wrote:
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> Nice shots...those are Osprey's not Presidential
> Helicopters. I used to be stationed there, the
> HMX-1 helicopters are usually inside.
Are we talking here about "Marine 1", the president's helicopter? Don't they fly out of Joint Base Bolling/Anacostia?
Rick

That's the one , looks like it hasn't been used in a few years.
I saw it from The Auto Train
Jim

how much reheat did you have to use to get the 172's engine going? My bonanza takes about 20 minutes at 15F

The engine in the Cessna 172 took about 15 minutes of Salamander heat while still in the hangar