Nostalgia & History > Amtrak MD-VA - 1984

1) #900 - class unit sb at Bowie, MD commuter station in 9-83
2) P30CH 705 at RO Int. in Arlington, VA is sb going to the Auto Train facility; engine was serviced in DC
3) NB Amtrak meets a Pope's Creek Conrail coal train at Bowie, MD

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4) Conrail Pope's Creek coal train enters the Pope's Creek Sub at Bowie, MD 9-83
5) CSX train sb thru RO Int. Arlington, VA 9-83
6) RFP freight descends the hill at the end of daylight towards AX Int. 9-83

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7) Auto Train had two kinds of auto carriers: 2 level 9000 series & 3 level 9100 series
8) USDOT T-10 at Alexandria, VA in 9-83 (SPV 1000)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/19/15 14:38 by MEKoch.

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1) Amtrak 900, the first AEM7, which was destroyed in the Chase, MD (Gunpow) wreck on January 4th, 1987
2) Amtrak P30CH running southbound as train 953 at RO. Amtrak trains 952 and 953 are the Lorton to Washington equipment moves that service the Auto Train.
3)  Northbound Amtrak train at Bowie on No.1 track. I'm thinking the Montrealer. 
4) Southbound Conrail coal train at Bowie back when coal came south through the B&P tunnel in Baltimore. Coal now comes north from Bennings.
5) Southbound Chessie freight at RO. Take in 85 or later as 1985 is when Conrail began pulling down the old PRR catenary.

The Bowie shots bring back memories as I was on the Baltimore division extra list and frequently worked Bowie tower. The tower lives on today as the Bowie railroad musuem.

5) Southbound Chessie freight at RO. Take in 85 or later as 1985 is when Conrail began pulling down the old PRR catenary.

were there ever any incidents where the operator that controlled RO had a braiinfart and routed an electric motor onto a track that wasn't electrified ...

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Out_Of_Service Wrote:
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> 5) Southbound Chessie freight at RO. Take in 85 or
> later as 1985 is when Conrail began pulling down
> the old PRR catenary.
>
> were there ever any incidents where the operator
> that controlled RO had a braiinfart and routed an
> electric motor onto a track that wasn't
> electrified ...
>
> Posted from Android

That happened enough on the corridor, never mind the RF&P ....

RF&P was an  early adapter of CTC and RO Tower was long closed by the time I started to have an interest ing railroading.