Nostalgia & History > B&O Passenger Train Power

This is a re-post as I remember when the B&O was still operating conventional passenger cars in commuter service for the Maryland DOT, and generally they used GP-7's or GP-9's that were equipped with steam boilers for this passenger train service.  However, during the warmer months of the year, when steam heat was not needed, there were occasions when other power was sometimes used.  On this particular rainy day in August 1974, two F units were substituted for one of the morning trains from Baltimore down to Washington, D.C.  Photo is in Camden Station Yard in Baltimore, Maryland.
John in White Marsh, Maryland

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The gritty 70's.

Bob

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Great catch, John. I lived in Laurel during those years and often saw (and photographed) the trains. But I never saw B&O F units on them, nor had I heard of it. You learn something new every day!

Art House

So typical of the Seventies, gritty, run-down, beat, archaic. Given up for dead. It was like a miracle when the railroads were revived!
Gonut

I was a B&O trainwatcher for years and also never saw an F-unit on a passenger or commuter train!