Nostalgia & History > Some variety from 1985

1. FOUR! No, not the great Miles Davis jazz tune, but four wheel sets with four MDOT F9PHs 7184, 7183, 7185 & 7181. The F's are laying over in Chessie System's Brunswick Yard on an early Sunday afternoon. On Monday morn, they will get to work shoving a horde of commuters to work. 12:50PM on 1-6-85 in Brunswick, MD.

2. In two states. If not for the date of this photo, I could probably pass it off as true Norfolk & Western. High hood SD45-1767, SD40-2-6122 & SD35-1502 are on the point of a S/B manifest freight crossing the Potomac River on NS's Hagerstown District. If you believe the placement of the border line on Google satellite view, the 1767 & 6122 are in West Virginia while from the 1502 on back is in Maryland. 11:48AM on 1-27-85 in Shepherdstown, WV.

3. A visitor from the South, Norfolk Southern GP38AC-2858, still in full Southern Railway paint and running long hood forward, has worked its way onto the point of an E/B Chessie System grain train. It, along with CHSY SD40-7549, is passing HX Tower, on track two of CHSY's Washington Sub. Mid-morning on 2-10-85 in Halethorpe, MD.

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Photo one is superb!
Bob

All four photos are very enjoyable, thanks for sharing them with all of us, Bill.
John in White Marsh, Maryland

I only see 3 photos....

​W.

All three are great, but photo 1 with the MDOT f's! I wish someone would make HO scale decals for them...

Fritz in MD

Absolutely Excellent.  Thanks for your posting.
ALLEN

Great set, Bill!  Especially the last one.

texchief1

Photo #1 is great, Bill.
But I also give credit the hostler, who would consistently tie those trainsets down for the weekend in echelon left formation.
/Ted

Excellent set !
Gary

Bill,  Thanks for posting all your great pictures.  As for the border issue: the Potomac River is in the District of Columbia and Maryland from Jones Point in Alesandria, VA, north and west, not in Virginia or West Virginia.  Gerry

GPutz Wrote:
> As for the border issue: the Potomac
> River is in the District of Columbia and Maryland
> from Jones Point in Alesandria, VA, north and
> west, not in Virginia or West Virginia.  Gerry

What is the "border issue"? 
What the OP stated was that the first two units are in West Virginia [which they appear to be], while the third unit is in Maryland [which it appears to be since it's still above the river and hasn't yet reached the WV shoreline.
Guitartrain's caption is 100% spot-on accurate.
/Ted