B&O Metropolitan Branch Photo Tour

B&O Metropolitan Branch Modern day photo tour
Accompanying each photo below are:

Mile - the milepost distance from the original B&O Washington, DC station
Ease - difficulty level to reach the photographer's location (A = easiest, F = toughest)
Area - estimate of safety level of area (A = safest, F = worst)
Map - ADC brand street map coordinates; notation is: county, page, grid
Date - date of photograph
View - compass direction of view
IC2 - page reference to similar, usually historic, photo in Herbert Harwood's excellent book Impossible Challenge II
Topographic Map - link to US Geological survey map centered on location

Click a photo to see a larger view. Please send your comments and corrections to Steve.

Just Trains

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

Amtrak 652
Mile: 0.9	Date: Sep 2008
Ease: C	View: SW
Area: C	IC2:
Map: DC 10 D 13	Topographic Maps

Alstom model HHP8

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

Amtrak 796
Mile: 0.9	Date: Sep 2008
Ease: C	View: W
Area: C	IC2:
Map: DC 10 D 13	Topographic Maps

EMD model SW1000R

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

Red Line
Mile: 7.2	Date: Sep 2008
Ease: B	View: S
Area: B	IC2:
Map: Mo 37 A 11	Topographic Maps

Rohr 1000-series

Link: How to identify DC Metro Railcars

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

CSX 5313
Mile: 16.4	Date: Aug 2008
Ease: B+	View: N
Area: B+	IC2:
Map: Mo 29 D 7	Topographic Maps

GE model ES44DC

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

HTT 6700S
Mile: 17.2	Date: Aug 2008
Ease: B	View: NW
Area: B	IC2:
Map: Mo 29 C 5	Topographic Maps

a ballast tamper

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

CSX 7515
Mile: 19.1	Date: Aug 2008
Ease: B	View: NW
Area: B+	IC2:
Map: Mo 20 A 12	Topographic Maps

a C40-8

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

CSX 8528
Mile: 19.5, 0.4 siding	Date: Oct 2008
Ease: C+	View: S
Area: B	IC2:
Map: Mo 19 J 12	Topographic Maps

CSX 8528 and CSX 8645, model SD50

B&O RDC 1951
Mile: 21.6	Date: Sep 2012
Ease: A	View: E
Area: B	IC2:
Map: Mo 19 F 9	Topographic Maps

a self-propelled passenger car manufactured by Budd

CSX 7725
Mile: 21.6	Date: Sep 2012
Ease: A	View: E
Area: B	IC2:
Map: Mo 19 F 9	Topographic Maps

a GE C40-8W crossing Summit Avenue in Gaithersburg

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

CSX 135
Mile: 22.2	Date: Jun 2008
Ease: B	View: W
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Mo 19 D 9	Topographic Maps

CSX 135 (AC44CW) and CSX 5013 (AC6000CW)

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

CSX 5335
Mile: 23.5	Date: Jun 2008
Ease: A	View: N
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Mo 19 A 7	Topographic Maps

CSX 5336 (ES44DC) followed by CSX 7860 (C40-8W) through the Metropolitan Grove MARC Station

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

CSX 6461
Mile: 23.8	Date: Jun 2008
Ease: B	View: NE
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Mo 18 K 7	Topographic Maps

this GP40-2 is about to pass under Watkins Mill Road

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

CSX 5839
Mile: 23.8	Date: Jun 2008
Ease: B	View: W
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Mo 18 K 7	Topographic Maps

a B36-7 showing its age

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

CSX 8543
Mile: 25.5	Date: Jun 2008
Ease: B	View: W
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Mo 18 G 5	Topographic Maps

SD50

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

PW 3909
Mile: 25.9	Date: Jun 2008
Ease: B	View: NW
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Mo 18 E 4	Topographic Maps

The P&W was incorporated in Massachusetts as the Providence and Worcester Railway on March 12, 1844, and lives on today as a Class II Railroad. Their Dash 8-39B model trails CSX 5203 here.

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

MoW
Mile: 26.4	Date: Jul 2008
Ease: A	View: SE
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Mo 18 E 3	Topographic Maps

out for a weekend drive through the Germantown countryside

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

CSX 8110
Mile: 29.1	Date: Oct 2008
Ease: B	View: E
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Mo 17 G 1	Topographic Maps

SD40-2

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

HLCX 7187
Mile: 31.0	Date: Aug 2008
Ease: B-	View: E
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Mo 8 C 12	Topographic Maps

SD40-2

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

Lashup
Mile: 31.0	Date: Sep 2008
Ease: B-	View: NW
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Mo 8 C 12	Topographic Maps

CSX 241 is a model AC44CW.

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

Ends
Mile: 31.0	Date: Aug 2008
Ease: B-	View: NW
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Mo 8 C 12	Topographic Maps

a rare photo feat: capturing two Met trains rolling west side-by-side at different speeds as their ends meet

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

Chessie
Mile: 35.9	Date: Jul 2008
Ease: B	View: E
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Mo 7 A 7	Topographic Maps

Rolling stock is where older paint is still on the job, such as the C&O's Chessie cat, or the NYC reporting mark.

C(SX) 393
Mile: 37.1	Date: Dec 2012
Ease: B	View: SE
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Fr 44 C 12, Mo 6 H 6	Topographic Maps

AC4400CW (I've never heard of the C railroad either)

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

CSX 4735
Mile: 37.2	Date: Jun 2008
Ease: C	View: W
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Fr 44 C 12	Topographic Maps

SD70MAC

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

CSX 880
Mile: 39.3	Date: Jun 2008
Ease: A	View: S
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Fr 44 F 10	Topographic Maps

CSX 880 followed by CSX 840 (GEVOs)

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

CSX 5323
Mile: 40.5	Date: Jul 2008
Ease: C	View: SE
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Fr 44 C 9	Topographic Maps

ES44DC

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

MARC 69
Mile: 42.8	Date: Sep 2007
Ease: A	View: SE
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Fr 43 H 6	Topographic Maps

GP40WH-2

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

CSXT 904084
Mile: 72.3	Date: Jul 2007
Ease: B-	View: NW
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Fr 36 B 12	Topographic Maps

another caboose will soon disappear from sight

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

Brunswick
Mile: 75.x	Date: Sep 2007
Ease: B	View: E
Area: B	IC2:
Map: Fr 35 E 12	Topographic Maps

CSX 6361, CSX 6453, CSX 2205, CSX 8528, CSX 6249, CSX 2677

Photo courtesy Dave Hiteshew

UP 4047
Mile: 80.9	Date: Oct 2007
Ease: B	View: E
Area: A	IC2:
Map: Wa 36 H 11	Topographic Maps

this SD70M is approaching Harpers Ferry Tunnel, Sandy Hook Road parallels

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