In the summer of 2004 I undertook a follow-up visit to a friend in Pennsylvania's Cumberland Valley. I didn't have a car at the time so I arranged a pickup from the Martinsburg Amtrak Station after booking a ticket on Capitol Limited Train #30. I didn't take a lot of photos that day, but the ones I did are still interesting so here they are ( mirror ).
In 2004 MARC's AEM-7's were still in regular operation. I caught #4901 on the 'F' track at Baltimore Penn Station nost to tail with K-Kab Kar #7849.
MARC's new HHP-8's were shouldering more of the peak period express
trainset burden. I caught #4915 on track #5. The unit is still in
service as of 2025.
The CSX Business Train was in Washington Union Station for some reason. Visible is former Atlantic Coast Line observation car "Florida" and a former Conrail (nee-New York Central) office car #994010 "John T. Collinson".
Pulling in we passed AEM-7 #953 and yard goats #562 (SW1001) and #541 (SW150).
At Brunswick, MD, some of the old MARC equipment was still in storage including RDC's and long distance passenger cars converted to commuter use. The ex-Metra Pullman gallery cars were actually still in service!
WB tower was also still in service. Today it had been preserved about 100 yards away.
In Martinsburg, the former B&O shoppe complex and roundhouse was ramping up as a historic site, but the new station platform and overpass had yet to be built. Power for that day's Train #29 was P42DC's #85 and #70.
Like I said that's all I have from this trip. Make sure you check out my experience catching a train from Martinsburg to DC earlier in 2004.
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