Point of Rocks
MARC Train P879 from Washington D.C. arrives Point of Rocks, Maryland in the aftermath of a nasty afternoon thunderstorm. This service is part of the Brunswick Line which parallels the Potomac River westward out of Washington towards West Virginia.
Point of Rocks is where the former Baltimore and Ohio splits towards Baltimore on the Old Main Line (foreground) and towards Washington on the Metropolitan Branch (right). The original B&O charter reached Point of Rocks from Baltimore in 1832 making the Old Main Line one of the oldest continuously used rail lines in the nation. Located in between the Old Main Line and the Metropolitan Branch is the ornate Victorian B&O depot built in 1873 when the Metropolitan Branch first opened. Almost all of B&O's passenger services took the Metropolitan Branch to reach Washington which continues to facilitate MARC trains and Amtrak's Capitol Limited.
Point of Rocks
MARC Train P879 from Washington D.C. arrives Point of Rocks, Maryland in the aftermath of a nasty afternoon thunderstorm. This service is part of the Brunswick Line which parallels the Potomac River westward out of Washington towards West Virginia.
Point of Rocks is where the former Baltimore and Ohio splits towards Baltimore on the Old Main Line (foreground) and towards Washington on the Metropolitan Branch (right). The original B&O charter reached Point of Rocks from Baltimore in 1832 making the Old Main Line one of the oldest continuously used rail lines in the nation. Located in between the Old Main Line and the Metropolitan Branch is the ornate Victorian B&O depot built in 1873 when the Metropolitan Branch first opened. Almost all of B&O's passenger services took the Metropolitan Branch to reach Washington which continues to facilitate MARC trains and Amtrak's Capitol Limited.