After a winter of historic snowfall and cold temperatures in Maryland, February turned to March on a warm and sunny weekend. On March 1st, CSX 3237 leads an intermodal through Point of Rocks.

Standing in Virginia under Route 15 looking towards Maryland and the C&O canal path. Taken just after sunrise.

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The Point of Rocks Train Tunnel in Point of Rocks, Maryland.

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park.

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CSX tracks in Point of Rocks, Maryland. They run next to the C&O Canal National Historic Park. #CSX #PointOfRocks #railroad #259 #rail

Male Spicebush Swallowtail

Point of Rocks, Frederick County, Maryland.

Amtrak train 29, the Capitol Limited, passes the venerable B&O depot at Point of Rocks, MD westbound on #2 main of CSXT's Metropolitan Subdivision, May 28, 2024.

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Westbound Amtrak Capitol Limited passenger train on CSX Transportation track at station in Point of Rocks, Maryland, on April 5, 1990. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-44-10-09

CSX 7577 leads a coal drag on a sunny afternoon in Maryland

Colfax County, New Mexico, County Road C-52, looking north toward a spot on the Santa Fe Trail called Point of Rocks.

When I spotted this on Google Maps I thought it was just someone's jokey contribution to the database, but it's real. It's a Santa Fe Trail historical area and also happens to be the location of the 3rd highest elevation in Kansas.

A decaying billboard in Point of Rocks, Wyoming, advertising Jolly Jacs Fireworks World.

In Point of Rocks, Maryland. designed by E. Francis Baldwin and built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1873.

This is the last photo in the slideshow. After this we spent the night in D.C. and flew home in the morning.

For the first time since August of 2021, I found myself face-to-face with the black and red of a Canadian National unit, this time in Point of Rocks, Maryland. A clean 3226 led M371 past the old depot under golden light.

CSXT empty hopper train E725-30 glides through the interlocking from #4 to #1 main at Point Of Rocks MD on July 30, 2021.

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The classic Baltimore & Ohio Station at the division point of the "Old Main Line" and the Capitol Subdivision" observes a beautiful sunset on a fairly warm evening along to Potomac River.

Point of Rocks Station, Point of Rocks, MD

Seen in Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park.

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Getting a ride in before the heat and humidity returns.

"Take Me To A Secret Place"

Jennifer Moor

Krista Moor

(2)YongNuo 460 speedlights inside 28" Westcott Apollo softbox cam right and sunset cam left

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On a day that weather and operations allowed for only one decent photo to be taken, at least caught a lucky break in the clouds. That KCSM AC44 trailing the obligatory "Grey Poupon" leader sure is a long way from home up here in Wyoming!

“Twilight, a timid, fawn, went glimmering by, And Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast.”

George William Russell

C&O Canal Tow Path - Point of Rocks MD

3706 Clay St.

Built in the 1940s. It became Kerrigan's Liquors in 1954. Closed in 2012.

There's not a whole lot to Point of Rocks, Wyoming other than a truck stop on I-80 and a center siding on the Overland Route. But did find it is one of the few places east of Rock Springs with both easy access to the tracks and a nice scenic backdrop. Rolling at a good clip with a nice clean leader, an eastbound continues towards Cheyenne and North Platte.

Amtrak's westbound Capitol Limited (P029) passes the historic train station at Point Of Rocks MD on July 5, 2021 as a very good friend of mine looks on.

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A C&O SD40 leads a B&O SD40-2 westbound on the Old Main Line at Point of Rocks, MD. The light power set is perfoming duty as a Brunswick helper and is returning from shoving an eastbound to Mt Airy.

MARC train P879 pulls away from the depot at Point of Rocks, MD on May 28, 2024.

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CSXT L124 is westbound on the #1 main as it passes the historic former B&O station at Point of Rocks MD on October 11, 2023. In the background. MOW employees are unloading section rail behind the station.

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During the afternoon commuter rush, MARC P877 offloads passengers at the historic Point Of Rocks station in Maryland while CSXT's Q416 waits at the stop signal on #2 track for traffic to clear up and space to park in nearby Brunswick yard. A rare treat for 2017 was the appearance of GP39PH #73 in the lead. MARC trains as of late have become more homogenous in their appearance with the MP36s dominating operations here as well as on Amtrak's NEC.

March 16, 2017

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Siesta Key, Sarasota, FL

Starter house, Point of Rocks MD, September 2004

A Brunswick, MD based local returns westbound towards home after a trip to Mt Airy on the B&O's Old Main Line at Point of Rocks, MD.

Potomac River along on C&O Canal - Point of Rocks MD

Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe). Point of Rocks, C&O Canal Historical Park, Frederick County, Maryland.

Westbound empty racks shut me out from shooting the westbound Capitol Limited at Point of Rocks.

Unknown CSX @ Point of Rocks Station, Point of Rocks, MD

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WB empty coal at Point of Rocks.

Westbound coal cars roll off of the Old Main Line at Point of Rocks, MD behind WM GP40-2 #4314. WM's fleet of GP40-2s were built after the Chessie System merger and delivered in full Chessie paint.

4/2021 - Point of Rocks, MD

Not 100% sure what was going on here, but I think a westbound stopped at Point of Rocks to spin their lead engine so it was facing west. CSX 838 creeps around the wye as a couple young fans look on.