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Quote "ajt" Anyone with recent experience on the Eastern Shore RR's Cape Charles-Pocomoke line? On-duty times, days of operations, normal routine they follow? All I can tell you is the Norfork Southern runs a daily train out of Delmar to Pocomoke City. They setout and pickup at the propan...

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Just curious as to what was the locomotive power?

Looks like one of VRE’s EMD GP40s

Had a similar incident happen to me when taking pictures of the railroad equipment around the Tysons Food feed mill in Snow Hill Maryland with an employ of Tysons Food. No law was enforcement involved. No need to worry about photographic restriction with WMATA because there are none on the casual ta...

WMATAs tightening of security started long before the events of September of 2001. As the system grew and the operational staff became larger in the late 1980s the operational atmosphere became less family oriented. There are a few kind soles left within WMATA that will come within inches of violati...

I have never been a paid employee of WMATA. Back in the1970s and early 1980s security was nothing like it is today. In those days it was not uncommon for friendly operators to run trains with the cab doors ajar. I became friends with a number of operators station managers and supervisors that have l...

Thanks! And Welcome aboard to our Forums. Been lurking for some time now. You were at Nat'l Airport on Day 1 too? I remember seeing the Jul 1, 1977 opening date in the history too. However, I wasn't there though, I was only 1. Yes I was there too. I have attended all of the segment openings. Let me...

With regard to Metro's fare policy, besides being calculated on distance travelled, isn't it also determined by time of day? I think rush hour fares are (at least they once were) higher than off peak. Yes that is correct. The peak commuting times are higher then off peak. The fare scale was simplif...

1) I believe that the MetroRail trains are wide for capacity reasons. It's the second busiest US subway system, if I'm not mistaken. The car width has nothing to do with capacity reasons. Virtually every new heavy rail transit system that has been built in north America in the last 50 years has 10’...

Well all WMATA Forum Participants, I just want to let you know that I wish everyone a happy and successful new year. Not to mention that later this year, on March 27th to be exact, WMATA turns 30!!!! yep, 30 years of revenue running already, can you believe? Dam, its been that long, seem only like ...