FOR TODAY: Station Announcement proceeded by a bugler playing Call to the Post ... " Now departing. Train 149 The Race Track Special bound for Baltimore". Sunday morning Race Track Special.
A string of B&O RDC's depart Patsburg Commuter Station for Baltimore with a full train of passengers bound for the Preakness in Baltimore. Once the train arrives at Baltimore's beautiful Mt. Royal Station, passengers will detrain and board a fleet of buses bound for Pimlico Race Course, only 10 minutes away. The train crew loves this assignment because on their layover they get to spend time ( and money ) at the track too! Conductor Lukas Foss seems to get lucky practically every time. He always comes home in the evening with more money than he had when he left the house in the morning. Trainman Barney Kingsley seems to break even, well, at least most of the time. Engineer Hasty Harwood seems to lose his shirt practically every time. For this crew ... it's NOT just another day on the railroad.
The B&O used to run Race Track Specials to horse race tracks in Charlestown WV, Delaware Downs, and Laurel Race Course in Laurel Md ( home of the DC International ) I would think the B&O also ran trains from DC's Union Station, Philadelphia, Martinsburg WV, and other locations to Baltimore's Preakness each year. Often B&O's fleet of RDC's would be called upon for these assignments along with trains comprised of conventional passenger coaches. . RDC Race Track Specials might run in groups of 5 -6 car trains. 
