On my quest to take a few pictures of some CSX trains in my area, I headed down to Garrett Park MD yesterday, about 10 miles outside of Washington Union Station. Garrett Park is a sleepy little village in Montgomery County MD, a suburb of Washington.
I believe the station sees about 6 passenger trains stopping here but otherwise is very small and quiet. There is a wonderful but expensive restaurant next to the tracks in case you get hungry!
I didn't really get what I wanted. I was there for about 10 minutes before the pedestrian crossing bell began ringing. A very fast moving auto rack train was heading west. Right before I snapped a picture of the lead engine, a flash of orange and blue caught my eye....about a split second passed before I realized what it was and taking a terrible photo (glad I at least got something). It was the Norfolk Southern Jersey Central Heritage unit! I was aware of it being in the Baltimore area thanks to a railfan Facebook page dedicated to the CSX Metropolitan Sub (that runs from Washington, through Garrett Park, and out west) but didn't expect to see it this way. I've seen all of the Amtrak heritage units passing through town before but this is the first time I know of that a Norfolk Southern engine has come through. Sheer luck - being in the right place at the right time - allowed me to see it! I've now seen the CNJ, Pennsy and Conrail Heritage Units. Of course, I rode behind the Pennsy and Conrail while riding the 765 around Horseshoe Curve.
This was the only train to greet me. After an hour, the heat and humidity told me it was time to go get Thai food for lunch! ![](https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/static/images/graemlins/icon_wink.gif)
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Looking West towards Rockville, Gaithersburg, Germantown, etc. ![IMG_5297 IMG_5297](https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/fileSendAction/fcType/0/fcOid/63373121262935365/filePointer/63373121266772068/fodoid/63373121266772056/imageType/MEDIUM/inlineImage/true/IMG_5297.JPG)
Looking east towards Washington. Garrett Park is at one end of a nearly 5-7 mile long straightaway. ![IMG_5298 IMG_5298](https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/fileSendAction/fcType/0/fcOid/63373121262935365/filePointer/63373121266772069/fodoid/63373121266772057/imageType/MEDIUM/inlineImage/true/IMG_5298.JPG)
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