This website has been archived from TrainWeb.org/marcrailfan to TrainWeb.US/marcrailfan.
AEM-7s were once very common at Penn Station, operated by both MARC
and Amtrak. Since the delivery of the new GP40WH-2s, MARC AEM-7s are
rarely, if ever, seen pulling the commuter trains. Amtrak still
continues to use them, with an occasional E60 making an
appearance. UPDATE: I spotted a MARC AEM-7 from I83 on Saturday, 27
July, sitting idle at the head of a commuter train. They appear to
be still in use, but are hard to find since only four are on the
MARC roster.
The recent renovation of Penn Station included adding a new parking
garage, which will make a trip here much more convenient. The MTA is
also adding an extension to its Light Rail line between the Mount
Royal Station and Penn Station. The bridge across the JFX is in place
and track and catenary has been installed on the concrete ramp leading
under the station terminal. When completed, this
extension will allow passengers to take the Light Rail between Penn
Station and Camden Yards. This may be helpful for Oriole fans in the
D.C. area, following the recent cancelation of MARC Oriole game
service to Camden Station.
Penn Station
Baltimore's Penn Station sit over the Pennsylvania Railroad's former
mainline through Maryland, now part of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
MARC and Amtrak share the platforms here, with daily service to
Baltimore Washington International Airport and Washington D.C.'s
Union Station. MARC trains are stored here at night and over
weekends, but it is rather difficult to view them without taking a
train. Only passengers are allowed down the steps from the waiting
room, and visibility from outside the station is limited by fences
lining the bridges and streets overhead. The trains are visible from
nearby I83, the Jones Falls Expressway, but there is no place to
stop along this highway. It would be best to snap photographs while
commuting between Baltimore and D.C.
View Stats
| Page updated: 05/26/2021
| Version 2023l21b
| Links
| ©2015-2024 Silver Rails