Out and Back, Part 5

I now have the trip narrowed down, for now. The extensions may come later. I first want to take the Baltimore or Washington trip. First would be a stop in Alexandria. This is an excellent to stop for watching trains. Before the closing of Potomac Yards, you got freight and passenger. Before the mergers, You had RFP and Southern trains. In the mid 1970's, there also was the local passenger that Southern ran south to Lynchburg.



Southern Railroad ran passenger well into the age of Amtrak. Not only did their locals but the Piedmont ran the Crescent route during the daylight hours.



Here I looked at the schedule for out and back. However, it would be an overnight as the Silver Star out arrives to close to the back to be effective. Next is to look at the VRE schedule to see how effective the trip wold be. I could do the Alexandria train watching on the way home. However, the schedule prevents this from be a viable alternative. Here are the alternatives, Day 1. Any of the alternatives give a good view of the VRE

92 Silver Star: Departs: 6:29a, Hamlet, NC, Arrives: 2:40p, Alexandria, VA.

1. Alexandria(VRE): 2:45psa, 3:25 Psa, 3:30pn, 3:57ps, 4:04ps, 4:13ps, 4:32pna, 4:32pn, 4:44ps VRE Silver Star NE Regional Carolinian 4+D 1+A 0 1 6+A Yellow Line Metro: Departs: 5:05p, King Street Metro Station, Arrives: 5:25p, Gallery Place, Red Line Metro: Departs 5:33pm, Gallery Place, Arrives 5:37p, Union Station

2. Alexandria (VRE): 2:40psa, 3:25psa, 3:30pnv, 3:57psv, 4:04psv, 4:13psv, 4:32pna, 4:32pnv, 4:44psv, 5:03psv, 5:11psa, 5:25psv VRE Silver Star NE Regional Carolinian 7+D 1+A 1 1 10+A Yellow Line Metro: Departs: 5:35pm, King Street Metro Station, Arrives: 5:55p, Gallery Place, Red Line Metro: Departs 6:03pm, Gallery Place, Arrives 6:07p, Union Station

3. Alexandria (VRE): 2:40psa, 3:25psa, 3:30pnv, 3:57psv, 4:04psv, 4:13psv, 4:32pna, 4:32pnv, 4:44psv, 5:03psv, 5:11psa, 5:25psv, 5:38psv, 5:49psv, 5:52pnv VRE Silver Star NE Regional Carolinian 10+D 1+A 1 1 13+A+D 338 VRE: Departs: 5:52p, Alexandria, VA, Arrives: 6:25p, Washington, DC