Long-time readers may recognize this train, as it’s been posted before. After some last-minute, heart-pounding eBay action, I am now the proud owner of a slide showing another view of the same train stationed in Georgetown in the winter of 1965. Decent views of trains on the Georgetown Branch are so rare, I will leap at any opportunity to own a small piece of this history. Unfortunately the photographer is unknown. B&O 9035 was an Alco S-2, built between 1943-1948. Three years later the Capitol Traction Co. power plant would be razed. Here is the matching photo:
Epic pic! If you don’t mind me asking how do you find these slides on ebay, or what is your search criteria? I’ve tried myself to find GB related stuff on there but to no avail, are all your ebay finds usually from the same source?
I’ve got 30-odd searches set up for everything from Georgetown, Flood, Bethesda and so on and so forth. Lots of time the strings are really odd. The saved search feature on eBay makes it a bit easier.