This is a unique view of the interior of a steam engine. At least the ability to view an engine like this is unique to the Gaithersburg MARC station. I went there for a picture of the station, and because I had seen on google maps that it appeared to have a steam engine next to the station. Not only was there an engine, but it was an engine without a bottom.
This is the smoke box of a steam locomotive. It’s where the fire would burn, heating the water on the other side to make steam. The smoke from the fire moves through those holes in the top of the picture. I thought it was a neat opportunity to see something from a different angle. I hope you agree.
If you don’t agree and you think that this may seem odd for an MDP post, I can tell you that it’s not odd. In fact, after seeing me take this picture, a woman who regularly waits at the station came up and asked why she sees so many people taking pictures with their head inside the train. Apparently she never bothered to look inside, or she just thinks that obsolete machinery is still obsolete from the underside.
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1 Buffalo Creek and Gauley « Maryland Daily Photo // May 23, 2011 at 9:17 AM
[...] You probably knew that MDP has a bit of curiosity towards trains. In the process of checking up on a daily train blog I came across this article about an obscure railroad in West Virginia. Then… in the middle of the article I realized that I had a picture from one of the engines of that railroad as that engine currently sits in front of the Gaithersburg train station. I featured it’s inner workings in this post. [...]
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