With apologies to the Doobie Brothers for borrowing their song title, here is a Southern Railway freight approaching the Alexandria, Va. Amtrak depot on its way out of Potomac Yard.

One of the railway's distinctive high-nosed GP30s leads the long train on its way south. Potomac Yard was the long-time interchange and classification yard for all the railroads serving the Washington, D.C. area.

The area to the right of the railroad right-of-way is today occupied by the King Street Station of Washington Metro, used by Metro Blue Line and Yellow Line trains.

Photographed by Thomas McCann, 1975.
Added to the photo archive by Thomas McCann, August 7, 2010.
Railroad: Southern.

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