Fixing a switch, 2010.
Color digital image showing signal maintainers fixing a switch north of Washington Union Station; image dates to October 2010.
- Digital Image Details
-
- Date Archived:
- February 3, 2015
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 2010s
- Data Format:
- Image
- Date Created:
- October 2010
- Download the full-sized version of this photo
In this image, Signal Maintainer David Dinaro, assisted by Bryan Maffa and Edward Morrell, replaces the cover to a switch he has just fixed north of Washington Union Station. A switch allows a train to cross from one track to another, and large stations such as Washington often contain dozens of switches as a handful of mainline tracks multiply to serve numerous platforms.
This image is one of a set entitled "A Day in the Life of Amtrak" completed for the Amtrak 40th Anniversary celebration.
Photographer: Matt Donnelly for Amtrak. From the Amtrak Corporate Collection.
