Switching the west end of Georgetown, 2/23/1947

Here we see several covered hoppers being passed by the B&O Scale House (to the right, behind the cars). Note the brakemen standing next to the cars. In the foreground is a B&O Section House, complete with jigger tracks in front for the hand car. In the distance an S unit is seen as the power for this train. Also seen in the distance is the pedestrian foot bridge over the GB, with a telltale to protect brakemen atop cars. To the left are some of the local boat houses on the Potomac River. There are 2 missing, no doubt from a recent flood. And, if my eyes don't deceive me, if you look real hard, you can see what appears to be smoke & a headlight from a waiting steam engine just to the right of the center steeple of the boathouse in the background. There's definitely something smoking back there. View is West. Photo is taken from atop the Aqueduct Bridge.

EDIT 11/26/19: This photo can be found in the Washington Evening Star, The Sunday Star Pictorial Magazine, February 23, 1947, page 2, article titled "The Long Way to Georgetown" by Chris Mathiesen, photography by staff photographer Randolph Routt.