Lending a helping hand, WM #729 continues the push to Frostburg.

Farmers talk about their days, their crops, their families, or whatever comes to mind after the sun falls below the ridge.

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WM #729 lends a helping hand pushing a freight up the 1.75 percent grade.

Mountain Thunder down below!

Locomotive 502 pulls a through freight over Mt. Savage.

The Steam Gods were pleased with the performance put on by Wild Mary at Brush Tunnel!

729 pushes its train out of Cumberland.

Wild Mary #729 takes pause by Cumberland station which overlooks a steeple just across the canal.

Western Maryland #729 winds it's way up the grade through Mt Savage and on towards Frostburg, MD with another "fast freight".

Western Maryland #729 returns with a caboose in tow after a transfer run to the B&O yard in Cumberland.

The early morning lighting along the remnants of the C&O Canal was spectacular. A Lerro special.

Fast freight - at any cost! Western Maryland was well known for using steam for pusher service to speed it's freights over the 1.5% grade seen here at Helmstetter's Farm. A pan at 1/10th taken ... (more)

A gentleman waits for a freight to pass in his 1939 Packard at the unguarded crossing at Trimble Road.

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An engineer for the Western Maryland takes a moment during a station stop at Frostburg to talk with a woman with a dog.

Freight heads to Pittsburgh! Or as close to Pittsburgh as the Western Maryland can get before handing off to another line. This peaceful rural scene belies the magnitude of the grade ahead... (more)