Steam locomotive 1309 leads another train around Helmstetter's Curve towards Frostburg.

Mallet Pounding The Curve. Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 (née-Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad 1309, 2-6-6-2, Baldwin, 1949) has just crossed Dakota Avenue during a day of "Hands On Th... (more)

Cab Ride. Western Maryland Maryland Scenic 1309 is underway on October 4, 2022 for the "Hands On The Throttle" experience as "Fan Railer" Michael Kam is in the assistan... (more)

The Amtrak "Crescent" flies over the former-PRR bridge on the Northeast Corridor as a couple of local fishermen await a bite from the Chesapeake Bay.

Rainy days and steam make for some awesome images. Here 1309 departs with the 11:30 train to Frostburg.

Rainy days and steam make for some awesome images. Here 1309 departs with the 11:30 train to Frostburg.

“Fade to Pink”
With its bright red and silver paint now faded, GCK 101 sits—stack capped—waiting on a tank car of kaolin slurry that will never come, at the shuttered Verso paper... (more)

“Hammerhead”
Western Maryland Scenic’s freshly-painted B32-8 made its second revenue trip—this time long hood forward—on September 23rd, hauling the Frostburg Flyer, seen here ... (more)

I certainly didn't plan it that way, but a neat shot from 11-11-11. The lone survivor of a very short-lived Conrail marketing plan-- Conrail Express. Much as airlines do with their regional part... (more)

28V with the Conrail heritage unit on the point crosses the Susquehanna River.

“Fashionably Late”
Amtrak 30(22), the eastbound Capitol Limited, arrives Cumberland at 10:05. Late, yes, but by only 45 minutes–not so late as the clock on the historic (184... (more)

“Fireball”
The newest addition to WMSR’s fleet is WMSR/NIWX 558, a former Norfolk Southern B32-8, seen here arriving Frostburg, running LHF, with the regularly-scheduled Frostbu... (more)

Ex Western Maryland SD40 currently owned by PNLX sits on the Western Maryland Scenic/CSX interchange track waiting pickup by CSX to begin its journey to Michigan.

Originally built for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway in September of 1952, Canton Railroad's pair of GP7R's have reached the end of the line, as they don't meet current EPA standards. ... (more)

H02, running long hood forward, crosses the Canton Railroad diamond on it's way to the Port of Baltimore Dundalk Marine Terminal.