The captured Krupp-built German railway gun, "Leopold," at the old US Army Ordnance Museum near Aberdeen, MD. The barrel is 283 mm (11.1") in diameter X 71 feet long, with a range of 40 miles. A... (more)

Amtrak GE P42DC 183 leads the eastbound Capitol Limited through Garrett Park, MD. Kicking up some freshly fallen snow and other debris on its way to Washington, D.C.

Maryland Western In Westernport. On the night of Sunday, June 20, 2021, former Western Maryland EMDs WM 7436 (SD35, 12/1964) and WM 7471 (SD40, 8/1966) sit in Westernport, Maryland next to ... (more)

"Emmitsburg Jct."
With 43 loads/3 empties, and a full complement of power, Maryland Midland’s UBHF storms west past the long derelict Rocky Ridge Elevator Company at mp 54.1.

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“Tempers Flare”
Having already hoisted 21 cement loads to the CSX interchange at Highfield, UBHF returns east to retrieve the remaining 29 loads, two helpers, and eight empties tied ... (more)

Two Roads Diverged. CSXT 5288 was bearing down hard with loaded coal train N783 as it took the routing for the Old Main Line through Point Of Rocks, Maryland on Thursday, June 24, 2021. Don... (more)

Norfolk Southern’s Lackawanna heritage unit leads the Rutherford-Atlanta intermodal, NS 203, south (timetable west) past a couple of covered hoppers staged on the Martin’s Elevator siding at M... (more)

Noteable Oranges. The eyes of the Met Sub were fixated on an out of town duo for a few days in late June as BNSF Railway SD70ACes 9288 and 9037 arrived on CSX G124 and worked a variety of l... (more)

CSXT Spirit of Our Law Enforcement ES44 3194 rolls though Viaduct Jct. at Cumberland, MD with Q01604, as the pass the W00306 geometry train with F40PH 9999.

Western Maryland 7436 and 7471 sit in Westernport Maryland on a clear summer evening.

Blue Is My Color. CSXT 4319 (GP39-2) was working on CSX Y224-17 in Locust Point, Baltimore, MD on the evening on June 17, 2021. The engine once served for Delaware & Hudson Railroad as 7419... (more)

Charger Crossing The C&O Canal. MARC Train 881 (MARC 85, Siemens SC-44 leading) enjoys one of the longest light days of the year as it crosses C&O Canal Lock 33 and the Potomac River from K... (more)

Everybody Works! A full train on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad meant that not only Conductor Billl but his 4 year old grandson Nathan were needed as conductors on Sunday, June 20, 20... (more)

A Hot Bear. Western Maryland Scenic Railroad F40M-2F 450 (née Amtrak 380 F40PH, 7/1981) was returning to the WMSR facility in Ridgeley, West Virginia when it crossed the North Branch Potom... (more)

The Curve Near Cumberland. When the Western Maryland Railway sought to expand its line west of Cumberland, Maryland in the early 1900s, land was acquired from the Helmsetter Family for the ... (more)