Western Maryland 734 breaks the silence as it roars through Brush Tunnel on a snowy Winter day. This was truly a experience that I will never forget, dont even think I need to repeat either.

Engineer Cody Cook at the controls of WMSR 501 & WMSR 502 giving a helping hand to 734 on this dark gray day trip to Frostburg

Let it Snow! An early December snowfall blankets Helmstetters Curve.

The Western Maryland puts on a show past the newly raised barn owned by Mr. Helmstetter, who lost the original barn to arson.

734 passes John's Helmstetters new barn. Between the Railfans, friends and neighbors the Farm Fund has raised over 41K to fill the huge gap between the insurance payout and the actual cost of repl... (more)

The Check Presentation The Helmstetter Farm Fund Committee proudly presented a check representing the more than $40,000 raised to date by the committee. Thanks to the hard work by the gen... (more)

Cab ride anyone? A CBS News Videographer sent to cover the John Helmstetter story sets up for a shot that will give the viewing public a really close view of "Mountain Thunder" in ac... (more)

Work on the Helmstetter's new barn comes to a standstill as Mountain Thunder rounds the curve.

A plume taller than the trees, as high as Price Hill. A Carl Franz charter.

#734 exits Brush Tunnel with a clean stack on a beautiful Fall day.

#734 rounds the curve on a late fall day. Thanks to the dedicated volunteers on the brush cutting crew, scenes like this are able to be photographed again. As recently as July, this shot would h... (more)

Mountain Thunder charges East around the curve on at the peak of fall color.

At the end of day, one more freight charges up the hill past a stand of corn. A Carl Franz charter.

An unusal sight that has (2) WMSR GP30's up front running LHF elephant style as they lead the regular excursion back to Cumberland