Maryland Midland W/B Train UBEG heads back towards Union Bridge, MD as it comes through the town of Westminster, MD

Western Maryland 1309 leads its long passenger train up the steep grade at the Number 9 Switch on a cold December afternoon.

Western Maryland 1309 works up the grade at Woodcock Hollow on a cold December morning.

Ex. C&O 1309 blasts into the winter sun at Trimble Road, just outside Mt. Savage, MD. Taken with a 1949 Argus C3 using Illford HP5 film.

At 08:56, Maryland Midland’s stone train (UBST), as light engines, bridges Little Pipe Creek, southbound at mp 16.4 on the MDOT Sub (the former PRR/PC Frederick Secondary). Called at Union Bridg... (more)

M316 begins their ascent down the 17 mile grade at Altamont with CSXT 911 leading.

M316 passes the former B&O station at Oakland on their way up the Mountain Sub for Cumberland.

M214-14 is eastbound on track 1 of the Capital Subdivision, as it crosses the historic Thomas Viaduct.

“Rock ‘n Roll”
At 09:36, Maryland Midland’s UBST departs the S.W. Barrick quarry with a healthy (26 car) train of aggregate destined for Barrick’s Finksburg Terminal at Cedarhu... (more)

M372-05, with an EMD leader, descends the grade from the Clayton signal, as it approaches the Clayton Road grade crossing.

“Emmitsburg Jct. Redux”
Still operating on its winter schedule despite the calendar, Maryland Midland’s UBHF, with 34 loads of Portland cement (about 4800 tons), charges west past ... (more)

Maryland Metrorail. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metrorail 7000-series car no. 7418 (Kawasaki, 2012-2020) is the lead motor on a Green Line train seen arriving... (more)

At the Depot. The nicely restored Mallet locomotive takes a break at the Frostburg Depot on a Lerro charter.

Midnight Trains in Empty Stations. The title is taken from the song, "These Foolish Things." The 1309 poses during a Lerro night photography session.

M301-29 thunders west across the historic Thomas Viaduct.