Smoke and steam fills the air above Helmstetter's Curve as Western Maryland #1309 hustles up grade towards Frostburg, MD with a coal hopper train in tow on November 5, 2022.

"Sunnyside": Western Maryland, former C&O, H-6 Mallet #1309 hustles up Sunnyside on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.

TPR 936 shoves drywall loads down the siding at Home Depot.

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 stomps upgrade around Helmstetters Curve with a hopper train in-tow during the Trains Magazine fall photo charter.

Western Maryland #1309 is about to enter the south portal of Brush Tunnel on November 6, 2022 as she hustles north for Frostburg, MD with coal hoppers on tow.

"Frostburg Bound": Western Maryland #1309 digs in as she crosses C&P bridge #2 on November 6, 2022 bound for Frostburg with a train of empty coal hoppers and ballast cars.

Western Maryland H-6 #1309, build by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1949, races around Helmstetter's Curve on the former Western Maryland mainline outside of Corriganville, MD on November 6, 2022.

With an intrepid brakeman in a tradition stance and coal fire in the stove there’s a feeling of assurance that the trip will be successful. These little “house cars” were a refuge from cold... (more)

Early in the morning a ghost appears from the mist, returned from the dead, pulling a short train of hoppers bound for Frostburg, but we can imagine Jenkins or Van Leer Junction or many other plac... (more)

TPR 217 leads the transfer run from Grays Yard to Atlantic Yard.

“The End of the Beginning”
Manned helper BAYL 3065 shoves on the rear of 30 Lehigh Cement loads (roughly 4200 tons) as UBHF plies west through Graceham, en route to the CSX interchan... (more)

TPR 8706 and MOW equipment sit outside the engine house.

"Thunder at Brush": Western Maryland, Ex-Chesapeake & Ohio, 2-6-6-2 Mallet H-6 #1309 blasts out of Brush Tunnel on the former Western Maryland right of way on the Western Maryland Scenic... (more)

"Thunder at Brush": Ex-Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 Mallet H-6 #1309 blasts out of Brush Tunnel on the former Western Maryland right of way on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad on Novemb... (more)

Western Maryland 1309 does the final runby for the Trains Magazine photo charter at the famous Helmstetter's Curve