WM #729 brings a caboose past the old C&O Canal basin towards Cumberland Station in preparation for a day of pusher service. Part of a Lerro Productions charter. This line is rarely photographed... (more)

The Packard, a classic! Waiting out the passing of a freight, at this unsignaled crossing, as it pounds up the hill.

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WM 729 brings a freight around the bend at Helmstetter's Curve. (WM #734 as WM #729 during a Lerro Productions photo charter - former LS&I #18/#34,)

Stop, look and listen! A family takes pause to admire Western Maryland's large 2-8-0 return light from an excursion to Frostburg, MD.

When "I think I can" won't cut it - add a pusher! WM #729 is employed in pusher service to assist a movement up the mountains and into Frostburg, MD.

WM #734 brings yet another train up the mountain and on towards Frostburg on a beautiful sunny afternoon in October.

729 pulls its train bound for Frostburg past Helmstetter's Farm.

729 charges up the mountain toward the town of Frostburg.

Western Maryland 2-8-0 #734 brings a heavily patronized excursion to it's destination of Frostburg, MD surrounded by the foliage of another Fall.

Finally the wait is over! This repairman has been waiting for a while but now that the pusher is in sight he knows the private crossing is about to clear.

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Quiet no more! A quiet Sunday morning is disrupted by a passing freight which is cresting the grade and heading for the tunnel.

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2010 WMSRR Fall Photo Run up around Frostburg

Beginning the climb to Frostburg.

Thundering through the Narrows.

Mountain Thunder.