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)

Flying white flags Maryland Midland’s Union Bridge – Highfield turn rounds the horseshoe curve at Sabillasville, Maryland. The train has picked up quite a few interchange cars in Highfield.

A Maryland Midland waits on his SD24 while his conductor exchanges waybills with the operator at the Western Maryland office in Highfield, Maryland.

Maryland Midland SD24 6252 pauses next to the Western Maryland office in Highfield, Maryland. On the right is the former WM East Subdivision, which was spun off to the MMID between here and Emory ... (more)

An early Maryland Midland westbound train is in the middle of the horseshoe curve in Sabillasville, Maryland. The leading cars are all MMID covered hoppers.

Maryland Midland’s westbound train is seen crossing over the Maryland highway 550 as it climbs the Catoctin Mountains west of Thurmont, Maryland.

EMD’s SD24 was sold to customers in the west and the southeast, but not the northeast. In 1984, some secondhand SD24’s finally penetrated the northeast when the fledgling Maryland Midland boug... (more)

A Blue Visitor. On the morning of Friday, June 18, 2021 AMTK 100 (P42DC, Midnight Blue) was on display at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland along with BO 51 (EA, EMC, 5/1937). ... (more)

Cool, humid, and overcast weather makes for some of the best shooting conditions for steam. Such was the case on Memorial Day weekend on the Walkersville Southern Railroad, as Jeddo Coal Company 0... (more)

With congestion ahead in the Baltimore Terminal, and no route to Curtis Bay, K676-08 holds the siding at East Avalon on the Old Main Line.

Maryland Midland UBHF splits the out of service Western Maryland signals at Flint as it drops down Catoctin Mountain toward Thurmont and Union Bridge. Seeing this 1967-model B&O GP38 in its sharp ... (more)

A work train powered by 2060 has added its freshly emptied rail flat to the rear of the outbound UBHF that CSX will be pulling momentarily.

"Forward Progress"
Despite a 09:00 scheduled departure from its Monday night stay in Manassas, the N&W 611 ferry move from Spencer, NC to Leaman Place, PA didn’t O.S. Maugansville unti... (more)

N&W class "J" 611 heads to Strasburg, PA for excursions this summer on May 25, 2021 through Hagerstown, MD.

The Chessie Steam special passes the B&O 3768 on its way to Terra Alta, WV. Photo taken from a passenger car in the train.