Before making her mad dash up the mountain, 734's fireman tops off her tender while passengers board the train at the beautiful Western Maryland depot in downtown Cumberland.

Western Maryland on her final run for 2014

Western Maryland on her final run for 2014 puts on a great show crossing Cash Valley road charging west

Rounding the famed Helmstetter's Curve, "Western Maryland" 734 is surrounded by color as it lugs a long fall foliage excursion out of Cumberland, MD.

Helmstetter's. WMSR 734 struts her stuff around Helmstetter's Curve during one of the Helmstetter Farm Fund trips in 2009. This was one of the later Farm Fund trips; by this time, ... (more)

Coal Smoke Over Cumberland. WMSR 734 brings her freight train over the Potomac and into Maryland, getting ready for a day out on the line. This was one of the Helmstetter Farm Fund... (more)

Passengers look on as Western Maryland No. 734 "Mountain Thunder" slowly pulls up to the water spout for a drink. 734 has a hard trip ahead of her as she has fourteen passenger cars in t... (more)

734 on its way to Cumberland,MD for the days sold out excursion

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad & Amtrak pair up at the old Western Maryland Railway Station in Cumberland,MD

Sporting the red white and blue on the Fourth of July, #734 is looked over by both crew and passengers before being turned for the ride back down to Cumberland.

Smoke from Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's 1916 Baldwin 2-8-0 blankets the historic Cumberland depot and riverfront as the excursion unloads and prepares to head back to Ridgely, West Virginia ... (more)

734 pulls into WMSR's Cumberland Station for the first run of the season! She's sporting newly rebuilt running gear, springs and tires..ready for a long season's work.

734 descends Helmsetter's Curve in a drenching downpour.

Sometimes things just seem to come together as was the case on this particular Saturdays excursion with the holiday season some fresh snow and ice & the star attraction of the night was none other... (more)

WMSR 734 blasts upgrade on a Carl Franz Photo Special.