Maryland most famous Steam Locomotive enters the steepest part of the trip the average grade is 1.78% with a maximum of 3% on the old Cumberland & Pennsylvania is apparent near the bottom right of... (more)

Westbound at Frostburg. With her throttle still open, Western Maryland 734 approaches the city of Frostburg, looking as if she's not about to stop anytime soon. Seventy years ago, this tra... (more)

Highball at Number Nine Curve. After stopping briefly for trainmen to inspect a finicky hopper, Western Maryland 734's Engineer receives the highball and opens the cylinder cocks and thrott... (more)

handheld 1/10th pan at the old coal tipple

Lookin like Backwoodz BBQ pretty much sums up this shot ... prob my fav best shot of the day since it was a lil different than most... after a rough start in the am hours... the sun finally popped... (more)

734 puts on quite a show here at the approach to the Frostburg Depot. There is a stiff grade there which causes the engine to work hard. It was near 20 degrees here, and the steam is well evident... (more)

The 734 leads a Carl Franz photo freight into Frostburg.

The 734 performs a photo run-by during a Carl Franz photo freight at the location popularly known as 'second C&P bridge.' The last one and a half or so miles of the WMSR into Frostburg are over fo... (more)

734 passes under an old Western Maryland signal bridge, symbol G H, as she works nicely up hill near the Frostburg Depot

A good view of 734 as she's about to go under Parkesburg Bridge. Note in this nearly ten year old photo, no trail beside the ROW! Taken with my little Nikon 990.

Mountain Thunder storms up the last bit of track leads to the Frostburg Depot on a beautiful spring day.

734 rolls into Frostburg with Freight today

No mistaking this classic location, though think again if you thought the depot was native to the WM. Built in 1891 by the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the station was restored i... (more)