An assortment of five locomotives all with different paint schemes powers Q359 through the scenic highlands of Somerset County.

Well over 100 years old, the through truss bridge over the Casselman was obviously well designed - it just supported the weight of two AC44s!

Using a light touch on the throttle, 782's locomotives carefully shove empty hoppers on CSX's Salisbury Sub.

Slowly rolling through the fields, E782 makes his way towards the loadout at Shaw.

Dense foliage creates a tree tunnel which nicely frames eastbound Q388.

The Independence Limited on the now abandonned Western Maryland Salisbury Viaduct near Meyersdale, PA. The 4501 was making a ferry move from Pittsburg to Hagerstown via the P&WV and WM. Thanks to ... (more)

216's autoracks gracefully arc through Somerset county farm country. Highway construction in this area has greatly diminished the bucolic nature of this scene.

Constructed by the Western Maryland as part of their Connellsville extension, Salisbury Viaduct looms over Q352. No longer used by trains, the viaduct is now the domain of hikers and cyclists on ... (more)

Eastbound CSX manifest scatters the late autumn leaves and activates the mp215 detector just short of the old passenger depot in Meyersdale, PA on the former B7O mainline.

Light power sitting on Sailsbury Sub awaiting arival of empty cars

CSX leads an eastbound intermodel with Salisbury Viaduct in the background.

Westbound manifest rounds the curve at Cole Cut west of Meyersdale, PA on the former B&O Keystone Sub

When I saw that this caboose wasn't parked at Salisbury Jct like it normally is, I went looking and found this shot with an old tractor

E782 backs down the Salisbury Sub, crossing the Casselman River on this venerable 1897 truss bridge.