Do What You Love The same friendly conductor from my last photo pulls his train into Ridgeley Yard to end the day. Before the next run, trailing Dash 8 #561 will need some air compressor r... (more)

Do What You Love The conductor on the Western Maryland Scenic's Allegheny Winter Express is happy to see us as he makes his way through Woodcock Hollow.

Old Horse WMSR 561, a recently required ex-Norfolk Southern B32-8 ends its uphill trip to Frostburg. According to one of the conductors, the 561's air compressor broke during this trip, le... (more)

Circus Colors on The Scenic Line. On the warm afternoon of June 20, 2021, Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 501 (née-PRR 2249, GP30, EMD, 5/1963) sits at the Frostburg, Maryland station. In... (more)

WMSR 501 was recently painted into WM "Circus" scheme, which pops well against what was a fantastic Maryland foliage season.

Turn It Up. The photo and volume as Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 (née-Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad 1309, 2-6-6-2, Baldwin, 1949) is charging uphill at LaVale, Maryland on October ... (more)

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's 1309 enters Cumberland Station under her own power for the first time ever. This event turned a new chapter in a storied history of the WMSR.

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's C&O2-6-6-2 H-6 Class #1309 rounds the curve at Bone Cave with hoppers and a caboose in tow towards Helmstetter's Curve.

In January, the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad announced the acquisition of the Georges Creek Railway, a 12-mile line spanning from Borden Shaft, MD to Westernport, MD for freight and passenger ... (more)

Top Down Tea Kettle. Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 (née-Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad 1309, 2-6-6-2, Baldwin, 1949) is sitting at the Cumberland Station in Cumberland, Maryland on O... (more)

Western Maryland 1309 charges up the grade towards Frostburg as the sun comes out for the first time of the day.

I stumbled onto a photo freight at Helmstetter's and just happened to catch 734 coming around the bend before the sun dropped below the mountain.

734 doing what it did for years: hauling passengers up and down the mountain. Here she does that around the famous Helmstetter's Curve.

But the WM didn't HAVE GP30s! Doesn't matter. The 501 still looks great in the sun in front of the Cumberland station.

Arriving at the station in Frostburg, WM 1309 take's a rest after the journey from Cumberland.