“Line of Departure”
The CSX local has already blown this burg for Hagerstown, as Maryland Midland’s conductor lines the switch in preparation for UBHF (here symbolled as CSX Z437) ... (more)

A side trip to Mainline Hobby Supply in Blue Ridge Summit PA brought me through Highfield. It was Sunday, nothing should be happening, right? Much to my pleasant surprise CSX was working the M... (more)

Cement loads off of the Maryland Midland shove B702 down the steep grade in Highfield as the crew prepares to double up to their cars for Hagerstown.

With three 1990s-rebuild SD40-2s for power, CSX B702 waits for Maryland Midland UBHF to clear the Hanover Subdivision before picking up the MMID freight out of Union Bridge bound for Hagerstown. I... (more)

After climbing up the mountain from Hagerstown, CSX B702 cuts away from its Maryland Midland interchange traffic before continuing to the grit mill in Charmain, PA. Older power tends to hang aroun... (more)

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)

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.

“MMID Pride”
Maryland Midland’s UBHF power runs west on CSX trackage from Highfield to Pen Mar, to fetch the 71 cars brought up earlier from Hagerstown by the CSX local. This move,... (more)

Maryland Midland's UBHF preparing to interchange with CSX in Highfield, Maryland.

MMID 2061 leads a quartet of engines into Highfield for its interchange with CSX. On the left CSX B802 waits on the main before the swap.

Four of Maryland Midland's locomotives working the CSX interchange on a hot summer afternoon.

While the rails in Highfield, Maryland are empty for most of the day, the afternoon of July 26th saw the town receiving two trains at once. In the foreground, CSX local B708 prepares to collect a ... (more)

MMID 302 storms thru Highfield, MD and is about to arrive at the CSX interchange where it will swap trains and head back to Union Bridge. MMID 302 is the only one of their units that had the large... (more)

One of the Maryland Midland’s four ex-Burlington Northern SD24’s stands by the Highfield, Maryland office. The EMD is on the former Western Maryland main line to Baltimore, while the track on ... (more)