WMSR engineer 'Hoagie' Hovatter keeps a steady hand on the throttle of #501 as we slip-n-slide on wet rail and provide a shove for the westbound photo charter train after leaving Sunnyside.
A Westbound Amtrak Capitol Limited approaches Cumberland on a cold winter evening.
A Westbound Amtrak Capitol Limited approaches Cumberland on a cold winter evening. Image inspired by Andrew Blaszczyk & Mitch Goldman.
Q138 waits at the eastbound Mexico home signal while the westbound home signal is Displayin all Red.
SD40-2 8801 is in the process of backing on to its train, Q375, for the trip west over Sand Patch. The former CR 6370 still retains its cab signal box, class lights and helper link bracket from it... (more)
28 year old former C&O 8235, the oldest of the CSX B30-7's, lounges in the sun behind the shops in Cumberland.
Coming down the Will's Creek gorge in the Narrows, this freight passes the point where the creek becomes a concrete lined canal just north of Cumberland. The trailing unit is one of just 25 SD70M... (more)
A Westbound Amtrak Capitol Limited slinks through the frigid Cumberland yard.
Brand new SD70MAC sits next to some older sisters.
All ready for Christmas, the WMSR's Cumberland station seems to have a grand total of 64 window candles on this one side. Glad I'm not the guy who's in charge of plugging all these in everyday.
You could drive from Buffalo to Cumberland in six hours or less, a much faster time than the 24+ hours it takes Q641 to travel between the two cities.
Long afternoon shadows are creeping ever closer to the tracks as 375 makes a run for Hyndman where he'll add a helper.
Inside view of Cumberland's heavy repair shop.
Amtrak's Capitol Limited pauses at Cumberland, MD.
A former N&W ALCo switcher keeps watch over the Cumberland station platform.
