Three ex-SP SD45 rebuilds give it all they have on the hill as they wind their way into Sabillasville in the morning rain.

“Don’t Judge a Book…”
“WM”/MMID 97A (ex-MILW 97A), attired in Western Maryland speed lettering, rests at the Union Bridge shops on a Sunday in mid-October, 1985. Despite its... (more)

“Prodigal Son”
UBHF brings 55 empty cement hoppers destined for the Lehigh plant in Union Bridge east through Middleburg. Today’s power includes a new addition to the Maryland Midl... (more)

“UBHF: OCD Edition”
After exchanging cars with CSX in Highfield, all four of Maryland Midland’s SD40-2s (each shrouded in an SD45 carbody), arranged in numerical order, brin... (more)

“Hold Your Horses”
MMID 3449 leads Maryland Midland’s UBHF, with 50 Lehigh cement loads–west, out of the Monocacy River valley and through the farmland just east of Rocky Ridge p... (more)

“Gettin' Stoned”
With 26 stone loads destined for Barrick’s Finksburg Terminal, Maryland Midland’s UBST rolls northbound through New Midway, past the landmark Kramer’s Piano Sh... (more)

“Tie on the Old Feedbag”
Maryland Midland’s UBHF, still operating on its winter schedule despite the calendar, heads west with 20 cement loads through Detour, Maryland. At 17:18, i... (more)

"Emmitsburg Jct."
With 43 loads/3 empties, and a full complement of power, Maryland Midland’s UBHF storms west past the long derelict Rocky Ridge Elevator Company at mp 54.1.

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“Tempers Flare”
Having already hoisted 21 cement loads to the CSX interchange at Highfield, UBHF returns east to retrieve the remaining 29 loads, two helpers, and eight empties tied ... (more)

Eastbound on the Western Maryland. Maryland Midland Railway's UBHF arrived at the Union Bridge, Maryland station as the sun was setting on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 with SD40-2 3448 leadin... (more)

“Mind if I Play Through?”
While following the North Branch of the Patapsco River between Westminster and Finksburg, the Maryland Midland Railway bisects the River Downs Golf Club an... (more)

“The Bridge on the Creek Little Pipe”
MMID’s UBST, with crushed stone loads from the Barrick Quarry, crosses the Little Pipe Creek Trestle at 09:44 on March 8, 2021.

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“Rock of Ages”
Northbound on the former PRR Frederick Secondary, Maryland Midland’s UBST crosses the 707-foot long Little Pipe Creek Trestle at 09:28, with 20 loads of crushed ston... (more)

“Six Ways From Thursday”
Returning empties to the Barrick Quarry in Woodsboro, Maryland Midland’s UBST stone train plies the former WM main, westbound, about to pass the Donald E. ... (more)

“On Thin Ice”
Along the former PRR Frederick Secondary, Maryland Midland’s UBST stone train skirts a partially frozen farm pond near New Midway, while returning empties to the S.W.... (more)