WMSR 734 leads a short freight around Helmstetter's Curve from a new angle on the inside of the curve showing the entire property.

From the top of Price Hill.. Wetsern Maryland 2-8-0 734 swings across Cash Valley via Helmstetter's Curve, a Western Maryland photo location made famous by photographer William Price and th... (more)

Rain or shine Mountain Thunder lives up to its name

What a beautiful morning for the first Carl Franz Photo Freight of 2009

One of the better locations along the line to to shoot this train. Photo taken from private property with permission. Special thanks to John for letting us clear the overgrown brush that border... (more)

WMSR 734 powers a photo freight around Helmstetter's Curve past the barn during a Lerro Productions photo charter. Sadly, the barn Railroad: Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-0
Location: Corriganville, Maryland, USA
Locomotive #: WMSR 734
Train ID: Photo Charter
Photo Date: December 18, 2006

A friendly wave from engineer Makosky on the westbound Capitol Limited as it pops into the sun only for a breif mili second. This late evening scene only happens on the longest few days of the ye... (more)

A different view of Helmstetter's... The soft steady cadence of 734 working up the mountain with a short 3 car train nears, the crossing bells begin ringing, and 734's blaring Hancock fills the va... (more)

The "Redskin Special" rounds the WM's Helmstetter's Curve.

In this day and age of Class 1 railroading it is not all that often that one comes across a consist with five spartan cabs in it. When fresh from the factory the lashup would have been CR 6740, UP... (more)

An almost solid consist of Trinity RDL hoppers trails a pair of GE products just west of the Cumberland Terminal. The RDL's feature longitudinal hoppers which allows a very rapid unloading of the ... (more)

Railfans flocked trackside for the Western Maryland Scenic Railway's steam weekend. Just as popular with some fans, though, was the pair of GP30 pushers working hard to help the train up the grad... (more)

734 rounds Helmsetter's Curve, spewing plumes of smoke into the air on one of WM Scenic's steam weekends.

A matching set of painted WM GP30's trail along behind the long fall foliage special pulled by WMSR 2-8-0 734. A smoke plume can be seen in the distance.