734 and train make a nice reflection near the Cumberland Station. She's waiting for WMSR GP30 501 to clear before moving in and loading passengers.

7808 brings Q 136 down hill passing the area where the big derailment was last winter. The nice little home on the right in the photo would have been splinters if the cars had derailed at this cr... (more)

536 leads it's train up the Potomac Valley towards Keyser, WVa, and west, with another long string of empty hoppers for more of that West Virginia coal.

The red barn makes a nice counterpoint to 734 running light back to Cumberland, as the diesels have already taken a long train back.

806 and 905 shove coal by 543 and 611, which are parked on a freight track, waiting for pickup by Q 317, a manifest which will haul them to Grafton. The coal is for the Mt Storm power plant, 55 mi... (more)

ICE's 6400, "City of Sanborn" and 6458 "City of Montpelier" lead Q275 west out of Cumberland for a climb up Sand Patch. Waiting for the Q to clear is the Sand Patch helper, not needed on Q275 toda... (more)

2629 runs long hood forward with a string of cars for the big paper mill at Luke, MD.

Peak Autumn color as 734 works Helmstetter's.

502 and friend bring a haul of black diamonds into Cumberland after a nearly two hour wait at the famous "Bud Board", two "hot" trains came in east bound on the west bound track before they were a... (more)

The Capital Limited slips over to the westbound track for it's stop at the Cumberland Amtrak Station. The CSX main is centered by Queen City Drive on our left and Henderson Avenue on our right. Th... (more)

E 732 moves slowly thru the Keyser Yard, waiting for a light at the interlock, as some switching was going on just before they arrived. The train is on the westbound main, headed for Grafton and p... (more)

A couple of four axles undergo service at the CSX shop. Probably nothing more major than their "Q"s. Love that nice morning light. 6150 was a former B&O GP40-2, but has been redesignated as a GP3... (more)

875 leads Q 130 into Cumberland at Viaduct Junction. This train is seeing more containers and fewer empty flats as the economy slowly and slightly improves.

A CSX container train proceeds at track speed on the east bound main thru the Cumberland Yard. NS 8859 along with NS 2647 are coming off a freight track with a manifest bound for Sand Patch and f... (more)

A "wagon top" caboose, Baltimore and Ohio C 2445 is preserved at Grafton. Here, the famous "Linking 13 Great States With The Nation" logo still looks good on the old caboose's side.