Rounding Helmstetter’s Curve, near Cumberland, MD on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, WM no 734 navigates through the curve. This train is for there 25th year in operation.

Sitting in the station at Cumberland, MD, a Western Maryland SD40 no 7471 posses for many photographers at a Lerro Productions photo shoot. Thanks to all who is involved to make this shot possible... (more)

Tom Bowers photo.

By Sept. 10, 1977, WM trains were using the B&O Cumberland SD to reach home rails at Cherry Run, WV. We are just west of Doe Gully as an eastbound WM freight approaches, led by GP9 No. 6415 and a... (more)

Fireman Andy Cassell keeps Western Maryland 6 hot as it steams upgrade towards Whittaker.

Sounding like a 4-8-4 at 70 mph, Western Maryland 6 charges up Cheat Mountain towards Whittaker with engineer Danny Seldomridge at the throttle.

The business side of the "Big Six."

What you see is a small portion of the backhead of Western Maryland Shay 6 as it operates over the rails at Cass Scenic Railroad. Every oil can in this photo was used on a different location of t... (more)

Western Maryland 6 stands outside the Cass depot as night falls in Appalachia.

Western Maryland 6 fills the hills and hollers with coal smoke as it climbs up Cheat Mountain. Photographed on the Cass Scenic Railroad.

As of May 2013, this is the current active roster of the Cass Scenic Railroad (excluding No. 3, the display loco). Cass No. 2 is in the shop competently torn down for an overhaul; Heisler 6 is do... (more)

162-ton Western Maryland No. 6 dwarfs Agnew Lumber No. 3 (which at 80 tons, is no small locomotive) near the Cass Depot. Number 3 has been restored as a static display.

At the Cass shop, Western Maryland 6 is prepped to do battle against the mountain. A MSRLHA event.

Three WM RS-3s, including two "hammerheads," lay over between runs at the engine terminal in Ridgeley, WV on Oct. 19, 1974.

Mountain State Railroad and Logging Historical Association kicked off it's 2013 Cass Railfan Weekend by hosting a trip over the West Virginia Central from Cheat Bridge to High Falls. At this loca... (more)