The morning eastbound Emory Grove train passes Finksburg, home of several Maryland Midland industry customers.

The morning eastbound Emory Grove train approaches Westminster pulling 16 full Maryland Midland cement hoppers.

Coming Home. The returning Emory Grove train passes Maryland Midland's caboose on "Sam's Siding" east of town. The track in front is part of the new Y-junction on the new lead up to Lehigh Portl... (more)

Sixteen full cement hoppers leave Union Bridge on the eastbound morning train to Emory Grove, where they will be interchanged onto CSX.

Sweet Dreams! How'd you like to be able to climb out of your bedroom window onto a passing GP9? This house is only about four feet from the tracks. Maryland Midland also runs a train up Farquha... (more)

Running up Farquhar Street to Lehigh Portland Cement. While Maryland Midland is working with Lehigh on a new lead to the plant east of town, this street running will continue for quite a while.

Hark the Herald! Maryland Midland is testing out this nose herald, but rumor is they're not too keen on it. A pair of GP38s and a GP9 cruise down Farquhar Street. Nice to see the flags in Small... (more)

Now arriving on Track 3, an Amtrak southbound regional.

Northbound aggregate hopper train crosses the Patapsco River at 1055.

A splash of color in a cement gray world. A Maryland Midland GP9 switches cement hoppers at Lehigh Portland Cement, the railroad's biggest customer.

The morning train, which runs east to interchange with CSX at Emory Grove, returns with about a dozen cars, mostly cement hoppers for the Lehigh cement plant in town.

"Diversity in Motion" locomotive leads this northbound daily intermodal from Jacksonville to Boston across the Anacostia River at 1145.

"Diversity in Motion," a special paint scheme unit leads the way on this northbound Jacksonville-Boston intermodal at 1145. The Anacostia used to be beautiful, but now it's one of the most pollut... (more)

Northbound merchandise train approaches the outskirts of Hagerstown.

My 100th Railpictures.net photo. A couple of aging Bright Future work horses rest in the late afternoon sun. The open door on the SD50 looks mighty inviting...wonder if they left the keys in it?