Ridgeley, WV 5/18/2008 - After years of weather had faded its Chessie System paint, Western Maryland GP-9 6400 was preparing to be backdated--taken back to her original black and gold Western Mary... (more)

A Western Maryland eastbound slows for a stop at Williamsport to allow a pusher set to cut in ahead of the caboose.

Star of the show! All of this day's pushers on Williamsport Hill are different: "hammerhead" RS-3. RS-3, F7(A), FA-2, GP7. But operating Alco FA units are especially scarce by 1972, and Williamspo... (more)

Mix or match. Actually, all of this day's pushers on Williamsport Hill are different: "hammerhead" RS-3. RS-3, F7(A), FA-2, GP7.

A matched A-B-A set of Western Maryland F-units starting out of Bayard toward Cumberland. Notice the knife-edged ballast- very unlike neighbor B&O, which always seemed to have a lot of mud in the ... (more)

Steep! It's only about 7 miles from Bayard to Mount Storm- for a crow. But this coal train needs to climb nearly 1000 feet on a very crooked piece of railroad, with multiple horseshoe curves. Ekta... (more)

Minus the ditch lights and this could be many years ago...

A night photo session at the station courtesy of MSRLHA.

WM 734 works west with a short freight

WM Shay 6 waits for it next assignment at the Cass Company Store

WM 151 along with the Conrail Historical Society had caboose rides to raise money for Breast Cancer during the Middletown PA Craft Faire

Basking in the afternoon sun along the Potomac River Valley in Luke, a fully restored GP9 displaying her Western Maryland heritage sets tied down on the head end of a cut of cars.

From left to right, Shay locomotives 4, 6, and 11 race through the valley of Cass during one of the most popular photo runby's of the Railfan Weekend. An MSRLHA event.

All of Chessie's paint schemes are present in this lashup. WM, B&O, Chessie, and the 4th unit is a C&O GP-35.

Waiting for pushers for Williamsport Hill