This one is for Walter!! Years ago I saw a wonderful shot by Walter Scriptunas, this one. I usually don't want to c... (more)

An SD60I splits the 181 automatics with Q359 in tow.

Rounding the famed Helmstetter's Curve, "Western Maryland" 734 is surrounded by color as it lugs a long fall foliage excursion out of Cumberland, MD.

Amtrak P029, the Capitol Limited, splits the signals just outside of Cumberland

Helmstetter's Curve from afar. Under the tracks along the curve around Helmstetter's farm are the remnants of an old trestle that had been filled to make the grade which consequently requires ver... (more)

Farmers talk about their days, their crops, their families, or whatever comes to mind after the sun falls below the ridge.

For other shots from the WMSR Foundation/Lerro Productions WMSR photo... (more)

Mountain Thunder down below!

729 exits Brush Tunnel in the wee hours of the night. A Lerro Productions Photo charter.

Assisting a westbound autorack train toward Hyndman, a trio of six axle motors, including Canadian National SD60F No. 5560 follow the B&O mainline west near Mount Savage.

The Steam Gods were pleased with the performance put on by Wild Mary at Brush Tunnel!

I panned a diesel and I liked it...

This was never the way I planned, not my intention... It's not what I'm used to, just wanted to try it... I was curious - WM GP30 #502 caught my at... (more)

A storm blowing through! A Western Maryland helper locomotive spews swirling, boiling vortex of smoke and steam as it storms through the little, private crossing on Helmstetter's Curve. An... (more)

Feedin' time for the herd. A hired hand from the Helmstetter Farm prepares to take some dinner to the herd, up yonder across the tracks on Price Hill.

Fast freight - at any cost! Western Maryland was well known for using steam for pusher service to speed it's freights over the 1.5% grade seen here at Helmstetter's Farm. A pan at 1/10th taken ... (more)

Freight heads to Pittsburgh! Or as close to Pittsburgh as the Western Maryland can get before handing off to another line. This peaceful rural scene belies the magnitude of the grade ahead... (more)