Birdseye view of a very popular railfan spot, the Narrows and the Bud Board.

Just A Tease. The day's first runby was conducted in the Cumberland Narrows, to take advantage of the strong early-morning backlighting. The strong sunlight held the promise of a s... (more)

The first regular excursion to Frostburg for the Western Maryland Scenic Railway is greeted by some eager passengers, coming out of storage and into Cumberland Station.

734 makes her first trip of 2010 around the famous curve, now sporting John Helmstetter's new barn.

RC SD40-2 takes a ride down the hump to go get another cut of cars to build more trains. The classic B&O's here are of the few and far between on the subdivision.

An unusual engine consist, two BNSF 70 Macs in two paint schemes, and two CSX switchers tail to tail, are pulling the Q forward after having put part of their train on receiving track three in the... (more)

CSXT E819-09 crosses over at Viaduct onto the Mountain Subdivision out of Cumberland,Md

A light dusting of snow greets inbound Q358 as one of the newer CW40-8's on the roster rolls the train over Baltimore St. in the Queen City.

U883 leaves Mt Savage & heads into the Narrows. To many locals this section of rock is refered to as devils backbone

A coal drag meets Q138

Helper pushes 249 out of town and over sandpatch

CSXT E819-09 slowly crosses over the Viaduct on the Mountain Subdivision out of Cumberland,Md

Q368-09 slowly passes what the RR calls the Bud Board. The King of beers recently stopped running the ad on this billboard but the RR still calls this "The Bud Board"

Q359's pusher goes along for the ride for now until they reach the extreme grades not too far from here to the West as they near Sandpatch.