The laves are popping early this year, here's WMSR #734 appreaching Frostburg in the fall foliage.
These two long lines of stored locomotives in the CSX Cumberland yard catch a bit of sunlight as it burns through the morning mist.
WM 734 leaves Cumberland Station for Ridgley Yard to rest after a long day with the 'Santa Train'.
Birds eye view of 734 arriving into the old WMRY Station
734 hammers uphill passing a pretty stand of Goldenrod. Notice the fairly clear stack..good coal, good fireman!
Bad Moon rising? The class unit of the CSX C40-8 fleet sits patiently at the Amtrak station in Cumberland. The reason for the wait, not only an inbound Q316, but more importantly the arrival of he... (more)
Idle for now, soon though another trip up the east slope of Sand Patch under the cover of darkness is in store for this Queen City regular.
The conductor of 312, in the foreground, has come out of it's cab to give Q130 look over as it heads east with a string of containers. After the Q passes, he will give it an "all looks good", and ... (more)
Beautiful downtown Cumberland as a backdrop. Just 32 seconds later Amtrak enters the picture. That scene looked like this http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=297968 All 3 trains in th... (more)
Downtown Cumberland is one of those picture perfect places that most often goes overlooked while railfanning the area
The shop's Rail King pulls 70 Mac 4721 out of the house and on to the table, and as soon as the engine is clear of the shop, an employee starts it up, as you can see by the puff of smoke from it's... (more)
Leaving the Queen City for a trip west over Sand Patch
4505 shows off the latest in safety equipment at the shop. This yellow gadget is designed to keep workers from falling off the top of locomotives.
The leader of a trio of -8's sits under the lights in Cumberland. Soon the train will plunge into the darkness for its nocturnal trip over Sand Patch.
