“Line of Departure”
The CSX local has already blown this burg for Hagerstown, as Maryland Midland’s conductor lines the switch in preparation for UBHF (here symbolled as CSX Z437) ... (more)

“Emmitsburg Jct. Redux”
Still operating on its winter schedule despite the calendar, Maryland Midland’s UBHF, with 34 loads of Portland cement (about 4800 tons), charges west past ... (more)

Maryland Midland UBHF is coming through the fields entering the city of Rocky Ridge, MD

“A Flare (Flair) for Hauling Stone”
As light engines, Maryland Midland’s stone train (UBST) is crossing LeGore Bridge Road, about to enter the Barrick Quarry property to fetch sto... (more)

“Prodigal Son”
UBHF brings 55 empty cement hoppers destined for the Lehigh plant in Union Bridge east through Middleburg. Today’s power includes a new addition to the Maryland Midl... (more)

“Gettin' Stoned”
With 26 stone loads destined for Barrick’s Finksburg Terminal, Maryland Midland’s UBST rolls northbound through New Midway, past the landmark Kramer’s Piano Sh... (more)

Maryland Midland UBST rolls by a nice barn in Patapsco as it nears the facility in Finksburg where it'll set off stone loads picked up from Woodsboro earlier in the morning.

Maryland Midland SD40M-2s 3451 and 3449 claw their way into Westminster with cement cars for CSX at Emory Grove and stone loads for Barrick and Sons at Finksburg in tow.

After picking up three cement loads in Union Bridge, UBST is seen splitting the abandoned Western Maryland signals in New Windsor.

With a pair of SD45-bodied EMDs out front, UBST accelerates to track speed alongside the mill in Middleburg, MD as it's hind end has just cleared the former PRR Frederick Secondary at Keymar.

Maryland Midland's Union Bridge-based Stone Train departs the Barrick and Sons quarry in Woodsboro, MD with loads bound for another Barrick facility in Finksburg.

“Mind if I Play Through?”
While following the North Branch of the Patapsco River between Westminster and Finksburg, the Maryland Midland Railway bisects the River Downs Golf Club an... (more)

“Rock of Ages”
Northbound on the former PRR Frederick Secondary, Maryland Midland’s UBST crosses the 707-foot long Little Pipe Creek Trestle at 09:28, with 20 loads of crushed ston... (more)

Four out of six locomotives in Maryland Midland's roster reverse towards the massive Lehigh Cement complex to pick up a cut of cars. These will be combined with cars already in the yard to form to... (more)

MMID 3451 leads a quartet of engines back to Union Bridge crossing the recently painted Thurmont bridge in northern Maryland which also serves host to the presidential retreat of Camp David.