Still with a fire in her belly and steam whispering in the air after her second to last run up the mountain and back. "734" gleams in the light of a photographers flash at dusk in Ridgel... (more)

WMSR 734 blasts out of a cut and across a bridge high on the mountain in the Mt. Savage area.

WMSR 734 rolls out of the trees and the rising sun at City Junction in the Cumberland Narrows on a Carl Franz Photo Special.

WM 734's light highlights the underside of the smoke rolling off the ceiling in Brush Tunnel on a Carl Franz Photo Special.

Western Maryland 734 blasts through City Junction as the sun rises through the trees on a cold January morning. City Junction, located at the mouth of the narrows, was the location of a small... (more)

501 works hard as she shoves 11 passenger cars and one caboose around the top curve at Helmstetter's.

WM 734 works westbound at Cash Valley Road.

Western Maryland Scenic 2-8-0 No. 734 eases out of the Cumberland, Md., train station on its run to Frostburg with the Polar Express in tow. This locomotive is now down for a major overhaul, likel... (more)

Western Maryland Scenic No. 734 passes underneath the former Baltimore & Ohio line to Grafton, W.Va., just across Wills Creek from Viaduct Junction in Cumberland, Md. This scene was part of a Carl... (more)

Western Maryland Scenic 734 departs the yard in Ridgley WV with a Caboose tow.

Behind the Scenes II In preparation for a photo charter, the WMSR crew prepares the train on the yard lead at Ridgeley. This is the first of many switches that turns a yard lead into a mul... (more)

Behind the Scenes In preparation for a photo charter, the WMSR crew starts the day preparing the passenger train (to follow the steam photo freight) on the yard lead at Ridgeley.

Two workers discuss what needs to be done inside the smokebox of Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309. This scene was part of a night photo session held inside the shop (while a wind and rain storm ... (more)

Work progresses on the restoration of Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 in the Western Maryland Scenic's shop. This is actually a staged photo done as part of the "Farewell to 734" even... (more)

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