Sometimes things just seem to come together as was the case on this particular Saturdays excursion with the holiday season some fresh snow and ice & the star attraction of the night was none other... (more)

Amtrak #100 leads train PO30 Sitting under the I-68 bridge during it's morning passenger stop

A Conrail visitor leads an eastbound grain train by ND Tower. Looks like there was a pretty good amount of snow on Sand Patch, judging by the accumulation on 6038!

Time really does fly, it's hard to believe that this shot was taken 22 years ago to the day!

Seemingly half of Cumberland's population came out to see the WMSR's newest locomotive, an ex-VIA FPA4. Strangely, it came with mismatched number boards.

A couple of western visitors are idling at the South end of CSX's Cumberland Terminal, on a busy day in the yard. Q136 waits to proceed in the background.

A couple of B&O classics set outside of the Western Scenic Railroad Museum.

West of Cook's Mill, Canadian National SD60F No. 5560 performs a brake test with two additional CSX motors before assisting a westbound rack train toward Hyndman on CSX's former B&O Sandpatch line... (more)

A moment in time at Cumberland... As passengers board the eastbound Capitol Limited at the former site of B&O's Cumberland Station, the Queen City platform comes to life.. An exited... (more)

WMSR's caboose, the "Richard E Markle", named for the railroad's popular former conductor. follows 734, 12 passenger cars around the famous curve, with the road's GP 30 locomotives pushing the he... (more)

Now wearing her regular numbers, 734 works hard at the beginning of Helmstetter's Curve, with 12 passenger cars and a caboose on her tender, with a little Gp30 help on the rear.

After descending Sandpatch, an eastbound mixed freight enters the Cumberland Terminal, passing Viaduct Jct. and downtown Cumberland on a late autumn morning.

Cumberland dawn. The city of Cumberland is just waking up but the crew of this hefty helper locomotive has already been on duty for a couple of hours, getting their engine up to operating p... (more)

729 pushes its train out of Cumberland.

Wild Mary #729 takes pause by Cumberland station which overlooks a steeple just across the canal.