WM 734 rolls around the apex of Helmstetter's Curve amid dramatic side lighting and billowy white smoke. This was one of the Carl Franz Photo Specials run to raise money for the Helmstetter Farm F... (more)

"ANTICIPATION"

"Western Maryland" 501 emerges from Brush Tunnel to pick up passengers who have just photographed 2-8-0 No. 734 during the Western Maryland Scenic's farewell trip for the Consolidation. ... (more)

Conductor John Garner gives a thumbs up to engineer Kevin Rice as Western Maryland Scenic 2-8-0 prepares for a runby at Brush Tunnel. This was the first of two "Farewell to 734" charters... (more)

"FEED THE BEAST"
Fireman Richard Butterworth slings a shovelful of coal into the hot belly of Baldwin 2-8-0 WMSR 734 between the Narrows and Helmstetter's Curve

"TUNNEL EXIT"
2-8-0 #734 screams out the west portal of Brush Tunnel on the former WMRY mainline out of Cumberland.

"FROM THE INSIDE"
Many have seen 734 round Helmstetter's Curve from the outside. Here's a view of the tremendous work done inside the cab as Fireman Richard Butterworth shovels coal in... (more)

Meanwhile, at the back of the train...

After a long day on the main, Christopher Brang, a conductor for the Western Maryland Railway, takes a moment to finish up some paperwork before cal... (more)

A photographer braves the elements at Helmstetters Curve in an attempt to document the one of the few remaining steam powered freight railroads in the US. Part of a Lerro Productions charter - o... (more)

Western Maryland #734 storms Brush Tunnel

A pan captured at 1/6th.

Storm's A Coming!

Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is, in fact, the light of an on coming train! In this case, it's the obligatory run though with Western Maryl... (more)

It's all about the plume! "Mountain Thunder" climbs the grade one more time; shortly it heads in for its 1472 day inspection.

Keep left of Fence: Brush Tunnel Westbound. It's a small sign, but a serious warning. The 914 ft. long Brush Tunnel is the one place on the Great Allegheny Passage Rail Trail where the tr... (more)

Westbound at Helmstetter's Curve. Pounding upgrade in the hills west of Cumberland, a Western Maryland Freight negotiates the iconic horseshoe curve that has assumed the name of the family ... (more)

Western Maryland extra 734 west traverses Helmstetters Curve on its way to Frostburg.