Helper pushes 249 out of town and over sandpatch

CSXT E819-09 slowly crosses over the Viaduct on the Mountain Subdivision out of Cumberland,Md

Q368-09 slowly passes what the RR calls the Bud Board. The King of beers recently stopped running the ad on this billboard but the RR still calls this "The Bud Board"

Q359's pusher goes along for the ride for now until they reach the extreme grades not too far from here to the West as they near Sandpatch.

Power heavy Q317 heads west towards Keyser & Grafton with 8 units today including a purple 80Mac CEFX 109 probably headed for the A&O out of Grafton or Burnsville,WVa

Its not unusual to see one train sitting at the world famous Bud Board in Cumberland,Md but 2 perfectly side by side facing the same direction at the same time into the Queen City is a bit unusual... (more)

Ex Conrail 7368 leads Q 336 under the Route 40 road bridge as it nears the Pear Street Crossing. The train is eastbound, just down off Sand Patch and through the "Narrows" into Cumberland.

Snake Eyes. As Q370 departs Cumberland and another eastbound waits to go in the distance, the ever-present CPL signals stand their silent watch. How many departures have these signals wit... (more)

A CSX engineer waits at the crew shack while watching the returning Sand Patch helper set. His train, an eastbound manifest, will appear shortly and he and his conductor will take it further east.

The conductor is climbing down from the Sand Patch helper. He'll get the switches lined so 8570 can shove a manifest up the hill. It looks as if walking around in that deep snow is not fun. 2507 a... (more)

7754 leads Q 352 into the West Cumberland Yards here at track speed on the westbound main. Down off Sand Patch, the locomotive trucks packed with snow, this train tells us that the line west is no... (more)

Franz Photo Freight starts the days first runbuys just short of the Cumberland Narrows

As the final rays of sunlight shine the 734 crosses over from Ridgeley, WV into Cumberland,Md on the final runby of the day on this Carl Franz Photo Charter.

WM #734 exits Brush Tunnel and continues the climb to Frostburg