Thanks Carl Frantz, WMSR CREW and all people who rode the train for a wonderful day of support and friendship for Mr Helmsetter.
This is rare. This train was a westbound, but the power on the other end failed! These two SD 50's, 8521 and 8520 were called upon to bring the train back down sand patch. Early morning light and ... (more)
Eastbound and down. Amtrak's Capitol Limited just made a stop at Cumberland's station, and now exiting the yard at Mexico enroute to Washington D.C.
Eastbound at Alternate Rt 40 bridge
Nine motors at the head end, but just one online. Q352 had to be helped restart at the "Bud Board" with a shove from a Dash 7 in work service.
Working on the lower part of Helmstetter's Curve, nice dry rail and a seven car train, no helper. She sounds great and looks great, steam from the stoker exhaust under her tender.
Resting at the Cumberland Station after the run to Frostburg. Due to long train, and limited siding length at Frostburg, 734 has come back down on the rear of the train.
Hancock local D721 pulls past the old Mexico Tower to start its morning of work.
On a beautiful fall day, 459 and friends bring the Q out over the old west end Viaduct, headed for Keyser and Grafton, and points west. In the background, I can hear WMSR 734's hancock as it handl... (more)
Thanks to RP contributor Tom Mugnano for letting me use his older Cannon Rebel while my camera bit the dust.
734 photo Freight makes its way thru the Cumberland Narrows heavy Shadows as Mountain Thunder marks the way to Helmstetter's
Westbound freight thru the Cumberland Narrows between Wills & Haystack Mountain's
A great way to spend a Sunday afternoon..with a bag of snacks and watching two pretty WMSR Geeps as they return to Cumberland with a long train.
Mountain Thunder charges through The Narrows on a cold fall morning. 1/45s Pan, Rods Down.
