ABC's Good Morning America train dodges the tree shadows as it exits the east end of the Cumblerland Terminal at Mexico.

This little guy, wearing his Engineer’s hat, hopes to some day pilot a beast like this as he supervises the fireman giving Mountain Thunder a couple squirts of oil.

734 West is shown on time from Ridgely for our 1130 departure to Frostburg.

The Friday train splits the John Helmstetter farm on the upper side of the curve. Everyone, the passengers on this neat four car train, even the cows, seem interested in WMSR 734!

It's crew change time, and the fellas are in lock step as they cross the eastbound main to their waiting power. Looks like they are gonna be gone for a while, lotsa baggage!

4500 was once the 700, and the first of CSX 70macs. Even the shop has a big poster of her as 700. I had not seen her since those days, she was nearly destroyed in a wreck since then.

OCS P902 enters the Cumberland Narrows at the famous Bud Board on their way west

After having spent the day being broken in freshly repainted Western Maryland GP9 25 finally gets a rest as GP30 501 prepares to leave town with a dinner train.

734 is just into Helmstetter's curve here, having just crossed Cash Valley road.

Gadgets gadgets everywhere. If you've ever wandered what's on top of those AC4400 cabs, this pretty much gives you the "birds eye" view. Too bad the horn wasn't up here too.

Q317 heads out the Mt. Sub over the Viaduct in Cumberland with it's usual bevy of power on the head end with a total of 7 units today.

It's another Hot Hazy and Sunny day in Cumberland but hey there's something refreshing coming. We'll catch the wave with Amtrak as he scoots down between the EAS and WAS at Mexico.

Amtrak's Capitol Limited glides down into Viaduct, crossing over from 2-1 for a station stop while the BB Dispatcher has the switches bent 2 to the Mt. Sub to hand off an E819 Mty Coal bucket to t... (more)

It seems like all the happenings are at the East end of Cumberland. Here we see the inbound conductor watching the shove back to make the double to the mty E819 hoppers while Q394 inbound power he... (more)

Eastbound coal bucket takes the signal at Virginia Lane while the Q359 with 2 D8-40C Spartain Cabs pull up the freight asking for permission by Amtrak and Baltimore St. to head for the hill.