Early in the morning a ghost appears from the mist, returned from the dead, pulling a short train of hoppers bound for Frostburg, but we can imagine Jenkins or Van Leer Junction or many other plac... (more)

"Thunder at Brush": Western Maryland, Ex-Chesapeake & Ohio, 2-6-6-2 Mallet H-6 #1309 blasts out of Brush Tunnel on the former Western Maryland right of way on the Western Maryland Scenic... (more)

"Thunder at Brush": Ex-Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 Mallet H-6 #1309 blasts out of Brush Tunnel on the former Western Maryland right of way on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad on Novemb... (more)

Western Maryland 1309 does the final runby for the Trains Magazine photo charter at the famous Helmstetter's Curve

The quiet of an early morning on the Helmstetter Farm is broken by the thunder of Western Maryland H-6 2-6-6-2 #1309 making time heading north with empty coal hoppers on November 6, 2022. This was... (more)

"The Beast of the East": Western Maryland, ex-Chesapeake & Ohio, 2-6-6-2 Mallet #1309 thunders up Helmstetter's Curve on November 6, 2022 as part of a Trains Magazine photo charter. What... (more)

Western Maryland 1309 performs a runby at West Helmstetter's.

"Class H-6 in a Hurry": O. Winston Link has a famous photo of a Class A in full charge outside of Blue Ridge, VA on the N&W Blue Ridge Grade in the late 1950s during the last years of N&... (more)

Who knew a C&O H-6 built in 1949 was good for 60? Here Western Maryland ex-C&O 2-6-6-2 #1309 hustles past the photographer on November 5, 2022 hauling an empty hopper train for the Trains Magazine... (more)

Sunrise glint at City Junction. Just moments after the sun made its appearance above the hills to the east, Western Maryland 1309 begins her spirited charge up the hill out of Cumberland, p... (more)

A trail-side portrait. Here's a trail-side portrait of the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's recently restored Mallet Locomotive #1309, posing at the west portal of Brush Tunnel (MP 172.2)... (more)

Western Maryland 1309 comes around the famous Helmstetter's Curve with a giant cloud of smoke.

"Fall on the Mountain": Even with most of the foliage gone from the 2022 fall season, color still remains in the trees and mountainsides outside of Cumberland, MD as Western Maryland #13... (more)

"Fall on the Mountain": Even with most of the foliage gone from the 2022 fall season, color still remains in the trees and mountainsides outside of Cumberland, MD as Western Maryland #13... (more)

A moment on the recent Trains Magazine charter.