My road trip would not be complete without a quick side trip to the WM Scenic RR
A large audience gathers in Frostburg as the WMSR 2-8-0 chugs onto the turntable.
A young family welcomes booming 734 to Frostburg..looks as if one more railfan may be eventually added to our numbers!
A timeless look exudes from 734 as she rests after bring her train up the hard pull to Frostburg
Fast Freight! #734 flies past Coal Tipple west of Trimble Road
A pan of a WM freight heading down the hill beneath one last splash of fall color, just hanging on. A Carl Franz charter. To see Mitch Goldman's take on a WM caboose pan, see Railroad: Western Maryland RailwayLocomotive: CabooseLocation: Frostburg, Maryland, USALocomotive #: WM 1813Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: October 26, 2009
The last few yards. In the old days, WM freights would have continued through a tunnel under Frostburg, but this day 734's crew can see the end of track just around the bend.
"the photo line is ready!" 734 approaches the Frostburg depot on the final photo freight for the rebuild of the helmsteters barn fund.
A Western Maryland Fireball - a more)
WM #734, now on the former C&P grade, crosses the old WM right of way en route to Frostburg, MD.
WM Fast Freight pan near the old coal tipple just west of Trimble Rd MP 178.2
Mountain Thunder crosses C&P Bridge #2 on her way to Frostburg in a snowstorm.
#734 rests at Frostburg after pulling the North Pole Express