'Ol 734 being used as pusher service after a day long Franz Charter is coming to close, heading into Cumberland.

734 works Helmstetter's Curve with a clean stack, on a pretty fall day, headed for Frostburg.

734 rolls into Frostburg with Freight today

734 was used as a Helper on Freight service into Cumberland Maryland on this cold snowy morning

734 climbs the grade at Lap, if your wondering why not shoot a sec or 2 later... because this was as far as the train went on this runbuy and it barely even made it to where the caboose is on the ... (more)

734 Cleans the snow off the rails as it arrives at Helmstetters Curve

A hard working 2-8-0, a steady light snowfall, and the impressive Helmsetters Cruve make for a nice recipe for a photo charter. A Carl Franz event.

WMSR 734 charges over a trestle west of Cumberland. Carl Franz Photo Charter.

Over 15" of wet snow make for a slip uphill journey as WM 734 assists a mixed freight westbound. Carl Franz Photo Charter.

Charging westbound, WMSR 734 leads a photo freight west of Cumberland. Carl Franz photo charter.

Departing the WM Depot at Cumberland. WMSR 734 charges west with a photo freight. Carl Franz photo charter.

WMSR fireman Dan Morris monitors the fire box of WMSR 734 during a photo freight by Carl Franz.

Western Maryland Scenic 734 pulls a photo freight by the famous Helmsetters Curve, west of Cumberland. Carl Franz Photo Charter.

A breaking overcast on a cool fall morning finds Western Maryland 734 accelerating a heavy coal drag from a dead stop at West Sunnyside.

The skies finally cleared for one of the runby's on the October 18, 2010 Western Maryland Photo Special.