MMID X302 East (West End Snow train) is passing one of the old WM Block Signals near Deerfield, MD on our way back to Union Bridge.
Halfway there, the Stone Train arrives in Finksburg with 20 loaded hoppers. It will position these on the lefthand siding, just uphill from the unloading station, then retrieve the 20 empty hoppe... (more)
Light power heading for home. On the final leg of four, the Stone Train once again comprises only a pair of GP38s, making their way back to Union Bridge after leaving 20 empty stone hoppers at th... (more)
Departing Finksburg with 20 empty stone hoppers bound for the quarry at Woodsboro, the Stone Train begins the second half of its journey. Note the conductor coming forward from the cab of No. 304... (more)
Home at last! About 5-and-a-half hours after the Stone Train departed Union Bridge, 302 and 304 glide past the old Western Maryland depot and cross Main Street.
Fore! 304 and 302 pull 20 loaded stone hoppers past a golf course in a very upscale housing devlopment on the way to Finksburg.
After dropping off 20 full stone hoppers, UBST power prepares to switch onto the siding to retreive 20 empties for the return trip to Woodsboro. The conductor is Matt Adams, fellow Railpictures.n... (more)
A scene that could be from the 70's, not 2004! A pair of gloves, a sandwhich baggie and a timetable on the desk of a caboose on the rear (front in this case) of a train. UBTT is still (10MPH, ba... (more)
Here is a view out of the bay window of MMID caboose 15 (former CR 21155) while shoving up to Taneytown on the old PC Frederick Secondary.
The inside of an actual IN SERVICE caboose! Not a shoving platform, but a REAL bay window caboose! Yes, the stove works (on the right), and EXTREMELY WELL I might add!
This is a shot for you people who think running Long Hood forward is soooooo cool. It isn't! Your already limited view is blocked even more by the hood!
Emerging from the woods, three MMID GP38s arrive at the quarry in Woodsboro to pick up a string of loaded rock hoppers.
House Call! Three GP38s brush by this house on their way up Farquhar Street to pick up loaded cement hoppers at the Lehigh Portland Cement plant.
A trio of Maryland Midland GP38s gets ready to haul the loaded Stone Train from Woodsboro to Finksburg.