Family's coming, but not yet! Locals, having spiffed up their cars in anticipation of picking up long-unseen family members, patiently wait as a pusher engine moves on to its next assignmen... (more)

Sometimes the weather is glorious, sometimes unbearable, sometimes in between, but the work always continues. In this case the work is being done by Peter Lerro Jr. and Steven Diehl.

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PUSH!!! Locomotive 729 assists a Westbound freight through Helmstetters farm. 1/13th pan.

Pusher Service! A 2-8-0 pushes a mixed freight westbound up the 1.5% grade.

Interestingly, the Curve was built on a series of wooden bridges, which were then "back-filled with dirt," ta... (more)

Waiting for the highball as the conductor makes the lonely and uncomfortable trudge back through the tunnel to look for trouble in the train.

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Fall is beautiful in any conditions! Even on an overcast day the season shines, if you have the leaves!

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Plumes go UP! From time to time we have seen a shot taken from a cab window of a train on a bridge, pointing down. This is the reverse view.

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Pusher Service! Western Maryland 2-8-0 729 is earning its keep helping a freight up the former Cumberland & Pennsylvania line toward Frostburg, seen here crossing the second of two bridges ... (more)

On its way back to Ridgeley after making a transfer run to the B&O yard in Cumberland, Western Maryland 2-8-0 729 leads a caboose hop over the basin at the western end of the Chesapeake & Ohio Can... (more)

WMSR 729, nee WMSR 734 :), briefly comes out of the yard, under full fall colors, to change tracks as it prepares to take photo charter fans up the mountain.

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WMSR 502 brings the local into the C&P station.

Crewmen load the 734 with coal in preparation for its trip up the mountain, on this day for the WMSR 25th Anniversary weekend. Seen from the vestibule of a departing shop tour train.

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To Railfan is to Photograph! Patrons take a close look at the 734 as the Lerro Productions team starts to close down the evening photo shoot.

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Rain did not deter railfans from enjoying the 25th anniversary weekend at the WMSR on Saturday.

For other shots from the Anniversary weekend, go Railroad: Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-0
Location: Frostburg, Maryland, USA
Locomotive #: WMSR 734
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 21, 2013

"EVERYONE MUST wear protective HELMETS on these premises"

"Mountain Thunder" prepares for its Saturday run to Frostburg during the WMSR 25th anniversary celebration; yard access by means of ... (more)