The school bus will have to wait, as this “hot” shipment of slurry needs to be spotted by York Railway’s RJ-2 on the coater track at Pixelle Specialty Solutions (the former P.H. Glatfelter C... (more)

With the Church Road crossing flagged, York Railway RJ-2, now with YRC 1606 on point, reverses onto Smith Siding to make its pickup, in preparation for its eastbound return to Lincoln Yard. Today�... (more)

York Railway’s RJ-2 road freight is westbound on former WM trackage at Sprenkle Road, about a mile short of its planned work at Pixelle (the former P.H. Glatfelter paper mill) in Spring Grove, P... (more)

“Mind if I Play Through?”
While following the North Branch of the Patapsco River between Westminster and Finksburg, the Maryland Midland Railway bisects the River Downs Golf Club an... (more)

“The Bridge on the Creek Little Pipe”
MMID’s UBST, with crushed stone loads from the Barrick Quarry, crosses the Little Pipe Creek Trestle at 09:44 on March 8, 2021.

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“Rock of Ages”
Northbound on the former PRR Frederick Secondary, Maryland Midland’s UBST crosses the 707-foot long Little Pipe Creek Trestle at 09:28, with 20 loads of crushed ston... (more)

“Six Ways From Thursday”
Returning empties to the Barrick Quarry in Woodsboro, Maryland Midland’s UBST stone train plies the former WM main, westbound, about to pass the Donald E. ... (more)

“At Full Gallop”
On the former Conrail Hagerstown Secondary, the Rutherford, PA-Rossville, TN intermodal, NS 201, races south (timetable west) on the curved fill approaching Reiff Ch... (more)

“On Thin Ice”
Along the former PRR Frederick Secondary, Maryland Midland’s UBST stone train skirts a partially frozen farm pond near New Midway, while returning empties to the S.W.... (more)

“Rollercoaster”
NS 4074, plus three additional, brings the daily East Binghamton-Roanoke manifest, NS 11Z, south on the H-Line at milepost H12.5, where the grade makes a direct trans... (more)

“R&N Orthodoxy”
The onion domed towers of St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Church dominate the borough of Nesquehoning, as Reading and Northern’s Fall Foliage F-unit excursion... (more)

“MMID Pride”
Maryland Midland’s UBHF power runs west on CSX trackage from Highfield to Pen Mar, to fetch the 71 cars brought up earlier from Hagerstown by the CSX local. This move,... (more)

“Genesee Light”
In the process of doubling a heavy train up the steep grade of the former WM mainline on Catoctin Mountain, MMID's UBHF power coasts downgrade at the east end of the ... (more)

“Green Acres”
After a delay caused by the need to double its westbound climb up the mountain, Maryland Midland’s UBHF (Union Bridge to Highfield turn) hustles its 71-car pickup fro... (more)

“Extra 270 at EMX”
Coming off the former RDG Catawissa Branch, Reading and Northern’s Fall Foliage F-unit excursion (Reading Outer Station to Jim Thorpe and return) is southbound o... (more)