"Sunnyside": Western Maryland, former C&O, H-6 Mallet #1309 hustles up Sunnyside on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 stomps upgrade around Helmstetters Curve with a hopper train in-tow during the Trains Magazine fall photo charter.

"Frostburg Bound": Western Maryland #1309 digs in as she crosses C&P bridge #2 on November 6, 2022 bound for Frostburg with a train of empty coal hoppers and ballast cars.

Western Maryland H-6 #1309, build by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1949, races around Helmstetter's Curve on the former Western Maryland mainline outside of Corriganville, MD on November 6, 2022.

Early in the morning a ghost appears from the mist, returned from the dead, pulling a short train of hoppers bound for Frostburg, but we can imagine Jenkins or Van Leer Junction or many other plac... (more)

"Thunder at Brush": Western Maryland, Ex-Chesapeake & Ohio, 2-6-6-2 Mallet H-6 #1309 blasts out of Brush Tunnel on the former Western Maryland right of way on the Western Maryland Scenic... (more)

"Thunder at Brush": Ex-Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 Mallet H-6 #1309 blasts out of Brush Tunnel on the former Western Maryland right of way on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad on Novemb... (more)

The quiet of an early morning on the Helmstetter Farm is broken by the thunder of Western Maryland H-6 2-6-6-2 #1309 making time heading north with empty coal hoppers on November 6, 2022. This was... (more)

"The Beast of the East": Western Maryland, ex-Chesapeake & Ohio, 2-6-6-2 Mallet #1309 thunders up Helmstetter's Curve on November 6, 2022 as part of a Trains Magazine photo charter. What... (more)

Western Maryland 1309 rounds Helmstetter's Curve on a cool October morning.

"Class H-6 in a Hurry": O. Winston Link has a famous photo of a Class A in full charge outside of Blue Ridge, VA on the N&W Blue Ridge Grade in the late 1950s during the last years of N&... (more)

Who knew a C&O H-6 built in 1949 was good for 60? Here Western Maryland ex-C&O 2-6-6-2 #1309 hustles past the photographer on November 5, 2022 hauling an empty hopper train for the Trains Magazine... (more)

Sunrise glint at City Junction. Just moments after the sun made its appearance above the hills to the east, Western Maryland 1309 begins her spirited charge up the hill out of Cumberland, p... (more)

A trail-side portrait. Here's a trail-side portrait of the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's recently restored Mallet Locomotive #1309, posing at the west portal of Brush Tunnel (MP 172.2)... (more)

"Fall on the Mountain": Even with most of the foliage gone from the 2022 fall season, color still remains in the trees and mountainsides outside of Cumberland, MD as Western Maryland #13... (more)