“Reflections of Spring”
At 09:43, a total of five Maryland Midland EMDs pull a 26-car train of aggregate–from S.W. Barrick’s Woodsboro quarry to Barrick’s Finksburg Term... (more)

At 08:56, Maryland Midland’s stone train (UBST), as light engines, bridges Little Pipe Creek, southbound at mp 16.4 on the MDOT Sub (the former PRR/PC Frederick Secondary). Called at Union Bridg... (more)

“Rock ‘n Roll”
At 09:36, Maryland Midland’s UBST departs the S.W. Barrick quarry with a healthy (26 car) train of aggregate destined for Barrick’s Finksburg Terminal at Cedarhu... (more)

“A Flare (Flair) for Hauling Stone”
As light engines, Maryland Midland’s stone train (UBST) is crossing LeGore Bridge Road, about to enter the Barrick Quarry property to fetch sto... (more)

“Gettin' Stoned”
With 26 stone loads destined for Barrick’s Finksburg Terminal, Maryland Midland’s UBST rolls northbound through New Midway, past the landmark Kramer’s Piano Sh... (more)

Two SD40M-2s pass through the center of Westminster with stone empties from Finksburg bound for the Barrick and Sons quarry in Woodsboro.

The Union Bridge Stone Train hurries by a pond in New Midway, MD as it nears the Barrick and Sons quarry in Woodsboro.

UBST soars over Little Pipe Creek after entering the former PRR Frederick Secondary in Keymar.

Two SD40M-2s pass through the center of Westminster with stone empties from Finksburg bound for the Barrick and Sons quarry in Woodsboro.

Maryland Midland UBST rolls by a nice barn in Patapsco as it nears the facility in Finksburg where it'll set off stone loads picked up from Woodsboro earlier in the morning.

Maryland Midland SD40M-2s 3451 and 3449 claw their way into Westminster with cement cars for CSX at Emory Grove and stone loads for Barrick and Sons at Finksburg in tow.

After picking up three cement loads in Union Bridge, UBST is seen splitting the abandoned Western Maryland signals in New Windsor.

With a pair of SD45-bodied EMDs out front, UBST accelerates to track speed alongside the mill in Middleburg, MD as it's hind end has just cleared the former PRR Frederick Secondary at Keymar.

Maryland Midland's Union Bridge-based Stone Train departs the Barrick and Sons quarry in Woodsboro, MD with loads bound for another Barrick facility in Finksburg.

“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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