Hitchcockesque birds loom in the background as Western Maryland power awaits its next assignment.

WM 7595 sits at Chessie System's Cumberland Shops along with BO 4041, a GP40. The unit is in need of work, and in the fall of 1981 the economy was such that it was likely to sit here for awhile. M... (more)

Western Maryland Shay 6 was the largest and last shay ever built by Lima, she is now in service on the Cass Scenic Railroad after being restored to operation in 1981

WM 25, 303 and GCK 154 hibernate on this cold day at the Dawson siding with some rolling stock.

Just another day in Hagerstown, Md. in October 1982 when the local switch crew went to work on the last operating BL2 in freight service in the U. S. This is only the second active BL2 I'd ever se... (more)

Arriving after a run to Frostburg.

Under cloudy skies on the Georges Creek Railway sit a chop nose Western Maryland EMD GP 9 # 25 originally purchased by the Western Maryland Railway in May 1954, Western Maryland ALCO FA 2 # 303 or... (more)

Pusher power! The driver of a well-kept Model A Sedan gets an up-close look at the raw power of Western Maryland Consolidation-type helper locomotive, as it brings up the rear of a Frostbu... (more)

729 exits Brush Tunnel in the wee hours of the night. A Lerro Productions Photo charter.

Charter Outtakes: "729 bring it ahead. Give us a little smoke." One of the staples of steam photo charters is the smoky run-by. Although a properly fired steam locomotive usually doesn't ... (more)

A hard-working helper crew. The crew of Western Maryland Helper Locomotive #729 poses for photographers on the final day of a 2013 Lerro Productions Photo Charter.

#729 crosses over the Western Maryland mainline to Connelsville, PA over former Cumberland & Pennsylvania trackage. In order to gain elevation to reach Frostburg, the C&P right-of-way crossed over... (more)

#729 takes a spin on the turntable in Frostburg. A Lerro Productions Photo charter.

Western Maryland GP30 #502 hauls a heavy freight around Helmststter's Curve with 729 pushing on the rear. A Lerro Productions Photo charter.