Q130-01 exits the Cumberland Narrrows

Baldwin 2-8-0 of the Western Maryland Scenic Railway pulls into the Cumberland Station and is oiled before beginning railtour duties.

Baldwin 2-8-0 of the Western Maryland Scenic Railway pulls into the Cumberland Station before beginning railtour duties.

Baldwin 2-8-0 of the Western Maryland Scenic Railway is filled with water by a platform water crane before beginning railtour duties.

Baldwin 2-8-0 of the Western Maryland Scenic Railway pulls into the station in late May for her weekly duty. One photo in part of a photo essay.

This reminds me of the good old days of rented units when you could see just about any paint job pulling a train. This set of engines is hauling ethanol tankers. The four engines consist of the I... (more)

Three nice looking W&LE engines lead hoppers of talconite into Cumberland. The locos where fairly clean, the lead engine an SD40-3, and two SD 40-2's, the center engine an ex KCS loco still spor... (more)

502 and friend bring a haul of black diamonds into Cumberland after a nearly two hour wait at the famous "Bud Board", two "hot" trains came in east bound on the west bound track before they were a... (more)

A BNSF Ace swooshes into town with another BNSF six axle and a CSX four axle in the loco consist.

WMSR 734 works uphill with the first run to Frostburg of the 2011 season. Great to hear her talkin' and working hard after the winter layoff.

After building a long train, the operator has cut his engines from the cars, and will take his switchers back into the yard for more work. He's heading towards a switch which will allow him to tak... (more)

Following Amtrak out of Cumberland, this container train is heading east at full track speed! Looks like it's running on a lot of new ties, too!

This unusual maroon monster is in the lead here, in a locomotive consist which is backing into a freight lead to pickup it's train. Not running here, she's going somewhere for repairs. There's a n... (more)

On the very last day of the 2010 season, I rode in the cab of 734. We lost the stoker, and stopped here on Sunnyside to build up steam, and fix a hole in the fire. I got off to take a few photos, ... (more)