Looking more like Colorado with the BNSF power and rock cut this eastbound manifest sits at the Bud Board waiting for Cumberland Yard to open up.
653 stands at the lead end of a string of stored AC 6000 CW's six of them with two EMD's On the other side, more 6000's. They are being removed, very slowly, one at a time and placed back in serv... (more)
The Capital Limited picks up track speed as it passes Mexico Tower and a waiting coal empty as it heads east for Washington DC.
Amtrak Heritage Unit 145, lead engine on the Capital Limited this day, brightens the gloomy weather at it's stop at Cumberland. It's the second time she's been on the Cap since her repaint, and ha... (more)
Union Pacific 4139 brings manifest CSX B256 under the Rt 40 bridge at Cumberland, Maryland. Note the nice new plow on 4139, complete with the part number sticker on its upper left corner!
734 works Helmstetter's Curve with a clean stack, on a pretty fall day, headed for Frostburg.
The Capital Limited slips in for a stop at Cumberland, as CSX E726, with AC44CW 374 waits to go west with a string of empties. E726 will wait until the Cap loads and leaves before heading out on t... (more)
6430 is headed east out of the yard with a slug and one other GP 40-2. Westbound CSXT 480 and friend on Q261 has the green for it's 6900 ft autorack.
This train terminates at Cumberland, and will be backing into a freight track in a few moments. The power consists of two operating engines, and five that need work, either at the Huntington or Cu... (more)
X.. Conrail Unit with some serious paint issues leads todays Q375-29 past the old Bud Board... not sure if they lost the multi year lease or just decided that the only advertising good they were g... (more)
734 was used as a Helper on Freight service into Cumberland Maryland on this cold snowy morning
Q216-27 at the old Bud Board
Q368 enters the Cumberland Narrows
With a fresh crew aboard for the final leg of its journey to the Capital City, specially adorned P42 145 gets ready to depart the Queen City.
