Mallet Articulated 2-6-6-2 #1309 performs the first runby of the weekend, soon after leaving Cumberland for Frostburg.

Brilliant peak fall colors light up the mountain slopes in Cumberland, Maryland as Western Maryland H-6 Mallet #1309 charges north for the Narrows on November 5, 2022.

"Shadow, Steel and Steam": Silhouetted against a brilliant mountain sunrise Western Maryland #1309, ex-C&O, charges north for the Narrows on the former Western Maryland right of way. Mea... (more)

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 steams through the Cumberland Narrows on a warm autumn morning, with the sun illuminating the mountainside full of orange leaves. In this 1 second exposure, W... (more)

"Mountain Thunder Redux" - The still of a peaceful morning in Cumberland, Maryland is broken by the chest thumping power of a 1949 Baldwin Locomotive Works product, Western Maryland, ex-... (more)

Western Maryland 1309 thunders past West Sunnyside for the Trains Magazine photo charter.

Smoke from Western Maryland 1309 billows from the stack, as she leads 8 hoppers upgrade at West Helmstetter's

Locomotive 1309 crosses the bridge from Ridgley WV. During a nice fall sunset to start the Trains Magazine fall photo charter.

Under the light of the moon, Western Maryland 1309 poses in Brush Tunnel for a night photoshoot. This photo op was the first night photo session at Brush Tunnel since the retirement of WMSR 734

Locomotive 1309 rounds a curve on its way to Frostburg Md. The engineer had just opened the blow down to avoid concentration of impurities. Photo taken during trains magazine charter

Western Maryland 1309 works up the 3% grade on the old C&P right of way. In 2016 this location was wiped out by a landslide, opening up this new location, Garner's Meadow.

Western Maryland 1309 thunders up the mountainous grades at West Sunnyside

Western Maryland 1309 rounds the famous Helmstetter's Curve. This shot was taken from Price Hill, named for famed WM railroad photographer, William Price.

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 turns day into night, smoking up a storm as she powers a train of hoppers upgrade at Sunnyside.

After a cloudy morning the sun comes out as Western Maryland 1309 whistles through Coal Tipple.