June 2009
The primary destination of our trip to Western Maryland and West Virginia was Frostburg & Cumberland, Maryland. These two towns, while right near one another, are 1000 feet in elevation apart. We took the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad between the two towns. It was fun to get away to small town America for a few days. The only low point was when the maid at our hotel in Frostburg sliced our luggage open with a razor knife and stole everything. Otherwise, it was a great trip!

We stayed in Frostburg, Maryland

Western Maryland Railroad tracks

Footer's Dye Works in Cumberland

Colonel George Washington's headquarters at Fort Cumberland

The historic Western Maryland Railway Station

What else would you plant at George Washington's headquarters but Martha Washington geraniums

The historic Western Maryland Railway Station

Honoring the horses of the towpath that pull the boats up and down the C&O Canal

The historic Western Maryland Railway Station

The Maryland mountainside

Looking out over the river and waterfall at the train station in Cumberland

Western Maryland Railway tracks overlooking Cumberland

Memorializing the Irish laborers that worked tirelessly to build the C&O canal.

Western Maryland Railroad's diesel engine does some work while we wait for our train

Western Maryland Railroad's diesel engine does some work while we wait for our train

Western Maryland Railroad platform

No high tech sign boards here!

Cumberland, just like Frostburg, is a town of steeples

Western Maryland Railroad's diesel engine does some work while we wait for our train

Western Maryland Railroad's "Moutain Thunder" pulls into the station

Western Maryland Railroad's "Moutain Thunder" pulls into the station

Western Maryland Railroad dining car. I was too busy taking photos to eat.

A CSX train passes us

Passing through the Maryland mountainside as we travel up the mountain to Frostburg.

Heading into the tunnel

Preparing to turn the locomotive in Frostburg

Preparing to turn the locomotive in Frostburg

Western Maryland Railroad's "Mountain Thunder" locomotive rotates on the turntable in Frostburg

Western Maryland Railroad's "Mountain Thunder" locomotive rotates on the turntable in Frostburg

Western Maryland Railroad's "Mountain Thunder" locomotive rotates on the turntable in Frostburg

The Palace Theatre in Frostburg, Maryland

The historic Hotel Gunter in Frostburg, Maryland

Downtown Frostburg, Maryland

The turntable look small from the hilltop, but it can turn a steam locomotive in a minute or two

The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad waits to leave the Frostburg station.

Mountain Thunder pulls out of the Western Maryland Railway station in Cumberland

Mountain Thunder pulls out of the Western Maryland Railway station in Cumberland

The Second National Bank building in Cumberland, Maryland

Emmanuel Episcopal Church sits on the land that was once once Fort Cumberland and the beginning of the National Road