Snow on the WMSR

After waiting two years to get some shots of the Western Maryland Scenic in the snow, I finally had the opportunity today. Because of poor road conditions on the roads that lead to the grade crossings I was only able to shoot at two locations:

Helmstetter's Curve, shot from the cemetery hill.



C&PRR Frostburg Depot:



I'm really happy with how these turned out and I can't wait to go back tomorrow.

 

Wow thos are just amazing- I like the second shot particularly.

 

Thanks guys! ;

 

Great shots! I would love to see a little snow, myself.

 

Christmas card material! ; Awesome!

 

Fantastic shots Michael. I am partial to the first one. Definitely Post / Christmas card worthy!

 

Incredible shots! ;

 

Let's see...what hasn't been used...

Fabulous! ; Extraordinary! ; Stupendous!

Put some nice holiday borders around those and you got yourself some beautiful prints and, yep, cards. ;

 

i really like the frostburg depot shot, helmstetters is good, but imho, you have the definitive helmstetters from your fall series/barn raising, just my .02 worth

 

Stunning images!! The white balance looks spot on! Lovely work!

 

Thanks for all of the compliments! ; Here's one I took the following day at the C&PRR[nb]Cumberland & Pennsylvania RR[/nb] Bridge #2: ;

 

now tell me that certain other railphoto site accepted that, if they didn't then i'll just quit trying, because i have nothing to touch that from any train scene anywhere, that is really well done

 

very nice shots; love the detail in the smoke

 

Thanks guys! ;

Yes they did: ; http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=306739

 

Thanks guys!

Tim, since you mentioned the Polar Express, ; here's a shot from later that evening. ; #734 waiting to head over to the turntable after pulling the North Pole Express to Frostburg the North Pole so all of the kids could meet Santa:



As an interesting side note, the steam engine in the movie was based on the real life Pere Marquette 1225, which is a 2-8-4 Berkshire class locomotive built by the Lima Locomotive Works in 1941. ; The animators used the blueprints for the 1225 to create the movie. ; Also, they recorded sounds from the locomotive which were used in the movie as well.