A late start to day, waffles for breakfast and then a walk to the rail way for 11am as our steam train pulls in, we are booked in club service with reserved seating in the first car the train consists of
734 2-8-0
851 Richard E Markle
876 Cumberland
726 Man O'War
110
200 Douglas A Beverage
Its a long 15 mile climb up to Frostburg where we have a 1.45hrs wait for return first we watch them spin the loco on a turntable which is part of the run around, we then walk up the hill to Fatboys Pizza, where I have a Cheese Steak sandwich. Its back to the train for our ride down the valley. When we get back we jump in to the car and go hunting for the depot, first we find the triangle they use to turn the train, just in time to watch the loco being turned here, then we find the depot and are given permission to have a look around, as long as we don't get run over. After this we have a drive around Cumberland and find the CSX Railroad Workshops. On the way back we see the steam train again working an evening private charter.
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