challengers-on-helmstetters-curvehttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/challengers-on-helmstetters-curve/Challengers on Helmstetter’s Curve | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190304.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2021-01-072019-03-2045897
Western Maryland 4-6-6-4s up front and at mid-train lift a freight upgrade around Helmstetter’s Curve in the late 1940s or early ’50s. Today, Western Maryland Scenic Railway tourist trains still traverse this landmark a few miles west of Cumberland, Md. George C. Corey photo