Cam Stefan

Elly On The Run

The thunder of “out of beat” chugs intensified as the two locomotives on our train pulled against the brakes. With an exhausted squeal, the train finally ground to a halt, and I closed the throttle on my engine. It was business as usual on the Western Maryland Railway. We stopped here, at the summit of the railroad near the small hamlet of Deal, to do a brake test to ensure our safe descent down the eastern side of Big Savage Mountain.