Black Fork Gorge

Black Fork Gorge

By Brian Schmidt | July 7, 2021

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


Steam locomotives on a coal train rounding a curve on a hillside

Black Fork Gorge

Seven Western Maryland 2-8-0s — two up front, three at midtrain, and two ahead of the caboose — urge a 78-car eastbound train up the twisting grade through the Black Fork Gorge toward Thomas, W.Va. Edward Theisinger photo

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