Challenger on Helmstetter’s

Challenger on Helmstetter’s

By Angela Cotey | November 24, 2022

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


Western Maryland 4-6-6-4 1203 rounds famous Helmstetter’s Curve west of Cumberland, Md., with a train for Connellsville, Pa., on May 15, 1953.
Edward Theisinger photo

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