Fine day on Helmstetter’s Curve

Fine day on Helmstetter’s Curve

By Angela Cotey | April 14, 2023

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


Western Maryland 2-10-0 1109 leads empty coal hoppers and other freight cars west at famous Helmstetter’s Curve on WM’s main line west of Cumberland, Md. Today the right of way hosts Western Maryland Scenic Railway tourist trains and a bike path. Ed Theisinger photo

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