It's July 1978, and this westbound set of mty "coal cars" (in B&O parlance) is rounding the sweeping curve at Pinto, MD not far out of Cumberland. The WM #7548 isn't on home rails, but isn't too far away as the WM's Thomas Sub is running adjacent to the B&O here. Despite the tracks still being in place between Maryland Jct and 21st, and a nice r/w/b leader, elsewhere the Kitten is sinking it's claws into the remains of the Western Maryland system by this date. Photo by Walter Schopp, JL Sessa collection.
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