Two names that long time Thurmont residents are familiar with are H&F RR and Sweeney. Here's a photo of H&F No 172 with her driver Elmer Sweeney standing in the doorway. I do not know when this photo was taken but it's a good bet it was the early 1950's. This photo was taken at Lewistown as Elmer was running No. 172 to Thurmont. For those of you who don't know, Elmer is Bernie Sweeney's dad. I was told by others that he would stop the car on the tracks close to their house and leave it there overnight. Two nice things about the H&F was that local people worked the line and the drivers would stop anywhere along the tracks to pick up or drop off riders.