After a long break from a major mechanical failure, 1309 is back to running on home rails as they pass thru a tunnel on former Western Maryland Raiload rails.

#1309 spent several weeks in 2023 dressed in C&O, making quite a scene all across the WMSR.

WMSR 558 rounds Helmstetter’s curve with a special excursion to Frostburg for a concert.

C&O 1309-turned-WMSR 1309 is back to C&O 1309 for the month, as part of a Lerro Photography photo charter.

H-6 Class Mallet 2-6-6-2 steam locomotive #1309 built by Baldwin in 1949 enters Brush Tunnel on its way to Frostburg, MD. She was re-lettered in the Chesapeake & Ohio livery for a series of charte... (more)

Western Maryland 1309 rounds Helmstetter's Curve as it moves its train to Frostburg for excursions later in the day.

Western Maryland 1309 leads its freight train around Helmstetter's Curve with the winter sun setting on a late February evening.

Western Maryland 1309 leads its freight train through West Helmstetter's as the sun begins to peek out.

Western Maryland 1309 rounds Helmstetter's Curve on a cold, cloudy January afternoon.

"Evenings at Price Hill": On November 6, 2022 Western Maryland #1309 thunders up Helmstetter's Curve as seen from Price Hill in a brilliant mountain sunset.

Smoke and steam fills the air above Helmstetter's Curve as Western Maryland #1309 hustles up grade towards Frostburg, MD with a coal hopper train in tow on November 5, 2022.

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 stomps upgrade around Helmstetters Curve with a hopper train in-tow during the Trains Magazine fall photo charter.

Western Maryland #1309 is about to enter the south portal of Brush Tunnel on November 6, 2022 as she hustles north for Frostburg, MD with coal hoppers on tow.

Western Maryland H-6 #1309, build by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1949, races around Helmstetter's Curve on the former Western Maryland mainline outside of Corriganville, MD on November 6, 2022.

"Thunder at Brush": Western Maryland, Ex-Chesapeake & Ohio, 2-6-6-2 Mallet H-6 #1309 blasts out of Brush Tunnel on the former Western Maryland right of way on the Western Maryland Scenic... (more)