tourist train operated by ABPF

Western Maryland 1309 performs a runby at West Sunnyside for the Trains Magazine 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.

Locomotive 1309 crosses the bridge from Ridgley WV. During a nice fall sunset to start the Trains Magazine fall photo charter.

Locomotive 1309 rounds a curve on its way to Frostburg Md. The engineer had just opened the blow down to avoid concentration of impurities. Photo taken during trains magazine charter

The big Baldwin H-6 articulated engine nears the apex of the curve as it rumbles across the Woodcock Hollow Road crossing on a beautiful fall day.

The first day of the Trains Magazine photo charter nears it's end as #1309 charges through sunnyside on the last runby of day #1.

Day 1 of the Trains Magazine 1309 charter has come to a close as the engine poses on the bridge over the C&O canal in downtown Cumberland.

Western Maryland #1309 catches the last rays of golden sunlight at Helmsetter's Curve on the last runby of the Trains magazine photo charter weekend.

Western Maryland Scenic 2-6-6-2 H-6 eases through the Narrows at first light for Trains Magazine's Welcome Back 1309 Charter.

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2nd day of testing for WM 1309 heading west in the Narrows

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