K502-12 was my first slab train on CSX; neat to see a long string of gondolas (with an occasional flat). Derwood CPLs still stand; no Safetrans in sight! This shot is from the opposite side of t... (more)

"EVERYONE MUST wear protective HELMETS on these premises"

"Mountain Thunder" prepares for its Saturday run to Frostburg during the WMSR 25th anniversary celebration; yard access by means of ... (more)

Switching moves take place next to an Amish farm. A Peter Lerro photo charter.

One More Go Round! WMSR 734 takes her star turn at Frostburg on her final day before her 1472-day inspection. A beautiful day for this beauty to shine! Another fine Lerro Productions chart... (more)

Sometimes the weather is glorious, sometimes unbearable, sometimes in between, but the work always continues. In this case the work is being done by Peter Lerro Jr. and Steven Diehl.

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Filthy is still attractive if it is CR blue! Waiting to proceed EB next to a pole with many code lines, warped but still standing.

Recycle that building! The station at Hancock is now used as an MoW base. The foreground track is the beginning of the Berkeley Springs industrial track.

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A rural local passenger train makes it way past one of the many farms of West Virginia.

For all my images from the charter, go Railroad: Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: Romney, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: BO 6604
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 23, 2013

Oddly, this trainset is not the one that will depart in 1/2 hour for Glauburg-Stockheim.

A manifest heads east towards Benning Yard, about to leave ex-PRR rails in favor of ex-B&O rails, having recently left ex-B&O rails. A beautiful day at this location!

Guest tank engine Flagg Coal Company #75 fills up at the water crane prior to its first run of the day at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad (WMSR) 25th anniversary. Barney Gramling does the hon... (more)

To Railfan is to Photograph! Patrons take a close look at the 734 as the Lerro Productions team starts to close down the evening photo shoot.

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A local freight pulls out of a siding, uphill; the plume of the pusher is visible at the rear. A Peter Lerro photo charter.

One Last Pull! 100-year old WMSR 734 pulls out of the yard in Ridgeley early in the morning to start what was expected to be its last day of service before its 1472-day inspection. Since t... (more)

It looks like the engine is being walked into the engine house!. Dusk at Strasburg; putting things away for the night.