An WR employee (acting right now) switches the tracks at the Ridgeley, WV shop on an early fall night for a photo shoot.

C&O Railroad 2-6-6-2 #1309 sits next to WM 2-8-0 #734 at the Ridgeley, WV shop on an early fall night for a photo shoot. #1309 is going through an extensive rebuild and when complete will be the l... (more)

C&O Railroad 2-6-6-2 #1309 sits next to WM 2-8-0 #734 and 0-6-0 #126 at the Ridgeley, WV shop on an early fall night for a photo shoot. #1309 is going through an extensive rebuild and when complet... (more)

As daytime fades to darkness, C&O 2-6-6-2 No. 1309, WMSR 2-8-0 No. 734, and Lehigh Valley Coal Co. 0-6-0 No. 126 are illuminated in a twilight scene outside of the railroad's Ridgeley, W.Va. shops... (more)

Railroading never sleeps... Shop workers evaluate C&O H-6 Class 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 during an overhaul at the railroad's locomotive shops in rural Peach Creek, West Virginia.... In reality, actors po... (more)

Having outlived its usefulness to CSX, this former C&O cab was placed in the storage line at Knobmount.

WMSR 729, nee WMSR 734 :), briefly comes out of the yard, under full fall colors, to change tracks as it prepares to take photo charter fans up the mountain.

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The core of Everett Railroad Company #11, a 2-6-0 built by Alco, sits in the shop at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. Built in 1920 and intended for use in Cuba, after sugar markets unexpect... (more)

Crewmen load the 734 with coal in preparation for its trip up the mountain, on this day for the WMSR 25th Anniversary weekend. Seen from the vestibule of a departing shop tour train.

For othe... (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)

One of the benefits of doing a morning shop tour at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's 25th anniversary was getting to see the 734 getting ready for its trip up the mountain!

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WMSR's big 2-8-0 starts the day, on the first weekend of the season, by firing up and getting its train together (backing down the track to the right of the distant WM engine), in the same WM yard... (more)

Three WM RS-3s, including two "hammerheads," lay over between runs at the engine terminal in Ridgeley, WV on Oct. 19, 1974.

"Mountain Thunder" assembles a train in the yard on WMSR's third day of scheduled operations this year, putting on a great show. Seen in the distance is WM 7471, a former SD40, now belonging to t... (more)

An eastbound WM unit grain train was pulling out of Ridgeley Yard and approaching Maryland Junction on a hot and hazy Aug. 18, 1974, with F7A No. 240 and a B&O GP7.