Everybody Works! A full train on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad meant that not only Conductor Billl but his 4 year old grandson Nathan were needed as conductors on Sunday, June 20, 20... (more)

A Hot Bear. Western Maryland Scenic Railroad F40M-2F 450 (née Amtrak 380 F40PH, 7/1981) was returning to the WMSR facility in Ridgeley, West Virginia when it crossed the North Branch Potoma... (more)

The Curve Near Cumberland. When the Western Maryland Railway sought to expand its line west of Cumberland, Maryland in the early 1900s, land was acquired from the Helmsetter Family for the ... (more)

WMSR 2-8-0 734 in the Cumberland Narrows. Sure do miss the 734 and hope one day we will see her again roaming the rails

A Chesapeake and Ohio Mallet runs again! WMSR / C&O 1309 is fired up and takes its first steps outside of the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's shops in Ridgeley. Constructed in 1949, C&O 1309 ... (more)

WMSR 1309 is doing some testing around the shop complex in Ridgeley, WV. 1309 was dressed up in C&O lettering thanks to Trains Magazine. After these runs, 1309 was winterized and put away for some... (more)

WMSR 1309 is doing some testing around the shop complex in Ridgeley, WV. 1309 was dressed up in C&O lettering thanks to Trains Magazine. After these runs, 1309 was winterized and put away for some... (more)

WMSR 1309 is doing some testing around the shop complex in Ridgeley, WV. 1309 was dressed up in C&O lettering thanks to Trains Magazine. After these runs, 1309 was winterized and put away for some... (more)

WMSR 1309 is doing some testing around the shop complex in Ridgeley, WV. 1309 was dressed up in C&O lettering thanks to Trains Magazine. After these runs, 1309 was winterized and put away for some... (more)

On the night of December 31st, a monumental event occurred in the riverside town of Ridgeley, West Virginia. Former C&O 2-6-6-2 #1309 made a move under its own power for the first time in 64 years... (more)

WM 734 Looks lonely without her tender as she awaits the day she will once again roam the rails

WMSR 734 flips around on the turntable at Frostburg, MD in order to head back to Cumberland as passengers and onlookers alike take in the sights and sounds of Mountain Thunder.

The Western Maryland Scenic "Spring Blossom" special rolls westbound through the Cumberland "Narrows" in the form of a WM-painted GP30 and four passenger cars. Barely visible at the bottom is CSX ... (more)