“Sloppy Seconds”
Still in C&O garb from its recent charters, “C&O”/WMSR 1309 arrives at the former C&P Frostburg depot at 14:42 with Frostburg Flyer Winter Service Train #... (more)

Western Maryland 1309 works hard at Trimble on a beautiful January morning.

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

"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.

"Sunnyside": Western Maryland, former C&O, H-6 Mallet #1309 hustles up Sunnyside on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.

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.

"Frostburg Bound": Western Maryland #1309 digs in as she crosses C&P bridge #2 on November 6, 2022 bound for Frostburg with a train of empty coal hoppers and ballast cars.

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.

Early in the morning a ghost appears from the mist, returned from the dead, pulling a short train of hoppers bound for Frostburg, but we can imagine Jenkins or Van Leer Junction or many other plac... (more)

"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)

"Thunder at Brush": 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 Railroad on Novemb... (more)

Western Maryland 1309 does the final runby for the Trains Magazine photo charter at the famous Helmstetter's Curve

The quiet of an early morning on the Helmstetter Farm is broken by the thunder of Western Maryland H-6 2-6-6-2 #1309 making time heading north with empty coal hoppers on November 6, 2022. This was... (more)