With about a minute of sunlight left, CSX ES44AH 856 and CW44AH 321 are seen on the point of empty hopper train U050, which is dropping down the Stony River Subdivision's loops into Bayard, WV. Th... (more)
A matched A-B-A set of Western Maryland F-units starting out of Bayard toward Cumberland. Notice the knife-edged ballast- very unlike neighbor B&O, which always seemed to have a lot of mud in the ... (more)
Steep! It's only about 7 miles from Bayard to Mount Storm- for a crow. But this coal train needs to climb nearly 1000 feet on a very crooked piece of railroad, with multiple horseshoe curves. Ekta... (more)
A work train with a pair of CSX "Pumpkins" switches cars at the former Western Maryland yard in Bayard.
CSXT 929 leads a Mt. Storm turn past what remains of the former Western Maryland Railway locomotive servicing facility at the east end of Bayard yard. Compare this photo with Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)Locomotive: GE ES44ACLocation: Bayard, West Virginia, USALocomotive #: CSXT 929Train ID: B875-26Photo Date: November, 2008
The last time I saw RS 3s at Bayard.
The second year I returned to Bayard, all of the locomotives were gone. In their place were three hopper cars from the three systems that would make up the Chessie System in 1977. C&O B&O WM. othe... (more)
A new era and paint livery was coming to the Western Maryland in the early seventies. It did not last long, because Chessie had other plans for this small productive 1st. Class falling flag. To se... (more)
Nighttime at Bayard finds this old Chessie GP30 slumbering at the former Western Maryland facility.
