Does the sun ever shine in Hagerstown? Apparently not during the seventies. Of several railfan trips this was the best we got. Not a bad little black dress.

It's a Sunday afternoon, and the only activity in the yard is a rare mileage/fall festival excursion from Hagerstown. Several F7 sets idled nearby, distracting photographers en route to the festiv... (more)

Remarks: F7s 237 and 239 on ready tracks at Hagerstown, Maryland, on June 6, 1965.

Southbound local freight

Western Maryland locomotives were literally "lounging" all over the Maryland Junction Engine Facility on Memorial Day, 1975. F7A 241 represents the second order of F7s for the WM. Altogether, sixt... (more)

The 1975 Memorial Day holiday found me wandering around the Cumberland, Maryland area and searching for trains, but none were to found! I decided to cross the border and see what was happening ov... (more)

This picture contains a wealth of details we seldom see in the 21st century. A roundhouse, turntable, color position light signals, and second generation standard cabs are all on display in Grafto... (more)

set of power WM Hagerstown engine facility

Railfan special

The Chessie System was starting to merge the B&O, C&O and WM. Some of the red WM F7s were showing up in Chicago, Newport News and even the front of coal service power in Grafton. To see more circu... (more)

Western Maryland in West Virginia! WM 3797 in the line-up of engines in the terminal at Williamson, WV. Note Lehigh Valley Alco at the far left.

The Western Maryland owned just two BL-2s, Nos. 81 and 82. Both survive. This is No. 81, preserved outside the main entrance of the B&O Railroad Museum at Baltimore.