Arriving CR freight, I was just passing thru. Look, I'm above the Mason Dixon line and the sun is shining. Anything can happen once I guess.

CR freight arriving.

The Crew. Some of the crew of 1309 that took such good care of us on our two day Lerro Photography Outing.

“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)

Chesapeake & Ohio 1309 in original 'Chessie' colors remnant from a recent photo charter makes it's way up grade towards Frostburg under an old signal bridge along the route.

CSX priority intermodal I016 (Bedford Park, IL-Chambersburg, PA), approaching Valley Street on No. 2 Main at 08:46, is an early arrival into the Cumberland Terminal on 02/18/2023, 27 minutes ahea... (more)

Chesapeake & Ohio 1309 in original 'Chessie' colors remnant from a recent photo charter passes over Helmstetter's Curve outside of Cumberland, MD.

Exiting the Tunnel. The 1309 exits the tree tunnel as it runs by the photographers participating in the Lerro Photography outing.

Snow On The Rocks. A nice coating of snow covers the ground as well as the 1873 B&O Railroad E. Francis Baldwin designed Gothic Revival style depot at Point Of Rocks, Maryland as Amtrak Tra... (more)

Chesapeake & Ohio 1309 in original 'Chessie' colors remnant from a recent photo charter passes through Woodcock Hollow on the 10:00 AM Trip to Frostburg.

Morning Run. Early on the first day of a Lerro Charter, the C&O 1309 runs by a photo lineup just past Helmstetter's Curve and slightly before Block Tunnel.

C&O 1309 smokes it up on a chilly winter morning at Helmstetters Curve. Taken during a photo charter run by Lerro Productions.

Handsome articulated C&O 1309 simmers at the Cumberland Depot after a hard day of wowing fans on a photo charter put on by Lerro Productions.

On a Lerro Photo Charter we enjoyed multiple photo angles of 1309 entering Brush Tunnel. As smoke hangs in the air, 1309 backs out of Brush Tunnel after the first run by.

Feb. 18th, 2023. Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 "Mallet"-type engine #1309 rumbles upgrade underneath the old signal bridge at Trimble on the former Western Maryland Railroad. The locomotive ... (more)