Chesapeake & Ohio 1309 is an H-6 "Mallet" with a wheel configuration of 2-6-6-2. It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1949 to haul coal from the fields in West Virginia. It only served ... (more)
A chilly night in Cumberland. It's a chilly night on the platform at the station in Cumberland, MD as a brakeman positions himself to marshal Locomotive #1309 to the standpipe for water. T... (more)
Got Steam? The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's recently-restored C&O Locomotive #1309 certainly does. At times, it has all you can handle and more. In this scene, a Brakeman uses lant... (more)
Steamscape: The Helmstetter Farm. One of the most iconic railfan photo spots in the eastern United States has to be this location right here. Spotted in the center of a big, sweeping, horse... (more)
Classic Helmstetter's. In a scene that is a bit reminiscent of the classic Bill Price photos of the Western Maryland Railroad, a heavy, articulated freight locomotive makes its way around t... (more)
Dragging coal. The coal drags on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad of the early 1950s are re-created for the cameras in February of 2023 as Class H-6 Mallet Locomotive #1309 charges across a s... (more)
Before she was a Star…Sitting on a parking lot display track at the B&O Railroad Museum, C&O H-6 2-6-6-2 #1309, looks as forlorn as the weather the day I visited the museum. Who could have imagi... (more)
Doing Work. On a very, very, very cold Friday, the 1309 in its original C&O garb does a runby for a Lerro photo charter at the famous curve.
At the Crossing. The last Baldwin steam locomotive does a runby past a private road crossing near Mount Savage, MD.
Heading into Town. The C&O 1309 crosses over the Great Allegheny Passage.
Passing the Farm. The C&O (at least for now) 1309 runs through Helmstetter's Curve and past the iconic farm.
