In todays paper................ The Maryland Goverment, claims that the WMSR could save up to 1.1 million dollars a year if they retirer the 734. they say, "...
What these "intelligent" people fail to consider is that a ton of coal is less than one half the cost of a barrel of crude oil. How do these jerks get...
Jason, Which paper was this article in? Thank you Richard ... From: Jason Underwood To: WesternMarylandSurvivors@yahoogroups.com ; WM_Rwy@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
It was in the Daily Press. Under the good life section. I live in Newport News, VA if this helps you find it. I can scan it on if you want... Jason Underwood...
Jason, Thanks, I found it, mostly old news!!!! Richard ... From: Jason Underwood To: WesternMarylandSurvivors@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005...
This morning at 11:40, CSXT 6217 and 6219, ex-WM GP40-2 4318 and 4320, arrived on the same train at Framingham, MA. This afternoon at 3:20, CSXT 6156 and...
Don't they think that MAYBE some of us make trips to places like the WM and TVRM not to ride behind a boring diesel but instead for the steamers? ... ...
This is purely a political move by the Maryland State Government, in the same line as the Army Corps. of Engineers drafts for the NPS of the Canal Park. They...
Hey guys, Dunno if anyone noticed this shot or not. It was taken back in July in Huntington. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=112589 Matt...
For those of you who may have the opportunity, CSX 8424 (WM 7473) is second unit behind an SD50 on a rack train which is eastbound in Cumberland. Must have...
......Oct 26, 1899 the Belington and Beaver Creek Railroad was incorporated. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005...
well, not exactly THIS date, but... on Nov 1st 1862 track opened to Union Bridge ...and... 1905 Western Maryland acquired the West Virginia Central, which...
I am trying to find information about Western Maryland two light dwarf signals used in yards. Some years ago I saw a picture of a dwarf signal where a dark...
We at WesternMarylandSurvivors would like to wish all of our group members the best for a great Thanksgiving feast and a pleasant weekend full of family and...
Hello, I am moving the website from http://community.webshots.com/user/Lightning_Bolt_38 to http://lightning_bolt_38.rrpicturearchives.net If I continue to use...
I'm modeling the Elkins yard from an aerial photograph I shot in 1981 before the roundhouse burned. There was a nother fellow looking for dimensions of the...
Charlie, No, I didn't have any luck with this. From what I understand there is a layout of the track plan for the yard in the book "Western Maryland...
All, Matt, you are pretty close about the information on the Elkins yard. The last time I was there was two weeks ago and the lower floor and walls of the new...
Thanks Matt & Paul. I'll be going to ELkins in the next week or so. I'll take some pictures and post them. I'm taking my laser measuring tool and I'll measure...
Charlie, Take a trip to Belington. ... From: "Charlie Pyles" <airpixphoto@...> To: <WesternMarylandSurvivors@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, November 27,...
My father helped build the roundhouse when he was furloughed from the railroad but I do not know the dimmensions. If the foundations are still in place you...
the streets around the station really haven't changed all that much, really. The curb work is just extending out to define the parking area at the sides of...
Gents (and Ladies, if applicable): Hopefully, I will open up an Elkins and Hagerstown folder(s) at a public site within the newxt year. I have some color 35mm...
Question did the turntable that was in elkins end up in Cumberland for Western Maryland Senic Railroad? If memeroy re-calls CSX gave the TT to the folks in...
The turntable that is in Frostburg is from Elkins. The WMSR has another turntable stored on a flat car in Ridgeley, which they want to install in Ridgeley. I...