...May 12, 1975, all Western Maryland traffic left home rails at Big Pool Junction to run on the Baltimore and Ohio west to Ohio Pyle, ending through train...
"After trying to find a home for this 150 ton crane I was forced to scrap most of the crane in 1993" What a load of crap! Why even buy it in the first place...
The crane was owned by the Western Maryland Scenic. The scrap dealer (Brock) did the cutting up for them. That was during the time Ed Kemmit was the boss. They...
...May 23, 1859, the first rails were laid on the first segment of the Western Maryland from Relay House to Owings Mills. [Non-text portions of this message...
Does anyone have shots of Lantz Coal #29 aka WM Shay #2? I was hopping she'd be a close match to the N scale atlas shay... - Jason Underwood CSX / C&O...
Jason, I have shots of WM Shay #6 and Shay #2 on webshots. Go to: www.webshots.com Under search type in prujak. You will have to look through the group of ...
Hi Paul Great photos. Thanks for posting them. I went through the whole stack, and saw the B&W elkins shots at the end. I didn't see any shots of WM #2,...
...May 27, 1852 the Baltimore, Carroll, and Frederick Railroad was chartered by the Maryland legislature. Western Maryland is born 154 years ago ...May 27,...
Hey gang, Just happened to glance at the cover picture for the site again, and it made me realize how irritated I was with the WVC this afternoon. I drove...
...June 21, 2006 WMS, LLC consummates a sale with CSX Transportation for the abandoned portion of the Georges Creek Subdivision in Allegany County, Maryland....
Will this be a freight operation and if so how much traffic is on the line? I assume any traffic would be mostly coal. John Bohon ... Transportation for the...
... Yes ... There hasn't been a carload of coal off this line since Consol 10 shut down. There are, however, in excess of 320,000,000 tons of coal reserves in...
Does this mean the line will essentially be railbanked or is some sort of operation planned? Also is there any anticipated date when coal could start moving...
There is no intention to railbank. The plan is to development of a wide variety of products moving in and out by rail. There will be tank cars, covered hoppers...
Class I's are also getting very good at chasing off shortline customers. They simply do not want to handle loose carloads of any kind no matter where they...
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZrailnegexQQhtZ-1 some pretty good stuff! - Jason Underwood CSX / C&O Peninsula Subdivision MP16 ... [Non-text portions of this...
...Jun 29, 1942 the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad filed a petition with the ICC to abandon passenger service. [Non-text portions of this message have...
...Jul 1, 1913 Western Maryland Railway assumes control of the Georges Creek and Cumberland Railroad. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
...Jul 2, 1863 The Union Army, led by General George Meade, takes possession of the 36 miles of railroad from Baltimore to Westminster to use as a supply...
Group...just thought I'd pass along this picture http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=150626 It's good to see the old girl still out and about. Matt...
If you look real closely from the side, you can still read the 6573 on the cab. ... From: silver_tounged_devil2001 To: WesternMarylandSurvivors@yahoogroups.com...
Looks like the trucks have been swapped out as well. Notice there is only one brake cylinder on the side frame. But at least it's still running. KEn Mazer ...
Actually, knowing how diesel locomotives are maintained, it would not suprise me one bit if all that is left of the WM loco here is parts of the cab, the body...
Whatever it is, and whatever is left of it, I'll take it. Something is always better than nothing. ... From: Greg To: WesternMarylandSurvivors@yahoogroups.com ...
Supposedly WM 127 was sold to some West Virginia colliery in the early 70s and scrapped "years ago". Anyone know what the name of this operation was and if the...
I can't tell you the name of the company but it was located in Barrackville, West Virginia. It was, indeed, scrapped on site. If by rebuilt you mean converted...
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