#1309 spent several weeks in 2023 dressed in C&O, making quite a scene all across the WMSR.
Birds fly into the blue hour as 1309 sets up at the depot.
Steam Throwback. Wearing its original C&O garb, the 1309 runs the famous curve on a cold February morning.
#1309 is wearing C&O lettering for several Lerro Photography charters, seen on the lunch break at the top of the line.
#1309 is at the depot for one of Pete Lerro's fantastic night sessions.
A Lerro Charter is the way to go to see unique scenes. Here, #1309 was temporarily the most famous "C&O" locomotive out there, dressed for these photo charters. A particularly brillian... (more)
Stunning morning on a Lerro Photo Charter with the C&O 1309 making quite a ruckus in the narrows.
At the Depot. The nicely restored Mallet locomotive takes a break at the Frostburg Depot on a Lerro charter.
Midnight Trains in Empty Stations. The title is taken from the song, "These Foolish Things." The 1309 poses during a Lerro night photography session.
Cold Steam. Near the end of a very frigid day on a Lerro outing, the 1309 does a runby on the famous Helmstetter's Curve.
Lerro Photography photo freight with the last rays of the days light.
Bridging. The C&O 1309 crosses over the Great Allegheny Passage as part of a photo charter.
C&O 1309 was restored for a series of Lerro Photography photo charters this particular month, this is the third (of five) such days.
C&O 1309-turned-WMSR 1309 is back to C&O 1309 for the month, as part of a Lerro Photography photo charter.
The Crew. Some of the crew of 1309 that took such good care of us on our two day Lerro Photography Outing.