Jim and Cate Wrinn share a special moment while celebrating the success of the Trains Magazine photo charter of Western Maryland 1309 at the end of February, 2022. Only a month later (March 30,... (more)

Welcome Back 1309 charter: day 2 at one of the spots that required extensive brush cutting.

#1309 is on its first charter of 2022, on the interchange track between WMSR & CSXT. What a great weekend.

Welcome Back 1309. TRAINS Magazine chartered #1309 for its first big public outing in 2022 and the PNLX/GCK six-axles joined the fun.

The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's 1309 rests in the late day sun by the former Western Maryland station after running a photo special earlier in the afternoon.

Welcome Back 1309. Morning runs today feature sunlight and a lower angle...no hill hike til later.

Welcome Back 1309, indeed. This is the site of the "#9 Slide" that put the railroad out of connection with Frostburg in 2016, but opened up a tree tunnel for photos once repaired. I sp... (more)

#1309 charges up the grade passing the #9 slide. An untold amount of thank-you's need to be given for this to have happened.

#1309 is on the interchange track along Canal Place. An untold amount of thank-you's need to be given for this to have happened.

Western Maryland Scenic 2-6-6-2 H-6 eases around Helmstetters Curve and the Helmstetter Farm putting on a great show for Trains Magazine's Welcome Back 1309 Charter.

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's H-6 Mallet 1309 storms upgrade around Helmstetter's curve near Corriganville, Maryland, during Trains Magazine's "Welcome Back 1309" photo charter.

On its final trip of the weekend, WMSR 1309 blasts west through the Narrows bridge in La Vale, MD.

The sounds of steam will soon echo throughout the narrows as 1309 rushes west by a cut of vintage C&O and CRR hoppers parked at City Junction.

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's newly restored C&O H-6 "Mallet" No. 1309 (painted as WM 1309) charges upgrade through the Dakota Avenue crossing near La Vale, MD on the former WM main... (more)

Onlookers watch from the platform as steam bellows from WMSR 1309. The former C&O H-6 2-6-6-2 was recently restored back to operation, brining railfans from all around to Western Maryland to watch... (more)