RailPictures.Net Photo: CO 1309 Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Steam 2-6-6-2 at LaVale, Maryland by Kevin Madore

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» Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) (more..)
» Steam 2-6-6-2 (more..)

» Helmstetter's Curve (MP 171.2)
» LaVale, Maryland, USA (more..)
» February 03, 2023

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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 the sweeping Helmstetter's Curve (MP 171.2) in LaVale, MD, headed west on the Connellsville Sub with a short coal drag. Instead of a Western Maryland, 4-6-6-4 Challenger however, we're looking at the former Chesapeake & Ohio Locomotive #1309, which is an H-6 Class, 2-6-6-2 compound Mallet locomotive. This engine was built in 1949 and had a short career of only 7 years on the C&O, eventually ending up in a museum in Baltimore as a static display. Purchased from the museum in 2014 and restored over a period of several years, the engine now runs in tourist service on the present-day Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, which operates on a section of the old Connellsville line from Cumberland to Frostburg. Normally adorned with the Western Maryland Fireball paint scheme, the 1309 was specially re-lettered in its original C&O livery for a February, 2023 photo shoot, organized by Lerro Photography.

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