When I walked into the Railway Service Contractors facility in Kansas City, Kansas, the last thing I expected to see was the Alco FA2 Western Maryland 303. I had last seen this engine in Barton, M... (more)

Western Maryland FA2 303 emerges like a forgotten relic from the undergrowth surrounding the out of service Georges Creek Railroad trackage. With the closure of the railroad's only customer, the f... (more)

With a light rain falling, Chessie WM 7547 in fresh paint has a eastbound crossing Jacobs Creek on the B&O Keystone sub at, Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania. October 4, 1988. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Chessie, WM, Western Maryland 7547 SD40, Chessie/WM 7547 was originally WM 7447 in the circus scheme, Red/Black/White, at Connellsville, Pennsylvania. July 12, 1982. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Western Maryland Railway F7A 235 holds the mainline while a set of power (WM GP40 3799, F7A 66, RS-2 184 and an SD35) rolls by heading into the Hagerstown Yard. (Hagerstown, Maryland – Septembe... (more)

West Virgina Central, Western Maryland, WM FA2 303 -F7B 415 -FP7a 67, exiting Stuart tunnel with a photographer special east of Elkins, West Virginia. April 24, 2004. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

Western Maryland, WM, BL2 82, on the West Virginia Central at Elkins, West Virginia. April 21, 2004. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

When I walked into the Railway Service Contractors facility in Kansas City, Kansas, the last thing I expected to see was the Alco FA2 Western Maryland 303. I had last seen this engine in Barton, M... (more)

On display near the old Western Maryland Railway depot in Westernport MD is WM caboose 1826. Wearing its original paint scheme, most likely a repaint, this car was built by the railroad in August... (more)

A Trio of critters: (from left to right) LEFT: GE 44 ton powered by 2 CAT D-17000 diesels making 380 horsepower. Built by General Electric in 1943 for the Western Maryland. It served the industri... (more)

Darkest Before Dawn In Westernport. The Western Maryland Railroad Station Museum and Park in Westernport, Maryland sits dark on the night of November 21, 2019. The museum itself reopened af... (more)

One of many interesting items on display in Baltimore. Its position has since changed with the movement of the steam locomotive near by.

To move from location to location on the Lerro 1309 charter, we used this consist.

“Lonely Survivor”
The Western Maryland Railway freight station in York, shown here on April 21, 1984, was built in 1896 for WM precursor Baltimore & Harrisburg Railway Company. The J... (more)

Fall foliage brightens up a sad sight as Western Maryland 303 slowly rusts away at the Georges Creek Railroad facility in Barton, Maryland.