WM GP40 3799 leads an eastbound Chessie grain train through Annapolis Junction, MD 4/6/82
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April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
There are BL2s in …
There are BL2s in Maine and Kentucky.Would love to see one.The frornt makes me think of E/F Series locomotives
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
The BL2 was built …
The BL2 was built in 1948-49 on an F3 frame in a semi streamlined body and was the predessor to the GP7 the location of the single note horn can be seen on Australlian CLP and CLF classes E unite type bulldog nose with a 645E3 engine at 3300 Hp.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
I railfan right …
I railfan right there now, 28 years later, there is a guardrail there, and a marc station a ways down, you catch some really cool power
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
WM 3799 is now CSX …
WM 3799 is now CSX 6574 to my understanding, it doesn’t operate at the moment but that might soon change because I saw a picture of it at Waycross, GA where it looked like they were turning it into a roadslug.
If anyone has any more information about this, please let me know about any more news, I’d be really interested
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Your think of …
Your think of Maryland Midland. They cloned the paint scheme. And then there’s the Western Maryland Scenic which runs passenger train out of berland, Maryland. WM hasn’t been around since 1975. It was sucked into the CSX monopoly.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Thats an awesome …
Thats an awesome video of the BL2. Theres one at the Baltimore and Ohio railroad museum in Baltimore.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
FYI, they were …
FYI, they were built in 1948.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
WM, B&O and N&W all …
WM, B&O and N&W all had yards in Hagerstown, MD…..it was most likely a transfer run between yards (hence the BL-2)…… and having a NW cab was not that unusual…. remember..the WM had very well maintained units..i have a picture of the f units in the late 70’s /early 80’s.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Western maryland is …
Western maryland is long gone….they were merged out of existance by the C&O…as was the B&O. Too bad…WM was a great railroad!!
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Wonderful….more …
Wonderful….more WM please?
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Yes it does.
Yes it does.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Does the BL in BL2 …
Does the BL in BL2 stand for Branch Line?
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
I think you might …
I think you might be confusing the WM with the Maryland Midland. They have orange and blue GP-38s.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
An EMD BL2 “Shark …
An EMD BL2 “Shark Unit” cool, never seen those weird lookin loco’s in action before
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
No i think in 1973, …
No i think in 1973, as part of the Chessie, the Western Maryland ownership went to C&O and it was operated by the B&O. In 1987, it was merged into the C&O and then that became CSX.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Western Maryland is …
Western Maryland is still around. I was up in their yard near Johnsonville. They have 6 - 8 shinny EMD GP-38’s.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Thank you for …
Thank you for posting some (well now days) “classic” footage. This is awesome!
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
It was switching …
It was switching the yard at Hagerstown–NW (now NS) came in there, as well as Conrail.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Heh a WM BL2 deep …
Heh a WM BL2 deep in the Chessie era. I didnt think they lasted that long. Funny it was pullin a Norfolk Western cab though.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Awesome!!! Takes …
Awesome!!! Takes me back!!
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Wish the Chessie …
Wish the Chessie days could come back.CSX tore up alot of track in the nineties, including the old B&O main past my house.Since then the rail traffic has picked up greatly and I think they are starting to regret their haste.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
yep
yep
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Didn’t Western …
Didn’t Western Maryland only have two BL2s?
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
hmmm. seems to be …
hmmm. seems to be running better than it did back in Muirkirk!! -Jeffrey
April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Yeah, and look …
Yeah, and look closely as it passes–the other BL2 is just beyond it.