Forgotten Real Eastern Railroading: B&O, C&O, Western Maryland & RF&P

[@davidmaust1415]

Just imagine if everyone had smart phones and KZbin during that Era, so many unique trains to record, it took more effort to use film for these shots

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Now were talking!

[@MyVideos-fm7ug]

I always had this vision of what KZbin would have been in the 70s and 80s. It’s like you would mail in your super 8 or 16mm film, or VHS tapes. And then when you want to watch them, you phone in a request to KZbin where they put your video in order of phone call request, and you get up to 10 replays before they stop and move onto the next video on standby. Oh… and to view you videos, you get an assigned channel for your household Could you imagine the inefficiency and utter… well… TRAINWRECK of an operation that would be? SOOOO MANY employees and VCRs and projectors would be needed… so much maintenance… so many of peoples videos being stolen or destroyed 😂

[@jerrywoods4845]

Great video. Brings back wonderful memories. My uncle was a brakeman on the C&O at Smith Yard in Clifton Forge, Va.back in the 60s. As a kid he'd take me right out onto the yard into the locomotives and cabooses. I use to think that was so cool and it was. Had quite an impression on me back then and still does to this day.

[@JMLoll]

The Western Maryland is my all time favorite railroad! Thanks for posting this.

[@fullblast5223]

Long live The Wild Mary!

[@JMLoll]

@@fullblast5223 Amen!!

[@charlessmileyvideos]

We love the WM too!

[@robertanderson1986]

I remember the first time I saw a WM SD-40, I was a teen . My Uncle worked at the Southern Railway Shop in Knoxville, Tn. One was there on a Power sharing. I went home and painted 2 models like that. Fabulous video indeed

[@drewhuff3457]

Nice video. Love the old train depots, older diesels , interurban railcars and scenery. Sad a lot of old depots are long gone. Glad some have been saved. Times were simpler back then.

[@lawrencegolba2244]

This has been the best BO, CO, WM video I've watched thus far in terms of being more comprehensive regarding history, wm trackage. Larry from Buffalo, Ny. I remember to B&O & C&O servicing Buffalo back in the 60's, 70's.

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Glad to hear that, the whole 2 hour and 42 minute movie is amazing!

[@richardfay825]

Great Video ! Brings back good memories of my youth growing up in VA. During the 70's near Harper's Ferry WV....I hiked the Appalachian trail to Harper's Ferry many times and watched the parade of these locomotives. A kind engineer invited me and some buddies into the cab of a Chessie SD unit one Sunday.It was tied down with empty coal cars at Harper's Ferry Station.

[@shortliner68]

Having been born and raised in Baltimore, this video brings back a lot of memories of railfanning the B&O and WM. Rode several train excursions over both lines during the '60s and '70s, mostly in the Fall. Miss those days...

[@bensullivan]

The Capitol Limited sequence (at 6:58) was shot from the old East West Hwy underpass (Now Colesville Rd) facing to the southeast as the train approaches, and then the photographer swings around to the northwest, with the Spring St. bridge in the distance. Just out of view about a half mile to the northwest is Georgetown Jct where the 11.5mi Georgetown Branch split off and rand down through Chevy Chase, Bethesda and on into Georgetown. I believe the next shot, labeled Silver Springs, MD (sic) was shot just a bit further southeast, closer to downtown SS. Wonderful footage.

[@Duececoupe]

I can't believe that Chessie came to life in '73! Damn, that makes me feel.....less young! 😉😆😂

[@Duececoupe]

Come to think of it, didn't WM have some rather steep trackage through Black River Canyon or something, maybe I'm mixing it up with another company? 🤨🤔 Need to get those two Cumberland DVD's on Baltimore & Ohio and Western Maryland....

[@kevinlilly7406]

Another excellent DVD..

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Thanks again for your support, it is always great to enjoy railroading from the past we are lucky to have had this film!

[@TheBrandon40500]

Beautiful footage! Thank you for sharing this!!!

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Your welcome glad you enjoyed it and more to come soon!

[@Engine33Truck]

I remember Chessie running through the New River Gorge as a kid. Occasionally you’d still see pre-Chessie locomotives and rolling stock. When I joined my hometown’s volunteer fire dept, one of the old heads there was a freight conductor, originally for C&O (pre merger), then Chessie, and finally CSX until he retired after 50 years. I recall him saying he loved his time with C&O and Chessie, CSX however “they try so hard to hire people, then spend every hour of every day trying to fire you”.

[@johnsweet8508]

Great video! A Western Maryland BL2. A face only a mother could love.😊

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Yes, we agree the nose tells it all. We also liked the Monon painted ones as well.

[@TwistedMacGyversTrains]

That was a fantastic video! I really enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing this!😊

[@charlessmileyvideos]

More to come for sure!

[@jackpetrof9460]

Excellent video! The sights and sounds of EMDs, ALCOs and even a FM switcher. Oh, and doodlebugs and interurbans too! Well done!

[@Cseidelmann6770]

Great video

[@TheRrxing]

Thank you for the interesting information. I enjoyed this.

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Those were super years in railroading for sure! Thanks for watching!

[@flynlr]

fantastic

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Hey, thanks we think so too! More to come!

[@jesikebiking]

Thanks for a great video

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Yeah, those were the best of times in railroading we think. Happy Holidays!

[@TigerDominic-uh1dv]

I finally got a B.&O. Clock ⏰ and ❤ It. 😊

[@davidmorris7696]

Huntington WV...my hometown!!!!

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Glad you enjoyed it, this was one of our favorite locations in this video you were lucky to grow up there!

[@robertanderson1986]

Thonk about this. The northeast railroad colors are Civil War Union Blue. And the Southern Railroads were Confederate Gray

[@davidmaust1415]

The shot at Ridgeville is same location I often video EB trains on B&O old mainline at mill bottom rd or Mt Airy jct

[@charlessmileyvideos]

That is cool you are luck to be next to such a great location!

[@penguinsfan251]

The abandobed Western Maryland right of way west of Cumberland, Maryland became part of the Great Allegheny Passage trail. It was never far from the B&O/CSX righr of way, often parallel to each other along the Youghiogheny River.

[@robertsherman4433]

The interurban is the Hagerstown and Frederick

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Yes, you are correct what a great story!

[@LindaSwartz-mf1bu]

Ilovetraìns

[@robertdshannon5155]

The doodlebugs in WVA were known as peanuts”.

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Really cool one of our favorite parts of the movie!

[@TK-ec5bv]

Great video with amazing footage.

[@charlessmileyvideos]

We were lucky to find this material and we agree. It looks great!

[@1983fj40]

It is spelled Silver Spring, Maryland, not a plural Silver Springs, Maryland.

[@davidmihevc3990]

Does anyone know what the first car of the train at 21:50 is? Looks to be some kind of modified boxcar.

[@charlessmileyvideos]

It looks like a tunnel, hanging-icicle breaker car like the ones put on locomotives in Donner Pass on the SP. Notice the angled corners to fit tunnel portals.

[@davidmihevc3990]

@@charlessmileyvideos That makes sense. 👍

[@williamh.jarvis6795]

I have seen similar on another video whereby a hopper car preceded an auto rack train. Just think! A railroad can collect the fallen icicle product as it breaks off (with its icicle breaker affixed to it) and allow the contents to melt away (or even be able to dump its contents). Correction: Your modified boxcar is also able to carry away broken icicle product. I saw it myself in your video here!

[@davidhughes4448]

Shouldn't this be "Forgotten Reel"? We know it's real.

[@keystoneraillink2110]

Real in this instance more than likely meaning proper eastern railroading, versus the practices of today’s eastern class 1’s that many people consider unauthentic or improper

[@davidhughes4448]

@@keystoneraillink2110 My apology, sir. I though this was a misnamed reference to a lost reel of film.

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Good point!

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Got you!

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Yes it should be!

[@TK-ec5bv]

C&O blue wasn't called "enhancement".it was called "enchantment".

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Thanks!