The first test runs of C&O 1309 at the western Maryland scenic RR

[@eal8645]

Holy crap! This is the best news I have heard in a very long time. God bless Western Maryland Scenic Railroad!!!!

[@billschultz2598]

Finally...in an era filled with gruesome news on an daily basis...something to celebrate and feel good about.

[@nightlightabcd]

This and SpaceX!

[@cjstrader8171]

This should be on the news if not on the cover of a live steam magazine

[@Jaffacall3251]

You must be a trumpist.

[@crystalrock18]

I remember this engine being on display at the B&O museum and going up in the cab just to sit in it. I never thought this engine would come back to life. It is an amazing site to see.

[@dariusthedmirconsolidation3494]

I’m glad that this locomotive is being restored.

[@georgecarter838]

@@May-The-Tank-Engine Not quite. This is just a test move to see what needs adjusting and any leaks in the piping and such. It will still need some fine-tuning to make sure it's ready for a shakedown run before the tourist season starts. But, like you, I can't wait to see the old girl storming up the mountain soon!

[@May-The-Tank-Engine]

@@georgecarter838 oh ok

[@ironhorsehistorian9871]

Me to. Now we have an operating articulated steam locomotives on both sides of the country

[@jaspertherailfan2146]

Another Big Bog equalment

[@ironhorsehistorian9871]

@@jaspertherailfan2146 u mean equivalent:)

[@fridaynighthikes]

There was a particular Delorean that was covered in steam after time travel too. Welcome to the future 1309 🏆

[@dannydorito9815]

@@rearspeaker6364 no, no it doesnt. it 13+7=20, 9 is 2 more than 7, 13+9=22.

[@rearspeaker6364]

@@dannydorito9815 your right- deleting post now. geez my mind is gone!!

[@bobaroo58]

Dreams CAN come true! Big Boy 4014 and now 1309!

[@vp.7002]

All we need now is the PRR T1 shark

[@ahalfsesameseedbun7472]

@@vp.7002 it's on its way

[@RomeKG471]

Great Job!!! Saving mechanical history that supported this country.

[@anunggaming]

The first test runs of C&O 1309, amazing, like it

[@alpharailroadproductions]

That’s amazing I love c&o whistle! Another rail giant has been revived!

[@patricknewlun7928]

God bless America! Nice to see the old girl moving.

[@ShelbyBanditNFS]

Beautiful steam locomotive!!!!

[@WRProductions]

it is truly incredible that this thing will finally run! Great stuff!

[@thatoneguy611]

Truly a moment for the history books

[@HelloTouristbd]

Welcome to the future 1309 🏆

[@warhawkplane9564]

I love that Hooter whistle from 1218🚂

[@justahillbilly7777]

I don't think it's 1218's whistle. It is a 12 inch N&W hooter, but I don't think it's 1218's specifically.

[@trainknut]

It's a hooter, but I'd assume 1218's is still on 1218, as she's being kept in very good, near-operable condition. N&W made hundreds of the same whistle for all of their articulated engines, as did C&O and B&O on many of theirs.

[@brycenew]

@@justahillbilly7777 Do you know from what class?

[@EngineerDaylight]

​​@@justahillbilly7777It's off of N&W 1208, not 1218

[@EastPennRailfanProductions]

Beautiful video! Can't wait to see 1309 in action this year!

[@ahalfsesameseedbun7472]

Great to see these beasts being brought back to steam and not just deisel or electric.

[@davidforsyth446]

Return of the hooter whistle! Congratulations on bringing 1309 back to steam.

[@saxonaudio]

Yes good old 1309.

[@mahdisabili5631]

what a beautiful engine

[@grant_denny]

It’s a C&O whistle, pretty much all the C&O 2-6-6-2’s had them, somewhere on the KZbin’s there is a recording of one.

[@willausterman3104]

The one it currently has is from a N&W locomotive. Similar sounding, but a different whistle nonetheless

[@Ace_Jacob]

Mr 1309 were glad to have in the future welcome to 2021

[@drby0788]

Can't believe it! Awesome workA

[@newyorkrailfanner8058]

The western and maryland gp30 looks awesome

[@P61guy61]

Simply awesome

[@Polaris5664]

absolutely beautiful.

[@ccrx-xu1wc]

Totally Awesome! Thank you for the vid!!!!

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

We saw the Big Boy return, now the C&O 1309 come back! I wonder what could happen next, 1522 get's restored again? Cotton Belt 819 returns? N&W 1218 comes back again?

[@lanedosland4127]

I would so LOVE to see N&W 1218 under her own steam power again! I have 2 HO scale model 2-6-6-4s. #1219 and #1218. Both are broadway limited imports and both have sound. I love running them around my tracks and blowing the N&W hooter on both of them. #1218 is paragon 2 so she has a quillable whistle!

[@nikitakhrushchev8316]

It’d be great to see a sante fe hudson running!

[@raywills4709]

The beast is alive!!!

[@Trainfan1055Janathan]

How does the driver even see with all that steam shooting out in front of the locomotive?

[@rearspeaker6364]

he has an app for that.

[@Mrdoctile]

@ 3:05 side spotter.

[@richerdmeranda7561]

x ray shades

[@rearspeaker6364]

@@richerdmeranda7561 never thought of that!!

[@sharkyfish3492]

@@rearspeaker6364 LOL .. VERY GOOD

[@sonnysworld2979]

Awesome lego steam ship

[@mwand89]

It sounds like the N&W 2-6-6-4 #1218 came back to life again after 30 years of retirement.

[@TandemDawgBMG]

Wow, I remember donating to this cause years ago, after parts were stolen I hadn't seen an update until now!

[@brandonm30]

Contribution payed off.:)

[@jtq69]

Looks like C&O sounds like N&W

[@alzinn8231]

It is in fact, an N&W "hooter" - doesn't belong on a C&O machine!

[@NW-gi1cp]

Yes

[@rearspeaker6364]

@@alzinn8231 could be worse- a k5lla!!!

[@brycenew]

@@alzinn8231 Do you know if 1309’s whistle’s being restored?

[@richhood9934]

Wow, hard to believe that two years ago this project was being denounced as a hoax! She looks even closer to completion than Reading 2102! A few more cosmetic touch-ups, and it looks like everything is set to go, as opposed to 2102 needing its cab put on and several other major projects. I live closer to Reading 2102's headquarters than to the WMSR, but I definitely hope to experience both of these engines this year or next!

[@louiskats5116]

Fantastic so envious. 2-6-6-2 are they known as Greyhounds

[@kevp9601]

I Love It a Lot

[@kevp9601]

This is Awesome

[@railfanjk8964]

nice catch

[@ffjsb]

1:10, good thing that guy has on a florescent green jacket for safety...

[@charleshax]

Can’t wait for the Lionel model of it

[@EngineerDaylight]

I never thought any mallet would ever run again, ig i was wrong.

[@Benthetrainkid]

Didn't that sandblasted cab and C&O lettering on the tender have something to do with the fact that 1309 was initially going to be repainted into the WM Fireball scheme but had to be removed due to complaints and a cease & desist order?

[@willberestartingthischanne9984]

Benthetrainkid That Looks Like Big Boy

[@MackeyBigBoy4014]

I heard it was magnets and they were just using that for photo runbys.

[@OleandersGamingEmporium]

No C&D order, the tender needed a new coat and we didnt have time to letter it so Trains Magazine made some C&O magnets for it

[@Benthetrainkid]

I was actually told by a person named Matts Mocs on Facebook Messenger that a photo of C&O 1309 being painted in the WM fireball scheme was leaked online and the donors plus the B&O Railroad Museum was not happy and the state of Maryland ordered WMSR to remove the WM fireball colors (and threatened legal action if they did not comply within 36 hours from when the cease and desist letter was sent)

[@CaptainCrutch]

@@Benthetrainkid well that’s about the dumbest rumor about this engine I’ve heard in a while. Especially considering she’s in WM fireball again… and in case you couldn’t tell, in this video the paint wasn’t finished, the C&O numbers and lettering are temporary decals. Anyone who believes that anyone even could be sent a C&D over a paint scheme for a railroad that no longer exists has an incredibly low understanding of how the law works. Please don’t believe everything you read online, believe me, with projects like this that lesson gets learned a lot…

[@kevinmills8437]

1309 Baby.

[@southernrailwayfan1338]

Nice a locomotive I will never see In person heck yeah

[@danielunger9340]

A love seeing the steam train engine era coming back in service again ma dream is ta own a steam train engine operate a steam train engine n have ma own steam train passenger train service that's ma dream job but that's all it will be for me A just turned 49 January 1st n owning n operating a steam train engine n owning a steam train engine won't happen in this life time for me if it ever does it would be a dream come true

[@nw-rz1yi]

Awesome

[@MrJp1941]

Does anyone know why those old GE locomotives (in this case the 501) have that ticking sound? I have noticed that on a few of those engines.

[@popularhornet6245]

The two magneficent articulated: Up 4-8-8-4 #4014 and C&O H-6 #1309

[@_cyan4657]

for such a dreadful year, I think 1309's reresection was a small slither of hope for steam preservation was still in swing, and from what it looks like now in 2022 that's kinda true

[@sharkyfish3492]

when will they finish painting the driver cabin ?

[@FrankRHa1]

Finally, a working articulated east of the Mississippi. HEY NS!! Time to get 1218 back up so the east coast can have an articulated double header

[@chasemajochthevyondboy9927]

We wish this C&O 1309 will come to Traverse City. Angus Paul will be not happy about this!

[@anthonybarkasysr5029]

At least Chessie has something to cheer about every since 614 went down years ago. All we need now is a test run up Sand Patch grade. Might just need an auxiliary water tender. The Mighty Chessie Cat has awaken from her slumber just you wait to hear her mighty Roar!

[@RailPreserver2K]

Oh chessie's no kitten now, she's a lion and she's getting ready to pounce

[@derekyuen4773]

CSX still being boneheaded as ever about steam locomotives on their line. I would love to see steam return to Sandpatch grade but with the way CSX is, it’s probably gonna be a while at least.

[@RailPreserver2K]

@@derekyuen4773 2716. Ring a bell ?

[@derekyuen4773]

@@RailPreserver2K I’ll believe CSX has changed when I see a steam engine running under its own power, not being shuttled from point a to point b

[@HBT1271]

isnt this train on trainz simulator 12 or is it a pennsy one?

[@carloschavez6837]

The last baldwin steam locomotive 1 on te 70000 locomotives produced by baldwin

[@mattgrant2646]

Couldn't see a coal screw installed. Were they hand bombing it that day?

[@DonVideoGuy007]

Yes... the fireman can be seen shoveling coal out of the tender chute and turning toward the firebox at 01:35

[@struck2soon]

The C&O hooter has a delightfully haunting sound, is there any chance we will hear it on this loco or is the N&W item likely to be there long term?

[@CaptainCrutch]

The N&W will likely be long term because it’s one of the few whistles that actually works and works on that engine…

[@struck2soon]

@@CaptainCrutch I guess there is an option to get Rizzoli Loco Works(?) to make a replica C&O hooter? Not sure how much they would charge mind you.

[@CaptainCrutch]

@@struck2soon this project has had enough cost overruns, I don’t think they’re going to spend any more money on it than the have to…

[@struck2soon]

@@CaptainCrutch Fair comment. I am sure it has been a major undertaking, that is not a small engine! Really looking forward to hearing it hauling a decent load, this will be the only large Mallet exhaust note anyone has heard for decades.

[@RailsOfTheMidwest]

I’m more interested in that GP30 👀

[@andrewbeckman351]

I wonder if the western Maryland scenic railroad knows that there are three originally painted diesels in lonaconing Maryland

[@MrAwesomedude808]

I hope 734 returns in a year or 2, or at the very least goes back to IRM where she was purchased (and may have better use)

[@suegeorge8694]

Once 1309 is running excursions and money is coming in, the plan is to get 734 back in action.

[@CaptainCrutch]

It won’t be a year or two but 734 will likely return to steam some day

[@csxguy3002]

That whistle sounds like N&W 1218

[@CaptainCrutch]

Same whistle… not sure if it’s off that particular engine but it’s the same kind of whistle

[@manga12]

is that gary from diversified running? I cant really tell but I do know they were working heavy on the 1309 project seems though this needs to be buttoned up more its leaking steam like a sive

[@OleandersGamingEmporium]

Yep, that's Gary. And the steam is from several of the condensate drains that were left open to clear everything out.

[@manga12]

@@OleandersGamingEmporium ah ok I was going to say that thing is spraying steam everywhere, like it had some loose connections, and still needed some pipe repairs and welding done

[@raymondswarmer1433]

Why was she being towed back? Did something gowrong?

[@suegeorge8694]

She wasn't being towed. This was the first time 1309 moved under her own power in many decades. The diesel was hooked up for 2 reasons. 1. In case 1309 broke down, it could be towed back to the rail yard. 2. They used the dynamic breaking on the diesel to give 1309 something to pull. The next day, the rest runs were done again but without the diesel.

[@operatorfrisco]

the whistle is kinda like the N&W 1218

[@anthonyvallillo422]

Granted that it was a humid day, but that's a lot of steam apparently leaking

[@Mrdoctile]

Dam.. i forget what they call it. The Cylinders have a reliefe valve open to leak some presure to help control a softer start and not spin the whells

[@anthonyvallillo422]

@@Mrdoctile Those are the cylinder cocks, but they are on the cylinders themselves and the steam generally shoots out horizontally at about cylinder level. That engine is wreathed in steam all around...

[@ferky123]

That's just its natural camouflage.

[@OleandersGamingEmporium]

The condensate drains were left open on the front end, and a few packings were left loose to check lubrication.

[@annajeannettedixon2453]

well if all that steam was going in the right places it will be a powerful locomotive

[@b1-battledroid927]

dont know much about trains what is the purpose of those cylinder things on the face of that train? 1:10

[@enjoyinsanity7065]

Air compressors for the engine brakes.

[@andyruggiero3445]

Perfect weather to show off a steam engine. LOTS of steam...

[@mitchmatthews6713]

Does it get any better?

[@AppValleyRailProductions]

Yes it only does when it goes from this to mainline excursions with huge trains and freight.

[@ahalfsesameseedbun7472]

Once the prr T1 5550 is finished it will be.

[@danielramsey1959]

If only the politics would allow a stimulus to fund the restoration of more historical steam locomotives. Imagine 5 billion..

[@bodarville2510]

Amazing steam engine! Now get that nasty stinking diesel out of the way!

[@seawolf4846]

The Diesel is only there to provide Dynamic Brakes and a means for the loco to get into a siding should something happen.

[@bodarville2510]

@@seawolf4846 It just reminds me of a Boy Scout helping a old lady across the street!

[@stuffmorestuff6647]

While undoubtedly cool, some of those sounds have me concerned

[@johndonlon1611]

Get rid of that"whistle," even if it is accurate. Damn thing sounds like a South African vuvuzala. Running this in tandem with UP #4014 would be amazing!

[@AdmiralColdhead]

I think her whistle suits her. The N&W Hooter really compliments not only her history, but her style

[@theextremeanimator4721]

Youre eating us out of home JON

[@georgecarter838]

Personally, I think an Illinois Central steamboat-style whistle would suit her, but that's just my two-cents worth.

[@sharkyfish3492]

why does she steam so much ?

[@trondsi]

Is it a coal burner still?

[@Skullboy08]

Yes

[@robertalan2427]

A millenial was watching 1309 on that first walk thru...and commented..."That thing will never work, too many leaks"

[@lindasinjani6016]

This seam engine looks weird

[@t.t.6398]

It's whistle sounds like a dieing moose! I get that it's period correct but come on guys.

[@GmanftpG59]

it’s what the beasts of the n&w had. it’s god tier wym 💀