Western Maryland in Film
Vložit
- čas přidán 14. 01. 2020
- I put together these clips of the Western Maryland from Super 8 films from both Red Moser and myself. Red visited Hagerstown on a trip out west in 1971. The clips with the 2102 and the D&H PA's from January 1972 are mine, while the final scenes of the Western Maryland Scenic are also Red's. Sounds from my video library.
- Auta a dopravní prostředky
The quality of sound is really clear when the steam engine passes! That’s good quality for the 70s!
The film was silent. Sounds were dubbed in. The 2102 sound is authentic but recorded about 20 years later.
I was looking at the thumbnail and thinking "my goodness, must be an Alco", and then I realised there was a steamer tucked in behind it.
AndreiTupolev I had to look back at the thumbnail after I read this 😂
I also though it was an ALCo.
I know right
Reading 2102 hehe
It is an Alco leading a steam train.
What an awesome collection of locomotives, not just the WM, but several other lines as well, and an awesome variety. Too bad there was no digital cameras back then...
That is beautiful stuff right there! The footage of Reading 2102, the BL2, and the RS3, and the D&H PAs was the best in my opinion.
Awesome vintage rail compilation!! Particularly love the ALCO and steam power! 👍
Nice to see those beautiful D&H PA's. Loved the look of them since I was a toddler.
I was on one of those WM excursion trains with Reading 2102 from Baltimore Port Covington to Hagerstown in February 1972. The air temp was about 20 degrees, not counting wind chill, but it was one of the most enjoyable railfan trips I had been on over the WM lines, even though it took a good while to thaw out after riding much of the trip in an open dutch door vestibule. Fun times! Miss the old WM.
Thanks for the memories. Used to remember those RS 3's on coal drags on the Thomas sub when visiting my grandparents in the 50's and 60's. Engines always shinny and clean in those days. Things have changed.
Brings back memories when I was a kid
Some awesome shots in there! Thought maybe that Wreck Derrick at 1:26 was Bucyrus Erie. But probably not. Always great to see the 2102 from back in the day!
Sad just how much variety railroading used to have now it's just ge ge ge ge ge emd ge ge ge
They say when you start hating the direction things are going its that you're getting too old. Change isn't always bad, but a lot of the things that have changed are indeed for the worst. We may have high powered digital toys today, but just about everything else used to be better. Pick an area of interest. Railroading is one, music is another. I'm not getting too old, the world has just changed in the wrong ways.
The BL2 is GM's Edsel... a face only his mother would love.
What a cheer variety in power, and that BL2 is the cherry on the cake!
This is fantastic, you've done an amazing job yet again and the sound track is phenomenal.
Gotta love the Western Maryland especially the speed lettering, the circus colors, saw an Industrial Brownhoist crane an A+++ there, RS 3’s and BL 2’s, which I was fortunate to ride in the cab of Western Maryland #81 around fifteen years ago in Honesdale, PA. Excellent work once again fmnut. Thank you.
The BL 2 you rode at Honesdale was an ex Bangor & Aroostook unit. WM 81 is at the B&O museum, 82 is on the West Virginia Central.
Awesome video! One of my favorite fallen flags. I hope some day they take the restored locomotives from both the Durbin & Greenbrier and WMSRR together for a big Western Maryland photo op
Dang. Really does show just how much more full of soul railroads looked to be when steam was king
Outstanding!
Great stuff. - Love me some gutsy sounding Alcos !
Fantastic video of a great railroad. Thanks for sharing. Dave
Great footage
Thanks for the BL2 footage!
Good stuff!
Nice mix of power and roads.
John Kamloops, BC
Short but oh so sweet
A BL2 on a slug! What a catch! Are the ALcos still with the scenic Ry? They don't have a roster posted on their site.... or I'm going dingy & missed it.
The Alco era on the WM Scenic was relatively brief. All of the Alco power was leased, once they got the 734 running the Alcos left the property for various new locations.
actually for the last few years on WM, the BL2s were coupled with those rebuilt alco switchers. yard work.
Notice the gyralite or Mars lite on the D&H PA...
That may well have been one of the T-1's making all that smoke behind that FA2.
Not may have been, it definitely was the 2102. I was there.
Black and Gold look so good. Im gonna wait 100 years or so for CSX to make a WM heritage unit lol
Words fail. Ultra railroading is best I can do.
What on Earth was the locomotive unit at 1:53? Never seen anything like that before !
That’s an EMD BL2. Not a lot of those were made. That particular one is number 82 and it’s still in service today on the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad based out of Elkins, WV.
How about railroader points for being able to work with it today? It’s one of our most reliable locomotives and can maintain heat in the cab. That cab heat was nice after helping switch cars in a foot of snow. Lol
WM had 2 BL2 locos,,,81,82,,,,,,,,,renumbered in 1975 or 76 to 7181,7182.
I saw them both. They worked in their last years of service at the WM Hagerstown yard.(which by 1976/77 was mostly abandoned.
They both survive.
WM found them to be too light for road service,hence yard work.
WM did initially use the BLs in road service, there are many photos of that. It wasn't that they were "too light". It was found that when used in multiple with other units, the frames were subjected to too much buff and draft stress and exhibited cracking. This was because of their hybrid construction, part F unit and part hood unit. They were restricted to yard service for that reason.
I know by the time the 70s rolled around the F unit was starting to become a bit of a Dying Breed but I am curious I know a few steam locomotive survive from the Western Maryland but how many diesels are still in existence and I'm not referring to just one model I'm saying in general
Well, there's both BL-2's, one in West Virginia and one at the B&O museum, which also has a WM F7. There was a GP unit out in Pittsburgh supposed to go to a museum but I lost track of that one. There are a bunch of other road's diesels painted in WM schemes also, but those 4 are the only original WM ones I know of.
Well I missed quite a few. Here's a link:
sites.google.com/site/railwaypreservationphotoindex/by-railroad/western-maryland
@@fmnut oh damn I didn't realize there was that many and preservation nice
@@fmnut also I found this vintage video of the n&w from the 70s czcams.com/video/fCbkw0uOx3s/video.html it was uploaded by railroad media archive and I know there's some more from a person named Henry Bent
Especially for the Western Maryland, do you offer more vintage footage such as this on DVD. Thank you
Please contact me at fmnut"at"msn"dot"com.
Nice steam engine in there
This train engine was later left abandoned in the woods😢 (Look in replies for specified engine number and company)
Western Maryland 303
3:07 not a wm locomotive
No kidding. I guess that's why it says READING on the tender.
ghee---thats swell
Typical ross running in the hole
Actually the 2102 sound came from the BM&R Perkiomen trip with Charlie Kachel at the throttle. Not Ross.
TRULY THE ( WM ) TRULY CAN TRULY ALSO STAND FOR : WM = WONDERFULLY MAGNIFICENT