The Mallet of Maryland | Western Maryland Scenic Railway Class H-6 1309 | History in the Dark

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Getting a steam locomotive operational is no easy, or cheap, task. Getting a mallet up and running is even more difficult. But after a prolonged series of roadblocks and delays, the Western Maryland Scenic Railway managed to do the latter with former Chesapeake and Ohio 1309.
0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Service Life
1:42 - Retirement
3:15 - The Chaos of Restoration
11:18 - Return
"Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 is a compound articulated class "H-6" "Mallet" type steam locomotive with a 2-6-6-2 (Whyte notation) wheel arrangement. It was the very last steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1949 and originally operated by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) where it pulled coal trains until its retirement in 1956. In 1972, No. 1309 was moved to the B&O Railroad Museum for static display until 2014 when it was purchased by the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad (WMSR), who undertook a multi-year effort to restore it to operating condition. The restoration was completed on December 31, 2020, and the locomotive entered tourist excursion service for the WMSR on December 17, 2021. This was the first time an articulated locomotive operated in the Eastern United States since the retirement of Norfolk and Western 1218 in late 1991."
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@haydenharman2351 8 месяцев назад

The Jack Showalter plates actually have a much deeper meaning than the one stated in the video. Back when Jack still had his two Pacifics pulling the grade he quickly realized that they where not going to be strong enough to pull the trains up the 3.5% grade. Due to this Jack looked around for stronger engines that can pull the grade with large trains but still get around the sharp curves of the railroad. Jack saw 09 at the B&O museum and tried to acquire her from them. Jack basically was told to go away and not to ask for 09 again. When Jack passed away his daughter inherited the engines. She sold them back to Canada, and with the money she got she put a lot of it towards 09’s restoration to complete her dads dream of having the engine run on the line. Her only request with the major donation was to have something on the engine to remember her dad and his dream to have the engine run again on the scenic.

@PowerTrain611 8 месяцев назад

That's a very wholesome story! Thanks for sharing.

@91_C4_FL 8 месяцев назад

I grew up around the WMSR so I hold that line near and dear to my heart. 1309 is an impressive sight, but hopefully there's a video on this channel about 734 once it's back under steam.

@mattfoltz7752 8 месяцев назад

Not gonna lie. Coming in to Cumberland on I68 and seeing 1309 fired up at the Western Maryland station is a beautiful sight.

@danielfoster3642 8 месяцев назад

The restoration process of 1309 looked like it would never end. Thankfully, she's operational now.

@megladon6 8 месяцев назад

Finally talking about WMRR. I grew up around the roundhouse museum. My grandfather loved that railway and I picked up his love for it.

@WMRRFIREBALL 8 месяцев назад

Unfortunately the city tore down the Hagerstown roundhouse to make a weed patch. The round house museum is in an old WM building still standing in the vicinity but without its namesake.

@robinforrest7680 8 месяцев назад

We still have working compound 0-6-6-0T Mallets on the Vivarais railway in Ardèche France 🇫🇷 BTW love your content mate, been subscribed for ages and have enjoyed every one. Thanks.

@budwhite9591 Месяц назад

My wife is from Cumberland. I love this!!!!

@karendemille9231 Месяц назад

I love seeing this! My father worked at Peach Creek when the 10 engines were there. He worked on all of them. His job, if I remember correctly, was greasing the wheels.(sorry if I don’t have correct terms) We were invited to the original opening, that didn’t happen. He would have loved to see the restored engine, but sadly passed away in 2019 @ 92. I would have flown with him from California if it had not taken longer than anticipated.😊

@tl-Jadon 8 месяцев назад

As a marylander i am so dam happy to learn this. I really should go explore western Maryland after i got the b@o railroad museum again

@matthewpowell2429 8 месяцев назад

While I visited the WMSR in 2022, I sadly didn't get to see her, I hope to though in the future. I hope that it's during when 734 and 1309 do a doubleheader though, that would be AWESOME! Also, I've seen many C&O engines over the years too, including 1604, 490, 2705, 2707, 2727 & 2716.

@poowg2657 8 месяцев назад

David P. Morgan called that smokebox front.a "Mailed fist of raw power." I couldn't agree more.....

@leoclown83 8 месяцев назад

1309 is my favorite steam locomotive in the world and the fact that you made a video about her makes me so happy. As someone from Cumberland (and now not living there,) this was a nice surprise! The Polar express 1309 pulls (from Cumberland to Frostberg and then back again,) will be soon in december with her strewn up in christmas lights, hope ya'll appreciate this info!

@Heroduothecomedian 8 месяцев назад

Cant wait for this video. I remember climbing all over 1309 as a kid when she was rusting away in russel ky before b&o RM got her. Im glad to see her up and running again. Hope to see her in action one day.pitty 1308 is just a static display in Huntington wv, wish she could run again like her sister

@WMRRFIREBALL 8 месяцев назад

Please do a video on the Big Six Shay, the only Western Maryland steam locomotive in operable condition. Also came out of the B&O RM.

@SouRwy4501Productions 8 месяцев назад

If you went there sometime in the ‘90s, then that would probably mean that you saw engine 734, which warrants a whole video in and of its own.

@trainmasterj1225 8 месяцев назад

I SAW C&O 1308 IN PERSON 2 TIMES THIS YEAR SO FAR SHE IS AWSOME I LOVE 1308

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014 8 месяцев назад

I got to see 1309 run last weekend and it was the best day of my life

@davidmorris7696 8 месяцев назад

From Huntington WV, where 1308 is on display. Glad to find some indirect info on 1308 through her sister. A trip to Cumberland may be in order!

@ltsmash1200 4 месяца назад

Just went out to Cumberland this past weekend and rode the WMSR, it was a great time. I’m hoping to get back out in the fall and see 1309 in action.

@TheSudrianTerrier653 8 месяцев назад

The Pennsy 3 chime 1309 had in 2022 is actually to be fitted to new build T1 No.5550

@CaptainCrutch Месяц назад

She actually wore 2 that year, one for 5550 and one for 1361. 5550s was Father’s Day weekend that year, while the 1361 whistle was a few months later.

@maciekkra539 6 месяцев назад

Good video. I newer cared for that "Flying pumps" look...until i saw the "Beast of the East" coming at me toward the tunnel. It definitely has that "WTF is that!" look.

@rhin0pillz 8 месяцев назад

The outcome of 1309's restoration is the equivalence to the imagination of Sisyphus finally finding happiness.

@SP4449Railfan 8 месяцев назад

1309 was like “HELLO BOYS!!! I’M BAAAAACK!!!!” Lol 😂

@clevelandmaker386 8 месяцев назад

As a train nut... I love Mallets as well as the big boy....

@niro017 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for this. I was born in Cumberland, in 1958, while my parents were still in college. We moved to the eastern shore of MD, when I was about 1 year old, they both studied to be teachers, and apparently, there were teaching jobs in Queen Annes County. Every summer, sometimes Thanksgiving, and on Christmas, we would go to visit my grandparents in Cumberland, and Cresaptown, I remember these trips fondly. Sometime, in the 80's, while visiting my grandmother, shortly after my marriage, we rode the Western Maryland Scenic RR, at the time it was the 2-8-0 pulling the train. Alas, since my grandmothers death, I haven't been back, I keep telling myself I will, but something always seems to get in the way.

@SMichaelDeHart 8 месяцев назад

It's changed A LOT. I'm from southern West Virginia, but traveled through Cumberland enroute to my sisters in Annapolis. Plus one of my older brother was a WV State Trooper in Mineral Co, WV and his wife a nurse at Cumberland General Hospital. After I graduated college in 86, I started my first real job in Greenbelt, Md...living in Annapolis. Spent several summers in Lewes and Rehoboth. Occasionally Ocean City. I'm back home, but still go up through that area.

@tobinrowe9558 7 месяцев назад

The expense of steam restoration work cannot be overstated. I volunteer at the California State Railroad Museum, and they performed a large chunk of the work on Sierra Railway #3 during its restoration around 2010. Final cost was about $1.6 mil, and that's for a relatively small locomotive! Can't imagine the amount of money that went into the big engines like 4014 or 2102. Also, that music in the last segment hit me with a bunch of "There Goes an Airplane" nostalgia.

@ConrailSD80MAC 2 месяца назад

I'm gonna ride the Frostburg Flyer later this month!

@Stephan-bj3lh 8 месяцев назад

So glad they were able to finish the job. Restoration always cost more than you think.Its just a given if you want it done right.They stopped stream engines about the time I was born 1958.

@tacticalcalebgaming7264 8 месяцев назад

Fun fact: the Lerro is actually a part of K&L Trainz and I actually like it also his real name is Steve Lerro was the one that help to get the accurate C&O markings

@CaptainCrutch Месяц назад

There’s 2 Lerro brothers, Steve and Pete. Pete did the photo charter, Steve does K&L Trainz.

@vaclavmacgregor2464 8 месяцев назад

fThe last Baldwin(Last one for USA).A USRA 2-6-6-2 Copy H-6 Class.The C and O loved 2-6-6-2s they had over a 100.These two were the ultimate evolution.The last of the last.The last milestone in the evolution of Mallets(Y6B None made it and besides they are almost the same as y6a).

@harrisonallen651 8 месяцев назад

Better late than never I suppose, like you, I also have a few pins from heritage railways. Primarily from Australia.

@aadencox6559 8 месяцев назад

I remember me and my dad were riding on the Joliet Rocket in 2018 and the guy sitting Infront of us was talking about the story of 1309's restoration up to that point and he said he didn't know that when or if it would run, but I'm glad they restored her back to operation and hopefully I will get to see her in person one day.

@trainknut 6 месяцев назад

A caveat when it comes to 1309's short revenue career that I often like to add is that, while she herself had a very short career and is really only notable in being the last steam locomotive built by Baldwin for the North American market; the design Baldwin built 1309, 1308 and their immediate sisters to was actually an ALCO design from 1927, and actually earlier versions of the class had been in service with the Chessie since 1910 at least, while this last batch of 10 from Baldwin were very slightly different, they were still functionally the same 2-6-6-2 that C&O had been using for almost 40 years at that point - nearing 50 by the time she was retired. So, while 1309 wasn't massively successful, her class absolutely were by every possible metric, she just happened to be a replacement unit ordered at the very end and therefore most likely was the locomotive in the best condition when it came time to choose a couple to save. While it would've been cool if one of the older H-6s or predecessor H-4s(of which they had a whopping one hundred and fifty!) were saved... the fact we got these two is enough for me. After all many classes weren't so lucky, like the L2(4-6-4)s and the J2(4-8-2)s, or the K2/3 2-8-2s - all of which important classes to the C&O that weren't saved, nor were the H7 2-8-8-2s or T1 2-10-4s, again, both important to the C&O's history.(and rail history in general) So, I'm just glad we got these two, and the Alleghenies to represent C&O articulated engines as a whole, despite being relatively niche and recent classes within that overall category. (10 H6As vs 150 H4s)

@Surkai25 8 месяцев назад

The last stream train I had the honor of being around was the old WMSR 734 back in 1991. I look back on those memories very fondly. I hope one day Ill be able to make it out there to ride with the 1309

@NewEnglandFoamer 26 дней назад

I used to call her overrated but she’s actually pretty awesome and maybe my love for 734 blinded me back then. They both have pros and cons on the WMSRR. 734 can fit on the turntable but can struggle going up the mountain even if she can do it. 1309 can make it up with no issues but requires 2 diesels on her train.

@harrisonofcolorado8886 8 месяцев назад

A Mallet in the valley and it's 1309! Mallet in the valley and it's 1309!

@williamclarke4510 8 месяцев назад

Maybe the 1309 was left at Peach Creek so no one who wanted her scrapped could see her.

@stevew270 8 месяцев назад

It's hard to believe the 2-8-4 Kanawha's were longer in overall length and heavier.

@joemalone6923 8 месяцев назад

That's interesting that the Kanawha type were longer and heavier than the H6. I never knew that

@OleandersGamingEmporium 6 месяцев назад

I could write a book on how much hell we went through trying to finish the engine in 2020.

@railfansammy4974 8 месяцев назад

Enjoyed this video

@daskriegsman7013 8 месяцев назад

If only they could restore WM #202 since its an authentic Western Maryland steam locomotive. Or aquire a random decapod from a museum and dress it up as a WM Decapod. Or my favorite. Have 2102 visits the WMSR and dress her up as a WM Potomac or somehow aquire 2101 and do the same thing to her since the Reading T1's and WM Potomac's looks similar in appearance.

@maciekkra539 6 месяцев назад

Or extend the frame, add one more drive axle, and rebuild/lengthen the boiler on 734, and make that into a decapod😁

@theconceptualist8626 8 месяцев назад

I sometimes wonder what steam technology would be like today if the diesels hadn’t taken over. What would steam engines look like today and what technological advancements would they have?

@berkshire4607 8 месяцев назад

I've actually rode on the beaut. It was during a Polar Express train

@alanabyss9246 4 месяца назад

The fact that her nickname is “THE BEAST” is just plain Badass

@centamangila1217 4 месяца назад

She is a true "Beast of the East"!

@CaptainCrutch Месяц назад

Only Trains Magazine ever called her that, before that some other local news agencies called her Maryland Thunder which is another pretty poor name. Crews chalked Super Choo on her though, do with that what you will.

@alanabyss9246 Месяц назад

@@CaptainCrutch that’s very informative. Thank you

@brendanliamgill99 3 месяца назад

I knew she looked familiar i saw her when she was still on display at B&O. She was next to the yellow and silver streamline engine if im remembering correctly.

@railfansammy4974 8 месяцев назад

Nice

@Jerrod247 7 месяцев назад

The black hills central in south dakota has a pair of operating 2-6-6-2T's they occasionally double head them

@Robert-S-World 8 месяцев назад

I remember a guy on RU-vid made a video about they should scrap 1309 and his reasoning was stupid. He also did videos on other steam locomotive. I am glad 1309 is back and running

@LegoMiester14 8 месяцев назад

12:15 hey, I'm Christmas. WE CAN SHARE!

@rabidsqurrile634 8 месяцев назад

Was actually just there riding behind 1309 last weekend. Could feel the ground shake as the air compressors cycled while sitting idle at the station

@stanleepatterson95 8 месяцев назад

Another bad ass mallet that gets overshadowed by the bigboy is the one that cc&v has.

@e-train765 8 месяцев назад

Little fun fact about that PRR T1 whistle she was wearing; the whistle belonged to the late Jerry Jacobson, the whistle was on GTW 6325 for awhile before the Age of Steam Roundhouse was conceived. AOSR donated the whistle to the PRR T1 trust fund; whom in turn let 1309 wear it for awhile to promote the PRR T1 Trust Fund's construction of PRR 5550.

@jwrailve3615 8 месяцев назад

If I could restore any loco it’ll be SP mikado 771. I’d take her from grapevine who’s left her to rot when she should’ve stayed under the canopy of trees in Victoria and I’d make her whole again and build a small few mile long line in the small town I grew up in and make her a hunting/fishing excursion train

@trainboi777yall6 8 месяцев назад

There was actually an incident when she was being transported to the WSMR. Her train hit a railroad crossing that had been knocked over by a truck

@Drockthe3rd 8 месяцев назад

Acquiring a steam locomotive only costs $1 (learned that fact when SBRHS started the restoration of 3751) but everything else you mentioned makes the restoration process expensive

@ChargerusPrime 8 месяцев назад

For madame queen, I estimate about 5.5 million bucks. For the engine I personally wanna restore, Southern Pacific 975, my estimates are about 3.5 to 4 million simply due to her being a 2-10-2. She's not in great shape due to rust from her being originally donated to the city of Beaumont, Texas which is right on the gulf coast. She's also relatively lightweight for a 2-10-2 due to being an F1 class. In order to implement the upgrades I'd want for her, which includes roller bearings on all axles, side rods and even possibly the crosshead slide bars. This will add weight to her, but it'd be VERY worthwhile because I can run her on mainline steel and it VASTLY decreases maintenance costs.

@awommack1994 8 месяцев назад

Hey, here is hoping you read this message. You mentioned the Madam Queen in Amarillo and how you would love to work on her. I too would love to see her worked on and I live in the city where she resides. I’m not certain how to get the city government interested or the state of Texas for that matter. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

@porcelainthunder2213 8 месяцев назад

I cannot imagine the cost to run this engine for excursions. The amount of fuel needed to steam her up is staggering.

@theromanorder 8 месяцев назад

please do a video on the porters steam loco the Japanese class d5, the Chinese QJ 2,10,2 or just exsamples of asian trains how do gear trains work something on saddle bolier and side tanks (like the big water boxes) tank engines double ended diesel trains what to do if the train stalls one talking about the different types of steam funnles and there uses, a video on steam locomotive combination breaks (steam and vacuum brakes) a short video on how a Armstrong turn table works what did train flagman do what did trains (mostly steam) do when going in tunnels, ive heard of gas masks or just useing a wet cloth, or did they bring in other engines like later on they used electric trains, or were there no bigv tunnels. evaluation of electric trains why are some trains wagion tops (the stream lining thing to boilers) railway terms abd slang one on the meaning of flag and lantern colors like green on rear engine means theres another one coming soon, the different types of cut offs/reversers/Johnson bar some are a big lever, some are a big valve wheel, and ive also seen some that are like rods, one exsample is train sim world 3 and im not sure where to find the other reverser and how much water do steam trains take usually, and how much would the crew drink

@Alpha-oo8 8 месяцев назад

Beast is a good name for it… not the prettiest of engines, but an impressive machine!

@thebrantfordrailfan 8 месяцев назад

It may not have the kind of elegant beauty that SP 4449 has, but it has a different kind of beauty all its own.

@CoalChrome 6 месяцев назад

When do we get a video on shrodingers locomotive, CNJ 113

@carrielynne19 6 месяцев назад

She's back out of service idk when it could be back but they said the rods and pistons are shot

@Scody-kc2pr 2 месяца назад

I'm with on hole thing they should test 1309 before they start to schedule a trip

@awesomeaustin5704 8 месяцев назад

Wonder if 2716 will get a. Video at some pount

@theextremeanimator4721 8 месяцев назад

3:29 - 3:34

@hunterstearns5594 7 месяцев назад

I’M CHRISTMAS 12:15

@anthonyking5563 8 месяцев назад

The man who decided to steal parts from 1309 to sell for scrap: 1309: :( History in the Dark and the other Rail fans: *So you have chosen death?*

@Steamerthesteamtrain 8 месяцев назад

The only good thing about 2020.

@TrainLover-wt9ix 24 дня назад

Image 5000 was sold for $5😅

@jamiecase249 25 дней назад

1309 is not running the 2024 season do to maintenance 😢

@jameskubajak8489 8 месяцев назад

Did Western Maryland actually had mallets like the C&O's H-6?

@WMRRFIREBALL 8 месяцев назад

Yes, WM had several classes of articulated locomotives. M-1 and M-1a were Mallets with the same wheel arrangement as 1309. They also had simple articulated and Mallets of 2-8--8-2 and 4-6-6-4. None have been preserved. Only Pacific 202 on static display in Hagerstown and the Big 6 Shay awaiting repair to return to steam at Cass are preserved.

@rabidsqurrile634 8 месяцев назад

I think I saw earlier in October that Big 6 is back in service at Cass after repairs were completed

@rabidsqurrile634 8 месяцев назад

I think I saw earlier in October that Big 6 is back in service at Cass after repairs were completed

@joemalone6923 8 месяцев назад

@@WMRRFIREBALL The WM should have at least kept one of their Challengers

@Marco-xz9sc 8 месяцев назад

The sad thing is her restoration was still cheaper than Flying Scotsman’s 😂😂😂

@TheSantaFeSuperChiefer 8 месяцев назад

History this beast of All of ohio railroads this is a Mallet Mogul in m-1 class 2662s there 2 examples of them and that is 1308 and 1309 2 of the sole sy Surviving mallet moguls 1308 is on display and 1309 is on conditional service.

@SteamKing2022 2 месяца назад

Unfortunately, I was working there when 1309 showed up. I called that locomotive Gresham's Folly. Anything we said against that boat anchor was dismissed or grounds of termination. As a former crewmate of WMSR 734, we knew rebuilding 1309 was going to be a money pit. 734 could have been brand new and operating much sooner than 1309...but management didn't want to hear it. The big idea was for 1309 to be able to haul large Fall foliage trains without diesel assistance, but without extension of the frostburg runaround...and the track variation between the turntable and the C&P grade leading to it...they still have to use a diesel for the return trip. 🤣

@JAdg75oo00 8 месяцев назад

The western Maryland does occasional freight? 1309 hauling modern freight when? 😄🚂

@user-we9wz2xd4r 5 месяцев назад

Well, I Will be building on a Homemade garden Railway. 2 engines I will build. 1.King of Steam “Nepal Lal Pokhrel.” Sadly, He will pull The Russian Limited And Soviet, For the beginning of WW3. 2.Steam dummy “big Lily” she is the Sister engine of king of Steam.

@user-we9wz2xd4r 5 месяцев назад

Yeh boi

@user-lj2sc8hy3l 8 месяцев назад

im sorry if i frustrated you with that idea 😅

@markstott6689 8 месяцев назад

I know it wouldn't be historically correct but i do wish preserved US locomotives could be given a better paint job. UK locomotives look so much prettier in comparison. 😊😊😊❤❤❤😊😊😊

@HistoryintheDark 8 месяцев назад

Some of ours were colorful, but usually not since black meant we had to clean the soot less.

@markstott6689 8 месяцев назад

@@HistoryintheDark It makes sense when cleaning those behemoths must have been a nightmare. I just love the blue and the green that LNER used on the A4 Pacific's. ❤️❤️❤️

@clevelandmaker386 8 месяцев назад

@@HistoryintheDark could we throw the thief in the boiler? WITH IT RUNNING!!!!....... BUT , come on darkness... you could do something smaller...what about a SD40-2?