I found that our weekend in Cumberland, Maryland, chasing Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad would prove to have a flurry of passenger train activity within walking distance of our hotel.
On the afternoon of Oct. 22, a Saturday, the passenger train with the 1309 returned to the Western Maryland passenger station just before 4:30 p.m.
The first five photos with this post, including the top image, were made at the Cumberland WM station.
As I was photographing the watering of the tender (seen below), a voice to my left asked if I was getting good photos.
The voice was again very familiar. It belonged to Akron Railroad Club member Dennis Sautters, of North Canton, who had just arrived in town. He told me he would be riding behind the 1309 on Sunday in dome car Stampede Pass.
Dennis also said he had just come from riding the Potomac Eagle. Before that he had been at Cass Scenic Railroad Park in West Virginia
On Sunday morning the Amtrak website showed that the eastbound Capitol Limited was running on time.
We were already checked out of the hotel and drove to the Amtrak station, located a short distance from the hotel, on the ex-Baltimore & Ohio mainline.
No. 30 arrived at 9:19 a.m. I had no idea that I would be happily surprised when I saw the “bloody nose” on the point.
It was my first time seeing P42DC Phase 1 heritage unit No. 161, which is the replacement for the 156 Phase I heritage unit.
While we were here we heard the horns of the Pumpkin Train arriving at the Western Maryland station across town.
We had plenty of time to see it before its departure at 9:30 a.m.
Article and Photographs by Edward Ribinskas
Tags: Amtrak, Amtrak's Capitol Limited, C&O 1309, Chesapeake & Ohio No. 1309, Edward Ribinskas photograhs, Steam excursion trains, steam excursions, steam locomotives, Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
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