Western Md. Scenic Railroad land slide

This topic has been addressed in previous posts.

Thank You for the information

This is old news. The state is stepping in to help fix this.

I think they'll be able to get into Frostburg again by fall.

Okay, sorry.  I searched on the subject first and nothing came up.  I thought it was surprising that no one had mentioned it.

No reason to be sorry, Mike. This problem has been in and out of the news several times. No harm in bringing it to our attention again.

Nice to hear they think they will be able to run to Frostburg in the Fall!

We took the train several years ago, and one of the coolest part of the trip was watching them turn the steam engine at Frostburg on the turntable and seeing the engine run around to the other end of the passenger cars.

Jim

On Facebook, there is a link to gofundme page for the restoration of 1309.  They are looking for 250 thousand to complete the work.  Good luck.

https://www.gofundme.com/277xns4

Surprised this hasn't been mentioned, but according to an article in yesterday's Cumberland Times-News times-news.com that the WMSR gets to resume trips to Frostburg in May!

The landslide near switch number nine has been repaired for some time.

There was a second slide near Woodcock Hollow, which is still under repair, and evidently will be done in time for May!

Here's a few photos.

Ed

They need to go to Frostburg to run 1309 both ways. Frostburg has the turntable at the end of the line. WMSR is almost landlocked with most of the other parts of the WM gone and CSX (ex-B&O line) won't allow any steam on its property and a steam hater just became its CEO, so no steam on CSX for a long, long, time. Such as trips from Cumberland to Rockwood, PA and back for example. They couldn't even move 734 to the Potomac Eagle Railroad in June 2010 due to CSX's denial of the move. Yet, NS restarted a steam program and is still allowing 611 to run excursions this year.

Keep in mind that the railroad and Great Allegheny Passage bike/hike trail share right-of-way.  Some of the repair work cost may be shuffled to the trail.   Easiest extension might be on a well maintained right-of-way to the continental divide, through the Big Savage tunnel, though this is not a double tunnel and may have some issues with both trail and railroad at the same time.  Lots of open space at the village of Deal to turn around.   Just a thought, IMO. Mike CT.  30 miles of down hill for the Continental divide to Cumberland.

May 6 will see the first trains to Frostburg (TRAINS NEWSWIRE).

Work at Woodcock Hollow cost 1.5 million, largely covered by Allegany County.
Some federal funds were found and used on behalf of the trail.
It would have been nice to have trackage at least to the east portal of Big Savage Tunnel so that train passengers could enjoy one of the best views in the Eastern U.S.
But it was never in the plans for the WMSR, and the 3 miles of track between Switch #9 and Borden Tunnel was pulled in 1988 and re-laid on the C&P grade into Frostburg.