Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309

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Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 is a preserved compound articulated H-6 class 2-6-6-2 "Mallet" steam locomotive. Produced in November 1949, it was the last steam locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) for domestic service. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) used it to pull coal trains until retiring it in 1956. In 1972, No. 1309 was moved to the B&O Railroad Museum for static display. In 2014, it was purchased by the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad (WMSR), which restored it to operating condition over the next six years. The WMSR put the locomotive into tourist excursion service on December 17, 2021: the first time an articulated locomotive operated in the Eastern United States since the retirement of Norfolk and Western 1218 in 1991. As of 2026, No. 1309 is operational on the WMSR roster. It is one of two surviving H-6s, along with Chesapeake and Ohio 1308.

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