I think J&L 58 would look mighty fine with "Nut Tree Railroad" on the side. I originally was posting this as a joke, but the five year old boy in me would really like to see it.

We all have our dreams, and we are really lucky that so many of our dreams are coming true.

Pretty soon we will all be wearing Google glasses, and the CGI in the glasses will be able to paint our lokos any color we want. But so far, CGI can't do the rumble in the ground, the cinders, smell, and the heat as she passes by.

Wish granted.

I don't know anything about how they turn the locomotives at WMSR other than the turntable. If they don't have another way, they can easily run tender first on the return trip to Cumberland. Almost every tourist railroad of that size has a "runaround" point somewhere along their line.

Thomas Dyrek

As stated in the top post on this page, there is a turntable in Frostburg which will fit the 1309 - if memory serves me correctly, they will have to lengthen the run-around siding there for when the engine is done spinning on the table. There is a wye not too far from the Ridgeley, WV shops that the WMSR frequently uses to turn the engines once they get back from Frostburg/Cumberland.

Just my $.02 (and you would be better off with the $.02) but it matters that 1309 will be lettered for Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, which is a going concern, not the former Western Maryland Railroad, subsumed within CSX. It would bug me if the locomotive were to be disguised as something the old Western Maryland never owned for display or even use, by a museum or historical group, but that isn't what they are doing. If, say, the old Western Maryland had bought this locomotive and used it in freight service toward the end of steam instead of letting it be scrapped or donated to a museum I don't think anyone would be complaining that it was a "counterfeit" WM locomotive, any more than all the used diesels NS is buying right now are "not really" NS units. Splitting hairs perhaps, but I think the distinction matters.

You mean like LS&I 34 isn't?

Yep, and I reread the statement, "Scenic Railroad" won't be included. That's a farce.

If this line of ridiculousness keeps up, I suggest you letter it BRIO.

I don't think Rick can replicate the correct appearance with paint - you'd need to use it for its purpose in a steel mill that hasn't been upgraded for 60 years to get the right patina of mill grunge on it, along with wear and rust and everything else that makes industrial railroading as wonderful as it is. I'd rather see it in rust rubbed with dirty grease than shiny anything.......

Some of you guys, lol. What about the passenger cars it will be hauling around not painted in their original livery.
I will go down there when it's running to ride behind it and see one of the few articulated steam loco's running in the country plus it's on the east coast!

If you have ever worked with me, you would soon see that the "Nut Tree Railroad" is 100% accurate!

Honestly I could care less what lettering it carries. Its painted black and it runs (I mean, unless you all are in favor of Blue with Googly eyes on the front).

They are doing a very in depth rebuild, and I know they have a long road ahead of them to make their stated deadline (I hate deadlines on steam locomotives, I've always told people it will be done when its done). But when she is running, she will be a fine machine to see, I'll have to make a trip out there some day.

I'm putting the brakes on this thread.