WMSR acquires WM Business Car #204

YeOldeEnjine · **Joined:** Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:31 pm **Posts:** 329

PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Western Maryland Scenic Railroad announces the acquisition of the Western Maryland Railway Pullman Business Car #204

Western Maryland Car #204, a former executive class car utilized on the Western Maryland Railway, was recently donated to the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad by the family of the late R.R. Johnson.

... more information can be found on their Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/WmsrFoundation

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:13 pm

Photo from earlier thread:

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Fri Jan 17, 2014 3:12 pm

Arriving in Cumberland/Ridgeley, supposedly today, from the Foundation's Facebook page:

jmlaboda · Updated 8/9/17 with 8,402 new links

This is great news!!! Many thanks to the family of the Mr. Johnson!!! And congrates to the WMSR for acquiring such a historical treasure!!!

Richard Glueck · **Posted:** Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:24 am

Another classic piece of rolling history preserved!

Dave Wilson · **Posted:** Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:05 pm

I understand that the car arrived in Cumberland on Saturday (per Carl Belt who supplied the flatbed and hoisting cranes). I probably was not off loaded until Sunday.

Dave Wilson

wm303 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 22, 2014 4:14 pm

WM 204 was loaded and delivered to Cumberland Thursday and was unloaded Friday. There was a picture of it being unloaded on page 1 of the Cumberland Times - News Saturday.

FYI - anything that is over (height - width - weight) and is moving with a permit cannot be moved on the weekend.

wmd-fleet · **Posted:** Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:01 pm

for Fund raising update [url]http://www.movingfullsteamahead.com[/url]

wmd-fleet · **Posted:** Wed Feb 26, 2014 9:26 pm

Video of moving 204 on youtube http://t.co/oWhz2RpyOd showing move in 1964 and now 2014 bout 15 minutes long. enjoy

bigjim4life · **Posted:** Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:36 am

I was perusing the internet this morning (instead of working, ugh) while watching the new Virtual Railfan cam in Cumberland - and started thinking about the WMSR Foundation (RIP) - and was reminded that they had acquired car #204 for restoration. It's been a very long time, and I know the RR has had other priorities - but I don't recall seeing any updates as to the status of this car. The RR has acquired/leased and run plenty of other cars in the meantime, including dome cars, dining cars, and the like. Is this still sitting in Ridgeley, and is there a future for this car on WMSR (if anyone on here knows)?

PMC · **Joined:** Sat Oct 17, 2015 5:55 pm **Posts:** 2874

bigjim4life wrote:

I was perusing the internet this morning (instead of working, ugh) while watching the new Virtual Railfan cam in Cumberland - and started thinking about the WMSR Foundation (RIP) - and was reminded that they had acquired car #204 for restoration. It's been a very long time, and I know the RR has had other priorities - but I don't recall seeing any updates as to the status of this car. The RR has acquired/leased and run plenty of other cars in the meantime, including dome cars, dining cars, and the like. Is this still sitting in Ridgeley, and is there a future for this car on WMSR (if anyone on here knows)?

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WMSRailroad/po ... DbRbFMJCvl
"Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
April 6, 2021
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Has there been any progress made to the 204?

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Hi Sean. 204 was wrapped and prepared for long term storage. At the moment our car shop is focusing their efforts on higher capacity cars that will generate more revenue. Quite a bit remains to be done to the 204 so until time and funding allows it is fairly low on the priority list.

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