Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland, 1952

Western Maryland Railway in Cumberland, Maryland, 1952. Filmed by Alexander J. Mozzer on silent regular 8mm film. Posted by son John A. Mozzer.

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Science & Technology

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• Western Maryland Railway
• Cumberland
• Maryland
• Mozzer
• 8mm film
• 1952

[WMfan69]

Just a little bit of info, the engine at 0:28 is a 4-6-4 wheel arrangement which was called a pacific type loco, the engine at 1:01 is a 4-6-6-4 wheel arrangement and was called a challenger, and the engine at 1:20 was a 2-10-0 wheel arrangement and was a russian decapod. I didn't know if you were up on the types of loco's on this video so I thought I'd share.

[mozzermemories]

Thank you WMfan69. So do you mean the engine with the number 1206 is the challenger, and the engine with the number 1117 is the russian decapod?

[ELMSLines]

@mozzermemories no number 1117 is not a Russian decapod.

1100-1110 are the WM's Russian decapods, 1117 is either an I1 or I2

[ELMSLines]

@mozzermemories yes he does

[barronzm]

the first engine is a 4-6-2

[spiritomb]

And one more thing, the russian decapods that the WM used were not usually used as helpers. They were usually double-headed at the front with a consolidation or another decapod.

[spiritomb]

@mozzermemories I'm a Western Maryland expert, and let me say that the first one was a K-2 pacific. The second one was a 4-6-6-4 challenger. The WM's challengers had nothing to do with the UP's, for they had a completely different look and were produced by Baldwin. And the third was a decapod, but not a russian dec. It was the class I (i) which came before the russian decapods.

[tazofboyds]

Fantastic, thanks for posting, it helps me a lot to understand how things were set-up back then, very useful for my research for model railroading! Thanks again.

[steved0689]

Great footage!!! If only everything were the exact same!

[WMfan69]

I stand corrected the loco at 0:28 is a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement NOT a 4-6-4 arrangement. I don't know what I was thinking. Sorry about the mix up.

[WMfan69]

I stand corrected the engine at 0:28 is a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement NOT a 4-6-4! Sorry for the wrong info.I don't know what I was thinking.

[run202run]

Ok we gotta clear this up right now.  208 is a 4-6-2 class K-2 Pacific. Interestingly 202, another of the K-2 class locomotives, is one of only two Western Maryland Steam locomotives to survive. The other is "Big" 6, a shay at Cass.