Went to Wally Word today. And as I usually do when I'm alone, I check out tools, auto, electronics, and magazines.
And there, shining like a star in the night was this... A special edition of "Trains" magazine, called "Big Steam is Back". And there on the front a photo of 844, and a blurb, title of a story in the magazine. An article about C&O 1309 called (and rightly so, IMO) "Beast of the East".
In the article it is explained much better than i've been trying to do about what the 1309 will mean to the Western Maryland Scenic and the Cumberland area. Why 1309 was selected, how and why the C&O rode her into the ground, and why it's worth rebuilding and to run on the WMSR.
When done, it is explained in the story, she'll be the largest articulated locomotive operating in the U.S. Not only that, but she'll need no railroad to "let" her on their rails, it will have it's own railroad, and can be seen almost any weekend!
Ed
