I hope 1309 does run someday. Once it's all assembled it's landlocked though in the sense that the only connection to the outside world is CSX at Cumberland. I read that CSX won't even tow a dead steam locomotive, it has to be shipped on a flat car which is how 1309 got from Baltimore to Cumberland. Along the way the CSX move handling 1309 ran into a fallen crossing signal on the tracks and had to stop. If it does run it will be the largest operating steam locomotive besides the Big Boy. But does WMSR have any open window coaches? They look like all 1950's streamlined coaches with sealed windows like that were on the NS steam excursions the past several years. I guess they allow vestibule riding, though.
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