During the Frostburg Flyer trip on 17 September 2022, the 1309 Steam engine (restoration finished in December 2020) pulled the front of the train from Cumberland to Frostburg and the 450 diesel engine (formerly an Amtrak train) pulled the front of the train from Frostburg back to Cumberland. Both trains were running for the entire excursion. There is a small turntable near the Frostburg depot, but it was not used by the train. If you are in the open air car, you will get covered in significantly more ash when the steam train is in front (although both directions are quite ashy). Make sure that you book a ride on the WMSR website that says -Steam after the title to see the steam train.
It is a diesel right now untill the 1309 is finisged and then they can rebuild the regular steamer
It's the steam engine 99% of the time until they have to maintenance it then they switch to the diesel
Diesel right now. They are working on getting steam running again, but it will be a while.
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