Chesapeake and Ohio 1309
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway 1309 is a steam locomotive built in 1949 for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) where it pulled coal trains until retirement in 1956. It was the last steam engine built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for the North American market. In 1976, it was moved to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum for static display. The engine was purchased in 2014 by the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad which began restoration with the intention of returning it to service as the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309.
Chesapeake and Ohio 2716
After operating on a test run on October 10 and 11, 1981, 2716 pulled its first Southern Railway excursions on October 17 and 18, running round-trip from Chattanooga to Rockwood, Tennessee. In November, the 2716 pulled excursions in Georgia and Alabama. Beginning in April 1982, the locomotive resumed its excursion duties, pulling trains through Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. But three months later, it was discovered that the locomotive's firebox was cracked, (due to a very inexperienced fireman) which forced No. 2716 to be taken out of excursion service for repairs, and Nickel Plate Road No. 765, another 2-8-4, based in Indiana, was called into service as 2716’s replacement. Following the merger between the Southern Railway and the Norfolk and Western to form the Norfolk Southern, No. 2716 was retired in favor of Norfolk and Western class J No. 611 serving as the main motive power for the steam program.