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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:6/1/1960 - 6/1/1960
Album Info:These are some recently acquired photos of F7a's from the Western Maryland RR. None had a date or location listed so date and location are arbitrary. If anyone recognizes a location, please let me know so I can correctly identify it.
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WM F7A #233 and WM F7A #65 - Western Maryland
Title:  WM F7A #233 and WM F7A #65 - Western Maryland
Description:  Coupled nose to nose are WM 233 and WM 65. Both would serve under Chessie rule but eventually both would be traded back to EMD - #65 in 1980 and #233, 1979. Date of photo is approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1960  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 5:53:45 AM
Location:  Unknown, MD
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WM 233(F7A) WM 65(F7A)
Views:  565   Comments: 0
WM 242, WM 42, and WM 45 - Western Maryland power
Title:  WM 242, WM 42, and WM 45 - Western Maryland power
Description:  Quite an impressive cluster of power sits in this unknown location. All would serve under the Chessie name but by 1985, all would be traded to EMD or scrapped.
Photo Date:  6/1/1960  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 5:54:05 AM
Location:  Unknown, MD
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WM 242(F7A) WM 42(GP9) WM 45(GP9) WM 30(GP9)
Views:  1045   Comments: 0
WM F7A #55 - Western Maryland
Title:  WM F7A #55 - Western Maryland
Description:  Built by EMD in March, 1950, this 1500 hp F7A unit served both Western Maryland and then Chessie as #7153 before being traded to EMD in 1979. Date of this photo is approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1960  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 5:54:19 AM
Location:  Unknown, MD
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WM 55(F7A)
Views:  435   Comments: 1
WM F7A #59 - Western Maryland
Title:  WM F7A #59 - Western Maryland
Description:  WM #59 heads up a 4 F7A unit freight train rolling past a tower. Can anyone identify this location? A J.W. Hulsman photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1960  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 5:54:34 AM
Location:  Unknown, MD
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WM 59(F7A)
Views:  454   Comments: 0
WM F7A #61 - Western Maryland
Title:  WM F7A #61 - Western Maryland
Description:  Showing its proud profile on this unknown date, WM #61 was an 11/1950 EMD product. It served both Western Maryland and Chessie System as before being traded back to EMD in 1979.
Photo Date:  6/1/1960  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 5:54:43 AM
Location:  Unknown, MD
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WM 61(F7A)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
WM F7A #66 - Western Maryland
Title:  WM F7A #66 - Western Maryland
Description:  Linked nose to tail is WM #66, a December, 1950 EMD F7A model that served both Western Maryland and Chessie (as #7164) before being traded back to EMD in 1977
Photo Date:  6/1/1960  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 5:54:56 AM
Location:  Unknown, MD
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WM 66(F7A)
Views:  362   Comments: 0
WM 7176 - Western Maryland under Chessie System (ex-WM 242)
Title:  WM 7176 - Western Maryland under Chessie System (ex-WM 242)
Description:  Seen again in this album but now wearing the Chessie System number 7176, ex-WM 242 also has a new paint scheme, labeled by some as the "circus" paint. It would be gone by 1979, traded back to EMD.
Photo Date:  6/1/1960  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 5:55:07 AM
Location:  Unknown, MD
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WM 7176(F7A)
Views:  288   Comments: 1


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