WM0069
A set of WM power works through B&O's yard at Cumberland, MD on March 19, 1976. Two WM GP40s and a WM GP35 bracket a N&W RS-11. At this point in time, a lot of WM traffic came from N&W, especially grain traffic headed for Port Covington. Pool power was common. I am convinced to this day, that Chessie System's abandonment of part of WM had more to do with keeping N&W's hands off WM, than it did with eliminating duplicate trackage. Chessie did not want N&W in Baltimore.
WM0069
A set of WM power works through B&O's yard at Cumberland, MD on March 19, 1976. Two WM GP40s and a WM GP35 bracket a N&W RS-11. At this point in time, a lot of WM traffic came from N&W, especially grain traffic headed for Port Covington. Pool power was common. I am convinced to this day, that Chessie System's abandonment of part of WM had more to do with keeping N&W's hands off WM, than it did with eliminating duplicate trackage. Chessie did not want N&W in Baltimore.