Dining Car
This is the dining car featured on our dinner trains. Decorations and arrangements change according to the featured event, but this is the general appearance of the car.
General
Author: Mike
History
Wood Box Car
Built prior to 1890, this car has a wood frame, link and pin couplers and hand brakes. George Westinghouse’s air brake invention was first used on passenger trains in 1868; freight cars came much later. On a signal from the engineer, the brakeman jumped from car to car setting the hand brakes. To couple the cars, the brakeman had to slip a pin down through the hole in the coupler and through the link as…
Locomotives
Western Maryland 151 Restored To Original Colors
One of the projects the winter of 2008-09 was painting an ALCO S-6 locomotive. It was bought new by Western Maryland in the 1950’s. A group of men restored the engine to it’s original colors in six weeks. Here is a before picture: And After: The Middletown Hummelstown Railroad uses this locomotive to move freight. It is available for photo charter trips. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX2r-V596iI
