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Date: 07/29/15 10:24
Western Maryland 734 at Helmstetters Curve - July 3
Author: cr2581

734 doing her thing ...... looks like some brush cutting may soon be in order to preserve this classic location.

Enjoy !

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Date: 07/29/15 18:06
Re: Western Maryland 734 at Helmstetters Curve - July 3
Author: wmbrakeman

looks like a great day on WMSRR and for you to catch a great video 

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Date: 07/29/15 18:07
Re: Western Maryland 734 at Helmstetters Curve - July 3
Author: rdg902

Wow, I can't believe how much that brush and trees have grown since I was there.

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Date: 07/29/15 19:13
Re: Western Maryland 734 at Helmstetters Curve - July 3
Author: Tominde

Rainy summer and no Carl Franz trips in the past couple years.

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Date: 07/30/15 07:03
Re: Western Maryland 734 at Helmstetters Curve - July 3
Author: bigmc83

I rode the WMSRR for the first time last month, and while I really enjoyed the trip, I was a little disappointed going around Helmstetter's Curve.  The brush is pretty tall, and obviously it is much different than when viewed in the WM books and pics from the 50s-60s.  Great trip overall, and I bet it is really awesome to watch WM Challengers take the curve!

Sean McCaffery
Bel Air, MD

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Date: 07/30/15 11:15
Re: Western Maryland 734 at Helmstetters Curve - July 3
Author: joemvcnj

Rear coach was a ex-LIRR P72 coach with altered window sash.

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Date: 07/30/15 20:26
Re: Western Maryland 734 at Helmstetters Curve - July 3
Author: UP951West

Can someone identify the whistle on 734 . It sounds like the whistles on the UP FEF class 4-8-4  locomotives.

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Date: 07/31/15 05:26
Re: Western Maryland 734 at Helmstetters Curve - July 3
Author: HotWater

UP951West Wrote:
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> Can someone identify the whistle on 734 . It
> sounds like the whistles on the UP FEF class
> 4-8-4  locomotives.

It is reportedly a standard Western Maryland Hancock 3-chime.

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