Walkersville Southern Railroad

The Walkersville Southern Railroad is a heritage railway located in Walkersville, Maryland.

Locomotives[]

Diesel Locomotives[]

Locomotive	Type	Manufacturer	Build Date	Status	Notes
WSRR 1	18-ton switcher	Plymouth Locomotive Works	1941	Display	Formerly operated by the Wilmington & Western Railroad.
WSRR 2	25-ton switcher	Davenport Locomotive Works	1939	Operational	Built on steam switcher frame.
WSRR 3	20-ton switcher	Davenport Locomotive Works	1942	Stored out of service	Formerly US Army 7707 at Fort Holabird, MD, during WW II.
ex-WMSR #7	Plymouth CR4	Plymouth Locomotive Works	1960	Operational	Originally from J&L Steel, went to Mount Union Connecting Railroad then Western Maryland Scenic Railroad; part of an exchange between the Walkersville Southern Railroad and WMSR.
ex-AFC #9	GE 45-ton switcher	General Electric Transportation	June 1943	Operational	Originally built for the US Navy; Migrated to the American Car and Foundry Company (ACF), Milton, PA; recently overhauled and bought at an auction hosted by the ACF.
ex-DGVR 45	GE 45-ton switcher	General Electric Transportation	June 1943	Operational	Formerly US Army 7496 at the Army Air Forces Depot, Orlando, FL, during WW II; was owned and operated by the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.
ex-GN #5201	GE 44-ton switcher	General Electric Transportation	1940	Awaiting Restoration	Formerly Great Northern; believed to be the oldest survivor of its type.
WSRR 101	EMD Model 40	Electro-Motive Division	August 1942	Out of service	One of only 11 EMD Model 40 locomotives built in total; formerly US Army 7954 during WW II.
nee-PRR, ex- SRC 9331	GE 44-ton switcher	General Electric Transportation	1948	Operational	Originally PRR equipment, later owned by the Strasburg Rail Road from the 1960s to 2013. Made its public return to operation on October 9, 2021.
PRR 9339	GE 44-ton switcher	General Electric Transportation	1948	Operational	Originally PRR equipment, later owned by the South Carolina Railroad Museum 33.
ex-Marion Industrial Center 45	GE 45-Ton Switcher	General Electric Transportation	January 1944	Operational	Purchased from the Marion Industrial Center in Marion County, Ohio in June 2021. Renumbered from 45 to 4 to avoid confusion with ex-DGVR 45; it was originally US Army 8538 for switching work overseas in Iran during WWII. Was renumbered to #5182 at MIC.
	GE 25-Ton Switcher	General Electric Transportation	1937-1938	Stored	Worked at Cargail Plant in Buffalo, Iowa.

Visiting Locomotives[]

Locomotive	Wheel Arrangement	Manufacturer	Build Date
Flagg Coal No. 75	0-4-0T	Vulcan Iron Works	December 1930
Lehigh Valley Coal No. 126	0-6-0ST	Vulcan Iron Works	May 1931
Jeddo Coal No. 85	0-4-0T	Vulcan Iron Works	1928