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This is the turntable at Frostburg. It’s owned and operated by the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. The locomotive is a former Norfolk Southern owned General Electric B32-8, rebadged as the WMSR No. 561 after its acquisition by the notorious scenic railroad. This was recorded before it was repainted in the standard WMSR Black & Gold scheme. The B32-8 was built by General Electric starting in 1984. The locomotive class had a 4 year build period, during which just under 50 were produced and distributed. Units purchased were operated by Norfolk Southern, Burlington Northern, and one was used at the General Electric Production Plant to shunt newly built locomotives to staging and storage areas while they awaited distribution to their purchasers. The B32-8 sat on a pair of “Bloomberg B” 2 axle trucks, which gave it the versatility of a road switcher, and the 3k hp 16 Cylinder prime mover meant it had power capable of pulling heavier and longer trains. Unfortunately, by the time the B Series from GE was getting it’s numbers up to record sales with the B40-8’s and B40-8W’s/WH’s, 3 axle trucks were becoming more popular for mainline usage. The 2 extra wheels on each truck meant more Tractive Force, increased output, and less overall consumption due to not needing a lashup of several locomotives, which locomotives with 2 axle trucks needed to pull heavier freight. With a few exceptions, the road locomotives you’ll see on the mainline of Class 1 railroads are almost exclusively 3 axle trucks. Locomotives built by General Electric are most common on Class 1’s, with General Motors EMD closely following. The two longtime rivals in the railroad equipment market continue to dominate it, monopolizing the industry internationally. Both GE & GM EMD export locomotives to Australia, the UK, Germany, and parts of East Asia. It’s always nice to see older GE’s getting the attention they deserve. Newer GE’s are fine, but nothing beats the classic style of pre 90’s GE power.

Good speed on the turn around but the engineer needs to work on his center of gravity or offset weight for best traction on the motor driven side.

Who tf was clapping😂😂😂 lol

Huge machine to turn

A turntable would normally be in front of a roundhouse where they would park locomotives for maintence or repair .

Round house not wheelhouse

That’s a sad old loco.

This is also what the turret on a military tank was invented from, it comes from the railroad turntable

Thank you for sharing this, the last time i was here, the turntable looked abandoned and in bad shape, nice to see it being used..

There's another funny fart scene in Scooby-Doo 2002. When Scooby and the gang were on that ride in those costumes and Shaggy farted into the fire while in the suit of armor.

That engine appears to have had the original 6-wheel trucks replaced by 4-wheeled ones. Lots of daylight around them. I wonder what happened.

That locomotive looks like it went through hell and back.

It’s a turntable. The wheelhouse on the railroad is where they work on the wheels. Like pressing an old wheel off the axle and then pressing a new one on.

It's called the turntable ... a wheelhouse is aboard ship, where the ship is controlled from.

Hi is it the Camera angel but it doesn't look like it Central pivot .

Thanks for sharing this video! Really cool! 🚂

GE B30/36-7 or -8 series?

There was a huge just a block and a half from the house I grew in during the 60's and prior. I can probably tell you when it was built and removed not going down that rabbit hole tonight. I think it had 6 lines connected to it.

Old NS engine

Great video, Roger. Thanks for sharing.

What rail line is this? I know the unit is EX NS

Nice catch it’s been a long time since I’ve seen the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad use the turntable at Frostburg

Thank you very much for sharing this beautiful video. I was not able to attend. God bless you.

❤ From Niger

I have seen that oncoming sentinel several times this year, he is 6'8"

I dont know how they do it in the summer. That humidity must be brutal in those dress uniforms

My favorite spot in the D.C. area! Line 6 of their creed: my standard will remain perfection. TOTAL BAD A**ES!

welcome home, sailors. i remember coming home from 3 deployments in a row (from the middle east) and landing during east coast hurricanes. nothing could have been sweeter.

Ticonderogas look so top heavy.

God bless all the Irish in Alexandria. 🍀

Brings back memories of my 5 years on her sister ship USS Gettysburg (CG-64)..

very emotional and very interesting