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129: 25: 328:), was painted in the Chesapeake and Ohio Passenger paint Scheme but was sold to CSX and now operates on CSX's Santa Train and other Northeast United States railroads across the northeast part of the country in a Clinchfield gray livery numbered 800. 338:), was painted in Potomac Eagle Livery along with 722 and 8250. 8250 still has the livery, 722 has a B&O livery and 6793 was sold to the Grand Canyon Railway where it was painted into the Grand Canyon passenger Livery and still works today. 442: 452: 447: 462: 237:
in 1978 to operate a line abandoned by the B&O. Freight service on this line operates on weekdays and occasionally on weekends, so the line is free for excursions on most weekends.
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In 1989 efforts began to attract an excursion operator, and service began in 1991.
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The PESR operates a mixture of cars behind four early model diesels:
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The Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad's excursion trains run from
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Tourist attractions in Hampshire County, West Virginia
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The railroad operates excursion trains over a former
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EMD F3
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