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The Patterson Creek Cutoff is an abandoned railroad line built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) in northern West Virginia and Western Maryland, that served trains running on the B&O "West End" line in the Cumberland, Maryland area.
West Virginia Railroad: B&O: 1886 1897 Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad: West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway: WM: 1881 1905 Western Maryland Railroad: West Virginia and Ironton Railroad: N&W: 1888 1890 Norfolk and Western Railroad: West Virginia Midland Railroad: 1905 1924 West Virginia Midland Railway: West Virginia Midland Railway ...
Railroads have been abandoned in the United States due to historical and economic factors. In the 19th century, the growing industrial regions in the Northeast, the agrarian regions in the South and Midwest, and the expansion of the country westward to the Pacific Ocean all contributed to the explosive growth of railroad companies and their rights-of-way across the entire country.
The Board Tree Tunnel, near Littleton, West Virginia, was built between 1851 and 1858 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on its main line between Baltimore, Maryland, and Wheeling, West Virginia, under the supervision of B&O chief engineer Benjamin Henry Latrobe, II.
By 2022, the railroad had abandoned all trackage south of the rail yard in Gassaway, West Virginia. There were two different rail lines in this section of track, the ex-B&O Elk Subdivision, from Gassaway to Hartland, which was ripped up in December 2020, and the 18.6mi section of the former Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad , which was sold to ...
The railroad began c. 1901 as the Greenbrier and Elk River Railroad, which ran from Cass to Spruce under the ownership of the West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company. In addition to the large lumber mill in Cass, the road also served a pulp mill , built in Spruce, beginning in 1904. [ 2 ]
The company owned the bridge and terminal facilities, along with 1.038 miles (1.670 km) of track, all located at Charleston, West Virginia. [ 3 ] The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway purchased the Kanawha Bridge and Terminal in 1910 and used it to connect itself with the Kanawha and Michigan Railway on the north side of the river. [ 4 ]
Wardensville Railroad; West Penn Railways; West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway; West Virginia Midland Railroad; West Virginia Northern Railroad; Western Maryland Railroad; Western Maryland Railway; Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad (1899–1916) Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1886–99) Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1916–1988 ...