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Williamsport on the C&O Canal was the WM's western terminus from 1873, and its principal source of coal traffic until the main line was extended to Cumberland in 1906 The station in Pen Mar, Maryland, c. 1878; the Western Maryland Railway built Pen Mar Park as a mountain resort in 1877 and ran excursion trains to it from Baltimore.
Waterloo Central Railway 1286: Canadian Locomotive Company: 4-6-2: 1948 Private owner in Manitoba 40 EMD: GP9: 1955 Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad: 199 Alco: RS3: 1954 Railroad Museum of New England: 1689 Alco: RSD5: 1954 Illinois Railway Museum: 305 Montreal Locomotive Works: FPA-4: 1959 Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad: 306/800 Montreal ...
Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick Railroad: WM: 1852 1853 Western Maryland Railroad: Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway: BCA PRR: 1894 1928 Baltimore and Eastern Railroad: Baltimore and Cumberland Railway: Baltimore and Cumberland Valley Railway: WM: 1878 1917 Western Maryland Railway: Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad: PRR: 1881 1902 ...
During the mid-1870s, John M. Hood was president of the Western Maryland Railroad, and as all good managers do, he was looking to expand business and maximize revenue.
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad: Gateway Western Railway: GWWR 1990 2001 Kansas City Southern Railway: Gideon and North Island Railroad: SSW: 1908 1930 St. Louis Southwestern Railway: Grant City and Southern Railroad: CB&Q: 1898 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: Gray's Point Terminal Railway: SSW: 1896 1958 St ...
Western Maryland Scenic Railroad: Last-built of BLW's Class 1 mainline locomotives, it pulled coal trains. One of few articulated locomotive operating in the United States, on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. MD-02 Western Maryland Railway Steam Locomotive No. 202: 1984 NRHP Hagerstown, MD: MI-01 Pere Marquette Railway Locomotive No. 1223: ...
The B&O Railroad reached Cumberland in 1842, followed by the Mount Savage Railroad in 1845, Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad in 1872, the Georges Creek and Cumberland Railroad in 1876, and the Western Maryland Railway in 1906. (The Mount Savage Railroad was purchased by the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad in 1854.) [5] [6] [7]
The Hagerstown Roundhouse Complex was built in 1939. The 25 stall roundhouse and shops were the major facility for maintenance and repairs of locomotives and cars in Western Maryland. The railroads were the largest employers in Washington County for more than 50 years. The Roundhouse facility was demolished on March 13, 1999. [2] [3]