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The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark MPA), colloquially known as the "Ma and Pa", was an American short-line railroad between York and Hanover, Pennsylvania, formerly operating passenger and freight trains on its original line between York and Baltimore, Maryland, from 1901 until the 1950s.
The Pennsylvania Railroad in Maryland company was organized in 1876. According to its charter, it was to run from Cumberland, Maryland to the Pennsylvania line where it would connect with other branches of the Pennsylvania Railroad system and provide another outlet for Maryland's soft coal to the major industrial cities.
The Frederick and Pennsylvania Line railroad ran from Frederick, Maryland to the Pennsylvania-Maryland State line, or Mason–Dixon line near Kingsdale, Pennsylvania consisting of 28 miles (45.1 km) of center-line track and 29.93 miles (48.17 km) of total track including sidings. Chartered in 1867, the railroad started construction in 1869 and ...
Baltimore and Eastern Railroad, Maryland and Delaware Coast Railway: Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad: M&PA, MPA 1901 1985 N/A Maryland and Pennsylvania Terminal Railway: 1905 1985 N/A Metropolitan Railroad (Maryland) 1853 1863 N/A Following the 1863 bankruptcy, B&O built its Metropolitan Branch along a similar route Metropolitan Southern ...
In 1861, the Pennsylvania Railroad gained control of the Northern Central Railway, giving it access to Baltimore, Maryland, and points along the Susquehanna River via connections at Columbia, Pennsylvania, or Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Railroad: York and Maryland Line Railroad: PRR: 1832 1854 Northern Central Railway: York and Peach Bottom Railway: 1882 1891 Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad: York Southern Railroad: 1894 1901 Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad: York Terminal Railway: 1913 Youghiogheny and Ligonier Valley Railroad: B&O: 1906 1906 Indian Creek Valley ...
The Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad (C&PD) was a railroad that operated in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It operated a 34-mile long (55 km) main line between Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Port Deposit, Maryland, generally along the eastern shore of the Susquehanna River.
The Pennsylvania legislature chartered the York and Cumberland Railroad Company (Y&C) on April 21, 1846, [35] to connect the York & Maryland Line with the Cumberland Valley Railroad somewhere north of Mechanicsburg. The Y&C had trouble raising enough money within the state of Pennsylvania to begin construction, so its stock was made available ...