Just a quick reminder: Trainshow and Sale, this Saturday. May 15th. Allegany County Fairgrounds in Cumberland Maryland. Hours 9am.-3pm. Admission is $3. ...
Actually, yesterday May 3,1944 ICC approves the request of the Western Maryland Railway to purchase the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad from the...
... May 5,1874 Cumberland and Pennsylvania 22, a Winans 0-8-0, suffered a boiler explosion in Westernport while pulling a train of empty hoppers from Piedmont...
... May 7,1902 The City of Baltimore sells it's interests in the Western Maryland Railroad to the Fuller Syndicate for $8,751,370.45 and a commitment to...
P.S. I got the former number information from The Bull Sheet and CSX Photo Archives S.M. Stainback-Rhodes ... Chessie merger renumbering added 100 to the...
... May 15,1939 the Interstate Commerce Commission authorizes Western Maryland to abandon 13.29 miles of Georges Creek and Cumberland Railroad track from...
... May 27,1852 the Baltimore, Carroll, and Frederick Railroad was chartered by the Maryland legislature. May 27,1952 In its first 100 years, the Western...
... May 29,1915 the Somerset Coal Railway incorporated in Pennsylvania. It became the source of coal which was moved on the "Gray Train". [Non-text portions...
... Jun 1,1836 a supplementary act passed by the Maryland General Assembly changed the name of the Maryland Mining Company to the Georges Creek Coal and Iron...
... Jun 14,1888 the Pennsylvania Railroad in Maryland is consolidated into the Georges Creek and Cumberland Railroad. [Non-text portions of this message...
Jun 17,1879 contract is awarded to Willis and J.N. Phelps of Springfield, Massachusetts for the construction and equipment of the Georges Creek and Cumberland...
On June 22, 1907, my grandfather, John L. Carnochan began work on the (then) Western Maryland RR as a messenger, clerk & telegrapher at Hagerstown Junction....
Mark, All these are worth both remembering and saving. Both my Grandfathers where WM, my two uncles, my dad and I where too...... Just good to see someone else...
Mark, I enjoyed your message about your grandfather. I hope it encourages other group members to send in similar information. We need to preserve not only...
... June 27,1902 the formal transfer of ownership of the Western Maryland Railroad from the City of Baltimore to the Fuller Syndicate took place. [Non-text...
Group the History channel's program the bone yard featured the Rarus Rwy in Montana. The former Western Maryland GP9 they own was shown in operation, great to...
... Jun 30,1894 a Georges Creek and Cumberland train crossing Clise's Trestle (located between Clarysville and Pompey Smash (present day Vale Summit) breaks...
... Jul 1,1879 construction begins on the first of two tunnels on the Georges Creek and Cumberland Railroad between Winchester (site of present day Country...
... Jul 11,1881 the Georges Creek and Cumberland Railroad operates its first passenger train between Cumberland and Lonaconing. The were 7 flag stops and 4...
Historic freight station headed for demolition DAINA KLIMANIS The York Dispatch York Dispatch Article Last Updated: 07/20/2007 11:53:04 AM EDT A 19th-century...
... Jul 27,1913 a new passenger station opens in Cumberland, Maryland serving the Western Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroads. It replaced the previous...
... Aug 1,1887 begun as the Piedmont and Cumberland Railroad, the West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railroad is completed from West Virginia Central...
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