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The Western Maryland Rail Trail in Hancock, Maryland. The Western Maryland Rail Trail (WMRT) is a 28-mile (45 km) shared-use rail trail in the U.S. state of Maryland that follows the former right-of-way of the Western Maryland Railway (WM) between Fort Frederick State Park and Little Orleans via Hancock, paralleling the C&O Canal and Potomac River.
Pages in category "Rail trails in Maryland" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail; Western ...
Western Maryland Railroad Right-of-Way, Milepost 126 to Milepost 160, Allegany County, including photo from 1981, at Maryland Historical Trust; Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MD-175, "Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD", 158 photos, 38 measured drawings, 121 data pages, 12 photo ...
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.
The Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland (AHTM) is a 20.47-mile (32.94 km) long rail trail between the C&O Canal in Cumberland and the Mason–Dixon line, where it meets the Allegheny Highlands Trail of Pennsylvania. It forms part of the Pittsburgh– Washington, DC Great Allegheny Passage.
The Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) is a 150-mile (240 km) rail trail between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cumberland, Maryland.Together with the C&O Canal towpath, the GAP is part of a 335 mi (539 km) route between Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., that is popular with through hikers and cyclists.
The tunnel is lit with a series of motion activated LED lights powered by a solar panel located just north of the tunnel. It is now part of the Great Allegheny Passage rail trail. [1] [2] The Western Maryland Railway built the tunnel in 1911 for its Connellsville Subdivision. The rail line was abandoned in 1975. [3]
The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad (WMSR) is a heritage railroad based in Cumberland, Maryland, that operates passenger excursion trains and occasional freight trains using both steam and diesel locomotives over ex-Western Maryland Railway (WM) tracks between Cumberland and Frostburg. The railroad offers coach and first class service, murder ...