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B&O trains at Queen City Station in 1970. The current waiting shelter for Amtrak service in Cumberland sits on the original site of the Queen City Station.This was a 174-room hotel constructed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) in 1871 with a ballroom, a 400-seat dining room, and gardens and fountains. [2]
The Queen City Hotel was constructed in 1871 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) in Cumberland, Maryland to serve both as a train station and as a destination. Hosting 174 rooms, it also had such features as formal gardens with a fountain, a ballroom and 400-seat dining room. [1]
In 1900, the Northwestern Elevated Railroad entered operation, [5] finalizing the basic structure of the system: a hub and spoke distribution paradigm radiating north, west, and south from downtown Chicago. The system expanded outward from this with new branches or line extensions until 1930.
Cumberland is a city in and the county seat of Allegany County, Maryland, United States.At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 19,075. [4] Located on the Potomac River, Cumberland is a regional business and commercial center for Western Maryland and the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia.
Cumberland is located at the junction of Cumberland Avenue and the Kennedy Expressway (I-90, exit 79). The station is located on a border between O'Hare and Norwood Park. [2] [3] It is the closest 'L' station to the city of Park Ridge, which borders Chicago along Higgins Road north of the station. [4]
The Western Maryland Railway Station in Cumberland, built in 1913 Western Maryland Railway in the 1950s Hillen Station in Baltimore in 1950 A 1955 Western Maryland Railway passenger train schedule. The Fuller Syndicate, led by George Gould, purchased a controlling interest in the WM in 1902 and made plans for westward expansion of the system.
It is officially located at 475 East Northwest Highway , and lies 18.2 miles (29.3 km) from Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. [2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Cumberland is in zone 3. As of 2018 [update] , Cumberland is the 109th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 442 weekday boardings.
The district is located in the heart of the downtown area along Baltimore Street, the formerly the main thoroughfare through the city. Baltimore Street is now a brick pedestrian mall. The street is lined with large multistory commercial buildings, most of which were built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [ 2 ]