Western Maryland Railway

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defunct railroad railroad company

Western Maryland Railway was a historic regional railroad that operated primarily in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, known for hauling coal and freight through the Appalachian region before being absorbed into larger rail systems.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Western Maryland Railway canonical 21
Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick Railroad 1
Cumberland to Elkins line 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
category Appalachian railroads ⓘ
Defunct Maryland railroads ⓘ
Predecessors of CSX Transportation ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
headquartersLocation Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland
heritagePreservedAs Western Maryland Railway Historical Society collections ⓘ
Western Maryland Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
infrastructureFeature bridges and viaducts over the Potomac River ⓘ
major yards at Hagerstown and Cumberland ⓘ
numerous tunnels in the Allegheny Mountains ⓘ
knownFor distinctive red and white paint scheme in later years ⓘ
fast freight service ⓘ
heavy coal hauling in the Alleghenies ⓘ
well-maintained track and roadbed ⓘ
mainCommodity bituminous coal ⓘ
mergedInto Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
notableLocomotiveClass WM Class H-9 2-8-0 ⓘ
WM Class I-2 2-10-0 ⓘ
WM F7 diesel units ⓘ
notableRoute Connellsville Extension ⓘ
Western Maryland Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cumberland to Elkins line

East Subdivision to Baltimore ⓘ
operated Western Maryland Scenic Railroad route infrastructure ⓘ
operatedIn Maryland ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
operatedInRegion Appalachian region ⓘ
parentCompany Chessie System ⓘ
predecessor Western Maryland Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick Railroad

Western Maryland Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Maryland Rail Road Company
primaryTraffic coal ⓘ
freight ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
reportingMark WM ⓘ
safetyRecord considered well-managed and efficient for a regional railroad ⓘ
servedCity Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland

Connellsville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Cumberland, Maryland ⓘ
Elkins, West Virginia ⓘ
Hagerstown, Maryland ⓘ
servedIndustry coal mines in Maryland ⓘ
coal mines in West Virginia ⓘ
steel mills in Pennsylvania ⓘ
successor CSX Transportation ⓘ
Chessie System ⓘ
usedLocomotiveType diesel-electric locomotives ⓘ
steam locomotives ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CSX Transportation → predecessor → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
Thomas, West Virginia → servedByRailway → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
Chessie System → parentCompanyOf → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
Chessie System → predecessor → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
Western Maryland Railway → predecessor → Western Maryland Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick Railroad
Western Maryland Railway → predecessor → Western Maryland Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Maryland Rail Road Company
Western Maryland Railway → notableRoute → Western Maryland Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cumberland to Elkins line
Western Maryland Railway → heritagePreservedAs → Western Maryland Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad → operatesOnFormerLineOf → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Maryland Railway (segments)
Great Allegheny Passage → usesFormerLineOf → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
WM → standsFor → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
WM → usedBy → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
WM → owner → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Maryland Railway Company
Connellsville Extension → operator → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
Connellsville Extension → partOf → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Maryland Railway main system expansion
Connellsville Extension → ownerAtConstruction → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
East Subdivision to Baltimore → partOf → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
East Subdivision to Baltimore → railroadOperator → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
WM Class H-9 2-8-0 → operatedBy → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
WM Class H-9 2-8-0 → railroad → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
WM F7 diesel units → operator → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
WM F7 diesel units → railwayLineUsed → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Maryland Railway main line
WM F7 diesel units → railwayCompany → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
WM F7 diesel units → railwayNetwork → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Maryland Railway network
WM Class I-2 2-10-0 → operator → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
WM Class I-2 2-10-0 → railroad → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
WM Class I-2 2-10-0 → railwayCompany → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
WM Class I-2 2-10-0 → usedOn → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Maryland main line
WM Class I-2 2-10-0 → usedOn → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Maryland branch lines
WM Class I-2 2-10-0 → category → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Maryland Railway locomotives
Elkins, West Virginia → hasRailroadHistoryWith → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
Cumberland, Maryland → wasJunctionFor → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
Western Maryland Scenic Railroad → heritageFrom → Western Maryland Railway ⓘ