Western Maryland Railway Company

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Western Maryland Railway was chartered as the Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick Railroad by Maryland in 1852 and renamed Western Maryland Railroad in 1853. By 1870, the Western Maryland Railroad was actively involved in coal. Chesapeake and Ohio Railraod purchased it in 1968. For more information, please see the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collections' Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad website and Brief history of several rail companies active in Appalachia.

From the description of Randolph Avenue Overhead (Elkins, WV) blueprints, 1937. (Western North Carolina Library Network). WorldCat record id: 232573211
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referencedIn H. H. Copeland Maps and Tables, 1924-1956 Northwestern University Transportation Library
referencedIn International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. District Twenty-Two. To all IAM members, Chessie System. Appalachian State University, ASU
referencedIn Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Legal Dept. Records, 1855-1968, (bulk 1910-1950). Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Wilmington Trust Company. Trust Dept. Records, 1909-1959 (bulk 1931-1954). Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Bezilla, Michael. Michael Bezilla collection on Central Pennsylvania railroad and mining history, 1951-2010. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Series 5, Subseries 1. Agreements, 1891-1965. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Hattan, William Cary. William Cary Hattan collection, 1889-1940. East Tennessee State University, TET
creatorOf Western Maryland Railway Company. [Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, letters, financial statements, etc., dated 1890-1903] Princeton University Library
referencedIn Seidenberg, Jacob, 1914-. Jacob Seidenberg. Series 1. Arbitration case files, 1962-1977. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Records of railroads outside New England and New York, 1884-1922 (inclusive). Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library
creatorOf Western Maryland Railway Company. Randolph Avenue Overhead (Elkins, WV) blueprints, 1937. Appalachian State University, ASU
creatorOf Wilbur L. Metz Collection of Railroad Ephemera National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center
creatorOf Western Maryland Railway Company. [Mortgages of the Western Maryland Railway Company and subsidiary companies] Princeton University Library
referencedIn H.H. Copeland and Son. [Copeland railroad survey collection]. Library of Congress
referencedIn Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Office of Chief of Corporate Work. Records, 1901-1949 (bulk 1925-1946). Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Reading Company. Office of Secretary-Treasurer. Records, 1836-1979 (bulk, 1945-1976). Hagley Museum & Library
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