List of Maryland railroads explained

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Maryland.

Common freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Defunct railroads

NameMarkSystem[1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Annapolis and Baltimore Short Line Railroad18801894Baltimore and Annapolis Short Line Railroad
Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad18371885Annapolis, Washington and Baltimore Railroad
Annapolis, Washington and Baltimore Railroad18861908Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway
Bachman Valley Railroad18701886Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway
Baltimore and Annapolis RailroadBLA19351993Canton Railroad
Baltimore and Annapolis Short Line Railroad18941921Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad
Baltimore Belt RailroadB&O1888
Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick RailroadWM18521853Western Maryland Railroad
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic RailwayBCAPRR18941928Baltimore and Eastern Railroad
Baltimore and Cumberland Railway
Baltimore and Cumberland Valley RailwayWM18781917Western Maryland Railway
Baltimore and Delaware Bay RailroadPRR18811902Delaware Railroad
Baltimore and Delta Railway18781882Maryland Central Railroad
Baltimore and Eastern RailroadBEPRR19231976Consolidated Rail Corporation
Baltimore and Eastern RailroadPRR18861894Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway
Baltimore, Hampden and Towsontown Railway18741878Baltimore and Delta Railway
Baltimore and Hanover RailroadWM18771886Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway
Baltimore and Harrisburg RailwayWM18861917Western Maryland Railway
Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad18911894Baltimore and Lehigh Railway
Baltimore and Lehigh Railway18941901Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio RailroadB&O, BOB&O18271987Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in PennsylvaniaB&O19121980Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Philadelphia RailroadPRR18521854Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad
Baltimore and Port Deposit RailroadPRR18321838Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Baltimore and Potomac RailroadPRR18531902Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Baltimore and Sparrows Point RailroadPRR18871919Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Baltimore and Susquehanna RailroadPRR18281854Northern Central Railway
Baltimore and Swann Lake Passenger Railway18681874Baltimore, Hampden and Towsontown Railway
Baltimore, Towsontown, Dulaney's Valley and Delta Narrow Gauge Railway18761878Baltimore and Delta Railway
Bay Coast RailroadBCR20062018Delmarva Central Railroad
Bay Ridge and Annapolis RailroadB&O18861903N/A
Cambridge and Seaford RailroadPRR18821899Delaware Railroad
Caton and Loudon RailwayPRR19451973N/A
Catonsville Short Line RailroadPRR18821945Caton and Loudon Railway
Central Railroad of MarylandPRR19131914York, Hanover and Frederick Railway Company
Chaffee RailroadWM19181950Western Maryland Railway
Chambersburg, Greencastle and Hagerstown RailroadPRR18531859Franklin Railroad
Chesapeake RailroadCHRR19952000N/A
Chesapeake Beach Railway18961935East Washington Railway
Chesapeake and Curtis Bay RailroadWM19161989CSX Transportation
Chesapeake and Ohio RailwayCO19871987CSX Transportation
Columbia and Port Deposit RailroadPRR18581890Port Deposit Railroad
Columbia and Port Deposit RailwayPRR18901916Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Confluence and Oakland RailroadB&O18901941N/A
Consolidated Rail CorporationCR19761999CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway
Cumberland and Pennsylvania RailroadC&PA, CPAWM18501953Western Maryland Railway
Cumberland Valley RailroadPRR18601919Pennsylvania Railroad
Curtis Bay RailroadCURBB&O19151983Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Delaware RailroadPRR18671976Consolidated Rail Corporation
Delaware and Chesapeake RailwayPRR18781899Delaware Railroad
Delaware Coast Line RailroadDCLR19821994Maryland and Delaware Railroad
Delaware and Maryland RailroadPRR18321836Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia RailroadPRR18831956Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Dorchester and Delaware RailroadPRR18661883Cambridge and Seaford Railroad
East Washington Railway19351976N/A
Eastern Shore RailroadESHR19812006Bay Coast Railroad
Eastern Shore Railroad (1836–1884)PRR18361884New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
Elkton and Middletown RailroadPRR18801916Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Emmitsburg Railroad18681940N/A
Franklin RailroadPRR18591865Cumberland Valley Railroad
Franklin RailroadPRR18371850?-->Chambersburg, Greencastle and Hagerstown Railroad
Frederick and Northern Railroad CompanyPRR18961897Hanover and York Railroad Company
Frederick and Pennsylvania Line Railroad Company (F&PL)PRR18671896Frederick and Northern Railroad Company
George's Creek and Cumberland RailroadWM18761917Western Maryland Railway
Green Ridge Railroad18831891N/AOperated as a private carrier 1891-94
Hagerstown and State Line RailroadWM18841899Washington and Franklin Railway
Kent County RailroadPRR18561877Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad
Lancaster, Cecil and Southern RailroadB&O18921972N/A
Maryland Central Railroad18671888Maryland Central Railway
Maryland Central Railway18881891Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad
Maryland and Delaware RailroadPRR18541877Delaware and Chesapeake Railway
Maryland and Delaware Coast RailwayPRR19241932Maryland and Delaware Seacoast Railroad
Maryland and Delaware Seacoast RailroadPRR19321935Baltimore and Eastern Railroad
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia RailroadPRR19051905Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia RailwayMDVPRR19051923Baltimore and Eastern Railroad, Maryland and Delaware Coast Railway
Maryland and Pennsylvania RailroadM&PA, MPA19011985N/A
Maryland and Pennsylvania Terminal Railway19051985N/A
Metropolitan Railroad (Maryland)18531863N/AFollowing the 1863 bankruptcy, B&O built its Metropolitan Branch along a similar route
Metropolitan Southern RailroadB&O18901988N/A
New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Railroad CompanyPRR18281859N/A
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk RailroadPRR18821958Penndel Company
Norfolk and Western RailroadN&W18811896Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk and Western RailwayN&W, NWN&W18961998Norfolk Southern Railway
Northern Central RailwayPRR18541976Consolidated Rail Corporation
Peninsula RailroadPRR18801882New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
Penn Central Transportation CompanyPC19681976Consolidated Rail Corporation
Penndel CompanyPRR19541976Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pennsylvania RailroadPRRPRR18761968Penn Central Transportation Company
Pennsylvania Railroad in Maryland18761888George's Creek and Cumberland Railroad
Philadelphia and Baltimore Central RailroadPRR18541916Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington RailroadPRR19021976Consolidated Rail Corporation
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore RailroadPRR18381902Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Piedmont and Cumberland RailwayWM18861905Western Maryland Railroad
Pittsburgh and Connellsville RailroadB&O18371912Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania
Port Deposit RailroadPRR18901890Columbia and Port Deposit Railway
Potomac Valley RailroadWM18901905Western Maryland Railroad
Preston Railroad18971960N/A
Queen Anne's RailroadPRR18941905Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railroad
Queen Anne's and Kent RailroadPRR18561899Delaware Railroad
Shenandoah Valley RailroadN&W18701890Shenandoah Valley Railway
Shenandoah Valley RailwayN&W18901890Norfolk and Western Railroad
Smyrna and Delaware Bay RailroadPRR18651902N/A (owned by Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad)
Southern Maryland Railroad18681886Washington and Potomac Railroad
State Line and Oakland RailroadB&O18891890State Line and Oakland Railway
State Line and Oakland RailwayB&O18901890Confluence and Oakland Railroad
Union Railroad of BaltimorePRR18661976Consolidated Rail Corporation
Virginia and Maryland RailroadVAMD19771981Eastern Shore Railroad
Washington, Brandywine and Point Lookout Railroad19181942U.S. Navy
Washington & Chesapeake Beach Railway18911895Chesapeake Beach Railway
Washington City and Point Lookout RailroadB&O18721874Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Washington County RailroadB&O1864
Washington and Franklin RailwayWM1899Owned by Reading Company and leased to Western Maryland Railway; still exists as a lessor of CSX Transportation, owned by Reading International, Inc.
Washington and Potomac Railroad18861900Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad
Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad19011910Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway
Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway19101918Washington, Brandywine and Point Lookout Railroad
West Virginia Central and Pittsburg RailwayWM18821905Western Maryland Railroad
Western Maryland RailroadWM18531909Western Maryland Railway
Western Maryland RailwayWMWM19091989CSX Transportation
Western Maryland Tidewater RailroadWM18831905Western Maryland Railroad
Wicomico and Pocomoke RailroadPRR18481890Baltimore and Eastern Shore Railroad
Wilmington and Susquehanna RailroadPRR18361838Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Worcester RailroadPRR18531883Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad
Worcester and Somerset RailroadPRR18671880Peninsula Railroad
Hanover and York Railroad CompanyPRR18971914York, Hanover and Frederick Railway Company
York, Hanover and Frederick Railway CompanyPRR19141954Penndel Company

Electric railways

1899–1900, to Washington and Annapolis Electric Railway

1912–1924, shuttle between Northern Central's Timonium Station and the Towson Courthouse[2]

1900–1902, to Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway

1902–1911, to Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad

Private carriers

Passenger carriers

Ghost railroads

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
  2. Web site: Northern Central Railway Photo Tour .

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