The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Maryland.
Common freight carriers
[edit]- Canadian Pacific Railway through subsidiary Delaware and Hudson Railway (trackage rights, not used)
- Canton Railroad (CTN)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- Delmarva Central Railroad (DCR)
- Georges Creek Railway (GCK)
- Maryland and Delaware Railroad (MDDE)
- Maryland Midland Railway (MMID)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Tradepoint Rail (TPR)
- Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WE)
- Winchester and Western Railroad (WW)
Passenger carriers
[edit]- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Baltimore Streetcar Museum
- Maryland Transit Administration for its MARC operations, the Baltimore Metro Subway, the Baltimore Light RailLink, and the Purple Line (under construction)
- National Capital Trolley Museum
- Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
- Walkersville Southern Railroad
- Washington Metro
Defunct railroads
[edit]Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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Annapolis and Baltimore Short Line Railroad | 1880 | 1894 | Baltimore and Annapolis Short Line Railroad | |||
Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad | 1837 | 1885 | Annapolis, Washington and Baltimore Railroad | |||
Annapolis, Washington and Baltimore Railroad | 1886 | 1908 | Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway | |||
Bachman Valley Railroad | 1870 | 1886 | Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway | |||
Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad | BLA | 1935 | 1993 | Canton Railroad | ||
Baltimore and Annapolis Short Line Railroad | 1894 | 1921 | Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad | |||
Baltimore Belt Railroad | B&O | 1888 | ||||
Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick Railroad | WM | 1852 | 1853 | Western Maryland Railroad | ||
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway | BCA | PRR | 1894 | 1928 | Baltimore and Eastern Railroad | |
Baltimore and Cumberland Railway | ||||||
Baltimore and Cumberland Valley Railway | WM | 1878 | 1917 | Western Maryland Railway | ||
Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad | PRR | 1881 | 1902 | Delaware Railroad | ||
Baltimore and Delta Railway | 1878 | 1882 | Maryland Central Railroad | |||
Baltimore and Eastern Railroad | BE | PRR | 1923 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
Baltimore and Eastern Railroad | PRR | 1886 | 1894 | Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway | ||
Baltimore, Hampden and Towsontown Railway | 1874 | 1878 | Baltimore and Delta Railway | |||
Baltimore and Hanover Railroad | WM | 1877 | 1886 | Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway | ||
Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway | WM | 1886 | 1917 | Western Maryland Railway | ||
Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad | 1891 | 1894 | Baltimore and Lehigh Railway | |||
Baltimore and Lehigh Railway | 1894 | 1901 | Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad | |||
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | B&O, BO | B&O | 1827 | 1987 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania | B&O | 1912 | 1980 | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | ||
Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad | PRR | 1852 | 1854 | Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad | ||
Baltimore and Port Deposit Railroad | PRR | 1832 | 1838 | Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad | ||
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad | PRR | 1853 | 1902 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | ||
Baltimore and Sparrows Point Railroad | PRR | 1887 | 1919 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | ||
Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad | PRR | 1828 | 1854 | Northern Central Railway | ||
Baltimore and Swann Lake Passenger Railway | 1868 | 1874 | Baltimore, Hampden and Towsontown Railway | |||
Baltimore, Towsontown, Dulaney's Valley and Delta Narrow Gauge Railway | 1876 | 1878 | Baltimore and Delta Railway | |||
Bay Coast Railroad | BCR | 2006 | 2018 | Delmarva Central Railroad | ||
Bay Ridge and Annapolis Railroad | B&O | 1886 | 1903 | N/A | ||
Cambridge and Seaford Railroad | PRR | 1882 | 1899 | Delaware Railroad | ||
Caton and Loudon Railway | PRR | 1945 | 1973 | N/A | ||
Catonsville Short Line Railroad | PRR | 1882 | 1945 | Caton and Loudon Railway | ||
Central Railroad of Maryland | PRR | 1913 | 1914 | York, Hanover and Frederick Railway Company | ||
Chaffee Railroad | WM | 1918 | 1950 | Western Maryland Railway | ||
Chambersburg, Greencastle and Hagerstown Railroad | PRR | 1853 | 1859 | Franklin Railroad | ||
Chesapeake Railroad | CHRR | 1995 | 2000 | N/A | ||
Chesapeake Beach Railway | 1896 | 1935 | East Washington Railway | |||
Chesapeake and Curtis Bay Railroad | WM | 1916 | 1989 | CSX Transportation | ||
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | CO | 1987 | 1987 | CSX Transportation | ||
Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad | PRR | 1858 | 1890 | Port Deposit Railroad | ||
Columbia and Port Deposit Railway | PRR | 1890 | 1916 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | ||
Confluence and Oakland Railroad | B&O | 1890 | 1941 | N/A | ||
Consolidated Rail Corporation | CR | 1976 | 1999 | CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway | ||
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad | C&PA, CPA | WM | 1850 | 1953 | Western Maryland Railway | |
Cumberland Valley Railroad | PRR | 1860 | 1919 | Pennsylvania Railroad | ||
Curtis Bay Railroad | CURB | B&O | 1915 | 1983 | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | |
Delaware Railroad | PRR | 1867 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
Delaware and Chesapeake Railway | PRR | 1878 | 1899 | Delaware Railroad | ||
Delaware Coast Line Railroad | DCLR | 1982 | 1994 | Maryland and Delaware Railroad | ||
Delaware and Maryland Railroad | PRR | 1832 | 1836 | Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad | ||
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad | PRR | 1883 | 1956 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | ||
Dorchester and Delaware Railroad | PRR | 1866 | 1883 | Cambridge and Seaford Railroad | ||
East Washington Railway | 1935 | 1976 | N/A | |||
Eastern Shore Railroad | ESHR | 1981 | 2006 | Bay Coast Railroad | ||
Eastern Shore Railroad (1836–1884) | PRR | 1836 | 1884 | New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad | ||
Elkton and Middletown Railroad | PRR | 1880 | 1916 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | ||
Emmitsburg Railroad | 1868 | 1940 | N/A | |||
Franklin Railroad | PRR | 1859 | 1865 | Cumberland Valley Railroad | ||
Franklin Railroad | PRR | 1837 | 1850 | Chambersburg, Greencastle and Hagerstown Railroad | ||
Frederick and Northern Railroad Company | PRR | 1896 | 1897 | Hanover and York Railroad Company | ||
Frederick and Pennsylvania Line Railroad Company (F&PL) | PRR | 1867 | 1896 | Frederick and Northern Railroad Company | ||
George's Creek and Cumberland Railroad | WM | 1876 | 1917 | Western Maryland Railway | ||
Green Ridge Railroad | 1883 | 1891 | N/A | Operated as a private carrier 1891-94 | ||
Hagerstown and State Line Railroad | WM | 1884 | 1899 | Washington and Franklin Railway | ||
Kent County Railroad | PRR | 1856 | 1877 | Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad | ||
Lancaster, Cecil and Southern Railroad | B&O | 1892 | 1972 | N/A | ||
Maryland Central Railroad | 1867 | 1888 | Maryland Central Railway | |||
Maryland Central Railway | 1888 | 1891 | Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad | |||
Maryland and Delaware Railroad | PRR | 1854 | 1877 | Delaware and Chesapeake Railway | ||
Maryland and Delaware Coast Railway | PRR | 1924 | 1932 | Maryland and Delaware Seacoast Railroad | ||
Maryland and Delaware Seacoast Railroad | PRR | 1932 | 1935 | Baltimore and Eastern Railroad | ||
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railroad | PRR | 1905 | 1905 | Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway | ||
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway | MDV | PRR | 1905 | 1923 | Baltimore and Eastern Railroad, Maryland and Delaware Coast Railway | |
Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad | M&PA, MPA | 1901 | 1985 | N/A | ||
Maryland and Pennsylvania Terminal Railway | 1905 | 1985 | N/A | |||
Metropolitan Railroad (Maryland) | 1853 | 1863 | N/A | Following the 1863 bankruptcy, B&O built its Metropolitan Branch along a similar route | ||
Metropolitan Southern Railroad | B&O | 1890 | 1988 | N/A | ||
New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Railroad Company | PRR | 1828 | 1859 | N/A | ||
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad | PRR | 1882 | 1958 | Penndel Company | ||
Norfolk and Western Railroad | N&W | 1881 | 1896 | Norfolk and Western Railway | ||
Norfolk and Western Railway | N&W, NW | N&W | 1896 | 1998 | Norfolk Southern Railway | |
Northern Central Railway | PRR | 1854 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
Peninsula Railroad | PRR | 1880 | 1882 | New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad | ||
Penn Central Transportation Company | PC | 1968 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
Penndel Company | PRR | 1954 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
Pennsylvania Railroad | PRR | PRR | 1876 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company | |
Pennsylvania Railroad in Maryland | 1876 | 1888 | George's Creek and Cumberland Railroad | |||
Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad | PRR | 1854 | 1916 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | ||
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | PRR | 1902 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad | PRR | 1838 | 1902 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | ||
Piedmont and Cumberland Railway | WM | 1886 | 1905 | Western Maryland Railroad | ||
Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad | B&O | 1837 | 1912 | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania | ||
Port Deposit Railroad | PRR | 1890 | 1890 | Columbia and Port Deposit Railway | ||
Potomac Valley Railroad | WM | 1890 | 1905 | Western Maryland Railroad | ||
Preston Railroad | 1897 | 1960 | N/A | |||
Queen Anne's Railroad | PRR | 1894 | 1905 | Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railroad | ||
Queen Anne's and Kent Railroad | PRR | 1856 | 1899 | Delaware Railroad | ||
Shenandoah Valley Railroad | N&W | 1870 | 1890 | Shenandoah Valley Railway | ||
Shenandoah Valley Railway | N&W | 1890 | 1890 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | ||
Smyrna and Delaware Bay Railroad | PRR | 1865 | 1902 | N/A (owned by Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad) | ||
Southern Maryland Railroad | 1868 | 1886 | Washington and Potomac Railroad | |||
State Line and Oakland Railroad | B&O | 1889 | 1890 | State Line and Oakland Railway | ||
State Line and Oakland Railway | B&O | 1890 | 1890 | Confluence and Oakland Railroad | ||
Union Railroad of Baltimore | PRR | 1866 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
Virginia and Maryland Railroad | VAMD | 1977 | 1981 | Eastern Shore Railroad | ||
Washington, Brandywine and Point Lookout Railroad | 1918 | 1942 | U.S. Navy | |||
Washington & Chesapeake Beach Railway | 1891 | 1895 | Chesapeake Beach Railway | |||
Washington City and Point Lookout Railroad | B&O | 1872 | 1874 | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | ||
Washington County Railroad | B&O | 1864 | ||||
Washington and Franklin Railway | WM | 1899 | Owned 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 Railroad | 1886 | 1900 | Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad | |||
Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad | 1901 | 1910 | Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway | |||
Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway | 1910 | 1918 | Washington, Brandywine and Point Lookout Railroad | |||
West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway | WM | 1882 | 1905 | Western Maryland Railroad | ||
Western Maryland Railroad | WM | 1853 | 1909 | Western Maryland Railway | ||
Western Maryland Railway | WM | WM | 1909 | 1989 | CSX Transportation | |
Western Maryland Tidewater Railroad | WM | 1883 | 1905 | Western Maryland Railroad | ||
Wicomico and Pocomoke Railroad | PRR | 1848 | 1890 | Baltimore and Eastern Shore Railroad | ||
Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad | PRR | 1836 | 1838 | Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad | ||
Worcester Railroad | PRR | 1853 | 1883 | Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad | ||
Worcester and Somerset Railroad | PRR | 1867 | 1880 | Peninsula Railroad | ||
Hanover and York Railroad Company | PRR | 1897 | 1914 | York, Hanover and Frederick Railway Company | ||
York, Hanover and Frederick Railway Company | PRR | 1914 | 1954 | Penndel Company |
Electric railways
[edit]- Baltimore and Bel Air Electric Railway
- Baltimore, Halethorpe and Elkridge Railway
- Baltimore, Sparrow's Point and Chesapeake Railway
- Blue Ridge Railway
- Capital Traction Company
- City and Suburban Railway
- Cumberland Electric Railway
- Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway
- Frederick Railroad
- Frederick and Middletown Railroad
- Hagerstown Railway
- Hagerstown and Frederick Railway
- Kensington Railway
- Loraine Electric Railway
- Maryland Electric Railways
- North Beach Railway
- Potomac and Severn Electric Railway: 1899–1900, to Washington and Annapolis Electric Railway
- Towson and Cockeysville Electric Railway; 1912–1924, shuttle between Northern Central's Timonium Station and the Towson Courthouse[1]
- United Railways and Electric Company
- Washington and Annapolis Electric Railway: 1900–1902, to Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway
- Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad (WB&A): 1911–1935, to Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad
- Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway: 1902–1911, to Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad
- Washington, Berwyn and Laurel Electric Railway
- Washington Railway and Electric Company
- Washington and Glen Echo Railroad
- Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway
- Washington Interurban Railway
- Washington and Maryland Railway
- Washington and Rockville Railway
- Washington, Spa Spring and Gretta Railway
- Washington, Woodside and Forest Glen Railway and Power Company
Private carriers
[edit]- Eckhart Branch Railroad
- Georges Creek Railroad
- Green Ridge Railroad
- Maryland Mining Company
- Mount Savage Railroad
Passenger carriers
[edit]Ghost railroads
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
References
[edit]- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Maryland. Retrieved May 12, 2005.
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.