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Western Maryland Railroad Right-of-Way, Milepost 126 to Milepost 160
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| Nearest city: | North Branch and Woodmont in Maryland, and Jerome in West Virginia |
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| Built: | 1903 |
| Architect: | Western Maryland Railway Co.; Pennsylvania Steel Co. |
| Governing body: | National Park Service |
| NRHP Reference#: |
81000078 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | July 23, 1981 |
Western Maryland Railroad Right-of-Way, Milepost 126 to Milepost 160 is a historic section of the Western Maryland Railway in Allegany County, Maryland and in Morgan County, West Virginia. It is an abandoned 34 miles (55 km) section of the right-of-way between milepost 126 at the intersection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C&O) and Long Ridge Road, Woodmont, and milepost 160 just west of Maryland Route 51, North Branch. It closely parallels the Potomac River and the C&O Canal running along the north bank of the river. Seven miles of the right-of-way are in West Virginia near Paw Paw, and include tunnels through three mountainous intervening fingers of land on the Maryland side. (See Indigo Tunnel, Kessler Tunnel, Stickpile Tunnel.)[2]
The Western Maryland completed construction and opened the rail line for traffic between Hagerstown and Cumberland in 1906.[3] The track and most ties were removed in 1975 shortly after the line's abandonment.
The National Park Service acquired the property in 1980 for the C&O Canal National Historical Park.[2][4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1] Towns it is listed in include North Branch and Woodmont, Maryland, and Jerome, West Virginia.
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