Western Maryland Railway
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The Western Maryland Railway (reporting mark WM) was an American Class I railroad (1852–1983) that operated in Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. It was primarily a coal hauling and freight railroad, with a small passenger train operation.
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Headquarters | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Reporting mark | WM |
Locale | Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia |
Dates of operation | 1852–1983 |
Successor | Baltimore and Ohio (later CSX) |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Length | 835 miles (1,344 km)[1] |
The WM became a property of the Chessie System holding company in 1973, although it continued independent operations until May 1975 after which its lines were abandoned in favor of parallel Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) lines.[2]
In 1983, it was fully merged into the B&O, which later was also merged with the former Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad into the Chessie System in 1987, which then merged with the Seaboard System to form CSX Transportation.[3] The railroad was headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.