List of Maryland railroads

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

Common freight carriers

• 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

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Legend
Capitol Limited to Chicago Cumberland Via West Virginia Brunswick Line to Martinsburg Northeast Corridor to Boston South Brunswick Perryville Point of Rocks Aberdeen Edgewood Frederick Martin Airport Monocacy Penn Station West Baltimore Dickerson Halethorpe Camden Station Barnesville BWI Airport Boyds St. Denis Dorsey Germantown Odenton Jessup Metropolitan Grove Savage Bowie State Gaithersburg Laurel Race Track Laurel Washington Grove Seabrook Muirkirk Rockville Greenbelt Garrett Park New Carrollton Kensington College Park Silver Spring Riverdale Brunswick Line, Capitol Limited to Washington, D.C. Camden Line to Washington, D.C. Penn Line and Amtrak to Washington, D.C.
Key Brunswick Line Camden Line Penn Line Amtrak

• 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

Name	Mark	System[nb 1]	From	To	Successor	Notes
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

• 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

• Eckhart Branch Railroad
• Georges Creek Railroad
• Green Ridge Railroad
• Maryland Mining Company
• Mount Savage Railroad

Passenger carriers

• Indian Head Central Railway

Ghost railroads

• Baltimore and Drum Point Railroad

See also

• Railways portal

• List of railroad lines in the Delmarva Peninsula

Notes

1. This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

References

• 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.

1. "Northern Central Railway Photo Tour".