Prototype
A southbound view at Watervale (Vale), Md. It is early in the 1900s in this bucolic locale.Author's collection.
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History
The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad The standard gauge Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad was created in 1901; the result of a consolidation of two former narrow gauge railroads: The Baltimore and Lehigh Railway Company and the York Southern Railroad Company. Prior to this organizational milestone, however, there existed a fascinating history involving many narrow gauge predecessors... But rather than me rewrite more, I urge the reader to checkout the concise history of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad as found in the websites cited below: The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Historical Society http://www.maparailroadhist.org/ Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Preservation Society http://www.maandparailroad.com/ |
