Green Ridge Railroad
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The rail line was located Script error: No such module "convert". east of Cumberland, in the vicinity of Town Hill and Fifteenmile Creek. It belonged to the Mertens family, and supplied lumber to a sawmill at Oldtown for use by the Merten's boatyards in Cumberland to construct and repair canal boats.[1] It connected to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Okonoko, West Virginia, and ended at the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, across the Potomac River from Paw Paw, West Virginia.[2] The maximum extent of the track system was Script error: No such module "convert"..
The railroad opened in 1883 and operated as a common carrier through 1891. Subsequently, it operated as a private carrier until it closed in 1894.[3]
Locomotives
The two locomotives for the GRRR were built at the Mount Savage Locomotive Works, for T. H. Paul, under contract.
- Green Ridge Number 1 is featured in an illustration of the Mt. Savage catalog, as the model for the 0-6-0s.
- GRRR Number 2 is an 0-4-0.
Disposition of the engines is unknown.
See also
References
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