Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad
Appearance
The Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad was built in 1911 to haul fruit from Twin Mountain Orchards to Keyser, West Virginia.[1] It was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad which ran for 26.6 miles (42.8 km).[2] Freight was transferred to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Keyser.[1] Service was discontinued c. 1919 and the rails were taken up in 1921.[1] The Burlington, West Virginia train station survives and is now used as a branch of the Mineral County Library.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Knight, Harry B. (June 1921). "Keyser". Baltimore and Ohio Magazine. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. p. 35. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
- ^ DeWitt, Ed (September 6, 2017). "Backtracking through time on the TM&P". Hampshire Review. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
Categories:
- Transportation in Mineral County, West Virginia
- Defunct West Virginia railroads
- Narrow gauge railroads in West Virginia
- 3 ft gauge railways in the United States
- Railway companies established in 1911
- American companies established in 1911
- United States history stubs
- United States railway company stubs
- West Virginia stubs