Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 is slated to return to operation beginning May 3, powering “Frostburg Flyer ...

They were removed in 1953. Delaware County’s best-known abandoned railroad is the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, today’s beloved Cardinal Greenway rail trail. It was known originally as the ...

Railway Post Office (RPO) postal car interior, c.1925. Courtesy Library of Congress. Long before one could casually retrieve their mail from a private box in front of their home, or even have it ...

Nationwide prohibition against alcohol consumption was launched in 1919 in the U.S., but West Virginia enacted its ban much ...

The Chesapeake & Ohio came west from Buena Vista and the Baltimore & Ohio ... and a comprehensive and educational display of local railroad history. Admission is free, although donations are accepted.

The town hosts the State Fair of West Virginia each August, when the population swells from about 4,000 to “everybody and ...

Harpers Ferry sits at the meeting point of three states—West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland—and also at the junction of three major trails: the Appalachian Trail, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Towpath ...

Norfolk Southern reached an agreement with one of the two companies it has been trying to force to help pay for the $600 ...

CHESAPEAKE, Ohio — A groundbreaking for the remaining part of the Chesapeake bypass is set for April 22 near the existing bypass and the Robert C. Byrd Bridge connecting Chesapeake, Ohio ...