Green Ridge Railroad

Green Ridge Railroad

The Green Ridge Railroad is a historic railroad that operated in Allegany County, Maryland.

The rail line was located 8 miles east of Cumberland, in the vicinity of Town Hill and Fifteen Mile 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. The railroad operated from 1889 to 1897. It interchanged with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near PawPaw, West Virginia, after crossing the Potomac River on a trestle. The line was built to a 3-foot gauge.

Locomotives

The two locomotives for the GRRR were built at Mount Savage, Maryland, 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 0-6-0 units.
* GRRR Number 2 is an 0-4-0 unit.

Disposition of the engines is unknown.


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