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Шаблон:More citations needed Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox rail The Green Ridge Railroad was a Шаблон:Track gauge narrow gauge railroad that operated in Allegany County, Maryland.

The rail line was located Шаблон:Convert 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.[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 Шаблон: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.

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