Download or read book The Western Maryland Railway written by Brian Paulus and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a pictorial history looking back at the Western Maryland Railway through black and white photos during its glory years of operations in the 1950s, to its final years of pre-consolidation in the 1970s through color photography. It also takes a look at the railroad more than a decade after its merger into the Chessie System. We will also review a brief history on the "Queen City" (Cumberland, Maryland), as well as the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal.