=Western Maryland Railway=

Bachman Valley Railroad- Valley Junction to Blackrock


York County Roadtrip Part IV
December, 2002

By the early 1900's the Western Maryland Railway had developed into compact Class 1 railroad that went from its own tidewater port west to the best crossing of the Alleghenies (see Railroutes of the Alleghenies)and on to a midwest freight connection with a group of other independent-minded railroads. Throw in WM's three coal hauling arteries and a strategic bridge route to the Reading, add a sense of class and good management, and the result was a railroad company that operated up through the 1970's and still lives on in the hearts of many to this day.

The Western Maryland, however, did not forget its roots. The genesis of the WM was a railroad company that wanted to serve local businesses in areas that the trunk lines ignored. Keeping to this mission, the WM under John Mifflin Hood connected a group of local lines in York, Adams and Franklin Counties Pennsylvania in what would become known as the Dutch Line. One of these lines, the Hanover Branch Line Railroad Company, predated the WM with its line from the Northern Central to Hanover, chartered in 1851. Connected to this line was the Bachman Valley Railroad, from Valley Junction to Black Rock. Originally, this line began in Manchester district of Carroll County at Chestnut Hill,the location of an iron ore mine. J. Thomas Scharf reports in 1881 that the road hauled "immense" quantities of ore north to Pennsylvania iron furnaces. He lists the directors as Captain A.W. Eichelberger, President,Stephen Keifer, H.C.Shriver, Joseph Dellone, Joseph Althoff, C.L. Johnson, J.W. Gitt, Levi Dubbs, Perry Wine, Edwin Thomas, Sam Thomas, E.W. Henidele, and Adam Newcomer. The Baltimore & Hanover RR, the present day Maryland portion of the WM Dutch Line. originally intersected the Bachman Valley RR at Black Rock. This railroad had the same president as the Bachman Valley RR in 1881, but different directors from Baltimore, Carroll County and Hanover PA. This sturdy bridge crossing Codorus Creek was a product of Steelton in 1905. The location is near Kraft Mill.
Between Kraft Mill and Sinsheim was Valley Junction with the Hanover Branch Railroad. The right of way was right behind the house that looks to be contemporary with the 1850's rail line. The Western Maryland kept the historic line open from Valley Junction to Hanover Junction on the Northern Central until 1928.

When this steep line was abandoned, the town of Jefferson was left without a railroad connection. Above is the long abandoned right of way between Jefferson and Valley Junction

Sinsheim, as announced on the handpainted sign on the barn, is 46.5 miles from Baltimore by railroad.

This brick structure is often shown in earlier photos of Brodbeck

Brodbeck is home to this feed store and a very trim yellow house.

Glenville was the end of the Dutch line trip this day.

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D796 K942

From The Bull Sheet

CSXT Freight Schedules

D796

(MON-FRI)

Station		Arrival	Departure	Additional Information
.	.	.	.	UPDATED 6/7/02
.	.	.	.
HANOVER	PA	----	0930	ORIGIN
YORK ROAD	PA	0940	0950	1 mile approx
PORTERS	PA	1005	1020	3 miles approx
LINEBORO	MD	1050	1100	10 miles approx
HAMPSTEAD	MD	1120	1130	10 miles approx
WOODENSBURG	MD	----	1145	7 miles approx
EMORY GROVE	MD	1155	1205	2 miles approx
OWINGS MILLS	MD	1240	1340	5 miles approx
LEHIGH YD	MD	----	1410	17 miles approx
ARLINGTON	MD	1430	1450	1 mile approx
WALBRIDGE	MD	1500	1510	1 mile approx
CURTIS BAY	MD	1530	1645	8 miles approx
WALBRIDGE	MD	1730	1745	8 miles approx
ARLINGTON	MD	----	1755	1 mile approx
LEHIGH YD	MD	1800	1815	1 mile approx
OWINGS MILLS	MD	1850	1900	17 miles approx
EMORY GROVE	MD	1915	1925	5 miles approx
PORTERS	PA	----	2030	29 miles approx
BITTINGER	PA	----	2050	8 miles approx
BERLIN JCT	PA	----	2120	2 miles approx
NEW OXFORD	PA	2135	2150	3 miles approx
GULDENS	PA	----	2210	5 miles approx
GETTYSBURG	PA	----	2230	5 miles approx
ORRTANNA	PA	----	----	7 miles approx
GLADHILL	PA	----	----	11 miles approx
HANOVER	PA	2359	----	36 miles approx

Comments: Hanover Local Assignment subject to change Hanover Local Local freight D796 Baltimore Division Times updated 6/7/02

CSXT Freight Schedules

K942	(SAT-THURS)

Station		Arrival	Departure	Additional Information
.	.	.	.	K942
.	.	.	.
HANOVER	PA	----	2300	TIMES ARE EXAMPLES
BITTINGER	PA	2330	2345
FULTON YD	MD	0245	0315
WESTPORT	MD	0345	0400
ANNAPOLIS JCT	MD	0500	0545
HANOVER	PA	0700	----

Comments: Loaded Rock Runner Assignment subject to change Times are examples Loaded Rock Runner