Meyersdale Station
Western Maryland Railway
529
Main St.
Meyersdale, PA
The station is operated by the
Meyersdale Area Historical Society. Meetings are held the first Thursday
of each month in the station. The station is open weekends from May through
October from 1 to 5 p.m. and by appointment.
Features:
Gift Shop
Photographs and Artifacts
Interpretive Displays
Mens and ladies waiting rooms
Trail Information and Parking
Caboose On site
Model Train Layout Running During Special Events
Structure:
Constructed 1912 by Meyersdale Planing Company
Construction Cost $10,000
Size 36x99 feet
Closed 1970s
Rehabilitation 1995
Contact Information:
Meyersdale Area Historical Society
P.O. Box 134
Meyersdale, PA 15552
E-mail
Directions:
From Route 219, turn onto Main Street and proceed to traffic light.
Stay on Main Street and drive over the CSX railroad crossing. The station
is at the top of the hill on your left.
See photos of Civil War Reenactors
at the Station taken Memorial Day weekend 2005.
Sepia-tone Photograph
of Coal Cars and Wagons at the Western Maryland Railway Station, Meyersdale,
Pa. Circa 1920s.
Depots west of Cumberland included Cumberland City Junction, Lap, Frostburg,
Colmar, Deal, Sand Patch, Meyersdale, Garrett, Rockwood, Casselman, Stewardstown,
Indian Creek, Bluestone, Greenwood, and Connellsville.
The Meyersdale station is pictured at right in 1992, framed
by the North Street Bridge, a Western Maryland Railway structure that
carried automobile traffic over the line. It was removed in the late 1980s
or early 1990s due to safety concerns and was not replaced.
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This
page last updated August 17, 2007.
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