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Maryland Short Lines and Industrial Railroads

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Bay Coast RR

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Castleman River RR

C3 was a Baltimore & Ohio caboose.  It apparently is still in existence in the same spot and was abandoned in 1959.

Central Soya Co.

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Chesapeake RR

85, 80DE7b, was built by Whitcomb in 1944, #60511, for Naval Ammo Depot.  It was sold as Beaufort & Morehead RR 85 and resold as Chesapeake 85..

95, 80DE7B, was built by Whitcomb in 1946, #60682, as United States Navy 65-00010.  It was sold as B&MR 95 and resold as Chesapeake 95.

4302, 8 Ton GM, was built by Vulcan in 1940, #4302, as United States Army 106.  It was sold as Tidewater Construction Co 288 and resold as Chesapeake 4302.

Consolidated Coal Services Co.

50, SW9, was built by Electro-Motive in December 1952, #16950, as Apalachicola Northern 707. It was purchased on September 9, 1970, and renumbered Canton RR 50.  It was sold as Consol  50.

52, NW2, was built by Electro-Motive in May 1946, #3422, as Union Pacific 1036.  It was sold to Chrome Crankshaft Co in February 1977 and resold as CTN 52 on January 30, 1978.  It was sold as Consol 52.

Cumberland & Pennsylvania RR

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101 was built by Brill and think it was built in 1928, #22601 as J G Brill Co demonstrator.

Eastern Shore RR

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In April 15, 1935, the remains of the former Chesapeake Beach RR was the 2.9 miles from Seat Pleasant at Benning. The power plant was finally switched by the B&O and the line ended on December 29, 1954.

11 was built by Baldwin in 1888 and came from the Chesapeake Beach as the 11.

102, 65 Ton, was built by Whitcomb in July 1944, #60471, as United States Army 8465.  It was sold as EWRR 102 in 1947 and resold as Maryland Midland RR 102 in 1974.

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Mount Airy Cold Storage Co.

8411, SW1, was built by Electro-Motive on August 14, 1940, #1109, as Baltimore & Ohio 211, Class DS-3.  It was reclassified Class DS-3E in 1943 and renumbered 8411, Class SE-1, in 1957.  It was sold as Winchester & Western RR 8411 in 1964 and resold as MACS 8411 in 1985.  It was transferred as Chambersburg Cold Storage 8411 in 1995.

112, SW9, was built by Electro-Motive.

129, SW1200, was built by Electro-Motive in September 1956, #22083.  It was transferred as Cambria & Indiana RR 41 and later transferred as Philadelphia Bethlehem & New England 94.

155, SW1, was built by Electro-Motive in June 1940, #1088, as Philadelphia Bethelem & New England 12. It was rebuilt by Electro-Motive in June 1956 and sent to the Cornwall RR 12. In 1963 it went to P&BR as 155. It was sold to Whisler Equipment Co in 1966 and resold to Iowa Electric Light & Power Co as 52 that same year.

331, VO1000u, was built by Baldwin in January 1944, #70132, as Canton RR 30.  It was sold as P&BR 331 on December 22, 1953.  It was rebuilt and later resold as Canton 32 in 1975.

332, VO1000, was built by Baldwin in January 1944, #70133, as Canton 31.  It was sold as P&BR 332 on December 22, 1953.

345, S12, was built by Baldwin in September 1951, #75235.  It was sold as Indiana & Ohio Ry 345 in 1983 and renumbered 92 in 1983.  It was scrapped.

Western Maryland Scenic RR

305, FPA4, was built by Montreal in 1958, #83149, as Canadian National 6771, Class MPA-18b. It later was Via Rail Canada as 6771, Class MPA-18b, and sold as WMSR 305. It was sold in 1993 to Cuyahoga Valley Scenic RR and renumbered as 15. It was renumbered back to 6771

592, GP30, was built by Electro-Motive in April 1962, #27118, as Reading Co 5507, Class RSE-14.  It was renumbered 3607, Class RSE-14, in 1964.  It became Consolidated Railroad Corp 2175, Class GP-30, in April 1976 and sold as WMSR 2175.  It was renumbered 502.

1689, RSD5, was built by Alco in April 1954, #80861, as Chicago & North Western 1689.  It was sold on March 1, 1981, to Precision National Corp and resold to B&K Engineering Co.  It was then leased as Chicago Madison & Northern 1689 and then as Central Wisconsin RR 1689,  It was then leased as WMSR 1689 and returned as B&K 1689,

5940, GP9, was built by Electro-Motive in August 1955, #20849, as Chesapeake & Ohio 5940, Class MRSE-17.  It was reclassified Class GP-9 in 1964 and became Western Maryland 5940, Class GP-9, in April 1976.  It was sold as WMSR 5940.  It was sold to Jack Showalter as Virginia Central 40 and leased to Shenandoah Valley RR.  It was sold as Durbin & Greenbriar Valley RR 40 in 2007.

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