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Vintage photos of the Cumberland area

The photos indexed below were provided by Mike McKenzie. A friend of his rescued them from Cumberland, Maryland area garbage many years ago. The photos were taken in and around Cumberland, Maryland from the early 1900s through the 1960s. The photos include:

  • The circa late 1930s Cumberland flood control project
  • The Queen City Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, which was torn down years ago
  • The C&O canal, when in operation, with boats and the coal loading docks
  • Western Maryland and Baltimore & Ohio steam & diesel locomotives
  • Various train derailments
  • Various railroad-related structures

    L. Dietle
    camouflage

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    Scenes around & near Cumberland

    Baltimore Street, Cumberland

    High Water at bridge to Washington Street

    C&O canal photos

    Knepper's Pharmacy, mid-1950's

    Old bridge to Ridgeley, West Virginia

    Town Clock Church

    Cumberland, as seen from Ridgeley, West Virginia

    New Baltimore Street bridge, late 1950's

    Wills Creek flood control project

    Smokestack demolition

    Building the "Blue Bridge" from Cumberland MD to Ridgeley WV

    Harry Truman in Cumberland, 1948 whistle stop tour

    A location near the east side of the Narrows

    York Hotel area

    Looking south from the Western Maryland train station

    Western Maryland Railway Co. Freight Station, mid-1900s

    Train wreck photos

    Two cranes working to clear a Baltimore & Ohio derailment

    Western Maryland Railway derailment

    Crane being used to clear a train derailment

    Baltimore & Ohio derailment impacts building

    Derailment clean up, boom in back ground

    Derailment, Pennsylvania-marked railroad cars

    Western Maryland crane in action at derailment

    Two Western Maryland Cranes working at a derailment

    Locomotives, trains, & railroad cars

    Front view of Western Maryland engine no. 208

    Baltimore & Ohio rail diesel car no. 6071

    B&O trains at Queen City Station

    Fairbanks Morse switcher locomotive

    Extinguishing a rail car fire

    Steam engine no. 5550

    Baltimore & Ohio "big hook" crane car

    Western Maryland engine no. 241

    Rail car, purpose-built for spraying the tracks

    Western Maryland passenger train

    1952 Dodge station wagon-based "railcar"

    Aerial & elevated views

    Aerial view of steam locomotive pulling a train

    Aerial view of the bypass bridge, Cumberland

    Cumberland view from the Emmanuel Episcopal Church

    Cumberland view toward Baltimore street

    Aerial view of the railroad bridge over the South Branch of the Potomac

    Elevated view, including Potomac Glass Co. factory

    Aerial view of the Cumberland locomotive shop and yards

    Railroad-related structures at & near Cumberland

    Baltimore & Ohio Round House, South Cumberland

    Baltimore & Ohio YMCA in Cumberland

    Cumberland B & O Employees Federal Credit Union

    Baltimore & Ohio Freight Station, Cumberland, MD

    A Cumberland, Maryland rail yard

    Queen City train station

    Western Maryland train station

    Unloading ramp with construction equipment on flat cars

    Coaling tower, Western Maryland Railroad

    Railroad personnel

    Western Maryland Railway Watchman

    Work crew driving spikes

    Baltimore & Ohio rail yard office worker

    Brewing companies

    Cumberland Brewing Co. (Old Export) building

    The Queen City Brewing Company complex

    German Brewing Co., later Queen City Brewing

    Promo image

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