Borden Tunnel: Difference between revisions

Borden Tunnel
	Borden Tunnel
Overview
Location	Allegany County, near Frostburg, Maryland
Coordinates	39°41′19″N 78°55′08″W / 39.68861°N 78.91889°W
Status	Restored, converted to rail trail
System	Western Maryland Railway (defunct)
Technical
Length	957.5 ft (291.8 m)
No. of tracks	Double
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Highest elevation	2036 ft (621 m)
Grade	1.7%

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The Borden Tunnel is a 957-foot long, formerly abandoned, railway tunnel located about 2.5 miles (4 km) north of Frostburg, Maryland. Unlighted, it is now part of the Great Allegheny Passage rail trail.^[1]^[2]

The Western Maryland Railway built the tunnel in 1911 for its Connellsville Subdivision. The rail line was abandoned in 1975.^[3]

^ Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland, Cumberland, MD. "History Along the Trail: Borden Tunnel." Accessed 2010-01-13.
^ Downing, Bob (2008-07-14). "Great Allegheny Passage follows 150-mile rail-trail through mountain scenery". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 30, 2009.
^ Cook, Roger; Zimmermann, Karl (1992). The Western Maryland Railway: Fireballs and Black Diamonds (2nd ed.). Laurys Station, Pennsylvania: Garrigues House. p. 283. ISBN 0-9620844-4-1.

Western Maryland Railway Co., Baltimore, MD (1955). "Track Chart: Connellsville to Cumberland."

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