Borden Tunnel

Borden Tunnel
	File:WMRT.JPG Borden Tunnel
Overview
Location	Allegany County, near Frostburg, Maryland
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Status	Restored, converted to rail trail
System	Western Maryland Railway (defunct)
Operation
Opened	1911
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%

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]

References

↑ Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland, Cumberland, MD. "History Along the Trail: Borden Tunnel." Accessed 2010-01-13.
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Western Maryland Railway Co., Baltimore, MD (1955). "Track Chart: Connellsville to Cumberland."

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