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| Darren Reynolds posted B&O "AD" Tower Orleans Rd. W.V. On the B&Os Brunswick to Cumberland main line.. And the start of the magnolia cut off (east) Thomas White: Check out the cool, perfectly maintained 12 way pipeline run. Kirke Fay: As an explanation to readers from out of the area, the tracks to the right (the same side the tower was on) is the original Martinsburg to Cumberland mainline, which had curves, cuts and generally followed the course of the Potomac River. The Tracks on the far side (RH in the picture) is the straighted present mainline...the original line being closed in 1973, I believe, which served the town of Paw Paw, WV and thence a mile further, westbound, reconected to resume as a four track mainline. Can one imagine all the levers filling up the operators floor !. The old line, also called the low line, was the only station, hence, there was no reason to serve the town and was abandoned after the B&O ended passenger and express service.Darren Reynolds posted B&Os "AD" tower Orleans RD, WV. This was the start of the Magnolia cut off.this tower was closed in the mid.50s when the railroad CTC the interlocking from Patterson Creek Tower... John Donnelly: Hated those pipelines. You had to constantly adjust them because of temperature change. Darren Reynolds posted again and this time credited "Bruce D. Fales B&O HS." [I count a dozen signalling pipelines along the track.] Tim Shanahan shared |
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| Dennis DeBruler tried to comment on Kirke's comment Thanks. That allowed me to find the location on this topo map, which allowed me to find the location on a satellite map. 1950 Paw Paw Quad @ 24,000 https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5984545,-78.3983518,410m/data=!3m1!1e3 |
The Magnolia Cutoff has four tunnels and two bridges.
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| Dennis DeBruler |
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