Williamsport, Nessle & Martinsburg Railway Branch

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Charlton was once the site of a branch line known as the Williamsport, Nessle and Martinsburg Railway and was completed on June 7, 1915. The line left Charlton and curved away toward the Potomac River where it crossed on a bridge to reach a quarry in West Virginia. The line was surveyed in to Martinsburg and on to Charles Town, West Virginia where it would have crossed the mountains and wound up in the Potomac Yard. The quarry closed in the early 1930's and the bridge was washed away in 1936. On June 25, 1937, the Williamsport, Nessle, and Martinsburg Railway was abandoned.
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Coordinates:   39°36'54"N   77°53'22"W
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