Layout of The Mt. Savage Railroad Yard
The Mt. Savage Railroad yard had at its center a twelve stall roundhouse, which also served as a passenger depot. Close by was the fire clay brick refractory, and the Ramsey Glazed Brick Works. Several connecting switchtracks connected the different factories and furnaces to the Cumberland bound mainline. Eventually the yard also connected to the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad, which connected Mt. Savage to Frostburg when it was completed to Frostburg in the 1850s.
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