This view, facing west, shows the abandoned right of way of the Pennsylvania RR branch to Union Bridge (the dirt alley heading away from the camera between the two trees, to the left of the utility pole).
This highway is Md. 75; downtown Union Bridge is to the right (north). A large cement factory is behind the camera.
Photo from Mike Palmer, Sept. 2003.
This short branch left the former Pennsylvania RR line from Hanover, PA to Frederick, MD at Keymar, just south of where the PRR passed under a Western Maryland bridge. The short branch to Union Bridge was likely abandoned in the 1960s; the remaining former PRR and WM routes are now operated as Maryland Midland (MMID).
The branch to Union Bridge followed the north side of Little Pipe Creek for most of its distance. At the far eastern end it rose out of the creekside area and ended at a large cement factory still in operation. Very little of the right of way can be located today (2003).
