This branch diverted north from the Baltimore & Ohio mainline just a few miles west of Harpers Ferry, at a settlement called Engle. There is a local road called Engle Switch Road that passes the location, but all the rails and ties from the branch have been removed.
The branch went a few miles through an area that was once agricultural but is now being slowly converted to neighborhoods. Some sections of the right of way in Bakerton are used as a private alley or utility access road.
Most of the route travels through private property. Judging by the condition of the right of way it was abandoned no later than the 1970s.
This view shows the former Baltimore & Ohio right of way, facing south from Carter Ave. in Bakerton. The small sign at right is for a private security company; there are no "railroad" signs left along the route.
August 2003.
