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WESTERN MARYLAND
SCENIC RAILROAD GREAT ALLEGHENY

The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad PASSAGE
o ers a three hour round trip excursion
from Cumberland to Frostburg and back, TRACKS AND YAKS The Great Allegheny Passage,
carrying you through the Cumberland a ec onately known as the GAP Trail, is
Narrows and o through the Allegheny Tracks and Yaks is Maryland’s only rail biking an award winning and interna onally
mountain range for a scenic experience excursion where guests can leisurely pedal recognized bike and pedestrian trail
of Mountain Maryland. Their fully aluminum rail bikes on the railroad tracks that runs from Pi sburgh, PA, to
restored 1309 steam engine, the largest along the Western Maryland Railway Cumberland, MD, where it connects to
opera ng locomo ve of its type in the corridor. Excursions take about 2 2.5 hours the C&O Canal Towpath for another
world, made its long an cipated debut and o er a unique way to explore the scenic 184.5 miles to Washington, DC. The trail
and is ready to welcome guests for the passage with iconic sites like the Mount is made of mostly packed, crushed
season. Book your experience for the Savage overlook, the Brush Tunnel, and limestone, suitable for most bicycle
Frostburg Flyer, Murder Mystery dinner Helmste er’s Curve along the way. Book the types. Work with the Western Maryland
trains, the Ice Cream trains, or the Polar Queen City Combo, where you pedal the Scenic Railroad and Tracks and Yaks to
Express™, or take advantage of services railbikes from the Frostburg Depot to the make a combo trip, like the Bike Train,
with Tracks and Yaks to have your bicycle Western Maryland Railway Sta on in where you can ride the scenic train to
shu led to Frostburg for a relaxing ride Cumberland and take the Western Maryland Frostburg and enjoy a leisurely pedal the
back down to Cumberland on the Great Scenic Railroad back to Frostburg. 16 miles back down to Cumberland on
Allegheny Passage Trail. the GAP Trail.

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