A 154 page look at the railroads of Western Pennsylvania that connected Cumberland MD with Pittsburgh PA, by Kurt Reisweber. This area is the current route of the Great Allegheny Passage rail-to-trail. Featuring the B & O, Western Maryland, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie, and Pittsburgh & West Virginia. Include color and B&W photos, early maps, timetable and track chart excerpts, and vintage postcards, many of which have never appeared in print before. Also a short chapter on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which was begun as a railroad.