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The Bordon Tunnel on the AHTM

The Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland (AHTM) is a 20.47-mile (33 km) long rail trail from Cumberland to the Mason-Dixon line, where it meets the Allegheny Highlands Trail of Pennsylvania.

The trail parallels the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad which operates tourist trains powered by a steam locomotive. The trail follows the route of the Connellsville extension of the Western Maryland Railroad.

This trail is one section of the Pittsburgh-to-Washington, DC Great Allegheny Passage.

  • Allegheny Highlands
  • American Discovery
  • Anacostia Tributaries
  • Appalachian
  • B&A
  • Billy Goat
  • Borden Tunnel
  • BWI
  • Capital Crescent
  • Catoctin
  • C&O Canal
  • College Park Trolley
  • Cross Island
  • Dalecarlia Tunnel
  • East Coast Greenway
  • Eastern Continental
  • GAP
  • Great Eastern
  • Grist Mill
  • Gwynns Falls
  • Jones Falls
  • Ma and Pa
  • Mason-Dixon
  • Metropolitan Branch
  • North Bethesda
  • Patuxent Branch
  • Potomac Heritage
  • Rachel Carson
  • Savage Mill
  • Short Line
  • Sligo Creek
  • Torrey C. Brown (Northern Central)
  • Trolley Line #9
  • Tuscarora
  • WB&A
  • WMRT
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