Climb 1,291 feet to Frostburg behind steam locomotive No. 1309 or vintage diesels, in coach, open-air, dome or lounge cars. Also dinner trains, a murder-mystery train and The Polar Express (Nov–Dec).
Hours:
Schedules on website
Address:
Western Maryland Station, 13 Canal St · Walk
Phone:
301-759-4400
Maryland's first certified heritage area: the 1913 Western Maryland Railway Station, the replica canal boat The Cumberland, the mule statue, shops and festival grounds. Grounds open in daylight.
Hours:
Daylight hours
Address:
13 Canal St · Walk
Phone:
301-268-7456
Email:
The canal's flagship museum: boat-building, coal and Cumberland as a transportation crossroads, with a walk-through canal boat cabin. Free.
Address:
13 Canal St, ground floor · Walk
Phone:
301-739-4200
One of the nation's top collections of horse-drawn vehicles, beside the Frostburg Depot; an affiliate of the Allegany Museum. Seasonal, spring through fall.
Hours:
See website
Address:
19 Depot St, Frostburg
Phone:
301-777-7200
Email:
Early-1800s stone blast furnace that once made nearly 75 tons of iron a week.
Address:
35 E. Main St, Lonaconing
Phone:
301-777-5132
Miners' Coal Museum, farmhouse museum and agricultural museum on a historic estate. By appointment.
Address:
15613 Trimble Rd NW, Mount Savage
Phone:
301-687-0664
Email:
foundation@evergreenheritagecenter.org
Restored station museum in the Georges Creek coal valley.
Address:
117 Maryland Ave, Westernport
Phone:
240-410-7502
Email:
National hub for 2027 bicentennial celebrations of American railroading; check it for Cumberland-area dates.
Address:
Online
Website:
https://www.americanrail200.org/
Amtrak has service from Washington DC Union Station to the Cumberland, Maryland Amtrak Station.
Address:
Amtrak WAS to CUM
Website:
https://www.amtrak.com/tickets/departure.html