The Mount Airy Rail Yard

This site was once the Mount Airy rail yard, where passenger trains stopped at the Mount Airy Station to pick up and drop off passengers. Children from Watersville and other nearby communities rode the train to attend school in Mount Airy. Freight trains stopped here to pick up milk from local farmers, canned vegetables packed at the Mount Airy Canning Company, and milled grain from Runkles Mill and later the Mount Airy Milling Company. Passenger service through Mount Airy ended December 31, 1949, and the entire line through Mount Airy was abandoned by the B&O in 1959. Afterward, the tracks were removed and the area around the station was paved for a parking lot.

Mount Airy, Maryland · United States