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Metropolitan Railroad (Maryland)

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The Metropolitan Railroad was a 19th-century Maryland corporation that proposed to build a railroad line from Washington, D.C., to the vicinity of Frederick, Maryland, where it would connect with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), and continue to Hagerstown. The company was organized by businessmen from Washington and Montgomery County, Maryland, and was chartered by the Maryland General Assembly in 1853. It conducted some initial land surveys, but had difficulty raising funds and went bankrupt in 1863. The B&O subsequently constructed a rail line on a similar route, and opened its Metropolitan Branch in 1873.

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Maryland General Assembly. “An Act to incorporate the Metropolitan Rail Road Company.” 1853 Md. Laws, Chap. 196. Passed May 5, 1853.
{{Cite report |author= U.S. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on the District of Columbia |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=1860 |title= Report on the Memorial of the Directors of the Metropolitan Railroad Company made by the Hon. G.W. Hughes, of Maryland |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=OCQ4AQAAMAAJ}}
{{cite book |title=Impossible Challenge II: Baltimore to Washington and Harpers Ferry from 1828 to 1994 |last=Harwood, Jr. |first=Herbert H. |year=1994 |publisher=Barnard, Roberts |location=Baltimore |isbn=0-934118-22-1|pages=163–164}}

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