page_title: Hagerstown and Frederick Railway
section_title: The Hagerstown Railway
hierarchical_section_title: Hagerstown and Frederick Railway / History / The Hagerstown Railway
caption_attribution_description: English: Mid-Jefferson Boulevard, with H&amp;F trolley, Braddock Heights, Maryland
context_page_description: The Hagerstown & Frederick Railway, now defunct, was an American railroad of central Maryland built in the 19th and 20th centuries.
context_section_description: Like the H&F, the Hagerstown Railway was begun in 1896.  The leading investors were Christian W. Lynch and William Jennings, who took a different approach to development by creating an urban loop within Hagerstown, with crossing lines on Washington Street and South Potomac Street, and a branch to nearby Williamsport.  By 1897 line Potomac Street line extended to Funkstown.
  In 1901 work began on an extension east to Wagner's Crossroads (later Boonsboro Junction) and from there south to Boonsboro itself.  This section was completed in 1902. Work began immediately on the connection from Wagner's Crossroads to Myersville.
  In 1905 a new line was started, running north from Hagerstown to Shady Grove, Pennsylvania.  This permitted a connection to the Chambersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Street Railway.  Passengers could then take the CG&W on to the mountaintop resorts of Pen Mar and Blue Ridge Summit.  Incompatible rail gauges prevented direct transfer.
caption: Jefferson Boulevard in Braddock Heights, with H&F trolley
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