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This is the first railroad bituminous coal mine in America.  It was at Elkhart, Maryland, between Cumberland and Frostburg.  Opened in 1842, when the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad entered Cumberland.

1. First Railroad Bituminous Mine in United States at Elkhart, Maryland

B&O coal train with a full load of coal.

2. Loaded Baltimore and Ohio Coal Train

Mine 32, B&O Fuel Storage Site built to provide additional working time for Mine 32.

3. Coal Mine No. 32 Baltimore and Ohio Fuel Storage Site

Storage site at Mine 32.

4. Coal Mine No. 32 Baltimore and Ohio Fuel Storage Site

A processing plant at work. Baltimore and Ohio railroad cars beneath the plant.

5. Consol No. 9 Preparation Plant

6. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot and Freight Yard in Clarksburg, W. Va.

7. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Cars and drivers are lined up in front of the B&O depot, in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

8. Cars Lined Up in Front of the Baltimore and Ohio Depot, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Postcard showing the B&O depot and railroad cars.

9. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot, Clarksburg, W. Va.

View of the roundhouse (left) and other homes and businesses in Grafton.

10. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Yards, Grafton, W. Va.

Bridge crossing the river into the B&O Railroad Yards at Grafton, W. Va.

11. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Yards, Grafton, W. Va.

Winter day at the B&O Machine Shops in Grafton, W. Va.

12. Baltimore and Ohio Machine Shop at Grafton, W. Va.

B&O Hotel in Grafton, W. Va.  Train tracks in front of the hotel.

13. Baltimore and Ohio Hotel, Grafton, W. Va.

Man on walkway next to tracks and B&O building.

14. Walkway Along Railroad Tracks at Baltimore and Ohio Roundhouse in Downtown Grafton, W. Va.

Three B&O employees standing by two B&O rowboats in water.  Grafton, W. Va.

15. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Employees on the River Bank at Grafton, W. Va.

View of Grafton, W. Va. showing railroad yards and various buildings.  Including pool room and saloon.

16. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Yards, Grafton, W. Va.

View of Grafton, W. Va. At the bottom of the hillside are Baltimore and Ohio railroad yards.

17. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Yards, Grafton, W. Va.

Several Baltimore and Ohio Coal Cars on driving on railroad tracks at an unidentified coal mining community near Grafton, West Virginia.

18. Baltimore and Ohio Coal Cars in a Coal Mine Community near Grafton, W. Va.

The Grafton Hotel next to the Baltimore and Ohio Depot in Grafton, W. Va.

19. Grafton Hotel and Baltimore and Ohio Depot, Grafton, W. Va.

Man stands atop the first type of B&O engine built circa 1850.

20. Earliest Type of B&O Engine at Grafton, W. Va.