The gentleman at the left wearing the white coat is Ross Smith Sr. and to the left you can just see his mother, Lottie Gall peering through the office window. To the right is Lee Martin also wearing a white coat, Lee worked for Gall and Smith and other local stores as a meat cutter. The other gentleman and woman are unknown.

This detail shows a man and woman in the Gall and Smith Grocery.  Neither have been identified, if you know who they are please leave a comment below or contact John A. Kinnaird.

An interior view of the Gall and Smith Grocery from about 1945.  This grocery was located at 11 Water Steet in the building originally erected in 1874 for the Moravian Church.  Gall and Smith purchased the property from D. S. Weybright in 1932 and ran their grocery here until leasing the building the the American Stores chain. This photo is provided courtesy of Brian Smith. Please see the following images showing details from this photo.

A display of track work vehicles and tools.

This building housed the Union Bridge  offices of the Western Maryland.

The Western Maryland Train Station at Union Bridge. These buildings now house the Western Maryland Railway Historical Society Museum and archives. The Museum is open on Sundays from 1:00pm  4:00 pm and at other times by appointment. Admission is free and there are always members on hand to answer questions. Be sure to visit the gift shop and pickup a membership application while you are there.

The passenger building has two waiting rooms and the ticket window and station master's office.

A large model layout occupies one end of the the first waiting room. The guide says that originally one of the waiting rooms was reserved for women and children while the other was for men.

The passenger building with the station master's office windows giving a full view of the platform and tracks.

A view of the Maryland Midland yard.

An IBM punchcard machine.

Inside the station master's office.

The station master's desk.

A teletype machine.

Looking down the hall past the office and ticket window toward the first waiting room.

A signboard showing the stops between Westminster and Hagerstown.

Lanterns, signal lights and a map of the Western Maryland line.

A pass issued in 1886 by the Emmitsburg Railroad. The Emmitsburg Railroad ran between the WMRR Station at Rocky Ridge and Emmitsburg.

Inside the second waiting room are more displays of railroad artifacts. Note the nice fireplace at the center of the wall.

Controls for the signals.

A scene from below the High Bridge with residents milling about. This si a view I don;t have and if anyone has a clear copy of this photo I'd like to add it to the collection if possible.

Several Corporate stamps and rubber stams from other railroads.

This sign must have been one mile from Keymar!

A photo of the Crew Call Board when it was in use at Hagerstown.

The controls from a diesel electic in front of a display of blacksmith tools.  The Western Marylnd maintained a large facility at Union Bridge that included fulll service workshops, a large car barn and a turntable. Several of the buildings and pieces of equipment including an uncompleted engine were lost in a fire in the early 1900's.

The bells from two engines.

This large model of a Western Maryland engine jumps out of the wall.

The whistle from passenger engine No. 203.

The headlight from engine 782.

The Engine Crew Board from Hagerstown.

A photo display of the Blue Mountain Express wreck at HIgh Bridge. The large photo is a copy of the doctored postcard view created by Rogers Studio showing the engines touching after impact.

The building is cramed full of display cases, photographs and artifacts.

The names of Enginemen and Firemen are stored across the bottom of the board.

This room has a dislay of glass insulators, an electric swith board and a movie shwoing the Western Maryland line.

Display cases in the basement and a semiphor signal arm.

A large switch board and a Fast Freight sign.

Several old telephone sets and insulators.

A photo display of engines and builders diagrams and several steam fittings and tools in the case below.

The back of the Hagerstown crew board and the impressive model of a Western Maryland engine.

The brick plant, siding and high bridge at Rocky Ridge.