Pennsylvania Railroad
Delaware & Chesapeake Railroad
Trappe, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, gets a little confusing. I’ve read in more than one place that the town of Trappe was skipped over and never actually had a train station. However, the book Rails Along the Chesapeake , an excellent book about railroads on the Eastern Shore not only mentions the station, but have an old photograph of the Tudor style building from back in the day. I have also heard of the station known as Trappe/Oxford
The above building is cited on several websites as the Trappe Maryland train station. I always wondered how this building was selected as the station, but I have seen over the years a building is believed to be an old station but has nothing to do with the old station. ( Example is the Taneytown Station )
The more I read, the more I learn ( and get more confused !) In 1892, I read an article regarding Trappe. An unused station house at Henderson (Maryland) along the Delaware & Chesapeake Railroad was put on a freight train and conveyed to Trappe Station and set up for use as a Ticket Office. Apparently the owner of the house in Trappe Station being used by the Railroad and the ticket agent could not get along. Perhaps this moved Ticket Office is the real estate office seen in the pictures.
The crazy thing is the Tudor style building I have been looking for is just across the street from the building above. I was able to compare photos of the old station and they match. We’ve also heard of a Tudor style station in the Town of Queen Anne’s, but more that one later as well.
The area known as ” Trappe Station is actually about three miles north of the Town known as Trappe.
In 1900, there was a proposal to connect Trappe Station with a three mile railroad to the actual town of Trappe. That line was never built.
A year earlier a mailbag from Trappe Station was lost when it was taken off the train and loaded into a wagon for Hambleton, about 4 miles away. The bag was never found apparently.
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