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 * July 1871: Construction of the railroad was started. The grading work was done under contract by a Mr. John Donoghue and completed in 1872. In 1875, the railroad bridge over Tom’s Creek was finished.
 * November 27, 1875: The first excursion train from Emmitsburg to Baltimore with over 400 passengers and the first mail was handled over the road December 6, of that same year.


 * August 22nd 1890: Mr. Beaton Smith of York, Pa., completed the survey for the Emmitsburg Railroad front Emmitsburg, Md. to Gettysburg, Pa., a distance of about eleven miles with light grades for most of the distance. No connecting line was ever built.