Cherry Run is a small

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located along the

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(formerly

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) mainline on the

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in Morgan County in the

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. The community is named for the stream,

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, that meets the Potomac in its vicinity. It was originally known as Cherry Run Depot because of the important interchange between the B&O and the

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located there. The last remnant of the interchange was Miller Tower, an

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controlling the

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. The tower was closed in September 2000, disassembled, and moved to the Martinsburg Shops site in February 2001. It was eventually reassembled there in November 2005. Across the Potomac from Cherry Run lies Big Pool on the

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. Cherry Run is reached by Householder Road (Morgan County Route 10) from the west and both Cherry Run Road (County Route 5) and Fulton Road (County Route 1/5) from Martinsburg Road (

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) to the south. On the B&O mainline, Cherry Run is located between

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to its west and Little Georgetown in Berkeley County to its east. Amtrak 30 - Cherry Run (5310837759)

Chessie Lane in Cherry Run, West Virginia

References

External links

Miller Tower at Martinsburg Roundhouse Center
- Berkeley County Roundhouse Authority

- Semaphores.com Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia West Virginia populated places on the Potomac River Western Maryland Railway {{MorganCountyWV-geo-stub