Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station (1873-1908), site of the assassination of President Garfield
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, Washington D.C; Built in 1873; Razed in 1907
Did you know that during the early 20th century, the Georgetown Branch railroad was once proposed to extend across the Potomac River and link up with the Southern Railway in Fairfax Station? Here are some maps of how it could have looked. imgur.com/a/82ya1Ef
Did you know that during the early 20th century, the Georgetown Branch railroad was once proposed to extend across the Potomac River and link up with the Southern Railway in Fairfax Station? Here are some maps of how it could have looked. imgur.com/a/82ya1Ef
Motive power from two of America's earliest railroads, the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore & Ohio, rub shoulders at Potomac yard in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1962. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. [2048x1480]
How the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad and the Penn Line shaped the region’s suburbs ggwash.org/view/68754/how…
A 1967 study examined the potential of commuter rail service by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac (RF&P) railroad between Union Station in Washington DC and Franconia Virginia [791 x 633]
Baltimore & Ohio EMC SW-1 no. 8408 at Greenbank Station on the Wilmington & Western Railroad. Built in 1940 and originally numbered 208, this switcher is the only locomotive to have served it's entire life on the B&O's Landenberg Branch. 8408 and the branch were purchased in 1982 by HRCV. reddit.com/gallery/lp6z8b
In 1967, a study examined the potential of commuter rail service by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac (RF&P) railroad between Union Station and Franconia [791x633]
In 1967, a study examined the potential of commuter rail service by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac (RF&P) railroad between Union Station and Franconia
In 1967, a study examined the potential of commuter rail service by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac (RF&P) railroad between Union Station and Franconia [791x633]
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway passenger train 8, Pere Marquette, and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad passenger train 6, Capitol Limited, at Grand Central Station in Chicago, IL, September 1968. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art [2048x1337]
A derelict transportation bus in front of an old Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad maintenance station in Baltimore. [OC]{1080x720}
In 1943, ball turret gunner Alan Magee’s B-17 bomber was hit by flak and began to spin out of control. He fell over four miles without a parachute before crashing through the glass roof of a railroad station. He survived the fall and lived to age 84.
last year back in may I went for a walk and caught Canton Railroad 1501 Switching cars for Boise Cascade in Baltimore county. (5/4/21) reddit.com/gallery/s3cthr
In 1943, ball turret gunner Alan Magee’s B-17 bomber was hit by flak and began to spin out of control. He fell over four miles without a parachute before crashing through the glass roof of a railroad station. He survived the fall and lived to age 84.
Last year back in may I went for a walk and caught Canton Railroad 1501 switching out cars for Boise Cascade in Baltimore county. (5/4/21) reddit.com/gallery/s3cotl
Reading #2101 in her Chessie Steam Special guise exits Graham Tunnel and crosses the Potomac River on the old Baltimore & Ohio Magnolia Cutoff.
In 1943, ball turret gunner Alan Magee’s B-17 bomber was hit by flak and began to spin out of control. He fell over four miles without a parachute before crashing through the glass roof of a railroad station. He survived the fall and lived to age 84.
“His Eyes See More Than Steam And Steel!” Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 1945 Ad.
CSX Road Slug 2363 spliced into a set of yard power in Hagerstown, MD. 2363 was built as a GP40 for the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac railroad. The unit was rebuilt into a slug in the late 90s/early 00s.
Harpers Ferry, WV (VA at the time): a pre-war view of the lower town, what would become the National Historic Park, featuring the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge, 1859 [1024x829]
Ball turret gunner Alan Magee fell 6,700 meters from his B-17, crashed through the glass roof of the St. Nazaire railroad station and survived. He died in 2003.
Harpers Ferry, WV (VA at the time): a pre-war view of the lower town, what would become the National Historic Park, featuring the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge, 1859 [1024x829]
The B&O railroad museum in Baltimore has a pretty neat Lego Union Station on display imgur.com/xtw0Dly
A Century Of Progress. Poster for Baltimore And Ohio Railroad World’s Fair Exhibit Chicago, 1934
Harpers Ferry, WV (VA at the time): a pre-war view of the lower town, what would become the National Historic Park, featuring the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge, 1859 [1024x829]
Sulphur Springs and the first railroad station outside of downtown STL
Did you know that the area around Hampton and Manchester once boasted a sulfur spring that was so beloved, it was the site of one of the first settlements outside of the city itself, and because of its popularity, was the site of the very first railroad station/terminus west of the Mississippi? In my latest bit of research, I dug into this history a bit more.
https://storycauldron.substack.com/p/finding-the-beauty-within-an-industrial
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Got to operate a friend's railroad for his open house today. This is the Baltimore & Ohio's Monongahela Division. Grafton is on the lower left deck. Staging is the very top deck. The total run is 8 scale miles in HO.
WM 501 (EMD GP30M) pulls a caboose and WM 1309 back over the Potomac River into Ridgely, WV to be put up for the night after a long day soaking up the sun at the Cumberland Station. v.redd.it/pdhcttc86oo71
Union County legend and Mythbusters topic Staff Sgt. Alan Magee was born in Plainfield on this date in 1919. Joined the US Army immediately after Pearl Harbor; survived a 22,000-foot fall from his damaged B-17 Flying Fortress without a parachute, crashing through a glass roof of a railroad station en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala…
A Glimpse of Ocean City, MD, Circa 1930 - From the October 1930 Issue of Baltimore and Ohio (Railroad) Magazine imgur.com/a/f0KiPXj
TIL When his owner died in August 1936, Shep the Dog followed the casket to the railroad station and watched it being loaded onto a train heading to the eastern US. For six years until his own death, he would greet every train that arrived each day, expecting his master to return. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She…
Mount Royal Station, Baltimore, 1902 was the B&O Railroad's third train station in Baltimore at the north end of the Baltimore Belt Line's Howard Street tunnel. It was the first station in the world to have electrified passenger trains when it opened in 1896, serving the B&O's famed Royal Blue line.
What vehicles can we expect to have dozerblades? And will the next couple of patches bring dozerblades to new vehicles? M4 Sherman of the 745th Tank Regiment fitted with a dozerblade. Foto taken at Rothe Erde railroad station, Aachen, October 20th 1944
Reading 2101 from a different angle (B&O railroad museum, Baltimore MD)
For the Washington Metro system, after the Silver Line extension is finished next year (plus the Potomac Yards infill station), what will come next in terms of expansion?
Potomac is filming in Baltimore down the street from my house!!! I breathed the same air as Karen Huger
Beverly found your card outside Potomac Pizza on Baltimore Ave. DM if you are or know the owner of the card.
Best location for railroads and train stations?
So near where I live in New Jersey there is a rail line being planned that would connect Rowan University to Camden with stops along the way. One of the main arguments I’ve seen from residents of Pitman (a town the east referenced in the video Suburbs that don’t Suck - Streetcar Suburbs) is that the line would run directly through the center of town, with trains departing from the station every 15 minutes and crossover every 7.5 minutes. I feel as though this is a valid argument for the same reason it would be valid to not want a 40 mph stroad built right in the middle of a livable suburb. I also know that moving the station outside of walking distance would make it far less practical, as is explained in The Trains that Subsidize the Suburbs. Does anyone know of any more resources that explain the best place for both rail lines and their stops?
Mount Royal Station, Baltimore, 1902 was the B&O Railroad's third train station in Baltimore at the north end of the Baltimore Belt Line's Howard Street tunnel. It was the first station in the world to have electrified passenger trains when it opened in 1896, serving the B&O's famed Royal Blue line.
On the Palouse to Cascades Trail near the old railroad station of Castleton, located somewhere between Malden and and Ralston. The pillar of basalt was behind the naming of the location.
a part of a historical Pärnu - Riga railroad at Mõisaküla station. the railroad was originally built in 1929 but got completely destroyed during ww2. then restored in 1972 and officially closed in 1995. most of the line is demolished but a part of it is left in Mõisaküla aswell as a railroad coach reddit.com/gallery/rfb3h3
