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B&O Old Main Line Tour The OML is the route of the first commercial railroad in the USA as it pushed west from Baltimore, Maryland to the Ohio River. It was constructed largely by hand between 1828 and 1835, and amazingly, continues in use even now by CSX.
== ACTIVE RAILROAD == MILE AREA DATE 0 to 1 Baltimore to Locust Point Br May 2021 1 to 3 Gwynn's Run to Curtis Bay Jct Feb 2023 3 to 5 Camden Jct to Monumental Feb 2023   5.1 Fairgrounds May 2023 5 to 7 Halethorpe early-JUN 2023 7 to 8 St. Denis to Avalon Jun 2020 8 to 10 Orange Grove to Ilchester Mar 2014 11 to 13  Ilchester to Grays Mar 2020 13 to 15 Ellicott City to Union Dam Apr 2018 15 to 18 Union Dam to Daniels Mar 2018 18 to 21 Daniels to Davis Feb 2018 22 to 25 Woodstock to Henryton Jul 2020 26 to 29 Henryton to Sykesville Feb 2021 29 to 38 Gaither to Watersville Jct Dec 2017 38 to 43 Mt. Airy to West End Plane Aug 2022   40 Mt. Airy Loop - West Aug 2019 44 to 51 Lynn Burke to Ijamsville Feb 2019 51 to 54 Hartman to Monocacy River Jan 2023   54.2 Frederick Branch May 2019 54 to 59 Frederick Junction to Eastalco Sep 2007 60 to 65 Adamstown to Point of Rocks Sep 2007	== DISUSED ROUTES == MILE AREA DATE 10 Ilchester Jan 2020 11 Lees Sep 2006 15 Union Dam Dec 2013 18 Elysville/Alberton/Daniels Sep 2021 20 Davis Mar 2020 21 Granite Spur Jun 2019 23 McKeldin Feb 2016 25 Henryton May 2020 28 Sykesville Oct 2008 29 Springfield Hospital Oct 2021 29 Sykesville Tunnel Mar 2007 33 Woodbine Tunnel May 2007 36 Mt. Airy Planes E approach Feb 2005 38 Mt. Airy Planes 1 and 2 Feb 2014 40 Mt. Airy Planes 3 and 4 Jun 2018 43 Mt. Airy Planes W approach Apr 2009 38 Mt. Airy Loop - East Jul 2016 50 Hartman Tunnel, East Feb 2019 51 Hartman Tunnel, West Jan 2009 61 Adamstown Cutoff Nov 2007
== TOPICAL PAGES == Bloede Dam Removal - updated Sep 2019 Bridges - updated Jul 2011 Caboose Interior - posted May 2018 Chasing 3254 - posted Mar 2017 CPL Signals - updated Sep 2013 HX Tower - posted Mar 2019 Just Trains - updated Jun 2010 Mile by Mile - updated Aug 2022 Mysteries - updated Feb 2008 Patapsco Park Flooding - updated Jun 2022 Photo Quiz - posted Jan 2006 Railfan by Satellite - updated Dec 2009 St. Denis - posted Oct 2018 Stringers - updated May 2011 Tunnels - updated Jun 2006 Water Tank Supply - posted Feb 2015

B&O Washington Branch Tour The B&O Washington Branch (now CSX Capital Subdivision) splits from the Old Main Line in Relay and extends to Washington, DC. It was built around 1835, but contains fewer surviving relics than the OML. The route is busier and less scenic.

MILE AREA DATE 9 to 10 Relay to Elkridge May 2022 10 to 13 Hanover to Harwood Apr 2021   13.0 Route 100 Industrial Park Oct 2020 13 to 14 Dorsey Jun 2021 15 to 16 Montevideo to Bridewell May 2023   16.2 Waterloo Branch May 2021   16.4 Columbia Branch Jan 2022 16 to 18 Jessup to Annapolis Junction Mar 2023 18 to 19 Annapolis Junction Jan 2023   18.7 Washington Corridor Ind Park Feb 2022 19 to 20 Savage Feb 2021 20 to 21 Laurel Apr 2023 22 to 25 Laurel to Muirkirk Dec 2022 26 to 28 Ammendale to Sunnyside Dec 2022 28 to 32 Greenbelt to College Park Dec 2021 32 to 33 Riverdale to Hyattsville Nov 2021   33.4 Alexandria Br, mp 121-119 Feb 2020   33.4 Alexandria Br, mp 118-115 Mar 2020 33 to 37 Hyattsville to Brentwood Apr 2020 37 to 39 Ivy City to Washington Dec 2019

== DISUSED B&O SPURS == Parkway Center - updated Apr 2016 Patuxent Branch, part 1 - updated Aug 2020 Patuxent Branch, part 2 - updated Aug 2020 == TOPICAL PAGES == AJ Rock Delivery - posted Apr 2020 Color-Position Light Signals - posted Sep 2013 Dorsey Traffic Jam - NEW! JUN 2023 Just Trains - posted Sep 2009 Milestones - updated Jan 2021 Mysteries - posted Oct 2007 Switching Jessup - posted Mar 2021

B&O Metropolitan Branch Tour The B&O Metropolitan Branch, now CSX Metropolitan Subdivision, starts in Washington, DC and progresses northwest to Weverton, MD. This tour continues to Harpers Ferry, WV as the Cumberland Subdivision.

MILE AREA DATE 0 to 1 Washington, DC Sep 2020 1 to 4 Eckington to Brookland Jan 2022 4 to 7 Takoma Park to Silver Spring Jun 2022 7 to 9 Silver Spring to Georgetown Jct Aug 2022 9 to 11 Forest Glen to Kensington Sep 2022 11 to 15 Garrett Park to Woodmont Oct 2022 16 to 21 Rockville to Washington Grove Nov 2022 22 to 25 Gaithersburg to Waring Feb 2022 26 to 31 Germantown to Bucklodge Apr 2022 31 to 37 Sellman to Dickerson Apr 2023   37.0 Dickerson Spur Jan 2013 37 to 43 Monocacy to Point of Rocks Jan 2022 68 to 72 Point of Rocks to Lander Dec 2009 72 to 73 Catoctin to Brunswick Jan 2010 74 to 76 Brunswick Yard Jan 2021 76 to 79 Brunswick to Weverton Mar 2010 80 to 82 Sandy Hook to Harpers Ferry May 2010

== DISUSED ROUTES == Georgetown Branch, mile 0 to 1 - updated Nov 2022 Georgetown Branch, mile 1 to 2 - posted Aug 2010 Georgetown Branch, mile 2 to 3 - posted Sep 2010 Georgetown Branch, mile 3 to 4 - posted Oct 2010 Georgetown Branch, mile 4 to 6 - updated Dec 2010 Georgetown Branch, mile 6 to 8 - updated Jan 2011 Georgetown Branch, mile 8 to 11 - updated Feb 2020 Germantown to Winderbourne - updated Mar 2022 Boyds to Bucklodge Branch - posted Jul 2017 Barnesville to Dickerson - posted Feb 2021 == TOPICAL PAGES == Just Trains - posted Jun 2013 Mile by Mile - updated Apr 2013 Trash Pickup - posted May 2023

B&O Tours Around Baltimore

short B&O branches around Baltimore many are now part of CSX's Baltimore Terminal Subdivision

Camden Cutoff and Spur   mp 3 to 1.5 - updated Jul 2021   mp 1.5 to 0.7 - updated Aug 2021   mp 0.6 to 0 - updated Sep 2021 Locust Point Branch   mp -1.5 to 0 - updated Dec 2022   mp 0 to 2 - updated Jan 2023   mp 2 to 3.6 - updated Feb 2023 South Baltimore Branch - posted Jun 2015 Curtis Bay Branch   mp 4 to 2 west - posted Apr 2015   mp 2 to -2 east - updated Feb 2018   Seawall Branch - updated May 2021   Marley Neck Branch - extending from Curtis Bay Branch     mp 8 to 5 - posted Aug 2015     mp 5 to 3 - updated Apr 2023     mp 3 to 0 - updated Mar 2021 Baltimore Belt Line - including Howard Street Tunnel   mp 96 to 94 Camden to Mount Royal - posted Nov 2016   mp 94 to 93 Jones Falls to Charles Village - updated Jun 2020   mp 93 to 89 Waverly to Bayview - updated Jan 2023 Philadelphia Branch   mp 89 to 82 Bayview to Poplar - updated mid-JUN 2023   mp 82 to 74 White Marsh to Clayton - posted Sep 2017   mp 73 to 63 Van Bibber to Aberdeen - posted Jun 2022   mp 63 Aberdeen Station - posted Nov 2017   mp 63 to 58 Aberdeen to Susquehanna - posted Jun 2018 Sparrows Point Branch   mp -0 to 1 Bayview to Canton Jct - updated Aug 2018   mp 1 to 5 Canton Jct to Dundalk - posted Apr 2017   mp 5 to 10 Dundalk to Sparrows Point - posted Jun 2017

Pennsylvania Railroad in Maryland By combining several smaller roads, the Pennsylvania Railroad was able to break the B&O's monopoly on long-distance rail service from/to Maryland and Washington, DC.

connections and competition for B&O

Pennsylvania RR / now Amtrak Northeast Corridor and NS:   mp 60 to 84 Susquehanna to Martin Airport - updated Sep 2022   mp 85 to 92 Middle River to Bay View - updated Nov 2022     mp 92 President Street Branch - posted Dec 2018   mp 92 to 96 Orangeville to Penn Station - posted Dec 2018   mp 96 to 98 Baltimore B&P Tunnels - updated Dec 2018   mp 98 to 99 Fulton Jct to Gwynns Falls - updated Jan 2023   mp 99 to 100 Loudon Park - updated Mar 2022   mp 101 to 102 Violetville to Arbutus - updated Aug 2022   mp 103 to 104 Halethorpe to Patapsco - updated Mar 2021   mp 104 to 106 Patapsco to BWI Airport - updated Jan 2021   mp 107 to 113 Stoney Run to Jackson Grove - updated Nov 2021   mp 113 to 114 Odenton - updated Nov 2022   mp 114 to 118 Piney Orchard to Arundel - updated Aug 2019     mp 118.3 Bowie Race Track Branch - posted May 2019   mp 119 to 120 North Bowie - updated Feb 2020     mp 120.5 Bowie and Popes Creek - posted Sep 2019   mp 121 to 127 Glenn Dale to New Carrollton - posted Oct 2019   mp 128 to 134 Landover to Gateway - posted Nov 2019   mp 134 to 135 Ivy City / Washington Terminal - posted Dec 2019   mp 136 Washington, DC - posted Jan 2020 Northern Central Railway / now Baltimore Light RailLink and NS:   mp 0 Downtown Baltimore - updated Aug 2020   mp 0 to 1 Midtown Baltimore - posted May 2020   mp 1.5 Bolton - posted Jun 2020   mp 2 Mount Vernon - posted Jul 2020   mp 3 to 4 Woodberry to Melvale - updated late-MAY 2023   mp 5 to 7 Mt. Washington to Hollins - posted Aug 2020     mp 7.1 Green Spring Branch, part 1 - posted Oct 2020     mp 7.1 Green Spring Branch, part 2 - posted Nov 2020   mp 7 to 10 Lake Roland to Riderwood - posted Dec 2020   mp 10 to 14 Lutherville to Timonium - posted Jan 2021   mp 14 to 16 Cockeysville - posted Jan 2021 Other PRR / now Amtrak and NS:   Claremont Branch - updated Nov 2016   Catonsville Short Line, part 1 - updated Aug 2022   Catonsville Short Line, part 2 - updated Feb 2019   Baltimore and Sparrows Point RR, part 1 - updated Mar 2021   Baltimore and Sparrows Point RR, part 2 - posted Dec 2017   Sparrows Point Branch, part 1 - posted Mar 2023   Sparrows Point Branch, part 2 - posted Apr 2023   Amtrak Acela Locomotives - updated Apr 2023   Amtrak ACS-64 Locomotives - updated Dec 2022   Penn Line Mile by Mile - updated May 2023 Other PRR / now CSX:   RF&P Subdivision - posted May 2022   Landover Subdivision - posted Sep 2022

Other Area Rail Tours

trolleys interurbans other RRs

Western Maryland Railway / now CSX:   mp -2 to -0.5 Port Covington to Westport - updated Jul 2022   mp -0.5 to 1 Westport to OML - updated Oct 2021   mp 1 to 3 Pedicord to Mosher - posted May 2016   mp 3 to 4 Mosher to Walbrook - posted Jun 2016   mp 4 to 6 Walbrook to Cold Spring - posted Jul 2016   mp 6 to 8 Lucille Park to Mount Hope - posted Aug 2016   mp 8 to 10 Milford Mill to Sudbrook - updated Sep 2022   mp 10 to 13 Sudbrook to McDonogh - updated Oct 2022   mp 13 to 15 Green Spring Jct to Owings Mills - updated Oct 2022 Trolley / Streetcar / Commuter Lines:   RI Avenue Trolley, page 1 - to Beltsville - updated Dec 2022   RI Avenue Trolley, page 2: to Laurel - updated Oct 2022   Trolley Line #9: to Catonsville - updated May 2022   MARC engine photos - updated May 2023   Huntingdon Avenue Viaduct - posted Aug 2022 Baltimore Light Rail:   Hunt Valley to Lutherville - posted Apr 2021   Riderwood to Woodberry - posted Jun 2021   Woodberry to Penn Station - posted Jul 2021   Penn Station to Camden Station - posted Aug 2021   Stadiums to Westport - posted Sep 2021   Westport to Linthicum - posted Oct 2021   Shipley to Cromwell - posted Nov 2021   BWI Airport spur - posted Dec 2021 Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Railway, Main Line:   Washington DC to Patuxent River - updated Apr 2019   Two Rivers to BWI Airport - updated Feb 2022   Linthicum to Patapsco River - updated Aug 2021   Patapsco River to Westport - updated Nov 2018   Westport to Baltimore - updated Jan 2021 Annapolis & Elk Ridge RR / WB&A South Shore:   Annapolis Jct to Patuxent Switch - updated Mar 2023   Odenton - updated Dec 2020   Millersville to Annapolis - updated Jun 2018 Annapolis Short Line / WB&A North Shore / B&A:   Annapolis to Winchester - posted Jul 2018   Arnold to Elvaton - posted Aug 2018   Marley to Ferndale - posted Sep 2018   Shipley to Baltimore Highlands - updated Dec 2021   Cliffords to Baltimore - updated Dec 2019 Non-tour Photo Groups:   DC Metro Green Line - updated Mar 2023   Other RRs around the area - updated Jan 2022

Everything Else
miscellaneous	NEWS: Streetcar Pole Hunt Your help needed with Unknown photos Wanted: your old railroad photos CSX Engine Finders part 1, part 2 - updated periodically Signs: around the area - posted Aug 2019 Signs 2: around the area - posted Oct 2019 No Location: around the area - posted Nov 2019 Topographic Maps: NC mileposts added - updated Oct 2020 Baltimore City Intersections - updated Aug 2013
my favorite pics and resource recommendations	Favorite Pictures - updated Apr 2022 Favorite Books - updated Nov 2005 Favorite Links - updated periodically
initial (old) version of these pages, now outdated	Railroads - posted July 1999 Commuter Rails - posted July 1999 Highways and some RRs - posted August 1999 PRR Baltimore to Washington overview - posted Oct 2017