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B&O Old Main Line Tour
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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
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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
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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
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short B&O branches

around Baltimore

clickable map

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
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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

clickable map
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
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trolleys

interurbans

other RRs

clickable map
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

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