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B&O RR Photo Tours
- in and around Maryland - voted top B&O history Web site |
Wanted: your old railroad photos
B&O Old Main Line Tour
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For the railroad archaeologist, perhaps there's no area with a greater number of interesting relics-per-mile than the Baltimore & Ohio's Old Main Line (OML). The OML is the route of the first commercial railroad in the United States as it pushed west from Baltimore, MD to the Ohio River. It was constructed largely by hand between 1828 and 1835, and amazingly, continues in active railroading use even now. |
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Tracing disused B&O alignments along the Old Main Line |
Ilchester - updated May 2008 Lees - posted Sep 2006 Union Dam - posted Oct 2006 Elysville/Alberton/Daniels - posted Nov 2006 Davis - posted Dec 2006 McKeldin - posted Jun 2007 Henryton - posted Jan 2007 Sykesville - updated Oct 2008 Sykesville Tunnel - posted Mar 2007 Woodbine Tunnel - posted May 2007 Hartman Tunnel, East - posted Dec 2008 Hartman Tunnel, West - posted Jan 2009 Adamstown Cutoff - posted Nov 2007 Mt. Airy Planes Eastern approach - posted Feb 2005 Mt. Airy Planes 1 and 2 - posted Mar 2005 Mt. Airy Planes 3 and 4 - posted May 2005 Mt. Airy Planes Western approach - updated Apr 2009 Mt. Airy Loop - East - posted Dec 2004 Mt. Airy Loop - West - posted Jan 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Miscellaneous picture pages |
Bridges - updated Sep 2008 Tunnels - updated Jun 2006 Mile by Mile - updated Nov 2009 Stringers - updated Oct 2009 Just Trains - posted Feb 2009 Mysteries - updated Feb 2008 Railfan by Satellite - updated Dec 2009 Photo Quiz - posted Jan 2006 Topographic Maps - posted Oct 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
B&O Washington Branch Tour
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The B&O's Washington Branch (now CSX's Capital Subdivision) splits off from the Old Main Line in Relay and extends down to Washington DC. It was built around 1835, but contains fewer surviving relics than the OML. The route is busier and less scenic. |
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Tracing disused B&O spurs |
Parkway Center - posted Jun 2008 Patuxent Branch - updated Apr 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous picture pages |
Just Trains - posted Sep 2009 Milestones - updated Oct 2009 Mysteries - posted Oct 2007 Topographic Maps - posted Oct 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B&O Metropolitan Branch Tour | ||||||||||||||||
| The B&O's 1873 Metropolitan Branch, now CSX's Metropolitan Subdivision, starts in Washington, DC and progresses northwest to Weverton, MD. |
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| B&O Tours Around Baltimore | |
| The B&O built (and rebuilt) many short branches and other connections in and around Baltimore. I've tried to group the photos into a logical order but there is some overlap. |
Locust Point Branch - updated Jan 2004 Camden Cutoff and Spur - updated Jun 2007 |
| Other Area Rails | |
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connections and competition for the B&O |
NEWS: Topographic maps linked from this site are unavailable. Do you know an alternate source?
Trolley / Streetcar Lines: Washington - Laurel, page 1: to Beltsville - posted May 2004 Washington - Laurel, page 2: to Laurel - posted May 2004 Ellicott City - Catonsville: to Catonsville - posted Mar 2002 Annapolis & Elk Ridge RR: Annapolis Junction to Annapolis - updated Feb 2005 Pennsylvania RR / Amtrak: Baltimore to Washington - updated May 2009 |
| Steve's Picks | |
| My favorite pics and resource recommendations |
Favorite Pictures - updated Oct 2006 Favorite Books - updated Nov 2005 Favorite Links - posted Jun 2004 |
| General Area Transportation Photos | |
| initial (old) version of these pages |
Railroads - posted July 1999 Commuter Rails - posted July 1999 Highways and some RRs - posted August 1999 |
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