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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 Dec 2010 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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Topical picture pages |
Bridges - updated Jul 2011 Color-Position Light Signals - updated Sep 2013 Just Trains - updated Jun 2010 Mile by Mile - updated Feb 2011 Mysteries - updated Feb 2008 Photo Quiz - posted Jan 2006 Railfan by Satellite - updated Dec 2009 Stringers - updated May 2011 Tunnels - updated Jun 2006 |
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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 - updated May 2013 Patuxent Branch - updated Apr 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Topical picture pages |
Color-Position Light Signals - NEW! Sep 2013 Just Trains - posted Sep 2009 Milestones - updated Oct 2009 Mysteries - posted Oct 2007 |
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B&O Metropolitan Branch Tour
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The B&O's 1873 Metropolitan Branch, now CSX's Metropolitan Subdivision, starts in Washington, DC and progresses northwest to Weverton, MD. This tour continues to Harpers Ferry, WV as the Cumberland Subdivision. |
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Tracing disused B&O branches |
Georgetown Branch, mile 0 to 1 - posted Jul 2010 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 Apr 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Topical picture pages |
Just Trains - posted Jun 2013 Mile by Mile - updated Apr 2013 |
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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: Hurricane Sandy
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 - updated Sep 2010 Annapolis & Elk Ridge RR: Annapolis Junction to Annapolis - updated Feb 2005 Pennsylvania RR / Amtrak: Baltimore to Washington - updated Jun 2011 Miscellaneous: around the area - posted Dec 2010 Topographic Maps: B&O mileposts added - posted Oct 2008 |
| Steve's Picks | |
| My favorite pics and resource recommendations |
Favorite Pictures - updated Dec 2010 Favorite Books - updated Nov 2005 Favorite Links - posted Jun 2004 |
| General Area Transportation Photos | |
| miscellaneous |
Baltimore City Intersections - updated Aug 2013 |
| 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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