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RAILFAN GUIDE to BALTIMORE
the North Suburban side of Baltimore

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The map below shows the north suburban side of Baltimore... Towson, Lutherville, Timonium, Cockeysville, and Hunt Valley.  There's lots to check out and see.

The original right-of-way of the Northern Central treks thru here, and up until 2005, the old marble ties (stringers) were visable along the R-O-W.  Above Cockeysville, the R-O-W is now the NC hikey-bikey Trail, which is very popular with those types.  The R-O-W splits off at Warren Rd., and other than the stub that is still there, not much remains visable.  NS trains stopped running when the light rail closed the track for the double tracking project at the beginning of 2005.  They applied for abandonment shortly thereafter.

Several old NC/PRR depots are still around to check out - Riderwood (about a quarter of a mile down the tracks from me), Lutherville, Greenspring, Stevenson, and Monkton.  Three of them are used as homes, and anyone wishing to take pictures of them should respect the privacy of the homeowners!  Monkton serves as the HQ for the Trail.

Just north of Padonia Road and the Timonium stop, the Glen Burnie / Cromwell trains "turn around".  During the double-tracking project, the MTA put in this really nice pocket track station like arrangement (like Camden Station), and the turn-arounds wait in the pocket track.

Towson is the county seat, and as such, the police and fire headquarters are here.  Close by is the Fire Museum of Maryland in Lutherville.

New 09/04/2007
Last Modified:
09/04/2007