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CSX Bayview Yard Area

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This is one of CSX's main yard in the Baltimore area.  CSX (and their predecessor, the B&O, really didn't have one big yard as the Pennsy did (the adjoining NS Bayview yard), instead, they split up the chores between Bayview (serving the east side), Penn Mary (serving the Baltimore Harbor, the Canton waterfront, the Canton area, an interchange with the Canton RR, and the gateway to Sparrows Point), Riverside and Locust Point (serving the Locust Point waterfront industries and piers), and Curtiss Bay (serving the south side of Baltimore, mainly the coal piers).

As far as signals go, there isn't much in the area to feast on.  There's a new color light signal installation on the B&O off Monument St, which, is one of the most popular railfan spots in Baltimore.  There's a couple of old Pennsy PL's under 895, adjacent to the old BAY tower.  Access is not recommended to the PL's even tho you can drive there.

As I mention of the map, the CSX used to be fairly tolerant of casual railfans staying in their cars at the wye.  Haven't been there lately to check this out. 

CSX doesn't have many railroad cops, compared to the NS, so there's less chance of being arrested, detained or chased off.  The NS are particularly brutal, having the authority to arrest you if they want to.... there's a reason they have the nickname, "the Nazi Southern".

New 01/13/2008
Last Modified: 02/21/2008