ex B&O depot of Frank Furness design, as is the Riderwood NC Station.
RAILFAN GUIDES of the U.S.
Railroad Stations and Depots of Maryland
Aberdeen
Baltimore
Brooklandville
Brunswick
Dorsey
Ellicott City
Frederick
Gaithersburg
Glyndon
Hagerstown
Halethorpe
Hampstead
Laurel
Linthicum
Lutherville
Mt Airy
Monkton
Perryville
Point of Rocks
Riderwood
Rockville
St Denis/Relay
Stevenson
Sykesville
Union Bridge
Walkersville
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Alan Brougham, who does the Bullsheet, also has a comprehensive listing of the stations of Maryland: http://www.bullsheet.com/news/mdvintagedepots.html
ABERDEEN - B&O depot
ex
B&O depot of Frank Furness design, as is the Riderwood NC Station.
ABERDEEN - Amtrak/MARC station
ex Pennsy depot, looks like it's maybe from the 30's.... have
to do some digging....
BALTIMORE - Mt Royal Station
ex
B&O station, located on Mt. Royal Ave, and is easily accessible via the Mt.
Royal Light Rail stop. It has been occupied by the Maryland Art Institute
for just about ever.
BALTIMORE - Camden Station
B&O's great Camden station, on Howard St at the end of i395.
The "new" station adjacent to this great structure is used as the northern
terminus for MARC on the (what else) Camden line.
BALTIMORE - Lake Ave
ex M&Pa station on Lake Ave, between Charles St and Falls Rd
BALTIMORE - Penn Station
Baltimore's premier railroad station, with an extensive
remodeling project finished about 10 years
ago by Amtrak. Originally used by the Pennsy, then Penn Central, it now
services Amtrak, MARC (Penn line), and the Light Rail.
BALTIMORE - President St Station
ex
BP&W/NC depot at the end of President, just east of the downtown area, south
of Pratt St. It now houses a Civil War Museum.
BALTIMORE - West Baltimore
A MARC commuter stop on the Penn
line to DC and a little variety of what you will see about every five minutes
during the rush hours.... missing, some Amtrak stuff... I was a little too busy
with two cameras.
ex NC and PRR, at Falls Rd and
Hillside Rd (near where i83 ends above the Beltway). It's now a
private home, and is owned by the fellow who owns the pub across the street.
For more pictures and info on what's
left on the Green Spring Branch, check out my
Green Spring Branch page at:
http://www.railroadsignals.us/baltimore/greenspring/index.htm
ex B&O depot now used for MARC.
Click here for my
Brunswick railfan guide page... lots more photos of the station, sights, and
signals of the area, as part of my Central Maryland Railfan Guide.
CUMBERLAND
Brand new station built by Maryland for MARC commuter service
(maybe 1998?). Great view of northbound CPL's at the south end of the
stations platforms! Conveniently located off MD Rt 100, between US 1 (and
i95) and the Baltimore Washington Parkway with its own exit... however, you
can't access any of the local roads from the parking lot or exit.
More pictures of and at the station as part of the Annapolis Junction are a
Railfan Guide at:
http://www.railroadsignals.us/baltimore/map11.htm
ex B&O depot now houses a museum that is part of the
B&O Transportation Museum. Just off Frederick Rd in Ellicott City where
CSX goes over.
Many more pictures and a comprehensive map of the area is here:
http://www.railroadsignals.us/baltimore/map6/index.htm
Ex B&O depot, renovated for commuter use. More Frederick
pictures and info on the guide page directly below.
FREDERICK / MONOCACY
A new station for MARC, slightly east of Frederick, right off
of i70. The commuter trains tie up here overnight and on weekends.
More pictures of this station and the area in my Central Maryland Railfan Guide
at:
http://www.railroadsignals.us/md/fred/index.htm
ex B&O depot - houses a small sandwich and sub shop. A
number of pieces of rolling stock and a Buffalo Creek steam engine sit off to
the right. MARC stops here.
ex Western Maryland depot. It currently houses the
Glyndon post office. Emory Grove tower was just north of here.
More pictures and stuff of the area as part of the Baltimore Railfan Guide at:
http://www.railroadsignals.us/baltimore/map2/index.htm
My (incomplete) Railfan Guide to Hagerstown is at: http://www.railroadsignals.us/md/hag/index.htm
Another plain MARC commuter stop on the Penn line to DC.
It has a nice crossover, where you can get some elevated shots.
More pictures of the station and the area in my Baltimore Railfan Guide at:
http://www.railroadsignals.us/baltimore/map6/index.htm
HAMPSTEAD
An ex Western Maryland depot in the town where DeWalt used to
make it's tools, recently remodeled. Located off MD Rt 30, about 12 miles
north of the end of i795. Hampstead has its own page at:
http://www.railroadsignals.us/md/hampstead/index.htm
ex B&O depot, it now services MARC..... off Main and 1st Sts.
The Maple
Ave depot formerly used by the Baltimore and Annapolis, and housed their offices
up till the time the MTA took over the rails and ended freight service.
Check out my Baltimore Railfan Guide map of the area for more pictures and info:
http://www.railroadsignals.us/baltimore/map7/index.htm
An ex
Pennsy station now a private home, located just off Seminary Ave adjacent to the
Light Rail tracks.
More pictures and area info in my Baltimore Railfan guide map 1 page:
http://www.railroadsignals.us/baltimore/map1/index.htm
Click
here for my
railfan guide to Mt. Airy with lots more pictures of the depot and the other
stuff in town along with a map...
ex NC and PRR. One of five surviving Northern Central /
PRR stations. It has been remodeled very nicely and is used as the
headquarters (and rest stop) on the Northern Central hikey-bikey trail.
More pictures and area info in my Baltimore Railfan guide map 1 page:
http://www.railroadsignals.us/baltimore/map1/index.htm
OAKLAND
ex B&O.
ex
Pennsy station. It now services MARC at it northern most point. MARC did a very nice job "fixin the place up".It
also houses a small NRHS museum and layout at the far end, in addition to the
ticket office. This is a great spot to watch and take pictures of trains
from, and a lot of railfans will come up here around 10pm to watch the NS
freights come off the Harrisburg line. MARC is doing a feasibility study
on extending service to Wilmington.
My big Perryville Railfan Guide page is at:
http://www.railfanguides.us/md/perry/index.htm
A much photographed ex B&O depot that now services
MARC - I missed the CPL's that used to be here :-(
Click here for my
Point of Rocks page, part of my central Maryland Railfan Guide series.
RIDERWOOD
Another Frank Furness design, formerly used for the Northern
Central and the Pennsy. Used till 1964 and then sold and became a private
home for the station agent that used to work the station. The widow sold
it 2000, but not before I got it on the Baltimore County historical list, which
pissed off the realtor, the owner, and the prospective developer who wanted tear
it down and put five houses on the acre and a half. She sold it for $250K,
and it sold in mid 2008 for $650K. More pictures and area info in my
Baltimore Railfan guide map 1 page:
http://www.railroadsignals.us/baltimore/map1/index.htm
ex B&O depot. Currently houses law offices. The current
MARC station is about a quarter of a mile west (to the left) of here, along with
a Metro station. On MARC's Brunswick line.
Located on the site of the old B&O commuter stop, the old
station was torn down sometime in the late 70's (I think), I would come over
here to study in between classes back in the late 60's, early 70's.
Typical of MARC's plain stations. As can be seen, this is a popular spot
with railfans on Saturday mornings. On MARC's Camden line to DC. More pix
and info in my Baltimore railfan guide section at:
http://www.railroadsignals.us/baltimore/map6/index.htm
The second of two surviving stations on the
Green Spring Branch....(the other one is
Brooklandville).... ex NC and PRR. It is now
home to an architect.
For more pictures and info on what's
left on the Green Spring Branch, check out my
Green Spring Branch page at:
http://www.railroadsignals.us/baltimore/greenspring/index.htm
An ex B&O depot located in a very historic town. B&P
tower also resides here after being "moved" from Penn Station and rebuilt here.
A lot more pictures and info on Sykesville on my Sykesville page at:
http://www.railroadsignals.us/baltimore/sykes.htm
An ex WM depot serves as home to the Western Maryland
Historical Society. They have a fair number of signals for a small museum,
and outside they have a WM semaphore on a full height mast.
The HQ for the Maryland Midland RR is across the street, as well as their yard.
Small depot for the operations of the Walkersville Southern
RR, a very shortline excursion railroad north of Frederick.
new 2003
Last Changed: 24-Apr-2012