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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 - Mt Vernon Station
ex NC and PRR station. Hemmed in by i83 and the light rail, this shot
was taken from the 29th street bridge (the westbound bridge for 28th
street). You can see the roofline as you drive up (north) i83, just after
you go under the 28th street bridges. Thanks to Mike Watnoski for pointing
this one out, I forgot all about it!
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.
BROOKLANDVILLE
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.
BRUNSWICK
ex B&O depot now used for MARC.
Click here for my
Brunswick railfan guide page.
CUMBERLAND
DORSEY
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.
ELLICOTT CITY
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.
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.
GAITHERSBURG
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.
GLYNDON
ex Western Maryland depot. It currently houses the
Glyndon post office. Emory Grove tower was just north of here.
HAGERSTOWN
HALETHORPE
Another plain MARC commuter stop on the Penn line to DC.
It has a nice crossover, where you can get some elevated shots.
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.
LAUREL
ex B&O depot, it now services MARC..... off Main and 1st Sts.
LINTHICUM
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.
LUTHERVILLE
An ex
Pennsy station now a private home, located just off Seminary Ave adjacent to the
Light Rail tracks.
MT. AIRY
Click here for my railfan guide to Mt. Airy... Pictures coming soon.
MONKTON
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
OAKLAND
ex B&O.
PERRYVILLE
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.
POINT of ROCKS
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.
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.
ROCKVILLE
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.
St DENIS
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.
SYKESVILLE
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.
UNION BRIDGE
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.
WALKERSVILLE
Small depot for the operations of the Walkersville Southern
RR, a very shortline excursion railroad north of Frederick.
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