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The Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic railroad, nicknamed Black Cinders & Ashes, [1] ran from Claiborne, Maryland (with steamship connections to Baltimore), to Ocean City, Maryland. It operated 87 miles (140.0 km) of center-line track and 15.6 miles (25.11 km) of sidings. [2] Chartered in 1886, the railroad started construction in 1889 and ...
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway: Baltimore, Hampden and Towsontown Railway: 1874 1878 Baltimore and Delta Railway: Baltimore and Hanover Railroad: WM: 1877 1886 Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway: Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway: WM: 1886 1917 Western Maryland Railway: Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad: 1891 1894 Baltimore and Lehigh ...
The Baltimore Steam Packet Company, nicknamed the Old Bay Line, was an American steamship line from 1840 to 1962 that provided overnight steamboat service on Chesapeake Bay, primarily between Baltimore, Maryland, and Norfolk, Virginia. Called a "packet" for the mail packets carried on government mail contracts, the term in the 19th century came ...
1 Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway. Toggle Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway subsection. 1.1 Location and General Description of Property.
Factor of adh. Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 is a compound articulated class "H-6" "Mallet" type steam locomotive with a 2-6-6-2 (Whyte notation) wheel arrangement. It was the very last steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1949 and originally operated by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) where it pulled coal ...
4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. Length. 5,155 miles (8,296 kilometres) [1] The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (reporting mark ACL) was a United States Class I railroad formed in 1900, though predecessor railroads had used the ACL brand since 1871. In 1967, it merged with long-time rival Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard ...
Baltimore and Eastern Railroad. The Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway was conveyed to the Baltimore and Eastern Railroad May 1, 1928. Caton and Loudon Railway; Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad; Connecting Railway. The Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad merged into the Connecting Railway December 9, 1956.
07000389 [1] Added to NRHP. May 2, 2007. Union Station is a historic railway station located at Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. It was constructed in 1913–14, near the junction where the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad intersected with the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railroad (later, the Baltimore ...