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The Howard Street Tunnel fire (also known as the Baltimore Freight Rail Crash) was a 60-car CSX Transportation freight train derailment that occurred in the Howard Street Tunnel, a freight through-route tunnel under Howard Street in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 18, 2001. The derailment sparked a chemical fire that raged for five or six days and ...
The Howard Street Tunnel, originally a 1.4-mile (2.3 km) long tunnel under Howard Street in downtown Baltimore, took four and a half years to build (1890–1895) and was the longest tunnel on the B&O's system. [6] Its construction cost $7 million (equivalent to more than $200 million in 2018) and required 2,400 workers. [7]
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Howard Street Tunnel: 1895 1984 CSX Baltimore Terminal Subdivision: Howard Street Baltimore: Independent city MD-15: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Point of Rocks Tunnel: 1971 CSX Old Main Line Subdivision
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Located at the north end of the B&O's Howard Street tunnel, the station was built of Maryland granite trimmed with Indiana limestone, with a red tile roof and landmark 150-foot (46 m) clocktower. [6] The station's interior featured marble mosaic flooring, two fireplaces, and rocking chairs. It opened to the public on September 1, 1896. [7] "
Howard Street Tunnel fire, a disaster that struck the freight railroad tunnel under Baltimore's Howard Street in 2001; Howard Street (Sheffield), a short street in Sheffield, England; Howard Street (Chicago), a major street in the Chicago metropolitan area; Howard Street Apartment District in Omaha, Nebraska; Howard Street, London, a demolished ...
Howard Street Tunnel: 1890, 1895 July 2, 1973: Baltimore Baltimore City: Brick-lined tunnel ...