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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]
Howard Street Tunnel; U. Union Tunnel (Baltimore) This page was last edited on 29 March 2024, at 04:33 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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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
This new route entered the long Howard Street Tunnel at Camden Station, running north under downtown, and then turning east through two shorter tunnels to a junction with the Philadelphia Branch at Bay View Yard. The Baltimore Belt Line was completed in 1895, and its expenses drove the B&O to bankruptcy in 1896.
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; I. Ilchester Tunnel; L. Long Dock Tunnel; V. Virginia Avenue Tunnel; W. Waldo Tunnel (Jersey City) This page was last edited on 15 February ...