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Parts of the Power line Path remains in use to this day. The single circuit 115KV path from WB&A Road (just south of BWI Airport) to Telegraph Road and Annapolis Road remains with some modifications. Another path was replaced by a double circuit 115KV monopole from Pumphrey to Linthicum. Both are
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was established in the area roughly bounded by the B&O Washington Branch on the west, the Pennsylvania Railroad on the east, and the South Shore Line of the WB&A to the south. The installation was supposed to be a temporary facility, used only for the duration of the war (it is still in use
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Once onto their own right-of-way, the WB&A's expresses regularly hit 60 mph, but street running in the terminal cities slowed their overall time. A typical B&O express made the trip in 50 minutes, but the best the WB&A could do was an hour and 20 minutes. Offsetting these handicaps
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The "Naval Academy Junction" shops sat about one mile (1.6 km) north of "Naval Academy Junction," on the east side of MD 170. The brick shop buildings were subsumed into a larger building complex that housed a number of manufacturing companies, including Nevamar Plastics, but those shops were
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At the northeast corner of the location where the track listed above crosses MD 170 (Telegraph Road) is a brick building that once housed the WB&A operations headquarters. The Baltimore-Washington main line and Fort Meade-Annapolis (South Shore) branch crossed at this location, known as "Naval
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While the vast majority of the South Shore division was abandoned and sold for scrap in the 1930s, the portion between Annapolis Junction and Odenton was purchased and operated by the B&O to serve Fort Meade until sometime between 1979 and 1981. It too was removed. Only the junction tracks at
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Initial passenger equipment running from Baltimore-Washington to Annapolis was the "classic" 1900-1910 arch window all wood body truss rod frame interurban coach. In the 1920s when passenger business was good, the line purchased and operated steel two car articulated (attached body with a common
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On June 5, 1908, two of WB&A's single-car trains collided at Camp Parole, Maryland. Nine people died as a result of the crash, including Railroad Policeman J.G. Schriner. The trains were ferrying riders to and from the United States Naval Academy for graduation ceremonies at the time of the
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The trestle over Horsepen Branch on the Bowie Race Track spur, and short sections of roadbed on either side of the trestle. (A nearby rail trail signed "WB&A Spur Trail" branches off of the WB&A Trail and was built on a route that once served the race track, but the route was actually
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In 1903, the WB&A purchased the Annapolis, Washington & Baltimore Railroad (AW&B) — formerly the Annapolis & Elkridge Railroad — which was closed, electrified and reopened. At the same time, it laid an almost straight double-track route parallel to the B&O and
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railroad the next year. Over time, the rails were hauled away, though by the beginning of World War II some remained and at least one post-War home in the area used old rails in lieu of I-beams. The right of way within Washington, D.C., remained under the ownership of WRECo and then the old
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and started using the WB&A terminal on Liberty Street (between Lexington and Fayette) in Baltimore. Prior to 1921 the WB&A and B&A had run on separate, parallel tracks from Linthicum to Baltimore. But on March 16, 1921, a crossover connected the two parallel tracks at
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torn down in 2013. The Academy Yard housing area now encompasses the area. The electrical power plant for this section of the WB&A overhead still stands and is visible from MD 170. The water tower associated with the Nevamar plant still stands there also.
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at grade before turning north to cross Annapolis Road, also at-grade. It then travels a short distance north to the site of the old Nevamar Company's manufacturing plant. That plant shut down in 2004 and trains haven't run on the spur
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was built providing an alternative route into Annapolis. As a result, gross receipts for the railroad began to decline. The railroad only survived because of a law exempting it from taxes. In January 1931, during the
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operations ceased on the B. & O. track, and a new terminal was built at the southwest corner of South Howard and West Lombard Streets (current site after the early 1970s of Holiday Inn hotel) across from the
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portion between the state's largest city and its state capital continued to operate electric rail cars for another two decades, replaced by a bus service during the late 1950s into 1968. Today, parts of the
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of the Main Line. These two portions of the trail are not connected due, in part, to a property dispute that diverted the trail west in Anne Arundel County where a bridge will be built later.
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today). The WB&A saw record traffic during this time as a result of freight and passenger service to the camp. In 1918, the railroad was running as many as 84 special trains a day.
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Pennsylvania railroads, but slightly to the east in less populated territory. On February 7, 1908, service began from Liberty Street in Baltimore to its Washington terminal at 15th and
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The WB&A Terminal in Baltimore, now a former westside downtown Baltimore bank branch for the old Equitable Trust Company at North Liberty Street and Marion Street (alley)
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forced an end to passenger service during the economic pressures of the 1930s depression southwest to Washington from Baltimore & west from Annapolis in 1935. Only the
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Academy Junction." The interlocking tower that controlled this crossing comprised the second floor. Commercial office tenants occupy the building today.
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line (from Cromwell Station / north Glen Burnie going north to downtown Baltimore and further north through city to Hunt Valley in Baltimore County),
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Always looking for new sources of business, the railroad, in 1914, convinced the Southern Maryland Agricultural Fair Association to establish
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The right of way of the North Shore Line and some equipment was bought by the Bondholders Protective Society, who then formed the
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center truck/boogie) coaches from Baltimore to Annapolis. This equipment later went to the Milwaukee Electric Line in Wisconsin.
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Annapolis Junction, which are used by an aggregates terminal, and an abandoned spur to the old Nevamar plant in Odenton remain.
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to serve as a high-speed, showpiece line using the most advanced technology of the time. It served Washington, Baltimore, and
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built in early 1990s uses the right-of-way twice: once from Baltimore Highlands through North Linthicum to a point north of
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The Scott Street electric generating power substation on the NE corner of Scott and West Ostend Streets in southwest downtown
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National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries, circa 1912,
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A section of railroad track exists in the Academy Junction section of Odenton, Maryland. It branches off of
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In 2021, BWRR attempted to take control of a 43-acre parcel of land for its planned station in Baltimore's
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were its cleanliness, lower fares, half-hourly express service, and better-located downtown terminals.
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McCarthy (Named for the nearby farm owned by the McCarthy family. The train crossed their farm road).
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The WB&A Terminal at 15th and H St NE, Washington, D.C., shortly after its opening in March, 1908
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Every Hour On The Hour; A Chronicle of the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railroad
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Share of the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad Company, issued 17. May 1921
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company (BWRR) to acquire a passenger railroad franchise previously held by the WB&A. The
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in South Baltimore, connecting with the #6 transit line for streetcars and buses of the old
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constructed subsequent to the WB&A's demise, by the Pennsylvania Railroad.).
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southbound exit; the northern portal was demolished in 2021 as part of the
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to acquire land owned by the railroad and open a training facility.
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The Westport tunnel's southern portal is visible just north of the
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With the business seemingly successful, the WB&A purchased the
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for hiking - biking trails, and roads through Anne Arundel County.
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system to transport passengers from city to city in 15 minutes.
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6-car excursion extra departing Annapolis for Washington in 1910
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still has power lines in service on the former right of way in
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Franchise acquired by Baltimore-Washington Rapid Rail and the
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Maglev, Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail; The Northeast.
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Campbell, Colin; Mirabella, Lorraine (July 2, 2021).
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and travels east past the Odenton Library and across
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Prince George's County portion of the WB&A Trail
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Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway
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The WB&A was originally incorporated in 1899 as
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Annapolis, Maryland
Reporting mark
Maryland
Washington, D.C.
Northeast Maglev
Track gauge
standard gauge
Electrification
V
AC
Overhead line
1,200 V DC
railroad
Maryland
Washington, D.C.
Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad
Baltimore & Annapolis Short Line
streetcar line
Baltimore
Cleveland, Ohio
entrepreneurs
Annapolis, Maryland
Great Depression
automobile
Baltimore & Annapolis
right-of-way
light rail
rail trail

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