Baltimore and Ohio

This very brief page will cover what most people call the 'Old Main'.  This was the original mainline from the
city of Baltimore west toward the Ohio River. 

My coverage of this line is rather limited and was always something I had intended to get back to some day.
Operated today by CSX, this line remains very much in use.

  The line is following along the banks of the Patapsco River and this train is passing

through the town of Sykesville, MD on February 18, 1979.

     On a much nicer day in October of 1978, train number 97 passes by the station at Sykesville.

     Jumping back and forth between the two chases, 7610 is at Hoods Mill, MD.

  Near the town of Woodbine.

  A view from the Interstate 70 overpass near Mt. Airy.

  Passing the signals at Monrovia.

  Near the historical town of Monocacy is the junction of the Frederick branch.  The wye track just barely visible.

  The Old Main joins the main from Washington at Point of Rocks.

    A Western Maryland SD40 drags a dead C&O U25B west from Washington.  I finally gave up on
very dark grubby day.  The entire northeast got buried under another two feet of snow the next day.  From here it was a long four hour
drive home.  February 18, 1979.

To return to the Metropolitan Sub via Washington, click here.......

To Point of Rocks and west to Brunswick and Harpers Ferry.......