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Before the Wall Fell
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USGS Maps
I believe the two screens shots above are from before the wall collapse
Pictures From April 30th, 2014
Pictures From A Year Later on June 11th, 2015
Courtesy of the University of Texas Library, click
here for
their index page. 1898
Quadrangle Disclaimers: I love trains, and I love signals. I am not an
expert. I do these pages because I love spending my time doing them -
although I do a reasonable amount of research to make sure the information
presented is accurate! :-) :-) Please Note:
Since the main focus of my two websites is railroad signals, the railfan guides
are oriented towards the signal fan being able to locate them. For those
of you into the modeling aspect of our hobby, my
indexa page has a list of
almost everything railroad oriented I can think of to provide you with at least a few pictures to
help you detail your pike. If this is a railfan page, every effort has
been made to make sure that the information contained on this map and in this
railfan guide is correct. Once in a while, an error may creep in,
oooooooops, oh well! :-)
My philosophy: Pictures and maps are worth a
thousand words, especially for railfanning. Text descriptions only
get you so far, especially if you get lost or disoriented. Take
along good maps.... a GPS is OK to get somewhere, but maps are still
better if you get lost! I belong to AAA, which allows you to get
local maps for free when you visit the local branches. ADC puts
out a nice series of county maps for the Washington DC area, but their
state maps do not have the railroads on them. If you can find em,
I like the National Geographic map book of the U.S..... good, clear, and
concise graphics, and they do a really good job of showing you where
tourist type attractions are, although they too lack the railroads.
Other notes about specific areas will show up on that page if known. Beware: If used as a source, ANYTHING from Wikipedia must be treated as
being possibly being inaccurate, wrong, or not true.
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NEW
02/01/2017
While looking for information about the Belt Line, I came across these photos from 1901 of the electric service that the B&O used to pull NB freights thru the Howard Street tunnels with.
Freights were pulled up to Huntingdon St, Passenger trains were released at Mt Royal. It was the first mainline electrification in the United States.
In "the old days", the entrance to the two track section before getting
to Mt Royal was protected by a CPL signal, a Color Position Light signal.
These were the signals designed by the B&O in the early part of the 1900's,
and only showed up on the B&O and associated railroads, like the SIRT on
Staten Island NY.
They have since been replaced by a type of signal called a UNILENS signal.
There are separate light bulbs inside the housing for each aspect, but they
all come out thru one opening in the housing, sort of like a searchlight
signal, but with no moving parts.
After the wall fell, they moved the signal over to the left of the tunnel
entrance.
1902
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BTW, floobydust is
a term I picked up 30-40 years ago from a National Semiconductor data
book, and means miscellaneous and/or other stuff.
Pictures and additional information is always needed if anyone feels
inclined to take 'em, send 'em, and share 'em, or if you have
something to add or correct.... credit is always given! BE NICE!!! Contact info
is here
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