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Lutherville is one of those old, old suburban
communities of Baltimore from the 1600-1700's. As you drive around you can
see the houses are generally "older" than new.
In Lutherville, you have
one of the remaining Northern Central railway stations off Seminary Ave.
Not
to far away on Bellona Avenue is the Lutherville Volunteer Fire Company, which
recently enlarged their station house.
About two blocks away from LVFC on
York Road is
the Fire Museum of Maryland, which has some really nice exhibits, including a
working fire alarm display maintained by one of the fellows also involved with
the Baltimore Streetcar Museum, John.
The second railroad of
Baltimore, the Baltimore and Susquehanna, came through here in 1831-32 heading to York and
Harrisburg. The railroad was re-organized as the Northern Central Rwy
after a really bad accident in Ruxton/Riderwood killed 35 people, and the B&S
was prompted to reorganize in order to stave off bankruptcy. The B&S also built the
Green Spring Branch, which the
Western
Maryland used in the beginning before they had their own route out of the city.
They built this route as an alternate way out of Baltimore when the state of
Pennsylvania denied the Northern Central access to entering York County.
The R-O-W was double tracked and signaled by WW1. Local passenger service,
known as the Parkton Local, was discontinued in 1959. Soon after, the line
reverted to a single track with passing sidings. The last Norfolk Southern
freight came through in 2004 before the double-tracking project started - NS
used it as an excuse to abandon the line. The "Campbell's" Quarry siding
by Lowe's was removed (maybe) in 2013?
More info at:
http://www.mdoe.org/north_central_rr.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Central_Railway
http://wikimapia.org/7137695/Northern-Central-Railroad-Pennsylvania-Railroad-Abandoned
The northern part of the light rail system
runs right up the middle of the map, which was the original right-of-way of the Northern
Central. The original section which opened in
1990 and went to Timonium. The extension opened to Hunt Valley in
September of 1997.
There are two light rail stops in the neighborhood: Lutherville and the
Timonium Business Park. Lutherville has become a semi-major bus terminal
for the number 8 and 9 routes. Ypou can see both 40 footers and
articulateds come through.
Any part of the light rail system that wasn't double tracked,
that project started on January 1st, 2005, and the old marble ties (stringers) were
visible along the R-O-W. Above Cockeysville, the R-O-W is now the NC
hikey-bikey Trail, which is very popular with those types. The R-O-W
splits off at Warren Rd., and other than the stub that is still there, not much
remains visible. NS trains stopped running when the light rail closed the
track for the double tracking project at the beginning of 2005. They
applied for abandonment shortly thereafter.
More info at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Light_Rail
ex PRR Lutherville
Station
GPS: 39.424099, -76.629427
Please do not
trespass or otherwise go onto the property, this is a private residence.
Light Rail - Station by Station
Lutherville has two light rail stops: Lutherville and the
Timonium Business Park.
The Baltimore Light Rail system starts/ends on
the northern part of the map in Hunt Valley, at the mall. Too bad for
riders, but by the time the current owner of the Mall told the MTA that they
would love to have the Light Rail come into the Mall, the MTA already had
started on building the station as it is now.
This map, map 1, covers the system from the northern end down to the Twin Tunnels in Riderwood. The longest stretch of track without a stop starts on this map at Lutherville, and goes about 4 miles to the Falls Road station, and also takes in the best scenery of the entire system at Lake Roland.
Timonium Road Grade Crossing
NB
Timonium Business Park
Lutherville
Coming from the Lutherville station at Ridgely Rd, and heading into station.
Lutherville MD is served by one volunteer fire company, Lutherville. There is no police precinct in Lutherville, most calls are handled by cars from Towson, and Cockeysville if needed. Other nearby fire stations are 1 - Towson, 17 - Texas, and 14 - Brooklandville.
Lutherville Volunteer Fire Company
Lutherville is the closest station to where I live. They have the distinction of being the only company in the county that has a truck outfitted especially for vehicle rescue, truck 303. They just got a new 303 in 2011, replacing the older truck that had been in service for about 25 years. As of 2012, Lutherville wanted to double the size of the firehouse into the adjoining lot to the right - it was completed over the summer of 2015.
Construction pictures from May 2015.
Interior shots from October 2014.
Every call gets a map to the location
as can be seen in the picture above. 301 got a call while I was there.
the Maryland Fire Museum
GPS: 39.419041, -76.613518
Located in Lutherville, off York Rd (exit 26
off the Beltway).
Turn off York
Rd when you see this sign.
New 05/07/2016
Last Modified:
01/19/2017