Nostalgia & History > B&O before the kitten

I did get to shoot some B&O in the "blue" days, but these are by other photographers.

1 3403 and two more geeps are at Baltimore on an unusual assignment. Robert Robl noted on the slide that they were moving a Pennsy train, with a GG1, around a wreck that had the
juice off in that area. Wish the PRR train was more visible. Down below I see some Pennsy E's and geeps at a shop area. 6-64 by Robert Robl

2 3723 at Sandpatch area. The skiff of snow is perfect to set off the dark units. The position signals add much to a painting like scene. 11-25-78 by John Held

3 6565 and 6442 at M&K Jct, WV. Never having been there, I can only guess these are helpers. The hopper looks empty, so this must be a heavy grade to need the geeps. 6-64 by Robert Robl

One of so many roads and paint schemes gone with the wind.

Keith A

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Nice photos; thanks for sharing with all of us. Love the B&O, especially from yesteryears.

I can remember riding SAL 22 from Richmond to New York in the 60's when the line from Washington to Baltimore was closed due to a wreck. We had 2 of the Washington Terminal RS's pull us up the B&O, thought the Howard St. tunnel and then onto the PRR where the interchange is north of the station and back us down the tunnel into the station.

Sharon Evans
Glen Allen, VA

#1 is just south of Bay View yard, that is the former Orangeville engine facility to the right.

I am a western fellow. and was surprised by the Yellow 'X' on the bypass train.
What era was this scheme used?

Jim Baker, Whittier, CA

That is the "sunburst" scheme. Many units had it.

Keith A

fine trio Keith, thanks for posting them

More Please!!

Bob Helling
PRose

Nice to see that In the first picture, the B&O threw in a passenger color GP in the mix!

Thomas eckhardt

Cool -- I'd never seen the sunburst scheme before either. Looks like a lot of variation in how it was applied. There's a good representation on the google image search. https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1836&bih=950&q=%22B%26O%22+sunburst&oq=%22B%26O%22+sunburst&gs_l=img.3...125.4774.0.5086.16.9.0.7.0.0.172.624.8j1.9.0....0...1ac.1.31.img..9.7.405.nkWP-_LCtNw

Ted in OR

Photo #1 was taken from the West side of the bridge that crosses US Rte 40 (Pulaski Hwy).
The roundhouse was located on Kresson St. between Pulaski Hwy. and Lombard St.
The water tower, now gone, and the smokestack are located at the then Baltimore City Hospital.

http://www.historicaerials.com/api/img-server.php?op=fetchHistoricPhotograph&bbox=-76.5612523150223,39.298529938351,-76.5572276136354,39.2945052369641&year=1971&stamp=true


BaltoJoey

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> 3 6565 and 6442 at M&K Jct, WV. Never having been
> there, I can only guess these are helpers.

They are helpers indeed. There are heavy grades in both directions out of Rowlesburg, as the B&O descends into the valley of the Cheat River, crosses the river there, and then immediately departs the valley both eastbound and westbound. But appearance of the empty coal hoppers is a bit of a mystery, as almost all B&O-originated coal came from nines west of Rowlesburg. That's an eastbound train, and hence, one would expect it to be loaded. Another possibility is that it was a train that had handled a different commodity westbound, such as iron ore or limestone, and was now returning east.

Art House
Gettysburg, Pa.
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I'm surprised that two WT RS-1s would be able to pull a typical #22 Silver Star...usually 14-18 cars up thru Howard St tunnel. You should have been rising backwards after hte Baltimore interchange.