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14 November 2019

• 10:0210:02, 14 November 2019 diff hist +90 N File:Trains idling in the roundhouse.jpg (Courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 10:0110:01, 14 November 2019 diff hist +282 N File:B&O Roundhouse Postcard.jpg This postcard depicts the "New B&O Roundhouse" in Brunswick. (Image courtesy of the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Mark Welch: I remember my granddaddy taking me in the old roundhouse. Garland Conner. [[Category:Smok... current
• 09:5809:58, 14 November 2019 diff hist +656 N File:Steam locomotives of the Chicago and North Western Railway.jpg Steam locomotives of the Chicago and North Western Railway in the roundhouse at the Chicago, Illinois, rail yards in December 1942. (Photo by Jack Delano; courtesy of Curtis Webber) I love this picture. Went to the roundhouse as a child. I remember h... current
• 09:4209:42, 14 November 2019 diff hist +477 N File:Group at the very end of the coaling tower.jpg A group of what appears to be local students at the very end of the coaling tower that was just east of the roundhouse. Please let us know if you recognize anyone. Note the locomotive on the left between the coaling tower and roundhouse. This photo wo... current
• 09:1209:12, 14 November 2019 diff hist +653 N File:Wreck Train & Crew (see coal tipple in background).jpg Wreck Train & Crew (see coal tipple in background) (l-r) Ralph Webber, George Albert, Charles Heffner, ??, Ed Gladstone, ??, ??, George Heffner (Assistant Asst Wreckmaster), Ed Ault (Bookkeeper), Crabill Conner, George Myers (Wreckmaster) (Courtesy Br... current
• 09:1009:10, 14 November 2019 diff hist +351 N File:Railroad at Knoxville-Weverton looking East towards Brunswick..jpg Railroad at Knoxville/Weverton looking East towards Brunswick. The postcard is wrong! The B&O's stylish Weverton Station was erected in 1868, and the larger one followed in 1888. Passenger service to Hagerstown ended in 1949, and the tracks were pulle... current
• 09:0709:07, 14 November 2019 diff hist +282 N File:Scale house on the westbound hump.jpg The scale house on the westbound hump was referred to by railroaders as "the hump house". Note there were 4 rails. One set was for the scales and the other was to go around the scales. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) [[Category:Smok... current
• 09:0609:06, 14 November 2019 diff hist +389 N File:West hump looking east in the Brunswick yard.jpg West hump looking east in the Brunswick yard. Note the line of boxcars on the right which typically hauled large cargo like furniture and auto parts. The line of cars stretches on into the distance. The scale house is seen on the left along with other... current
• 09:0309:03, 14 November 2019 diff hist +187 N File:B&O Yard in the 1950s,Trains Sitting.jpg Trains sitting in the Brunswick yard in the 1950s. The Hump Speeder on the middle track. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 09:0109:01, 14 November 2019 diff hist +148 N File:B&O Eastern Yard.jpg Another view of the eastern B&O yard at Brunswick. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 08:5908:59, 14 November 2019 diff hist +1,554 N File:B&O car yard and Eastbound Hum.jpg The B&O car yard and Eastbound Hump. See the Tower on the right. Train cars heading to the east coast were consolidated on the west end of the Brunswick yard. This photo was taken in New Addition from the area between McDonald and Canal Avenues. The s... current
• 08:5508:55, 14 November 2019 diff hist +38 File:Tom Claggett., November 10, 2014. Photo by Art Reid.jpg No edit summary current
• 08:5508:55, 14 November 2019 diff hist +117 N File:Tom Claggett., November 10, 2014. Photo by Art Reid.jpg Deacon Tom Claggett preached his last sermon at Grace Episcopal Church, Brunswick MD before retirement
• 08:5308:53, 14 November 2019 diff hist +421 N File:Concrete plant for the new bridge in the railroad yards in the early 1950s.jpg This was a concrete plant for the new bridge in the Brunswick railroad yards in the early 1950s. See the old Gross store on the right on the other side of the tracks. We've heard that this might have been a cement operation for the 1955 Potomac River... current
• 08:4308:43, 14 November 2019 diff hist +189 N File:B&O R.R. Roundhouse engines sitting & idling.jpg Brunswick B&O R.R. Roundhouse Engines sitting & idling at the roundhouse Coal Tipple background on the right (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 08:4008:40, 14 November 2019 diff hist +292 N File:Hybrid gas-electric powered car named Doodle Bug.jpg This is the hybrid gas/electric powered car named Doodle Bug that briefly ran until 1949. Locals enjoyed round trip shopping excursions from Brunswick to Hagerstown, back to Brunswick and then Frederick and back. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) [[Cat... current
• 08:3208:32, 14 November 2019 diff hist +944 N File:National Honor Society 1986 - 87.jpg This photo is from 1986-87 and shows the advisor and student members of the Brunswick High National Honor Society. Founded in 1921 by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, NHS is a nationwide organization for high school students an... current
• 07:0307:03, 14 November 2019 diff hist +256 N File:Brunswick Youth Advisory Council November 2019.jpg During tonight's (November 13, 2019) first BYAC meeting the members voted in their board positions: Chairperson - Hanaan Vice Chairperson - Casey Secretary - Bella Treasurer - Aubrey Social Media Coordinator - Jack Category:Organizations current

13 November 2019

• 20:5320:53, 13 November 2019 diff hist +182 N File:Jennifer Lolli-Hall and Art Hall at the Rotary Happy Hour, November 13, 2019.JPG Jennifer Lolli-Hall and her Husband Art Hall attending the Brunswick Smoketown Rotary Happy Hour on November 13, 2019. Jennifer grew in Brunswick. Category:People current
• 16:3616:36, 13 November 2019 diff hist +377 N File:Brunswick Roundhouse as the Capitol Limited approaches the station.jpg Old picture of Brunswick Roundhouse as the Capitol Limited, bound for Chicago, approaches the station. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Joan Hale: My Dad used to take my brothers and me to the roundhouse to watch the trains on the turntable. I'll alw... current
• 16:3316:33, 13 November 2019 diff hist +268 N File:B&O Yards in Brunswick circa 1950s.jpg B&O Yards in Brunswick with the Gross Store on the right looking west - 1950s? Please let us know if you know what was going on that so many people were turning out near this double-headed train. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 16:3116:31, 13 November 2019 diff hist +844 N File:Wheels not in motion.jpg Lots of wheels not in motion. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Norm Cornelius: The window from WB Tower ... WB being the identifying letters for the tower, nothing to do wit... current
• 15:4815:48, 13 November 2019 diff hist +2,153 N File:Crossing tower on the eastbound side of the tracks.jpg This early 20th Century photo shows a crossing tower on the eastbound side of the tracks near the old mill. Towers like his were for crossing watchmen, who would control or display warning signals for vehicular traffic at a grade crossing. An ice house...
• 15:3915:39, 13 November 2019 diff hist +308 N File:Eastbound Hump Tower - 1920s.jpg Eastbound Hump Tower - 1920s Men in this tower directed the switching of cars to be reclassified for their new eastbound destination. The tower was located on the crest of the receiving and classification yard. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritag... current
• 15:3815:38, 13 November 2019 diff hist +452 N File:WB Tower in the mid-1940s.jpg The Brunswick WB Tower in the mid-1940s on a rainy day. (Courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Dan Sobieck This picture was actually taken in the mid 1940's or later. How do I know this? I am a member of the B&O Historical Society. The Steam Loc... current
• 15:3715:37, 13 November 2019 diff hist +328 N File:Window of the old WB Tower.jpg This was the window of the old WB Tower, now on the 3rd floor of the Brunswick Heritage Museum. This tower controlled the signals and switches in Brunswick's west end. Another vestige of the Brunswick railroad era has come to an end. The WB tower is c... current
• 15:3515:35, 13 November 2019 diff hist +2,061 N File:WB Tower closed in December 2011.jpg WB Tower at Brunswick This was the last railroad tower in Maryland still in operation. It was closed in December 2011 and will be moved to the Railroad Park. Brunswick's "WB" Tower Clarence Shewbridge, Eugene Harrison, a Mr. Mortimer, and Blair Harrin... current
• 15:2915:29, 13 November 2019 diff hist +47 N File:B&O Tower Brunswick MD WB 1974-02.jpg Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 15:2615:26, 13 November 2019 diff hist +271 N File:Back side of the WB Tower in the Brunswick yard, taken in 1975.jpg Here's a rare view of the back side of the WB Tower in the Brunswick yard, taken in 1975. It was the last railroad tower in Maryland still in operation until it was closed in December 2011. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) [[Category:Smoketown Railr... current
• 15:2515:25, 13 November 2019 diff hist +422 N File:Train in the B&O yard at Brunswick in 1975.jpg Train in the B&O yard at Brunswick in 1975. The old YMCA is on the left. The WB Tower and roundhouse are to the right. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Tom Greco: In 1967 the westbound mail crane was just this side of the little bridge, which is in... current
• 15:2015:20, 13 November 2019 diff hist +35 N File:Veterans Day Parade, November 10, 2019 FCSO Honor Guard, courtesy of Chief Milt Frech.jpg Category:Events
• 15:1915:19, 13 November 2019 diff hist +22 File:Veterans Day Parade, November 10, 2019 Officer Smith and K9 Kyro.jpg No edit summary
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• 15:1915:19, 13 November 2019 diff hist +35 N File:Veterans Day Parade, November 10, 2019 - Chief Milt Frech.jpg Category:Events
• 15:1815:18, 13 November 2019 diff hist +35 N File:Veterans Day Parade, November 10, 2019 - Chief Milt Frech with Honor Guard.jpg Category:Events
• 12:5212:52, 13 November 2019 diff hist +694 N File:Tracks looking eastward towards Railroad Park.jpg Tracks looking eastward towards Railroad Park, the old WB tower and station. Note the right-hand switch track. (Photo by Vaughn Ripley) Margaret Hobson Barney: My dad labored 29 years in those shops and on the tracks as a high pressure steam pipe fit... current
• 12:4812:48, 13 November 2019 diff hist +410 N File:Railroad tracks looking west towards the Blue Ridge mountains.jpg Railroad tracks in Brunswick looking west towards the Blue Ridge mountains. The old DC Weinbrenner wholesale warehouse on the right. Sonny Cannon kept his sound truck in there. Judge Bill Wenner remembers carrying groceries up the hill from the wareho... current
• 12:4612:46, 13 November 2019 diff hist +548 N File:Brunswick passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line.jpg The historic Brunswick passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line between Washington, D.C. and Martinsburg, West Virginia in the Summer of 2015. Located at 100 South Maple Street, the former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot is a contributing pr...
• 12:4312:43, 13 November 2019 diff hist +528 N File:Brunswick yard in the mid-'60s.jpg The Brunswick yard in the mid-'60s above and under the shadow of the bridge. By this time, the railroad business was waning in Brunswick as the B&O had moved much of its operations to Cumberland. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Doris Kelley Barker:In m... current
• 12:3212:32, 13 November 2019 diff hist +218 N File:Smoketown looking east towards the roundhouse.jpg Smoketown looking east towards the roundhouse. The concrete plant on the left may have been for the 1955 Potomac River Bridge. (Courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 12:2812:28, 13 November 2019 diff hist +160 N File:Capitol Limited pulling into the Brunswick station.jpg The Capitol Limited pulling into the Brunswick station as it passes the B&O YMCA. (Photo courtesy of David Cage) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 12:2712:27, 13 November 2019 diff hist +522 N File:Caboose on a flatbed truck.jpg Caboose on a flatbed truck driven by L.B. Mason of Hamilton, VA. The company specialized in heavy equipment. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Allen Baker Jr: L.B. Mason was... current
• 12:2212:22, 13 November 2019 diff hist +944 N File:Doodlebug gas-electric motor cars powered this train full of military men.jpg "Doodlebug" gas-electric motor cars powered this train full of military men making its way through Doubs crossing during World War II. (Photo by Walker R. Smith of Doubs, courtesy of Phil Lowery) Jaime George: my dad talked about how the train stoppe... current
• 12:1812:18, 13 November 2019 diff hist +790 N File:West End and the freight yard in the late-1950s.jpg A view of Brunswick's West End and the freight yard in the late-1950s. Note the eastbound freight train getting ready to roll with the eastbound hump yard in the distance. The empty box cars on the right were likely destined for repair in the car yard.... current
• 12:1512:15, 13 November 2019 diff hist +1,869 N File:Brunswick and the B&O Yard.jpg Here's a great view of Brunswick and the B&O Yard that was likely taken from a small plane using the air strip you can see on the lower left. The airstrip was located between the Potomac River on the left and the C&O Canal and Railroad tracks on the ri... current
• 12:0212:02, 13 November 2019 diff hist +176 N File:Workmen laying track in the east end.jpg Workmen laying track in the east end with E. Potomac Street in the background. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 12:0112:01, 13 November 2019 diff hist +513 N File:Roundhouse in the 1930s.jpg At the roundhouse in the 1930s, we think. Cage's garage, Ridgeway's Market (later Moler's) and Grace Church are prominent in view. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Joan Hale... current
• 11:5811:58, 13 November 2019 diff hist +190 N File:Steam engine blowing smoke.jpg A steam engine "blowing smoke" as it heads east through the Brunswick yard. Hence the nickname of "Smoketown". (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 11:5611:56, 13 November 2019 diff hist +303 N File:B&O Railroad coach car - early 1950s.jpg (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Linda Kidwiler Henson: I well remember riding these trains to Indiana, southern VA and CO. Wonderful memories with my Mom going to visit fam... current
• 11:5411:54, 13 November 2019 diff hist +1,212 N File:Coal Tipple in Brunswick Load Coal Into Railroad Cars.jpg The Coal Tipple in Brunswick. Basic coal tipples, no longer used in the industry, loaded coal into railroad cars from a vantage point above the box cars. Many tipples had simple screening equipment to sort coal pieces by size before loading. In the m... current