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14 November 2019

• 20:3320:33, 14 November 2019 diff hist +34 File:East Bound Railroad Station. Courtesy of Phil Lowery.jpg No edit summary current
• 20:3320:33, 14 November 2019 diff hist +387 N File:East Bound Railroad Station. Courtesy of Phil Lowery.jpg Reuben Moss: The station on the canal side WAS Eastbound, and the one that still exists is the Westbound station. If you look closely at the photos, there are white boards on each station, this one's said "This Station for East Bound Trains Only", and...
• 20:2920:29, 14 November 2019 diff hist +47 N File:Rail car in front of the Eastbound station - Late 1950s.jpg Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 20:2720:27, 14 November 2019 diff hist +34 File:Box cars beside the parking lot at the foot of S. Maryland Avenue.jpg No edit summary current
• 20:2720:27, 14 November 2019 diff hist +516 N File:Box cars beside the parking lot at the foot of S. Maryland Avenue.jpg Box cars beside the parking lot at the foot of S. Maryland Avenue next to J.P. Karn, Inc, in the mid-1960s. The building on the left is long gone as is the old eastbound station on the other side of the tracks. Does anybody know what the lower Karn's...
• 20:2420:24, 14 November 2019 diff hist +81 N File:Harper's Ferry Tunnel.jpg (Photo courtesy of Patsy Rooney) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 20:2220:22, 14 November 2019 diff hist +284 N File:Roundhouse photo taken around 1988.jpg (Photography/Copyright by Rhonda Rooney) Jeanie Hawes: "Skimmy" Hahn was my grandad...he worked in the car yard for years...my grandmother Louise & I would take him lunch...I'll never forget that--love you & miss you more than you know. [[Category:Sm... current
• 20:1920:19, 14 November 2019 diff hist +45 N File:Train Yard Photo courtesy of Patsy Rooney.jpg Category:Smoketown People current
• 20:1820:18, 14 November 2019 diff hist +70 N File:Railroad at (the merge) with the C&O.jpg (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 20:1620:16, 14 November 2019 diff hist +47 N File:Train set at the Brunswick Railroad Museum--East End.jpg Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 20:1420:14, 14 November 2019 diff hist +47 N File:Chessie System Logo.jpg Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 20:1320:13, 14 November 2019 diff hist +47 N File:CSX Transportation Logo.jpg Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 20:1220:12, 14 November 2019 diff hist +34 File:B&O Eastbound Station in Brunswick in 1974. Courtesy of Ray Soderberg.jpg No edit summary current
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• 16:1716:17, 14 November 2019 diff hist +796 N File:B&O yard in the early 1950s, West Bound Station, Coal Tipple.jpg Wonderful photo of the B&O yard in Brunswick in the early 1950s. See the westbound station on the far left, the roundhouse and coal tipple in the middle, and the eastbound station on the right. According to Reuben Moss, "I believe the metal structure... current
• 16:1316:13, 14 November 2019 diff hist +797 N File:West end Car Yard Circa '60s Heavy Repair and Scrap..jpg This appears to have been looking in the opposite direction from the previous shot In the west end Brunswick Car Yard, most likely in the early '60s. It was located just west of what is now 84 Lumber. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brun... current
• 16:0916:09, 14 November 2019 diff hist +275 N File:West end Car Yard Circa '60s..jpg In the west end Brunswick Car Yard, most likely in the early '60s. It was located just west of what is now 84 Lumber. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Category:Smoketown R... current
• 16:0816:08, 14 November 2019 diff hist +733 N File:Town Between The Tracks Location.jpg Sad photo from the bridge of what appears to have been after the 1959 consolidation of its freight yard operations to Cumberland led to the B&O shifting many Brunswick jobs with it. This is the location of the "Town Between The Tracks". The old Gross... current
• 16:0616:06, 14 November 2019 diff hist +47 N File:West end car yard looking towards the Potomac Water Gap.jpg Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 16:0316:03, 14 November 2019 diff hist +313 N File:B&O Eastbound Yards with a light dusting of snow.jpg The Eastbound B&O yards as the tracks on the right go around the bend past Walnut Street in Brunswick, taken after a light dusting of snow. The long tracks in the foreground are the Mill Yard which still exists. . (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heri... current
• 15:5915:59, 14 November 2019 diff hist +544 N File:Rail Yard Overhead view Circa the early 80s..jpg Overhead view of the yard probably in the early 80s. notice the condition of the roundhouse, the partially dismantled coal tipple, etc. Between the two halves of the rail yard, Brunswick was 5 miles long and rated as being capable of holding something... current
• 15:5115:51, 14 November 2019 diff hist +152 N File:E. Potomac Street from the site of the old roundhouse - November 2010.jpg View of E. Potomac Street from the site of the old roundhouse - November 2010 (Courtesy of Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 15:4515:45, 14 November 2019 diff hist +65 N File:Gum Spring Bridge Names.jpg Jknight moved page File:Gum Spring Bridge Names.jpg to File:Gum Spring Bridge Names, November 14, 2019.jpg current Tag: New redirect
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• 15:4515:45, 14 November 2019 diff hist +59 N File:Gum Spring bridge.jpg Jknight moved page File:Gum Spring bridge.jpg to File:Gum Spring Bridge, November 14, 2019.jpg current Tag: New redirect
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• 15:4415:44, 14 November 2019 diff hist +46 N File:Gum Spring, November 14, 2019 (3).jpg Category:City of Brunswick current
• 15:4415:44, 14 November 2019 diff hist +46 N File:Gum Spring, November 14, 2019 (2).jpg Category:City of Brunswick current
• 15:4315:43, 14 November 2019 diff hist +46 N File:Gum Spring, November 14, 2019 (1).jpg Category:City of Brunswick current
• 15:4315:43, 14 November 2019 diff hist +46 N File:Gum Spring complete words to the poem.jpg Category:City of Brunswick current
• 15:4015:40, 14 November 2019 diff hist +46 N File:Gum Spring Bridge, November 14, 2019.jpg Category:City of Brunswick
• 15:4015:40, 14 November 2019 diff hist +33 File:Gum Spring Bridge Names, November 14, 2019.jpg No edit summary
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• 15:2215:22, 14 November 2019 diff hist +150 N File:Water car, Brunswick, MD 1975..jpg Water car, Brunswick, MD 1975. See the old B&O YMCA to the far left. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 15:2015:20, 14 November 2019 diff hist +132 N File:Locomotive idling in the Brunswick yard in 1975.jpg A locomotive idling in the Brunswick yard in 1975. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 15:1915:19, 14 November 2019 diff hist +151 N File:Diesel locomotive beside the old Eastbound Brunswick station in 1976.jpg Diesel locomotive beside the old Eastbound Brunswick station in 1976. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 15:1815:18, 14 November 2019 diff hist +34 File:B&O Yard 1972 Near East Potomac Street..jpg No edit summary current
• 15:1715:17, 14 November 2019 diff hist +148 N File:B&O Yard 1972 Near East Potomac Street..jpg This B&O photo was taken in June of 1972 in the Brunswick yard near E. Potomac Street. (Original Kodachrome collection of J.L. Adams)
• 15:1515:15, 14 November 2019 diff hist +507 N File:B&O Yard in 1976 with the roundhouse and water tower.jpg Another of Ray Soderberg's outstanding photos of the B&O yard at Brunswick in 1976. See the roundhouse and water tower in the background. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Cindy Zinn: My dad Harry Minnick worked on the trains. Dennis Page: I remembe... current
• 13:4913:49, 14 November 2019 diff hist +630 N File:Caboose track lineup next to the old Roundhouse in 1974..jpg The entire caboose track lineup next to the old Brunswick roundhouse in 1974. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Jake Castle: The employee who worked the lower end had to service the engines ,sand water jug, flares and tools toilet paper, towels plus... current
• 13:4413:44, 14 November 2019 diff hist +34 File:Engines on the turntable at roundhouse in 1976.jpg No edit summary current
• 13:4313:43, 14 November 2019 diff hist +110 N File:Engines on the turntable at roundhouse in 1976.jpg Engines on the turntable at the Brunswick roundhouse in 1976. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg)
• 13:3713:37, 14 November 2019 diff hist +34 File:B&O Roundhouse and Turntable 1983.jpg No edit summary current
• 13:3713:37, 14 November 2019 diff hist +426 N File:B&O Roundhouse and Turntable 1983.jpg 1983 B&O Roundhouse and Turntable Ref: Brunswick Citizen Vol.24 No. 21 May 22, 1997 Newspaper clipping courtesy of Rhonda Rooney Gary Free: I remember the flood of 96 watching when it filled up with water, looked like horseshoe falls at Niagara Falls...
• 13:2913:29, 14 November 2019 diff hist +578 N File:Cattle pens next to the tracks.jpg In this photo, you see the old cattle pens next to the tracks where cows were unloaded from the trains to feed and water before continuing their journey to market. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Denise Duncan Moore: I remember this... current
• 13:2013:20, 14 November 2019 diff hist +365 N File:Roundhouse turntable looking west in November, 2010.jpg What's left of the ol' roundhouse turntable looking west in November, 2010 (Courtesy of Peter Wenner) Jake Castle: My Father C.W. (Jake) Castle worked the first trick and I James E. (Jake) Castle worked the second trick at the roundhouse! I put 23 en... current
• 13:1713:17, 14 November 2019 diff hist +34 File:B&O Railroad. Roundhouse. Courtesy of Phil Lowery.jpg No edit summary current
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• 13:1513:15, 14 November 2019 diff hist +375 N File:B&O Roundhouse with open doors to the service area.jpg The B&O roundhouse in Brunswick with open doors to the service area. This appears to be the 2nd post-1907 roundhouse after the extra bays were added to handle larger locomotives. The date of the photo is unknown. (Photo courtesy of Brunswick Heritage... current
• 13:1213:12, 14 November 2019 diff hist +493 N File:Brunswick Roundhouse, Courtesy of David Cage.jpg Phil Lowery: I remember going to Moler's Market and the train engine noise from the roundhouse was so loud. Linda Smallwood Fisher: My dad put in many hours in this place. When I had my first child in 1973 I use to take him down to visit my dad and bo... current