User contributions for HistoryCommission2

15 November 2019

• 08:5108:51, 15 November 2019 diff hist +47 N File:Point of Rocks Station - February, 2010, photo courtesy of Bill Shewbridge.jpg Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 08:5008:50, 15 November 2019 diff hist +75 N File:Point of Rocks Station - February, 2010.jpg (Photo by Bill Shewbridge) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 08:4808:48, 15 November 2019 diff hist +64 File:Point of Rock Train Station 1969.jpg No edit summary current
• 08:4408:44, 15 November 2019 diff hist +137 N File:Train Station with Karn building in background.jpg Brunswick Train Station with Karn building in background. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Category:Smoketown Railroad
• 08:4308:43, 15 November 2019 diff hist +149 N File:Westbound Station artsy photo of the 1907 station.jpg An artsy photo of the photo of 1907 Westbound Station in Brunswick. (Photo courtesy of Curtis Webber) Category:Smoketown Railroad
• 08:4108:41, 15 November 2019 diff hist +47 N File:Brunswick Station photo courtesy of Peter Wenner, February 2010.jpg Category:Smoketown Railroad
• 08:4008:40, 15 November 2019 diff hist +34 File:West end of Brunswick from the bridge, November 2007.jpg No edit summary current
• 08:3908:39, 15 November 2019 diff hist +211 N File:West end of Brunswick from the bridge, November 2007.jpg West end shot from the bridge. (Photo by Peter Wenner) Smoketown History (Brunswick, Md.) This was November 2007. There was a long Indian summer that year so still had fall colors at Thanksgiving
• 08:3708:37, 15 November 2019 diff hist +131 N File:Steam engines 1930s photos.jpg Steam engines taken in Brunswick during the 1930's. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 08:3508:35, 15 November 2019 diff hist +549 N File:Steam engine taken in the 1930's in Brunswick.jpg Steam engine pictures taken back in the 1930's in Brunswick. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Reuben Moss: 1.) Locomotive at the watering tanks, now the site of the MARC fueling racks. 2.)One of the yard tracks, about to go around the Roundhouse. The... current
• 08:3408:34, 15 November 2019 diff hist +149 N File:Engine by the coal tipple.jpg Engine with the top of the coal tipple in the background on the left. (Photo courtesy of Reuben Moss) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 08:3208:32, 15 November 2019 diff hist +511 N File:Switch engine 0-6-0 in Brunswick Yard.jpg Smoketown History (Brunswick, Md.) Page Liked · February 18, 2010 · Edited · · An old locomotive in the Brunswick Yards. The rooftops of Walnut Street or East Potomac Street are just visible behind the train. This is believed to be an 0-6-0 swit... current
• 08:3008:30, 15 November 2019 diff hist +117 N File:Hump tower roof view.jpg View from the roof of the hump tower. (Photo courtesy of Reuben Moss) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 08:2908:29, 15 November 2019 diff hist +206 N File:Engine facilities photo courtesy of Reuben Moss.jpg Engine facilities, photo taken from about the spot where the big communications tower now stands, maybe a short distance east. (Photo courtesy of Reuben Moss) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 08:2708:27, 15 November 2019 diff hist +333 File:Steam Engine beside the Coal Tipple in the 1930s.jpg No edit summary current
• 08:2408:24, 15 November 2019 diff hist +270 N File:East End of the yard construction early 1890s.jpg Construction of the East End of the yard, early 1890s. They had to excavate much of a hill at the end, and if you walk the towpath in the winter you can see all the rock that was carved out. (Photo courtesy of Reuben Moss) [[Category:Smoketown Railro... current
• 08:2208:22, 15 November 2019 diff hist +279 N File:Steam Engine beside the Coal Tipple in the 1930s.jpg Picture taken sometime in 1930's in Brunswick beside the coal tipple. This was first steam engine built in United States for B&O Railroad. Engine 2400 Mallet; had two engines and 2 sets of cylinders. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) [[Category:Smoketo...
• 08:2108:21, 15 November 2019 diff hist +170 N File:Steam engine in Brunswick during 1930's, photo courtesy of Phil Lowery.jpg Steam engine in Brunswick during 1930's. See the YMCA and Emergency Hospital on the right. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 08:2008:20, 15 November 2019 diff hist +743 N File:Knoxville Road near west boundary of Brunswick.jpg Back of the photo reads: "Nov 3rd 1923. [Survey?] of Harpers Ferry Elec. light & Pr. Co. pictured on Knoxville Road near w. boundary of Brunswick at this time." The dark building with the tall chimney may be the old canning factory next to tracks and... current
• 08:1708:17, 15 November 2019 diff hist +47 N File:Steam engines in Brunswick during the 1930s, courtesy of Phil Lowery.jpg Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 08:1608:16, 15 November 2019 diff hist +316 N File:Seaboard Railroad car (Orange Blossom Special Route) and vehicle collide at crossing, Photo 3.jpg Doubs, Md Seaboard Railroad car (Orange Blossom Special Route) and vehicle collide at crossing. Picture No. 3 (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery; Photography by Walker R. Smith of Doubs) H Walker Smith: The driver of the car, Walter Remsberg, is the man... current
• 08:1508:15, 15 November 2019 diff hist +230 N File:Seaboard Railroad car (Orange Blossom Special Route) and vehicle collide at crossing, Photo 2.jpg Doubs, Md Seaboard Railroad car (Orange Blossom Special Route) and vehicle collide at crossing. Picture No. 2 (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery; Photography by Walker R. Smith of Doubs) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 08:1308:13, 15 November 2019 diff hist +229 N File:Seaboard Railroad car (Orange Blossom Special Route) and vehicle collide at crossing, Photo 1.jpg Doubs, Md Seaboard Railroad car (Orange Blossom Special Route) and vehicle collide at crossing Picture No. 1 (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery; Photography by Walker R. Smith of Doubs) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 08:1008:10, 15 November 2019 diff hist +711 N File:Train and car collision at the Pigeon Hill railroad crossing near Doubs in 1952.jpg Aftermath of a train and car collision at the Pigeon Hill railroad crossing near Doubs in 1952. Railroad crew and bystanders help remove the driver, Mr. Shaft, who was the mailman in Doubs, from his his van after having been pushed some distance down t... current
• 08:0708:07, 15 November 2019 diff hist +226 N File:Railroad crew working on the tracks at Doubs.jpg Railroad crew working on the tracks at Doubs. Hickman's store across the tracks was also a general store. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery; Photography by Walker R. Smith of Doubs) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 07:4307:43, 15 November 2019 diff hist +37 N File:Edith (Edee) Elizabeth Tyler Obituary from The Frederick News-Post, November 15, 2019.jpg Category:Obituary current

14 November 2019

• 21:3921:39, 14 November 2019 diff hist +356 N File:The Capitol Limited, piloted by James P. Roby, Jr..jpg The Capitol Limited, piloted by James P. Roby, Jr. We’re not sure where it was taken, but the automobile looks late 1920s or early 30s. The location has been identified as Sandy Hook. Can anyone identify the site? A clue could be the number on the t... current
• 21:3721:37, 14 November 2019 diff hist +218 N File:Point of Rocks Station, Point of Rocks, MD.jpg Point of Rocks Station, Point of Rocks, MD Steam Engine rounding the curve in front of the station. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery; Photography by Walker R. Smith of Doubs) Category:Smoketown People current
• 21:3521:35, 14 November 2019 diff hist +2 File:B&O Local Train Schedules; Page 3. Courtesy of Phil Lowery.jpg No edit summary current
• 21:3421:34, 14 November 2019 diff hist +32 File:B&O Local Train Schedules; Page 3. Courtesy of Phil Lowery.jpg No edit summary
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• 21:3321:33, 14 November 2019 diff hist +34 File:B&O Local Train Schedules; Page 4 . Courtesy of Phil Lowery.jpg No edit summary current
• 21:3321:33, 14 November 2019 diff hist 0 N File:B&O Local Train Schedules; Page 4 . Courtesy of Phil Lowery.jpg No edit summary
• 21:3221:32, 14 November 2019 diff hist +34 File:B&O Local Train Schedules; Reprinted in 1987. Courtesy of Phil Lowery.jpg No edit summary current
• 21:3221:32, 14 November 2019 diff hist 0 N File:B&O Local Train Schedules; Reprinted in 1987. Courtesy of Phil Lowery.jpg No edit summary
• 21:3021:30, 14 November 2019 diff hist +34 File:B&O Local Train Schedules; Page 2. Courtesy of Phil Lowery.jpg No edit summary current
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• 21:2821:28, 14 November 2019 diff hist +811 N File:Wreck on outside track at Point of Rocks beside the tunnel.jpg Train wreck on outside track at Point of Rocks beside the tunnel. The wrecking crew from Brunswick were called out to clean up train wrecks. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Fred Riley of Brunswick was a crane operator for the B&O. He used to get call... current
• 21:2421:24, 14 November 2019 diff hist +251 N File:Wrecking crew called out to clean up train wreck..jpg Brunswick wrecking crew called out to clean up train wreck. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Bonnie Jones: The nickname was Big Liz. My father, Roland Heffner, worked on the wreck crew for many years. Category:Smoketown Railroaders
• 21:2321:23, 14 November 2019 diff hist +701 N File:Wreck crew at work in Frederick County. 1940s..jpg The B&O wreck crew at work in Frederick County. 1940s. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Joe B Eshbaugh: That could possibly be my Grandfather operating the crane, Melvin V. Thompson. He had the full time job of maintaining, repairing, and operating the... current
• 21:2021:20, 14 November 2019 diff hist +183 N File:Tanker train wreck on the B&O. in the 1940s (3).jpg Another view of the train wreck somewhere in Frederick or Montgomery Counties. Maybe Doubs or Dickerson? (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 21:1821:18, 14 November 2019 diff hist +246 N File:Tanker train wreck on the B&O. in the 1940s (2).jpg (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Susan Alexander: My father, Floyd Waters, was Wreck Master for several years, on the B&O Railroad. Jake Castle: Arden Webber, Johnnie Ayers worked on the wreck crane!! Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 21:1521:15, 14 November 2019 diff hist +78 N File:Tanker train wreck on the B&O. in the 1940s.jpg (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 21:1321:13, 14 November 2019 diff hist +77 N File:REA Express Building ... Photo 2 - 1940's.jpg (Photo courtesy of David Cage) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 21:1221:12, 14 November 2019 diff hist +77 N File:REA Express Building ... circa 1940's.jpg (Photo courtesy of David Cage) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 21:1021:10, 14 November 2019 diff hist +250 N File:Ice house where refrigerator cars for perishable goods were pre-iced or re-iced.jpg The old ice house where refrigerator cars for perishable goods were pre-iced or re-iced. This was located under where the Potomac River bridge is today. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 21:0821:08, 14 November 2019 diff hist +228 N File:Inspection Shanty - Circa 1912.jpg Inspection Shanty - Circa 1912 According to Wes Ball, the location is just east of the WB tower. The concrete foundation is still there today. (Courtesy Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 20:4420:44, 14 November 2019 diff hist +103 N File:B&O Yard Office - 1925.jpg (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum Museum) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 20:4320:43, 14 November 2019 diff hist +34 File:B&O caller's office in Brunswick.jpg No edit summary current
• 20:4220:42, 14 November 2019 diff hist +1,540 N File:B&O caller's office in Brunswick.jpg B&O caller's office. A caller would find crews for the train and call the men (engineers, firemen, conductors, brakemen) when it was their turn to work. They would also contact the workers that would layover in Brunswick at the YMCA where they would w...