Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad
 Map of the Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad, and the Philadelphia Branch of the B&O | |
| Overview | |
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| Headquarters | standard gauge |
| Length | 109 miles (175 km) |
The Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad was a
History
In 1838, the B&O began service from Baltimore to Philadelphia using the new PW&B line.
In 1881, the B&O attempted to gain control of the PW&B, but lost the stock battle to the
Except at its two ends, the line was built within a few miles to the northwest of the PW&B. At the Baltimore end, the line ended in the
The Reading, originally using the
Though a surface alignment through downtown Baltimore was authorized by the Maryland legislature, the B&O instead obtained a charter for the Baltimore Belt Line to provide a completely grade-separated route. This new route entered the long Howard Street Tunnel at Camden Station, running north under downtown, and then turning east through two shorter tunnels to a junction with the Philadelphia Branch at Bay View Yard. The Baltimore Belt Line was completed in 1895, and its expenses drove the B&O to bankruptcy in 1896.
The last
Branches
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- Delaware Branch
- Snyder Avenue Branch
- Point Breeze Branch
- Stock Yard Branch
- Oregon Avenue Extension
from East Side Junction to wharves and yards along the Delaware River on the east side of Philadelphia.
- Crum Creek Branch
extending both north and south of a connection to the main line at Eddystone, Pennsylvania along Crum Creek. Served Leiper's quarry to the north and the Baldwin Locomotive Works to the south.
- Market Street Branch
from the east end of Wilsmere yard (later, from Elsmere Junction) into Wilmington, Delaware to a station at Market Street. Provided passenger and freight service from downtown Wilmington.
- South Side Extension or South Wilmington Branch
from a junction on the Market Street Branch across the Christina River to Third Street Dock. Served industries on the south side of the river.
- Landenberg
from Landenberg Junction (at the west end of Wilsmere yard) to Landenberg, Pennsylvania. Later the Wilmington and Western Railroad.
- Providence
built from Childs, Maryland to Providence, Maryland by the Lancaster, Cecil and Southern Railroad. Finished to a paper mill in Providence; a small amount of grading done to the north towards Oxford, Pennsylvania.
- In Baltimore
References
- ^ Herbert W. Harwood Jr. "Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad". Maryland Online Encyclopedia. Maryland Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ ISBN 0-911198-81-4.
- ^ H.V. and H.W. Poor Co. "Poor's Manual of Railroads of the United States: 1891." p. 49. Accessed 2010-05-12.
- ^ Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; United States (1922). Baltimore and Ohio railroad corporate histories ... Baltimore, Md.: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, Valuation Department. p. 117.
- ISBN 0-8018-7061-5. Retrieved 2013-03-05.