RAILROAD SIGNALS of the U.S.
PICTURES of the
BALTIMORE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM
A southbound "2 pack" running
alongside Howard St, stopped at the Convention Center.
The Bromo-Seltzer
tower is in the background, and Camden station is behind me to my left.
The
tracks just left the middle of Howard St in the background.
Hunt Valley and Cockeysville
SB rounding the curve heading into Pepper Rd.
SB coming up the short grade from Shawan Rd in Hunt Valley.
NB at Beaver Dam Rd, Warren Rd to the right of us - Cockeysville.
SB
climbing small grade in order to cross Warren Rd.
Two destinations you can't find on the map, or go to.
When I worked in railcar maintenance back in 95-98, I programmed these two
destinations, Ruxton and Riderwood, into the ODK. I'm surprised they are
still there today. If you get to Baltimore and want them displayed, ask
the operator for destination 198. Most of them, if not all of them, don't
even know the code exists. These pictures were taken at the BWI station on
11-2-05.
A billboard from before the light rail
system opened in 1990. I probably took it in 1988 or 1989 when one could
still drive down the old Pennsy R-O-W.
The Timonium Road
grade crossing in (probably) 1989. They have worked on this grade crossing
countless times over the "recent" years: in the late 80's in preparation for the light
rail system, in the 1989 timeframe to build the system, in the early 90's to
remove the Saco Supply siding going off to the left,
in 2005 for the double-tracking project, and then around 2010 to
completely rebuild it. Saco Supply moved to Cockeysville Rd in
Cockeysville, adjacent to the Northern Central R-O-W.
A couple of contractors checking out the vital
relays at Warren Rd before the Hunt Valley extension was placed into
service.
Here are a few shots from around the system, a lot of which were taken during the years 1995-1998 when I worked in railcar maintenance.
Night time wire work in the yard at North Avenue, ~1997.
Southbound approach signals
coming into North Ave, ~1997.
Shots from grand opening day of the Hunt Valley extension.
805 pulling a 3-pack
at Warren Rd to test the catenary for alignment before energizing and revenue
service.
First time 805 went down Howard St, I guess they didn't
believe the thing would clear the street, why else would everyone be looking at
it? The other picture is 805 sitting in the North Ave yard, along with
804.
Two
different Conrail freights waiting to go back to Bayview yard after having spent
the night running up the Light Rail to Timonium during the off hours between
0130 and 0430. If the freight can't make it back in time for the start of
revenue service, they will park it on the siding at Warren Rd in
Cockeysville. Once in a great while when we were doing brake rate tests in
Timonium, We would have to "chill" while waiting for the freight to pass
us. The 28th St bridge is in the background, and the steps lead down to
the Relief Point, where they exchange operators.
Here's
a shot from the North Ave bridge, that goes over the Light Rail (and the CSX
mainline), the shops are in the background. You can great shots of
freights coming from Philly just a few feet away, and they're on a curved girder
trestle.
A busy
construction photo of the interlocking for the small branch going into Penn
Station. Howard St bridge is in the background.
Ooooops, not sure if the truck or 5017 won this one on a Saturday night back in 1997 on Howard St.
An MTA cop protecting the Warren Rd crossing while maintainers work on the gates.
A NB train at Lake Roland / Robert E. Lee park.
A view of a train on 3S from the 4S maintenance platform.
A couple of busses at Camden Station.
Yours truly getting a Customer Service award in 1995. Also in the photo on the left is John Agro, who was head of the MTA back in those days, and George Thompson on the right, a foreman at the time, later promoted to Superintendent... he came from the Heavy Rail side around 1994.
Track 3 being extended out of the carbarn on the north side, to join the tail track around the 1996 timeframe.
Construction Photos - North End Double Tracking Project
Three
shots of LRV's finally back on the mainline, testing the tracks, catenary, and
signals. Sunday 11-6-05.
Construction photos from the double tracking at Timonium stop by the Fairgrounds. The two left photos are looking north, the one on the right is looking south.
NEW 01/01/1995
Last Modified
31-Dec-2015