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Location / Name:
Beltsville MD, Prince Georges County
What's Here:
Muirkirk MARC Commuter Rail Train Station
Data:
GPS Coordinates: 39.062979, -76.884073
Phone A/C: 301
ZIP: 20705
Access by train/transit:
MARC Commuter Rail
The Scoop:
The Muirkirk train station is the only thing in the immediate area of interest for the railfan. You can get here by driving or by taking a MARC train on the Camden line - just keep in mind that trains are not as frequent on the Camden line as they are on the Penn line between Baltimore and DC.
Just south of here in Greenbelt, we have the DC Metro shops for the Green and Yellow lines, and the first station on the lines.
Acknowledgements:
Rusty Rodrick
Denver Todd
Websites and other additional information sources of interest for the area:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muirkirk_station_(MARC)
There are a couple of alternatives on getting here. One is via I-95, one is via the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, and the other is U.S. Route 1.
the Muirkirk MARC StationGPS Coordinates: 39.062979, -76.884073
7012-B Muirkirk Road, Beltsville, MD 20705
According to the Wikipedia page on the station, this station was opened in 1994, and has 650 parking spaces - one of the larger lots on the Camden line.
Perfect timing!!!
WB (SB) Colorlight SignalsThese signals are at the north end of a set of crossovers.
EB (NB) Colorlight SignalsThese are at the south end of the crossovers.
Disclaimers:
I love trains, and I love signals. I am not an expert. My webpages reflect what I find on the topic of the page. This is something I have fun with while trying to help others.
Please Note: Since the main focus of my two websites is railroad signals, the railfan guides are oriented towards the signal fan being able to locate them. For those of you into the modeling aspect of our hobby, my indexa page has a list of almost everything railroad oriented I can think of to provide you with at least a few pictures to help you detail your pike.
If this is a railfan page, every effort has been made to make sure that the information contained on this map and in this railfan guide is correct. Once in a while, an error may creep in :-)
My philosophy: Pictures and maps are worth a thousand words, especially for railfanning. Text descriptions only get you so far, especially if you get lost or disoriented. Take along good maps.... a GPS is OK to get somewhere, but maps are still better if you get lost! I belong to AAA, which allows you to get local maps for free when you visit the local branches. ADC puts out a nice series of county maps for the Washington DC area, but their state maps do not have the railroads on them. If you can find em, I like the National Geographic map book of the U.S..... good, clear, and concise graphics, and they do a really good job of showing you where tourist type attractions are, although they too lack the railroads. Other notes about specific areas will show up on that page if known.
Aerial shots were taken from either Google or Bing Maps as noted. Screen captures are made with Snagit, a Techsmith product... a great tool if you have never used it!
By the way, floobydust is a term I picked up 30-40 years ago from a National Semiconductor data book, and means miscellaneous and/or other stuff.
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