The Baltimore Belt Line was constructed in Baltimore, Maryland, by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the early 1890s to connect the railroad to its new line to Philadelphia and Jersey City. It includ
B&O's overhead third-rail system at Guilford Avenue in Baltimore, 1901, part of the Baltimore Belt Line. The central position of the overhead conductors was dictated by the many tunnels on the line: the ∩-shaped rails were located at the highest point in the roof to give the most clearance
Mount Royal Station (in 1961)
Baltimore & Ohio electric engine
Interior of the B&O's powerhouse in 1910, supplying 675 volts DC to the Baltimore Belt Line
The Baltimore Terminal Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Maryland. The line runs from Baltimore to Halethorpe along the original Baltimore an
Baltimore Belt Line
…Line passenger trains, and the first mainline railroad electrification in the United States. Today, CSX Transportation operates the line as part of its Baltimore Terminal Subdivision. From the 1830s to early 1870s, the B&O terminated in Baltimore, but offered passenger and freight service onward to New York via the Philadelphia…
CSX autorack train on the Baltimore Terminal Subdivision in Baltimore
Mount Winans Yard. The set of three tracks on the right is the current CSX main line. The pair of tracks on the extreme left is the Mount Clare Branch, part of the original B&O main line, leading to the Carrollton Viaduct.