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75 relations: Amtrak, Arch bridge, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Bethesda, Maryland, Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge, Branch line, Brunswick Line, Capital Crescent Trail, Capital Subdivision, Capitol Limited (Amtrak train), Chain Bridge (Potomac River), Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Chevy Chase, Maryland, Concrete, CSX Transportation, Cumberland Subdivision, Dalecarlia Tunnel, Derwood, Maryland, Dickerson Generating Station, Dickerson station, Dickerson, Maryland, Double-track railway, Ephraim Francis Baldwin, Frederick, Maryland, Gaithersburg station, Gaithersburg, Maryland, Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Girder bridge, Hagerstown, Maryland, Interlocking, Iron, Kensington station (Maryland), Kibibyte, List of CSX Transportation lines, Little Monocacy River, Little Seneca Creek, Long Bridge (Potomac River), MARC Train, Maryland, Maryland General Assembly, Metropolitan Railroad (Maryland), Monocacy River, Montgomery County, Maryland, Northeast Corridor, Old Main Line Subdivision, Pennsylvania Railroad, Pepco, Point of Rocks station, Point of Rocks, Maryland, Potomac River, ..., Rail freight transport, Rail transport, Railway signal, Red Line (Washington Metro), Rock Creek (Potomac River tributary), Rockville Railroad Station, Seneca Creek (Potomac River tributary), Shady Grove station, Silver Spring Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station, Silver Spring station (Maryland), Steel, Train, Train station, Trestle bridge, Truss bridge, Tuscarora Creek (Potomac River tributary), Twinbrook station, U.S. state, Viaduct, Washington Metro, Washington Union Station, Washington, D.C., Weverton, Maryland, Wood, 1906 Washington, D.C., train wreck. Expand index (25 more) »
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to three Canadian cities.
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Arch bridge
An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830.
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Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, located just northwest of the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House (1820, rebuilt 1849), which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda.
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Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge
The Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge at Savage, Maryland is the sole surviving example of a revolutionary design in the history of American bridge engineering.
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Branch line
A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line.
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Brunswick Line
The Brunswick Line is a MARC commuter rail line between Washington, D.C. and Martinsburg, West Virginia, with a branch to Frederick, Maryland.
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Capital Crescent Trail
The Capital Crescent Trail (CCT) is an long, shared-use rail trail that runs from Georgetown in Washington, D.C., to Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Capital Subdivision
The Capital Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Maryland and the District of Columbia.
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Capitol Limited (Amtrak train)
The Capitol Limited is one of two Amtrak trains connecting Washington, D.C., to Chicago, running via Pittsburgh and Cleveland (the other is the Cardinal via Cincinnati and Indianapolis).
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Chain Bridge (Potomac River)
The Chain Bridge is a viaduct which crosses the Potomac River at Little Falls in Washington, D.C. It carries close to 22,000 cars a day.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, abbreviated as the C&O Canal and occasionally called the "Grand Old Ditch," operated from 1831 until 1924 along the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Maryland.
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Chevy Chase, Maryland
Chevy Chase is the name of both a town and an unincorporated census-designated place (Chevy Chase (CDP), Maryland) that straddle the northwest border of Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland.
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Concrete
Concrete, usually Portland cement concrete, is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens over time—most frequently a lime-based cement binder, such as Portland cement, but sometimes with other hydraulic cements, such as a calcium aluminate cement.
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CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation is a Class I railroad operating in the eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
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Cumberland Subdivision
The Cumberland Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Maryland and West Virginia.
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Dalecarlia Tunnel
The Dalecarlia Tunnel is an abandoned railroad tunnel in Brookmont, Maryland, near Washington, D.C., that carries the Capital Crescent Trail underneath MacArthur Boulevard and the Washington Aqueduct.
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Derwood, Maryland
Derwood is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in east-central Montgomery County, Maryland.
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Dickerson Generating Station
The Dickerson Generating Station is an 853 MW electric generating plant owned by NRG Energy, located approximately two miles west of Dickerson, Maryland.
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Dickerson station
Dickerson is a passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line between Washington, D.C., and Martinsburg, WV (with an extension to Frederick, MD).
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Dickerson, Maryland
Dickerson is an Unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland.
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Double-track railway
A double-track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single-track railway where trains in both directions share the same track.
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Ephraim Francis Baldwin
Ephraim Francis Baldwin (October 4, 1837 – January 20, 1916) was an American architect, best known for his work for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and for the Roman Catholic Church.
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Frederick, Maryland
Frederick is a city in, and the county seat of, Frederick County in the U.S. state of Maryland.
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Gaithersburg station
Gaithersburg is a historic passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line between Washington, D.C. and Martinsburg, WV (with a branch to Frederick, MD).
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Gaithersburg, Maryland
Gaithersburg, officially the City of Gaithersburg, is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland.
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Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)
Georgetown is a historic neighborhood and a commercial and entertainment district located in northwest Washington, D.C., situated along the Potomac River.
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Girder bridge
A girder bridge, in general, is a bridge that uses girders as the means of supporting the deck.
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Hagerstown, Maryland
Hagerstown is a city in Washington County, Maryland, United States.
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Interlocking
In railway signalling, an interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks such as junctions or crossings.
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Iron
Iron is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from ferrum) and atomic number 26.
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Kensington station (Maryland)
Kensington is a passenger railroad station located at 10417 Howard Avenue in Kensington, Maryland, United States.
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Kibibyte
The kibibyte is a multiple of the unit byte for quantities of digital information.
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List of CSX Transportation lines
CSX Transportation owns and operates a vast network of rail lines in the United States east of the Mississippi River.
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Little Monocacy River
The Little Monocacy River is a U.S. Geological Survey.
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Little Seneca Creek
Little Seneca Creek is an U.S. Geological Survey.
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Long Bridge (Potomac River)
Long Bridge connects Washington, D.C. to Alexandria, Virginia over the Potomac River.
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MARC Train
MARC (Maryland Area Regional Commuter) Train Service, known prior to 1984 as Maryland Rail Commuter, is a commuter rail system comprising three lines in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area.
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Maryland
Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.
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Maryland General Assembly
The Maryland General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland that convenes within the State House in Annapolis.
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Metropolitan Railroad (Maryland)
The Metropolitan Railroad was a 19th-century Maryland corporation that proposed to build a railroad line from Washington, D.C., to the vicinity of Frederick, Maryland, where it would connect with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), and continue to Hagerstown.
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Monocacy River
The Monocacy River is a free-flowing left tributary to the Potomac River, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean via the Chesapeake Bay.
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Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland, located adjacent to Washington, D.C. As of the 2010 census, the county's population was 971,777, increasing by 9.0% to an estimated 1,058,810 in 2017.
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Northeast Corridor
The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railroad line in the Northeast megalopolis of the United States.
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Old Main Line Subdivision
The Old Main Line Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Maryland.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad (or Pennsylvania Railroad Company and also known as the "Pennsy") was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Pepco
The Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO), also known as Pepco, is a public utility owned by Exelon that supplies electric power to the city of Washington, D.C. and to surrounding communities in Maryland.
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Point of Rocks station
Point of Rocks is a historic passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line between Washington, D.C., and Martinsburg, WV, located at Point of Rocks, Frederick County, Maryland, United States.
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Point of Rocks, Maryland
Point of Rocks is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Frederick County, Maryland, United States.
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Potomac River
The Potomac River is located within the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and flows from the Potomac Highlands into the Chesapeake Bay.
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Rail freight transport
Rail freight transport is the use of railroads and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers.
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Rail transport
Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.
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Railway signal
A signal is a mechanical or electrical device erected beside a railway line to pass information relating to the state of the line ahead to engine drivers (engineers in North America).
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Red Line (Washington Metro)
The Red Line of the Washington Metro rail rapid transit system serves 27 stations in Montgomery County, Maryland and the District of Columbia in the United States.
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Rock Creek (Potomac River tributary)
Rock Creek is a free-flowing tributary of the Potomac River, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean via the Chesapeake Bay.
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Rockville Railroad Station
The Rockville Railroad Station is a historic building located at Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland.
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Seneca Creek (Potomac River tributary)
Seneca Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey.
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Shady Grove station
Shady Grove is a Washington Metro station in Derwood in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.
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Silver Spring Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station
The Silver Spring Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station is a historic building located at Silver Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland on the Metropolitan Subdivision.
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Silver Spring station (Maryland)
Silver Spring is a Washington Metro and MARC Train station in Montgomery County, Maryland on the Red Line.
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Steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon and other elements.
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Train
A train is a form of transport consisting of a series of connected vehicles that generally runs along a rail track to transport cargo or passengers.
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Train station
A train station, railway station, railroad station, or depot (see below) is a railway facility or area where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers or freight.
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Trestle bridge
A trestle (sometimes tressel) is a rigid frame used as a support, historically a tripod used both as stools and to support tables at banquets.
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Truss bridge
A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements usually forming triangular units.
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Tuscarora Creek (Potomac River tributary)
Tuscarora Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey.
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Twinbrook station
Twinbrook is a rapid transit station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro attached to the Twinbrook neighborhood of Rockville, Maryland.
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U.S. state
A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.
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Viaduct
A viaduct is a bridge composed of several small spans for crossing a valley, dry or wetland, or forming an overpass or flyover.
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Washington Metro
The Washington Metro, known colloquially as Metro and branded Metrorail, is the heavy rail rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area in the United States.
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Washington Union Station
Washington Union Station is a major train station, transportation hub, and leisure destination in Washington, D.C. Opened in 1907, it is Amtrak's headquarters and the railroad's second-busiest station with annual ridership of just under 5 million.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.
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Weverton, Maryland
Weverton is an unincorporated community hamlet located in the southern tip of Washington County, Maryland, near the north shore of the Potomac River.
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Wood
Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
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1906 Washington, D.C., train wreck
The 1906 Washington, D.C., train wreck occurred on the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Terra Cotta station in Washington, D.C., on December 30, 1906, at 6:31 in the evening, when a locomotive pulling six empty cars crashed into the back of a passenger train in dense fog, killing 53 people and injuring more than 70.
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B&O Metropolitan Branch, CSX Metropolitan Subdivision, Georgetown Branch, Metropolitan Branch, Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Metropolitan Subdivision (CSX).
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Subdivision
