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Baltimore Belt Line

Index Baltimore Belt Line

The Baltimore Belt Line was constructed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) in the early 1890s to connect the railroad's newly constructed line to Philadelphia and New York City/Jersey City with the rest of the railroad at Baltimore, Maryland. [1]

61 relations: Alternating current, Amtrak, B&O Warehouse, Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad, Baltimore Terminal Subdivision, Bankruptcy, Camden Station, Canton, Baltimore, Car float, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, Charles Village, Baltimore, Chessie System, Conrail, CSX Transportation, Dieselisation, Direct current, Double-stack rail transport, Gauntlet track, General Electric, Grade (slope), Howard Street (Baltimore), Howard Street Tunnel fire, Inner Harbor, Interstate 395 (Maryland), List of streets in Baltimore, List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Maryland, Locomotive, Maryland, Mercury-arc valve, Mount Royal Station, National Register of Historic Places, Northeast Corridor, Penn Central Transportation Company, Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, Potomac River, Power station, Pratt Street, President Street Station, Rail freight transport, Railroad electrification in the United States, Railway electrification system, Reading Company, Regrading, Rotary converter, Royal Blue (train), ..., Scientific American, Siding (rail), Staten Island Railway, Steam locomotive, The Washington Post, Third rail, Train, Tunnel, Washington, D.C., Watt, 1987 Maryland train collision. Expand index (11 more) »

Alternating current

Alternating current (AC) is an electric current which periodically reverses direction, in contrast to direct current (DC) which flows only in one direction.

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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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B&O Warehouse

The B&O Warehouse is a building in Baltimore, Maryland, adjacent to Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

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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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Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad

The Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad was a railroad line built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Baltimore, Maryland.

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Baltimore Terminal Subdivision

The Baltimore Terminal Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is a legal status of a person or other entity that cannot repay debts to creditors.

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Camden Station

Camden Station, now also referred to as Camden Street Station, Camden Yards, and formally as the Transportation Center at Camden Yards, is a train station at the intersection of South Howard and West Camden Streets in Baltimore, Maryland, served by MARC commuter rail service and local Light Rail trains.

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Canton, Baltimore

Canton is a neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

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Car float

A railroad car float or rail barge is an unpowered barge with rail tracks mounted on its deck.

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Central Railroad of New Jersey

The Central Railroad of New Jersey, also known as the Jersey Central or Jersey Central Lines, was a Class I railroad with origins in the 1830s.

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Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal

The Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, also known as Communipaw Terminal and Jersey City Terminal, was the Central Railroad of New Jersey's waterfront passenger terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Charles Village, Baltimore

Charles Village is a neighborhood located in the north-central area of Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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Chessie System

Chessie System, Inc. was a holding company that owned the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O), the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O), the Western Maryland Railway (WM), and several smaller carriers.

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Conrail

Conrail, the Consolidated Rail Corporation,, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999, when its routes were split between the CSX Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway.

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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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Dieselisation

Dieselisation or dieselization is a term generally used for the increasingly common use of diesel fuel in vehicles, or known to be said "Rise of diesel power" as opposed to gasoline or steam engines.

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Direct current

Direct current (DC) is the unidirectional flow of electric charge.

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Double-stack rail transport

Double-stack rail transport is a form of intermodal freight transport where intermodal containers are stacked two high on railroad cars.

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Gauntlet track

Gauntlet track or interlaced track (also gantlet track) is an arrangement in which railway tracks run parallel on a single track bed and are interlaced (i.e., overlapped) such that only one pair of rails may be used at a time.

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General Electric

General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate incorporated in New York and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Grade (slope)

The grade (also called slope, incline, gradient, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal.

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Howard Street (Baltimore)

Howard Street is a major north-south street through the central part of the city of Baltimore, Maryland.

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Howard Street Tunnel fire

The Howard Street Tunnel fire (also known as the Baltimore Freight Rail Crash) was a 60-car CSX Transportation freight train derailment that occurred in a freight through-route tunnel under Howard Street in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 18, 2001.

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Inner Harbor

The Inner Harbor is a historic seaport, tourist attraction, and landmark of the city of Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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Interstate 395 (Maryland)

Interstate 395 (I-395) is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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List of streets in Baltimore

This is a list of notable streets in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

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List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Maryland

This is a list of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Locomotive

A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train.

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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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Mercury-arc valve

A mercury-arc valve or mercury-vapor rectifier or (UK) mercury-arc rectifier is a type of electrical rectifier used for converting high-voltage or high-current alternating current (AC) into direct current (DC).

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Mount Royal Station

The Mount Royal Station and Trainshed was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's third train station in Baltimore, Maryland, at the north end of the Baltimore Belt Line's Howard Street tunnel in the fashionable Bolton Hill neighborhood.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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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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Penn Central Transportation Company

The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American Class I railroad headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that operated from 1968 until 1976.

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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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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad

The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad (PW&B) was an American railroad company itself a result of merger of four small lines dating from the earliest days of American railroading in the late 1820s and early 1830s, that operated from 1836, until being bought by a larger regional line in 1881, with a merger into a longer Northeast Corridor railway in 1902.

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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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Power station

A power station, also referred to as a power plant or powerhouse and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power.

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Pratt Street

Pratt Street is a major street in Baltimore.

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President Street Station

The President Street Station in Baltimore, Maryland, is a former train station and railroad terminal.

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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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Railroad electrification in the United States

Railroad electrification in the United States began at the turn of the 20th century and comprised many different systems in many different geographical areas, few of which were connected.

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Railway electrification system

A railway electrification system supplies electric power to railway trains and trams without an on-board prime mover or local fuel supply.

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Reading Company

The Reading Company was a company that was involved in the railroad industry in southeast Pennsylvania and neighboring states from 1924 until 1976.

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Regrading

Regrading is the process of grading for raising and/or lowering the levels of land.

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Rotary converter

A rotary converter is a type of electrical machine which acts as a mechanical rectifier, inverter or frequency converter.

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Royal Blue (train)

The Royal Blue was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O)'s flagship passenger train between New York City and Washington, D.C., in the United States, beginning in 1890.

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Scientific American

Scientific American (informally abbreviated SciAm) is an American popular science magazine.

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Siding (rail)

A siding, in rail terminology, is a low-speed track section distinct from a running line or through route such as a main line or branch line or spur.

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Staten Island Railway

The Staten Island Railway (SIR) is the only rapid transit line in the New York City borough of Staten Island.

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Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Third rail

A third rail is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track.

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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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Tunnel

A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through the surrounding soil/earth/rock and enclosed except for entrance and exit, commonly at each end.

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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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Watt

The watt (symbol: W) is a unit of power.

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1987 Maryland train collision

The 1987 Maryland train collision occurred at 1:30 pm on January 4, 1987, on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor main line.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Belt_Line

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