Baltimore, MD: CSX/B&O & NS/Pennsy Bayview Railyards and B&O "BA" Tower

CSX: (Satellite)

BA Tower: (Satellite, wrong! Based on item 3 on map in RailfanGuides)

BA Tower: (Satellite, based on Dave Henderson's photo below)

NS: (Satellite)

The Pennsy locomotives were serviced in the Orangeville Yard, which was just east of the Pennsy Bayview Yard.

Darren Reynolds posted
We're looking at B&Os "BA" tower Bayview yard Baltimore Maryland.  No date
Bruce Elliott Railroad Slides Inc/Pocahontas Co. Society of Model Engineers: Looks like two WB's and the tail end of an EB.

Darren Reynolds posted five photos with the comment: "B&Os 'BA' tower (Bay View yard) Baltimore, MD."

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A gathering of B&O power at "BA" Tower Bayview Baltimore, Maryland
John Peters: Is that a train order board ?
Wk Dads: John Peters yes

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Western Maryland f7's passing "BA" tower Note: "BA"tower train order signal

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Baltimore bound train passing"BA" tower March23,1980

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"BA"tower (Bayview yard) Baltimore, MD 1/4/75

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Old "BA' tower 1938 (Bayview) Baltimore, MD.
Tom Kadesch: PRR catenaries visible in background on NEC.

 

Dave Henderson commented on Darren's post

CSX looking West:

Street View, Nov 2022

CSX is straight ahead and we see part of the NS yard on the right.

Street View, looking East

NS from I-95 looking West:

Street View, Nov 2019

The NS yard on the west side still has most of its tracks, but the part on the east side now has a lot of storage space.

1953 Baltimore East Quad @ 24,000

This was the main railyard for Pennsy in Baltimore whereas B&O had yards all over town. [RailfanGuides] That would explain why Pennsy had a roundhouse here. So far, the only other B&O yard that I have noted is Curtis Bay. See RailfanGuides-map for the locations of the other yards. (Trains also has a map)

1953 Baltimore East Quad @ 24,000

CSX/B&O on the left (north side) and NS/Pennsy on the right.

BaltMusIndustry

Both of the yards have most of their tracks. That is becoming rather rare.

3D Satellite

This is one of the better looking CSX buildings that I have seen.

3D Satellite

This is the NS intermodal yard. Most of the land is an automotive facility. [NS-intermodal]

Satellite

Note that North is to the left.

MultiModalWays, p6

 

RailfanGuides

CSX - Bayview Yard

GPS: 39.2986 -76.5505

One of two yards on the CSX mainline between Philadelphia and DC, the other is Winans yard on the south side of Baltimore.  Traffic in and out of Grays yard, the Dundalk Marine Terminal, and transfers to the Canton RR move thru here.  Through trains just keep on movin thru.

RailfanGuides

NS - Bayview Yard

GPS: 39.2967 -76.5417

Norfolk Southern's Bayview yard is NS's main yard for Baltimore.

Amtrak's NEC comes thru on the north side of the yard.

BAY tower, still standing, is about where the "D" in "DC" is.

Tracks to Canton yard veer off just off to the left side of the map.

DC and Manassas are off to the left, and NS's freights share the NEC after hours. 

The north end of the yard is not used as much as it used to be.  Very little can be found there any more.

The yard office and the NS Police are located off Lombard St, and you are forewarned not to enter the yard at any point, the police are most non-forgiving!

The NS Bayview yard is where a conductor was killed in Feb 2019. The conductor was riding on the side of a car even though the yardmaster reminded the engineer that the conductor should not ride on the railcars. And "no riding" in close-clearance spaces is in the rule book. The conductor's railcar came around a curve and there was 9" between his car and the adjacent cars. The NTSB found that the rules were not clear on what parts of the yard had close-clearance spaces and that their training did not address the issue. [cbsnews]

John Hopkins wants the NS Bayview Yard land for expansion of their medical campus. [BaltimoreInnerSpace]