Baltimore, MD: 1896 Preserved/B&O Mount Royal Station

(HAER; Satellite)

The North Portal of the Howard Street Tunnel is just south of the trainshed.

Street View, Jun 2011

Remember When: Maryland and Virginia posted
Mt Royal Station • Baltimore MD • Circa 1910!
Darren Reynolds shared

A view of the North Portal from the trainshed.

Photo from HAER MD,4-BALT,130--1 from md0909
1. VIEW OF NORTH PORTAL LOOKING OUT FROM UNDER MT. ROYAL STATION TRAIN SHED. - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Howard Street Tunnel, 1300 Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

And a view of the shed and station from inside the tunnel.

HAER MD,4-BALT,130--2
2. View of Mt. Royal train shed looking out from under Howard Street Tunnel. - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Baltimore Belt Line, Howard Street Tunnel, Beneath Howard Street from Mount Royal Station to Camden Station, Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), MD

Bill Rettberg Jr. posted
Interesting view of a light Geep at the east end of the Howard street tunnel in Baltimore, getting the green over the GP 30 led westbound that will now follow. Train shed is former Mount Royal Station.
Lenard London: Long hood Forward. Hoodie Doodie Doooon!
Steven Ford: 6603 is the engine they used on commuter trains . I rode on it at Mount Clare on a Saturday as they would use it for other purposes on weekends .

borhs, p4
The trainshed is 800' (244m) x 71' (21.6m). [I'm trying to remember if I have ever used the verb "is" instead of "was" when talking about a trainshed. I think this is the only extant trainshed that I know about.] This was the last major passenger station built by the B&O. "The opening of the Howard Street tunnel and Mount Royal Station did, in fact, speed up the Royal Blue Line service from Washington to New York to match the Pennsylvania Railroad’s running times"

There are five historical markers in the station explaining the preservation history. [hmdb]

They dug a hole for the shed, station and parking lot so that the station would be at track level, which, because of the tunnels, is below street level.

3D Satellite

A contemporary view of the trainshed.

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