Baltimore & Ohio in 1940s - what power? - Model Railroader Magazine

ATLANTIC CENTRAL

Most freight trains heading west out of Baltimore were pulled by (2-8-2) Mikados, usually a pair of them. 50-70 car mixed freight or empty hoppers headed west. Those same Mikados would typically turn around at Brunswick MD and bring trains into Baltimore the next day.

Thanks for this info, Sheldon. I just spent a coffee-break's worth of time studying aerial imagery and perhaps I should have said "heading north" instead of northwest, although the overall trajectory is more west than east. The line that went through Pikesville never goes to Brunswick, it keeps chuffing north across the Mason-Dixon line and splits between Hanover and York.

@Wayne, yes "Bawlmer" is local for Baltimore, the same way citizens of Columbus, Ohio, call their town "Clumps". I love those regionalisms, too.

In looking at videos, and even some of the photos shared here, I saw steam locos being aided by back-to-back F units. I had never even imagined that combination before!

Thanks for the pertinent information. As to IMpertinent information, I will now step off and let the conversation continue to drift off to what period trains members wish they had lived to ride. All aboard!

-Matt