Spectators watch as a soutbound Baltimore & Ohio Railroad train, being pulled by an electric locomotive, emerges from the Baltimore Belt Line's Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore, Maryland. The towers of the B&O's Camden Street Station are visible in the background. Powered by 500-Kw electrical generators, the locomotives were employed to pull B&O trains through…

Electric locomotive pulling B&O train

Description

Spectators watch as a soutbound Baltimore & Ohio Railroad train, being pulled by an electric locomotive, emerges from the Baltimore Belt Line's Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore, Maryland. The towers of the B&O's Camden Street Station are visible in the background. Powered by 500-Kw electrical generators, the locomotives were employed to pull B&O trains through the 1.4-mile long Howard Street Tunnel, as ventilation issues forbade the use of steam engines. The Baltimore Belt Line was constructed by the B&O in the early 1890s in order to connect its newly constructed line to Philadelphia and New York City with the rest of the railroad at Baltimore and included the Howard Street Tunnel, the Mount Royal Station, and the first mainline railroad electrification in the United States.

Creator

unknown

Date

circa 1895

Collection Number

PBPP

Dimensions

11 x 14 inches

Object ID

MC4171.1

Extent

1 print (from group of 12)

Resource ID

14105

Notes

This collection is part of the larger Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, transferred to the Maryland Historical Society (now Maryland Center for History and Culture) in 1998.

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

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