Baltimore is infused with history, especially when it comes to trains. Many railroad firsts happened in and around the city and these 9 photos give us a glimpse into that time.

  1. The Royal Blue train crossing the nearby Thomas Viaduct.

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  1. Mount Royal Station in 1986.

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  1. And an exterior view of Mount Royal Station, photographed decades later in 1960.

Wikimedia Commons / Jack Boucher

  1. A brakeman in Baltimore, photographed in 1941.

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  1. The Mount Clare Station, now mostly known as the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum. Photo taken in 1953.

Flickr / Roger W

6, The Howard Street Tunnel, photographed in 1971.

Wikimedia Commons / William Edmund Barrett

  1. A diesel locomotive photographed on the Thomas Viaduct in 1970.

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  1. President Street Station in 1934.

Wikimedia Commons / Jack Boucher

  1. Carrollton Viaduct photographed in 1971. This was the first stone masonry bridge built for railroads in the US.

Wikimedia Commons / William Edmund Barrett

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Wikimedia Commons / Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Wikimedia Commons / Jack Boucher

Alfred T. Palmer / Library of Congress LC-DIG-fsa-8e10853

Flickr / Roger W

Wikimedia Commons / William Edmund Barrett

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