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Remnants of the PRR Octoraro Branch |
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Mainline and passing siding looking southwest from Maryland Route 274. Interesting that the ground throw and target still exist after more than thirty years since abandonment. |
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10/28/2007 Upload Date: 12/9/2007 2:56:52 PM |
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Rising Sun, MD |
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David Foxx |
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Remnants of the PRR Octoraro Branch |
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That's the former roadbed of the Octararo branch at the bottom of the cut. Amazing when one realizes that this cut in solid granite was done by hand in the 1860s. |
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10/28/2007 Upload Date: 12/9/2007 3:17:11 PM |
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Rowlandsville, MD |
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David Foxx |
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Remnants of the PRR Octoraro Branch |
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The first crossing over the Octoraro Creek on this abandoned plate girder bridge once the railroad came downgrade and entered Rowlandsville. |
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10/28/2007 Upload Date: 12/9/2007 3:22:18 PM |
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Rowlandsville, MD |
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David Foxx |
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Remnants of the PRR Octoraro Branch |
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The second crossing over the Octoraro Creek only several hundred yards west of the first bridge. The photographer is standing on the roadbed with the bridge abutment just in front of him. In the distance, you can just make out the large concrete bridge of Norfolk Southern's (ex-CR, exx-PC, exxx-PRR, exxxx-C&PD) line along the Susquehanna River, known as the Port Road, that connects the Northeast Corridor in Perryville, Md. to Harrisburg, Pa. via Columbia, Pa. The Octoraro branch ran through one of the concrete arches under the NS line and then turned south to connect to the Port Road. The Norfolk Southern line is at such a grade as it is climbing toward the Conowingo Dam. |
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10/28/2007 Upload Date: 12/9/2007 3:27:43 PM |
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Rowlandsville, MD |
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David Foxx |
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Remnants of the PRR Octoraro Branch |
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Another shot of the Norfolk Southern's concrete arch bridge (ex-CR, exx-PC, exxx-PRR, exxxx C&PD) on its crossing of the Octoraro Creek and the PRR Octoraro branch on its own plate girder bridge. |
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10/28/2007 Upload Date: 12/9/2007 3:39:56 PM |
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Rowlandsville, MD |
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David Foxx |
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Remnants of the PRR Octoraro Branch |
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Okay, it's technically not railroad related, but this Mason Dixon Line marker is literally walking distance from the Octoraro Branch where it crossed into Maryland. I thought this marker was fitting, as the former PRR Octoraro Branch is still active in Pennsylvania to within a few miles of the Mason Dixon Line. In Maryland, however, the line was completely abandoned. Interestingly, this area is known as Sylmar, regardless of which side of the state line you stand on. The name seems like it is an amalgamation of pennSYLvania and MARyland. |
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12/24/2007 Upload Date: 12/24/2007 12:15:21 PM |
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Sylmar, MD |
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David Foxx |
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Remnants of the PRR Octoraro Branch |
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It's probably been decades since a train ran here where the tracks entered Maryland, but rails can still be found. Obviously, this road hasn't been paved in a long time. While these tracks aren't used anymore, just a few miles away in Nottingham, Pennsylvania (behind the photographer) the Octoraro Branch is still active. |
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12/24/2007 Upload Date: 12/24/2007 11:57:25 AM |
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Sylmar, PA |
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David Foxx |
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Remnants of the PRR Octoraro Branch |
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A closer look finds a switch stand with target. You can see a switch point on the left rail just off the pavement. |
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12/24/2007 Upload Date: 12/24/2007 12:04:55 PM |
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Sylmar, PA |
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David Foxx |
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| Title: |
Remnants of the PRR Octoraro Branch |
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We're at the end of the line for the active portion of the former Octoraro Branch in Nottingham, Pennsylvania, now owned by the Penn Eastern Rail Lines, Inc. The line south from here into Maryland and on to a connection with the NS (ex-CR, exx-PC, exxx-PRR) Port Road (Harrisburg, Pa. to Perryville, Md.) is long abandoned. |
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12/24/2007 Upload Date: 12/24/2007 12:22:32 PM |
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Nottingham, PA |
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David Foxx |
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| Title: |
Remnants of the PRR Octoraro Branch |
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Another view of the end of the active line in Nottingham, Pennsylvania. The tracks go underneath a bridge that the photographer is standing on back in the direction of Philadelphia. |
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12/24/2007 Upload Date: 12/24/2007 12:31:30 PM |
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Nottingham, PA |
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David Foxx |
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| Title: |
Remnants of the PRR Octoraro Branch |
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A 180 degree view from the other pictures of the end of the line, this time looking northeast where the still-active line heads in the direction of Philadelphia. |
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12/24/2007 Upload Date: 12/24/2007 12:36:04 PM |
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Nottingham, PA |
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David Foxx |
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| Title: |
Remnants of the PRR Octoraro Branch |
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A little bit of hiking helped me locate the remains of a bridge over a creek in the town limits of Rising Sun, Maryland. This is the eastern abutment and trestle bents. You can see the remaining rails, including guardrails, hanging over the edge. Check out the brick and stonework the railroad built to create the culvert for the creek. |
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1/5/2008 Upload Date: 1/5/2008 2:34:27 PM |
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Rising Sun, MD |
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| Title: |
Remnants of the PRR Octoraro Branch |
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A closer view of the creek bed. Interesting is the remains of a brick arch sitting on a stone foundation creating the culvert. |
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1/5/2008 Upload Date: 1/5/2008 2:39:29 PM |
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Rising Sun, MD |
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David Foxx |
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Remnants of the PRR Octoraro Branch |
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A view of the eastern abutment and trestle bents from above. The rails (and guardrails!) are easily visible from here. Gotta love the tree growing through the former flangeway. |
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1/5/2008 Upload Date: 1/5/2008 2:42:52 PM |
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Rising Sun, MD |
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David Foxx |
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| Title: |
Remnants of the PRR Octoraro Branch |
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From atop the western abutment (the remains of which are at left) looking down at the remains of the trestle bent on the west bank of the creek. |
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1/5/2008 Upload Date: 1/5/2008 2:44:57 PM |
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Rising Sun, MD |
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David Foxx |
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| Title: |
Remnants of the PRR Octoraro Branch |
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The remains of the western abutment and trestle bent. As for the graffiti, I don't know who did it, but it won't get much appreciation as hard as it was to get into this location with the stickers and hill to climb! At least it's winter, so the foliage has died down for the most part. I think it would be difficult to get in here in the summertime without a machete. |
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1/5/2008 Upload Date: 1/5/2008 2:47:33 PM |
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Rising Sun, MD |
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