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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Baltimore Transit Company Trolleys - Length: 40 secs. |
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MAPS
INSET: CENTRAL BALTIMORE
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ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS
| Bd | Bloomingdale Av. | PS | Pearl St. |
| BL | Belvedere Loop | RS | Redwood St. |
| HS | Holliday St. | SS | South St. |
| KA | Kinsey Av. | WJ | Walbrook Junction |
DISCONTINUATION DATES OF STREETCAR TRACKS BETWEEN 1945 AND 5 FEB. 1950 (affected route numbers in parentheses).
- 1946 Summer: Bay Shore Park (26)
- 1947 June 22: Guilford Av. (1-11); Downtown - Westport (17); Charles St. - Calvert St. (17, 29); St. Paul St. (1-11, 17, 29); E. 25th St. (1-11); Clifton Park - Abbottston St. - Gorsuch Av. - 31st St. (17); University Parkway (29); St. Paul St. - Guilford (1-11)
- 1948 March 21: Monument St. (6)
- 1948 May 9: Druid Hill Park - Madison Av. - North Av. (16); Broadway (16); Oldham St. - Point Breeze (20)
- 1948 June 27: Pratt St. - Patterson Park (5); Druid Hill Av. - Paca St. (5, 33); Park Hts. Ave. - Pimlico / Forest Park (5, 33)
- 1948 Aug. 1: Fulton Av. - Gilmor St. (1-11)
- 1948 Dec. 11: Pennsylvania Ave. - Carey St. - Carrollton Av. [back: Carey St.] (2); Charles St. [back: Hanover St.] - Charles St. (to Hanover St.) (2); Fort Av. - Fort McHenry (2)
- 1949 Jan. 29: University Pkw. - Roland Av. - Lakeside (24)
- 1949 Apr. 24: Maryland Av. - Huntingdon Av. - Falls Rd. - Mt. Washington - Belvedere Loop (25)
ROUTES
STREETCAR ROUTES
Operator: Baltimore Transit Company
| 1-11 | Pennsylvania Av. - Fulton Av. - Gilmor St. - Fayette St. - Guilford Av. - St. Paul St. - [Guilford] / [25th St. - Greenmount Av.] |
| 2 | Druid Hill Park - Pennsylvania Ave. - Carey St. - Carrollton Av. [back: Carey St.] - Baltimore St. - Charles St. [back: Hanover St.] - Charles St. - Fort Av. - Fort McHenry |
| 4 | Charles St. - Lexington St. [back: Saratoga St.] - Saratoga St. - Fremont Av. - Edmondson Av. - Bloomingdale Av. - Walbrook Junction - Windsor Hills |
| 5 | Pimlico - Park Hts. Ave. - Reisterstown Rd. - Druid Hill Park - Druid Hill Av. - Paca St. - Lombard St. - Pratt St. - Patterson Park |
| 6 | Orangeville - Monument St. - Hillen St. - Holliday St. - Baltimore St. - Light St. - Hanover St. - Hanover St. Bridge - Curtis Bay / East Brooklyn |
| 8 | Towson (Burke Av.) - York Rd. - Greenmount Av. - Hillen St. - Holliday St. - Fayette St. - Gilmor St. - Lombard St. [back: Pratt St.] - Frederick Rd. - Catonsville (Edmondson Av.) |
| 9 | Charles St. - Lexington St. [back: Saratoga St.] - Saratoga St. - Monroe St. - Edmondson Av. - Catonsville - Ellicott City |
| 13 | Walbrook Junction - North Ave. - [Baltimore Cemetery (Gay St.] / [Washington St. - Wolfe St. - Aliceanna St.] |
| 14 | Charles St. - Lexington St. [back: Saratoga St.] - Saratoga St. - Monroe St. - Edmondson Av. - Catonsville (Rolling Rd.) |
| 15 | Overlea - Belair Rd. - Gay St. - Baltimore St. - Kinsey Av. |
| 16 | Druid Hill Park - Madison Av. - Eutaw St. - Baltimore St. - Broadway - Thames St. |
| 17 | Clifton Park - Abbottston St. - Gorsuch Av. - 31st St. - St. Paul St. - North Av. - Charles St. - Read St. - Calvert St. - Baltimore St. - Camden Station - Ridgely St. - Westport |
| 18 | North Av. - Pennsylvania Av. - Baltimore St. - Paca St. - Lombard St. - Gough St. - Broadway - Eastern Av. - Canton (Conkling St.) |
| 19 | Parkville - Harford Rd. - Central Av. - Madison St. - Aisquith St. - Baltimore St. - Redwood St. - Sharp St. [back: Hanover St.] - Sharp St. - Ostend St. |
| 20 | Holliday & Fayette Streets - Baltimore St. - Wolfe St. - Fairmount Av. - Lombard St. - Eastern Av. - Oldham St. - Point Breeze |
| 24 | University Pkw. - Roland Av. - Lakeside |
| 25 | Camden Stn. - Park Av. - Maryland Av. - Huntingdon Av. - Falls Rd. - Mt. Washington - Belvedere Loop |
| 26 | Pearl St. - Fayette St. - Baltimore St. - Wolfe St. - Fairmount Av. - Lombard St. - Eastern Av. - Oldham St. - Dundalk Av. - Trestle Bridge - Sparrows Point / Fort Howard / Bay Shore Park |
| 29 | Pratt St. - Calvert St. - Raed St. - Charles St. - North Av. - St. Paul St. - University Pkw. - Roland Av. - Roland Park |
| 30 | Barney St. - Charles St. - Hamburg St. - Fremont Av. - McMechen St. - North Av. - Lafayette Av. |
| 31 | South St. - Redwood St. - Eutaw St. - Madison Av. - North Av. - Garrison Av. - Belvedere Loop |
| 32 | Lee St. - Park Av. - Linden Av. - Whitelock St. - Druid Hill Av. - Druid Hill Park - Reisterstown Rd. - Liberty Heights Av. - Woodlawn |
| 33 | Pratt St. - Lombard St. - Paca St. - Druid Hill Av. - Druid Hill Park - Reisterstown Rd. - Park Hts Ave. - Forest Park (Liberty Heights Av.) |
| 34 | North Ave. - Washington St. - Wolfe St. - Eastern Av. - Canton - Eastern Av. - Oldham St. |
| 35 | Walbrook Junction - Windsor Hills - Lorraine Cemetery |
INTERURBAN ROUTE
Operator: Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad Company
| Camden Station (Baltimore) - Westport - Linthicum - Glen Burnie - Severna Park - Arnold - Annapolis |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Streetcar lines: ? km.
- Interurban rail: ? km.
HISTORY
- Horse-drawn streetcars: 26 July 1859 - ?
- Cable cars: 1891 - 1899.
- Electric streetcars (1st generation): 10 Aug. 1885 - 2 Nov. 1963.
- Interurban rail: (steam) 9 May 1889 - 1908; (electric) 1908 - 5 Feb. 1950.
- Light rail (2nd generation): 2 Apr. 1992 - today.
- Subway: 21 Nov. 1983 - today.
GAUGE
- Horse-drawn streetcars: ? mm.
- Streetcars (1st generation): 1638 mm.
- Interurban rail: 1435 mm.
- Light rail (2nd generation): 1435 mm.
- Subway: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Demery, L.W. "US Transit funding - Part 5: LRT plans proliferate: Maryland", Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transit, Apr. 1990 (53: 628), p.128-130.
- Farrell, M. Who made all our streetcars go? Baltimore: NRHS, 1973.
- Harwood, H.H. Baltimore streetcars: The postwar years. Baltimore / London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984, 2003.
- Hoschek, J. (ed.) "Baltimore, Part I: 1915 to 1945", Motor Coach Age, July-Aug. 1988 (XL: 7-8), p.4-43.
- Hoschek, J. (ed.) "Baltimore, Part II: Baltimore Transit under NCL", Motor Coach Age, Nov.-Dec. 1988 (XL: 11-12), p.4-46.
- Morse, K. Baltimore streetcar routes (revised) 1960.
- Simons, V. "Maryland LRT - All change in Maryland", Tramways & Urban Transit, Dec. 2016 (79: 948), p.458-462.
WIKIS
- Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad
- Baltimore Light Rail Link
- Baltimore Metro SubwayLink
- Baltimore Streetcar Museum
- History of MTA Maryland
WEB SITES
- Baltimore (on UrbanRailNet)
- Baltimore, Maryland: Transit Links (by Jon Bell)
- Baltimore Metro Subway (by Scott M. Kozel)
- Baltimore once had an elevated streetcar along Guilford Avenue
- Baltimore Streetcar Museum
- History of B&A Railroad
- Light RailLink
- LRT in Baltimore
- Metro SubwayLink
- Revised map showing routes of street cars, motor coaches and trackless trolleys of the Baltimore Transit Company
Also, many thanks to Mr Russell Powers of Lone Tree, CO, USA, for kindly sending me copious amounts of information and documents concerning the history of the Baltimore streetcar and interurban systems.
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