RAILFAN GUIDE
Baltimore Division
Metropolitan Subdivision
Washington, D.C. to Brunswick, MD
52.9 Miles · Washington to Weverton
Radio: BC Dispatcher ch. 14, Road ch. 08, Brunswick YM ch. 28
Revised 2013.12.15
 WEST |
Milepost | Name | Function | Notes |
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  Capital sub Track 1 Track 2 |
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     Terminal |
BAA37.7 BA2.1 |
QN Tower | 2x-overs jct |
END Capital sub BEGIN Metropolitan sub JCT Washington Terminal RR |
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BA4.0 | Terra Cotta | signal | intermediate signal, Fort Totten, Master Bates Road, Buchanan Street N.E. |
 Martin |
BA5.2 | Wiegand Lumber Kansas Av |
industry trestle |
Martin Wiegand Lumber Kansas Avenue trestle |
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BA6.3 | Takoma Park |
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BA7.5 | Silver Spring | station |
MARC commuter station |
| Georgetown |
BA8.3 BA8.5 |
Georgetown Jct | 2x-overs spur |
double crossovers m-o-w spur, former Georgetown branch, Metrorail bisects B&O into town |
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BA9.76 | Forest Glen Rd | grade xing | Forest Glen Road (actually Linden Lane) just outside Beltway, last grade crossing going downtown |
  11.6 |
BA11.0 BA11.6 |
Kensington | station DD |
MARC commuter station defect detector, high/wide |
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BA12.4 |
Garrett Park |
station |
MARC commuter station |
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BA13.76 | Randolph Rd | grade xing | major grade crossing, usually the first place trouble occurs |
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BA14.34 BA14.5 |
Twinbrook Pkwy Montrose |
o.h.h. 2x-overs |
Twinbrook Parkway overhead highway, double crossovers for MARC, milepost uncertain |
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BA16.7 | Rockville | station | Amtrak, MARC passenger station |
 Westmore |
BA17.3 BA17.7 |
Westmore siding | siding | Westmore run-around track |
| Westmore |
BA17.8 | Westmore spur | spur | Westmore Road m-o-w spur amid Washington Gas Light pipeline head-end |
| Suburban Propane |
BA18.0 | Suburban Propane | industry | Suburban Propane industry track |
| industry |
BA18.2 | Gude Dr | industry o.h.h. |
team track? switch under Gude Drive overhead highway |
| MD. |
BA19.5 | Sears siding | industry | Maryland Environmental trash facility, EPIX trash containers; former Sears warehouse track |
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BA19.6 | Derwood |
2x-overs |
double crossovers |
| M.C. Liquor |
BA19.8 | Mont Co. Liquor | industry | Montgomery County Liquor Control Board, school board food warehouse |
| Washington Grove |
BA20.2 |
Washington Grove |
station |
MARC commuter station |
| Gophersburg |
BA21.6 |
Gaithersburg |
station |
MARC commuter station |
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BA22.13 BA22.2 |
Chestnut St Ward |
grade xing signal |
Chestnut Street intermediate signal, Montgomery Ward's warehouse |
| Montgomery |
BA22.3 | Fairgrounds | siding | Montgomery County fairgrounds siding, west end switch removed |
| 22.6 |
BA22.6 BA22.78 |
Gaithersburg I-270 |
DD trestle |
defect detector, moved from mp24.3 Cloppers Road area; I-270 trestle immediately west of stub end of Fairgrounds track |
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BA23.06 | Quince Orchard Rd Motel 6 Brown's Station |
trestle railfan |
Motel 6 directly faces tracks to rear; former location of Brown's Station |
| Metropolitan Grove |
BA23.34 BA23.6 |
Metropolitan Grove | grade xing station |
Metropolitan Grove Road MARC commuter station |
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BA24.5 | Cloppers | 2x-overs | double crossovers for MARC |
| Germantown |
BA26.4 | Germantown | station | MARC commuter station |
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BA27.5 | Seneca | signal | intermediate signal at Seneca Creek, near the bend in Wisteria Drive |
| Boyds |
BA28.9 | Boyds | station | MARC commuter station |
| Track 1 Track 2 |
BA30.0 | Bucklodge | 2x-overs | double crossovers |
| m-o-w |
BA30.5 |
storage track |
spur |
maintenance-of-way storage track |
| 33.1 |
BA33.1 | Barnesville | DD | defect detector |
| Barnesville |
BA33.4 | Barnesville | station | MARC commuter station |
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BA35.5 | Dickerson | station | MARC commuter station |
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BA35.88 | Dickerson | x-over | crossover 1-2 |
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BA36.7 | Mouth of Monocacy Rd | o.h.h. | Mouth of Monocacy overpass, 0.3 miles RR east of PEPCo lead |
| PEPCo |
BA37.0 | PEPCo | x-over jct |
crossover 2-1 JCT PEPCo Dickerson power plant lead |
 Monocacy River |
BA37.2 | Monocacy River | trestle | double track trussel over the mouth of the Monocacy River |
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BA39.3 | Tuscarora | 2x-overs | double crossovers for MARC |
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BA42.8 | East Rocks | x-over wye |
JCT Old Main Line sub track #4, which is east leg of wye |
| Old #4 Point |
BA68.4 | Point o' Rocks | wye station |
JCT Old Main Line sub track #4, west leg of wye MARC commuter station |
| #3 |
BA68.4 | Point o' Rocks | jct x-overs |
JCT Old Main Line sub track #3 |
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BA69.2 | Point o' Rocks tunnel | tunnel | only track #1 goes through tunnel, just west of U.S. 15 bridge |
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BA70.4 | Catoctin tunnel | tunnel | only track #1 goes through tunnel |
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BA70.6 | High Rocks | signal | squeeze between high palisades and river |
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BA71.7 | Lander Road | grade xing signal |
HyRail access and crew change point |
| 72.1 |
BA72.1 | Catoctin | DD |
defect detector |
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BA73.1 | BN East Brunswick |
2x-overs yard |
double crossovers Brunswick Yard |
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BA73.1 | BN | Yard tracks #3 & 4 split #1 & 2; NL = North lead, SL = South Lead, BN = old heads | |
| Track 1 NL SL 2 Brunswick |
BA75.5 | UN Office | yard |
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BA75.6 | WB Tower | railfan | CSX WB Tower decommissioned 2011.12.09 ::sniff:: |
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BA75.7 | S Brunswick South WB |
interlocking | South Brunswick tracks 2 & 4 |
| Brunswick |
BA75.7 | N Brunswick Brunswick North WB |
interlocking station |
North Brunswick controls tracks 1 & 3, North Lead, Ready+6+5 Tracks; MARC commuter station |
| Track 1 3 4 2 |
BA77.0 | Car yard Cattle pen |
signal | intermediate signal, westbound is Car Shop, eastbound is Cattle Pen. Don't ask me. |
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BA78.8 | Weverton | Yard tracks #3 & 4 split #1 & 2 END Metropolitan sub BEGIN Cumberland sub |
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Cumberland sub |
| MP | Location | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| BA7.5 | Silver Spring | MARC commuter station |
| BA11.0 | Kensington | MARC commuter station |
| BA12.4 | Garrett Park | MARC commuter station |
| BA16.7 | Rockville | Amtrak, MARC commuter station |
| BA20.2 | Washington Grove | MARC commuter station |
| BA21.6 | Gaithersburg | MARC commuter station |
| BA23.6 | Metropolitan Grove | MARC commuter station |
| BA26.4 | Germantown | MARC commuter station |
| BA28.9 | Boyds | MARC commuter station |
| BA33.1 | Barnesville | MARC commuter station |
| BA35.5 | Dickerson | MARC commuter station |
| BA68.4 | Point of Rocks | MARC commuter station |
| BA75.7 | Brunswick | MARC commuter station |
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