“They Don't Build 'Em Like That Anymore”
E. Francis Baldwin, B&O’s principal architect, designed the railroad’s third Oakland station (1884), which opened for business in 1885. ... (more)

M316 passes the former B&O station at Oakland on their way up the Mountain Sub for Cumberland.

100 loads of coal bound for Baltimore Maryland to be transferred onto a barge, CSX train N785 passes Oakland Maryland as hints of the fall season appear.

A dash of new and old is presented here in Oakland at the Depot, a old steam locomotive sits on display as a eastbound coal train glides by.

Close enough? Born as Mississippian 76 (Baldwin, 1920), the recently minted Baltimore & Ohio 476 spent time at the Penn View Mountain RR (Blairsville, PA), Gettysburg Railroad, Ohio Central... (more)

A few weeks ago, Mitch Goldman posted a photo of the restored Baltimore & Ohio station in Oakland, Maryland. Coincidentally,... (more)

A westbound freight roars past the restored 1884 B&O depot on CSX's Mountain Sub at Oakland, MD.

Baltimore & Ohio 2-8-0 No. 476?

Former Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railroad 2-8-0 No. 40, better known as Gettys... (more)

The historic Oakland Maryland B&O depot

Built in 1884 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, it sat across the tracks and a meadow from the Railroad's Oakland Hotel, which opened in 1876, to... (more)

The Autumn Glory Special, sponsored by the Baltimore Chapter/NRHS and Railtours of America, Inc. on September 29, 1984, ran from Camden Station/Baltimore to Oakland, MD via B&O’s Washingt... (more)

Eastbound coal loads pass under the former signal bridge known as "Fricks" that was located just east of Mountain Lake Park on the Mountain Sub. The bridge has since been taken down.

This Baltimore and Ohio I 17a Caboose sits on display at Oakland Maryland's lovely Baltimore and Ohio Depot. Nicely restored, inside and out by A J Savopolos, during 2013/2014, with help, he ... (more)

With 333 leading, empties come around the bend and past the Oakland B&O train station. Meanwhile, a light spring rain shower is coming to an end.

A one of a kind shot? EMDX 1205 and 1204 lead an empty coal train past the vintage B&O CPL in Oakland. The leased engines are on their maiden voyage over the CSX Mountain Subdivision en route to h... (more)

A good looking consist leads Q317 west into the setting sun. Standard cab leaders are infrequent on the Mountain Subdivision and catching a consist of 4 with a YN2 leader and a boxcar SD40-3 was a... (more)