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• 07:33, 2 June 2026 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:Thomas A. “Andy” Conner, FrederickNewsPost, 2026.06.02.pdf (Thomas A. “Andy” Conner obituary Category:Obituary)
• 07:33, 2 June 2026 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:Thomas A. “Andy” Conner, FrederickNewsPost, 2026.06.02.pdf (Thomas A. “Andy” Conner obituary Category:Obituary)
• 11:09, 1 June 2026 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:Theresa Renee Hill, FrederickNewsPost, 2026.06.01.pdf (Theresa Renee Hill obituary Category:Obituary)
• 11:09, 1 June 2026 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:Theresa Renee Hill, FrederickNewsPost, 2026.06.01.pdf (Theresa Renee Hill obituary Category:Obituary)
• 20:17, 30 May 2026 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:Mary Frances (Bradley) Frye, FrederickNewsPost, 2026.05.30.pdf (Mary Frances (Bradley) Frye obituary Category:Obituary)
• 20:17, 30 May 2026 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:Mary Frances (Bradley) Frye, FrederickNewsPost, 2026.05.30.pdf (Mary Frances (Bradley) Frye obituary Category:Obituary)
• 07:43, 29 May 2026 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:Three Frederick County Robotics teams reflect on championship event experience, FrederickNewsPost, 2026.05.29.pdf (BHS Robotics Club participates in World Robotics championship Category:High School)
• 07:43, 29 May 2026 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:Three Frederick County Robotics teams reflect on championship event experience, FrederickNewsPost, 2026.05.29.pdf (BHS Robotics Club participates in World Robotics championship Category:High School)
• 06:57, 8 May 2026 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:Earl Coates, FrederickNewsPost, 2026.05.08.pdf (Earl Coates obituary Category:Obituary)
• 06:57, 8 May 2026 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:Earl Coates, FrederickNewsPost, 2026.05.08.pdf (Earl Coates obituary Category:Obituary)
• 11:31, 5 May 2026 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:William Ferrell, Jr., FrederickNewsPost, 2026.05.05.pdf (William Ferrell, Jr., obituary Category:Obituary)
• 11:31, 5 May 2026 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:William Ferrell, Jr., FrederickNewsPost, 2026.05.05.pdf (William Ferrell, Jr., obituary Category:Obituary)
• 09:30, 30 April 2026 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:Everything is material, FrederickNewsPost. 2026.04.30.pdf (Julie Maynard opens an exhibit entitled "Entrance" at TAG (The Artists Gallery) in Frederick Category:Art)
• 09:30, 30 April 2026 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:Everything is material, FrederickNewsPost. 2026.04.30.pdf (Julie Maynard opens an exhibit entitled "Entrance" at TAG (The Artists Gallery) in Frederick Category:Art)
• 12:45, 25 April 2026 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:Freshman Jared Ricketts saves day for Roaders, FrederickNewsPost, 2026.04.25.pdf (BHS baseball team beats Catoctin, 7-4 Category:Recreadtion-Sports)
• 12:45, 25 April 2026 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:Freshman Jared Ricketts saves day for Roaders, FrederickNewsPost, 2026.04.25.pdf (BHS baseball team beats Catoctin, 7-4 Category:Recreadtion-Sports)
• 23:05, 19 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:B&O Brunswick Yard operations pre-1956.JPG (Frank Riedel shot this detailed photo of the Brunswick rail yard. Behind the diesel engines, you can see the water tanks and tower, a still intact, but no longer needed coal tipple, and roundhouse. Given the vintage of the cars on the lower left and the fact the diesels still had 3-digit numbers, the photo was taken prior to 1956. Owen Brown Here’s what Grok has to offer which matches your estimate and some other comments: The locomotives are Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) EMD E-units (likely E7s...)
• 23:05, 19 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:B&O Brunswick Yard operations pre-1956.JPG (Frank Riedel shot this detailed photo of the Brunswick rail yard. Behind the diesel engines, you can see the water tanks and tower, a still intact, but no longer needed coal tipple, and roundhouse. Given the vintage of the cars on the lower left and the fact the diesels still had 3-digit numbers, the photo was taken prior to 1956. Owen Brown Here’s what Grok has to offer which matches your estimate and some other comments: The locomotives are Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) EMD E-units (likely E7s...)
• 23:01, 19 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Litten's Chevrolet-Old.jpg (The OK Used Car lot at Litten’s Chevrolet-Olds dealership on W. Potomac Street. Photo probably dates to around 1964 given some of the cars parked in the back of the lot. How many bought their first used car from this lot? The main showroom for new cars was in the main building on the left, which, along with the repair garage behind it, is still there today. Those buildings were commissioned in the early 1900s by Harry Y. George for an in-law, who ran the Albaugh Chevrolet dealership at 600...)
• 23:01, 19 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Litten's Chevrolet-Old.jpg (The OK Used Car lot at Litten’s Chevrolet-Olds dealership on W. Potomac Street. Photo probably dates to around 1964 given some of the cars parked in the back of the lot. How many bought their first used car from this lot? The main showroom for new cars was in the main building on the left, which, along with the repair garage behind it, is still there today. Those buildings were commissioned in the early 1900s by Harry Y. George for an in-law, who ran the Albaugh Chevrolet dealership at 600...)
• 22:46, 19 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:B&O Yard Steam locomotives-roundhouse-E. Potomac St.JPG (This is a beautiful photo of one of the last steam locomotives in the Brunswick yard in 1952. With the introduction of diesel locomotives, which were significantly more efficient and required less maintenance, steam locomotives were phased out during the 1950s. The last steam engine departed from Brunswick in December 1953. As a result, there was no further need for the coal tipple and roundhouse, which were dismantled in 1981 and 1995, respectively. Chris Weitzel A quick search says that...)
• 22:46, 19 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:B&O Yard Steam locomotives-roundhouse-E. Potomac St.JPG (This is a beautiful photo of one of the last steam locomotives in the Brunswick yard in 1952. With the introduction of diesel locomotives, which were significantly more efficient and required less maintenance, steam locomotives were phased out during the 1950s. The last steam engine departed from Brunswick in December 1953. As a result, there was no further need for the coal tipple and roundhouse, which were dismantled in 1981 and 1995, respectively. Chris Weitzel A quick search says that...)
• 22:40, 19 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Harpers Ferry Salty Dog.jpg (This is an old Kodachrome of what was left of the Salty Dog saloon on the Maryland side of the river in Harpers Ferry National Park before burned in the early 1950s. It’s a notable historic site located on Sandy Hook Road, on the Maryland side opposite Harpers Ferry, near Lock 33. Who can tell us more about the history? Glenn Hanes My father is 96 and when he was kid late teens, his parents would not allow him to go there because it was such a rough spot. Dad said he snuck there anyway. J...)
• 22:40, 19 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Harpers Ferry Salty Dog.jpg (This is an old Kodachrome of what was left of the Salty Dog saloon on the Maryland side of the river in Harpers Ferry National Park before burned in the early 1950s. It’s a notable historic site located on Sandy Hook Road, on the Maryland side opposite Harpers Ferry, near Lock 33. Who can tell us more about the history? Glenn Hanes My father is 96 and when he was kid late teens, his parents would not allow him to go there because it was such a rough spot. Dad said he snuck there anyway. J...)
• 22:33, 19 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:B&O Yard September 1974.JPG (In the background of this September 1974 photo by Pete Darmody of the Brunswick rail yard, you can see the roundhouse behind the trains. The old coal tipple was being demolished. (Photo from Industrialmodels Facebook page) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 22:33, 19 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:B&O Yard September 1974.JPG (In the background of this September 1974 photo by Pete Darmody of the Brunswick rail yard, you can see the roundhouse behind the trains. The old coal tipple was being demolished. (Photo from Industrialmodels Facebook page) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 19:59, 19 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1976-77 BHS State Basketball Championship Pins.jpeg (1977 Railroaders buttons, the year they won our first State Boys Varsity Basketball Championship. (Photo courtesy of Clayton Dalton) Category:Smoketown Sports)
• 19:59, 19 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1976-77 BHS State Basketball Championship Pins.jpeg (1977 Railroaders buttons, the year they won our first State Boys Varsity Basketball Championship. (Photo courtesy of Clayton Dalton) Category:Smoketown Sports)
• 19:57, 19 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Point of Rocks Station-KG tower.jpeg (B&O "KG" tower at Point of Rocks, across from the Francis Baldwin-architected train station, looking east. Photo date is unknown. The tower, otherwise known as a block-station tower, formed a block with the WB tower in Brunswick and the VO tower in Weverton, to control all train traffic moving between Washington, DC and Cumberland. KG was demolished sometime around 1953. (Photo courtesy of Darren Reynolds via Baltimore & Ohio Railroad History) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 19:57, 19 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Point of Rocks Station-KG tower.jpeg (B&O "KG" tower at Point of Rocks, across from the Francis Baldwin-architected train station, looking east. Photo date is unknown. The tower, otherwise known as a block-station tower, formed a block with the WB tower in Brunswick and the VO tower in Weverton, to control all train traffic moving between Washington, DC and Cumberland. KG was demolished sometime around 1953. (Photo courtesy of Darren Reynolds via Baltimore & Ohio Railroad History) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 19:54, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Oiling the Slippers.JPG (This was an engineer oiling the crosshead slippers on the locomotive in the Brunswick rail yard. It was a common thing to do at every water stop. The photo may date to the 1900s. It was part of an exhibit for the Smithsonian Journey Series on Brunswick in 2017. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 19:54, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Oiling the Slippers.JPG (This was an engineer oiling the crosshead slippers on the locomotive in the Brunswick rail yard. It was a common thing to do at every water stop. The photo may date to the 1900s. It was part of an exhibit for the Smithsonian Journey Series on Brunswick in 2017. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 19:48, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Cooper Family.JPG (Brothers Sammy, Pete and John Cooper pose with their mother Florence on a Summer day. Aaron Lennox Florence Odella (Palmer) Cooper was the last known burial at the Knoxville African American Cemetery after she passed November 23, 1986 at the age of 79. V Ann Cooper I think that this picture was taken in our yard in Petersville. Obviously before 1986. (Photo courtesy of Velva Cooper) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage)
• 19:48, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Cooper Family.JPG (Brothers Sammy, Pete and John Cooper pose with their mother Florence on a Summer day. Aaron Lennox Florence Odella (Palmer) Cooper was the last known burial at the Knoxville African American Cemetery after she passed November 23, 1986 at the age of 79. V Ann Cooper I think that this picture was taken in our yard in Petersville. Obviously before 1986. (Photo courtesy of Velva Cooper) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage)
• 19:42, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Musser Harpers Ferry Tunnel.jpeg (In this watercolor of the Harpers Ferry railroad bridge and tunnel, Buck Musser has depicted what is easily one of the most beautiful views in the tri-state area. (Artwork by Kellen “Buck” Musser) Category:Smoketown In and Around)
• 19:42, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Musser Harpers Ferry Tunnel.jpeg (In this watercolor of the Harpers Ferry railroad bridge and tunnel, Buck Musser has depicted what is easily one of the most beautiful views in the tri-state area. (Artwork by Kellen “Buck” Musser) Category:Smoketown In and Around)
• 19:37, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Lioness officers.jpeg (From a Brunswick Citizen clipping, these were Lioness officers in the 1970s. Unfortunately, some ladies aren't facing the camera or are hidden by others. They were a "who's who" of woman community leaders of the time. From left are Cathy Shaffer, Lori Price-Whipp, Josephine Schamel, Margaret Spurrier, Phyllis Moore, Gladys Morris, Marlene Gordon, Marie Huffer, Judy Smith, Millie Burch, Eva Magalis, and District Governor Cairl. (Courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) [[Cat...)
• 19:37, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Lioness officers.jpeg (From a Brunswick Citizen clipping, these were Lioness officers in the 1970s. Unfortunately, some ladies aren't facing the camera or are hidden by others. They were a "who's who" of woman community leaders of the time. From left are Cathy Shaffer, Lori Price-Whipp, Josephine Schamel, Margaret Spurrier, Phyllis Moore, Gladys Morris, Marlene Gordon, Marie Huffer, Judy Smith, Millie Burch, Eva Magalis, and District Governor Cairl. (Courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) [[Cat...)
• 19:34, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Smoke from train.jpg (More evidence of why we call Brunswick "Smoketown". Looks like the callers' office on the far left. Cristy Carey When the YMCA moved to Souder Rd, employees that worked the register became the callers office and the same for Green Country Inn... I worked both places and called the RR rooms or their designated phones giving each RR their train numbers..... (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Category:Smoketown Rail...)
• 19:34, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Smoke from train.jpg (More evidence of why we call Brunswick "Smoketown". Looks like the callers' office on the far left. Cristy Carey When the YMCA moved to Souder Rd, employees that worked the register became the callers office and the same for Green Country Inn... I worked both places and called the RR rooms or their designated phones giving each RR their train numbers..... (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Category:Smoketown Rail...)
• 19:30, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Lockhouse 31 during Flood of 1936, Weverton.jpg (This photograph shows a car, railroad tracks, and the lockhouse at Lock 31 on the C&O Canal at Weverton, partially covered in water during the highest stage of the 1936 St. Patrick’s Day flood. According to the historical society caption, “John and Mary McKerns were operators of the lockhouse; Charles Moss was the last operator.” Anna Marie Miller Brookins Lived there from about age 5 to 18 ~ I’m Anni from Lock 31! John Frye Canal has not operated since 1924. Lockhouse empty but intact. Lo...)
• 19:30, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Lockhouse 31 during Flood of 1936, Weverton.jpg (This photograph shows a car, railroad tracks, and the lockhouse at Lock 31 on the C&O Canal at Weverton, partially covered in water during the highest stage of the 1936 St. Patrick’s Day flood. According to the historical society caption, “John and Mary McKerns were operators of the lockhouse; Charles Moss was the last operator.” Anna Marie Miller Brookins Lived there from about age 5 to 18 ~ I’m Anni from Lock 31! John Frye Canal has not operated since 1924. Lockhouse empty but intact. Lo...)
• 19:21, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Weverton Aerial Map.jpg (What's now the sleepy unincorporated village of Weverton was once envisoned as an industrial boomtown in the first half of the the 19th Century Just upriver from what was then Berlin, an enterprising B&O Railroad civil engineer named Caspar Wever foresaw a thriving company town on the Potomac similar to Lowell, MA. This otherwise interesting aerial map of Weverton businesses from 1832-1963 shows inaccuracies, as it incorrectly notes the Weverton Manufacturing Company's cotton mill complex, w...)
• 19:21, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Weverton Aerial Map.jpg (What's now the sleepy unincorporated village of Weverton was once envisoned as an industrial boomtown in the first half of the the 19th Century Just upriver from what was then Berlin, an enterprising B&O Railroad civil engineer named Caspar Wever foresaw a thriving company town on the Potomac similar to Lowell, MA. This otherwise interesting aerial map of Weverton businesses from 1832-1963 shows inaccuracies, as it incorrectly notes the Weverton Manufacturing Company's cotton mill complex, w...)
• 19:08, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:B&O Commemorative Stamp.jpg (February 28 is the anniversary of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States. It was chartered February 28, 1827 by the Maryland Legislature and the Commonwealth of Virginia on March 8, 1827. (Photo and information courtesy of Jerry A. McCoy via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 19:08, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:B&O Commemorative Stamp.jpg (February 28 is the anniversary of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States. It was chartered February 28, 1827 by the Maryland Legislature and the Commonwealth of Virginia on March 8, 1827. (Photo and information courtesy of Jerry A. McCoy via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 18:53, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:More details African American contribution to the railroad by Carl Butler Belt-Butler-Milligan.jpeg (Estelle Belt, former docent at the Brunswick Heritage Museum, Carl Butler, artist, and Eleanor Milligan, former curator at the museum. This photo was likely taken during the unveiling of Carl's stunning mural depicting African-American "gandy dancers" who helped build the Brunswick railyard. The mural has been featured at the museum since 1997 and currently serves as the cover photo for Smoketown History. With this mural, Carl honored the memory of his grandfather, George Butler, who was the...)
• 18:53, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:More details African American contribution to the railroad by Carl Butler Belt-Butler-Milligan.jpeg (Estelle Belt, former docent at the Brunswick Heritage Museum, Carl Butler, artist, and Eleanor Milligan, former curator at the museum. This photo was likely taken during the unveiling of Carl's stunning mural depicting African-American "gandy dancers" who helped build the Brunswick railyard. The mural has been featured at the museum since 1997 and currently serves as the cover photo for Smoketown History. With this mural, Carl honored the memory of his grandfather, George Butler, who was the...)
• 18:39, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:From a locomotive cab facing west in 1975..jpg (This photo of the WB Tower was taken from a locomotive cab facing west in 1975. WB Tower was a railroad interlocking and control tower, sometimes called a “signaling tower,” built to control train movements through the complex network of tracks, switches, and crossovers at the Brunswick yard and junction area. WB Tower served as the nerve center of the yard, managing mainline traffic on the B&O’s busy Metropolitan Subdivision between yard operations in Washington, D.C. and Cumberland, Md. Th...)
• 18:39, 18 April 2026 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:From a locomotive cab facing west in 1975..jpg (This photo of the WB Tower was taken from a locomotive cab facing west in 1975. WB Tower was a railroad interlocking and control tower, sometimes called a “signaling tower,” built to control train movements through the complex network of tracks, switches, and crossovers at the Brunswick yard and junction area. WB Tower served as the nerve center of the yard, managing mainline traffic on the B&O’s busy Metropolitan Subdivision between yard operations in Washington, D.C. and Cumberland, Md. Th...)