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File:Brunswick and the B&O Yard.jpg great view of Brunswick and the B&O Yard that was likely taken from a small plane using the air strip you can see on the lower left. The airstrip was located(1,004 × 752 (142 KB)) - 12:15, 13 November 2019File:B&O Railroad workers in the Brunswick yard - mid-70s.jpg B&O Railroad workers in the Brunswick yard - mid-70s Bill Brown is standing on the far right. The two men bending over with shovel and pic are George Hoffman(1,371 × 995 (195 KB)) - 19:58, 1 November 2019File:B&O Yard in 1976 with the roundhouse and water tower.jpg Ray Soderberg's outstanding photos of the B&O yard at Brunswick in 1976. See the roundhouse and water tower in the background. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg)(1,025 × 684 (93 KB)) - 15:15, 14 November 2019File:B&O car yard and Eastbound Hum.jpg The B&O car yard and Eastbound Hump. See the Tower on the right. Train cars heading to the east coast were consolidated on the west end of the Brunswick(2,048 × 1,466 (257 KB)) - 08:59, 14 November 2019File:B & O Gravity Yard..jpg B & O Gravity Yard. The 7-mile long B&O yard in Brunswick was the largest in the United States for at least 70 years. (Photo courtesy of David Cage) Reuben(604 × 386 (98 KB)) - 20:19, 12 November 2019File:Train in the B&O yard at Brunswick in 1975.jpg Train in the B&O yard at Brunswick in 1975. The old YMCA is on the left. The WB Tower and roundhouse are to the right. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg)(939 × 960 (153 KB)) - 15:25, 13 November 2019File:B&O yard in the early 1950s, West Bound Station, Coal Tipple.jpg photo of the B&O yard in Brunswick in the early 1950s. See the westbound station on the far left, the roundhouse and coal tipple in the middle, and the eastbound(1,966 × 1,346 (252 KB)) - 16:17, 14 November 2019File:View behind the old YMCA with the B&O hospital on the right. The yard office is in the foreground..jpg (category Smoketown B&O YMCA) courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Reuben Moss Note: the strange paths and the area in the foreground...thats grass (now all gravel and asphalt).(2,048 × 1,536 (245 KB)) - 10:47, 24 October 2019File:East end Brunswick B&O yards in the early 20th century.jpg Maybe the best way to caption this hazy view of the east end Brunswick B&O yards in the early 20th century? "The Air of Smoketown" According to Reuben(2,048 × 1,303 (187 KB)) - 10:52, 13 November 2019File:B&O Engine 1913.jpg The B&O Railroad and the C&O Canal Company both reached Berlin in 1834. The railroad employed a small section gang here and the village was a canal town(2,087 × 801 (280 KB)) - 18:35, 4 February 2020File:Columbian domes in the yard at Brunswick, MD.jpg According to John Suscheck in the comments under the photo: "This is ex-B&O High Dome and it was sold from the Lake Shore Chapter NRHS to MARC Rail near Baltimore(640 × 427 (92 KB)) - 14:36, 10 March 2021File:B&O Roundhouse Post Card.jpg Postcard of the original B&O roundhouse in Brunswick, which was replaced as part of the 1907 infrastructure improvement that included the YMCA and the west half(1,068 × 627 (145 KB)) - 16:06, 1 February 2020File:Brunswick yard in the mid-'60s.jpg The Brunswick yard in the mid-'60s above and under the shadow of the bridge. By this time, the railroad business was waning in Brunswick as the B&O had(1,112 × 725 (224 KB)) - 12:43, 13 November 2019File:Rambling Bill Dunn at the Brunswick YMCA..jpg (category Smoketown B&O YMCA) add the numbers of the cars as they passed the depot and get the right answer. Phil Lowery: I would ride my bike down the gravel behind the YMCA and walk(956 × 655 (70 KB)) - 10:53, 24 October 2019File:Influenza staff at the B&O Hospital next to the YMCA in Brunswick in 1918.jpg (category History of Brunswick) in Brunswick Hard in October 1918 From The Lovettsville, VA Historical Society and Museum, June 2020 In the photo: The "influenza staff" at the B&O Hospital(678 × 381 (47 KB)) - 19:19, 10 June 2020File:Flood of 1972 Hurricane Agnes flood in the Brunswick railroad yard..jpg was the 1972 Hurricane Agnes flood in the Brunswick railroad yard. The old Eastbound Station was still standing then across the tracks, as was the green(1,436 × 1,299 (202 KB)) - 16:02, 24 October 2019File:Fred Kretzer and Ron Truitt..jpg Welders in the Brunswick B&O car yard in the 1970s. Fred Kretzer and Ron Truitt. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library;(1,998 × 1,392 (295 KB)) - 20:01, 1 November 2019File:B.E.O. Railroad yards post card.jpg Brunswick Railroad On the back of the post card: After 1980 YMCA fire. Railroad Park (bell mounted in glass case). Presented by the BO RR on the 75th anniversary(1,322 × 875 (232 KB)) - 15:49, 19 December 2018File:A.William Johnston (1925) Distinguished Citizen 1983.jpg from Brunswick High School in 1943, having worked on the B&O as a yard checker before graduating. After serving in the Marines, he returned to the B&O here(680 × 960 (56 KB)) - 09:21, 22 November 2018File:Diamond Jubilee activities 1965 - The Blade-Times.jpg (category Smoketown Parades and Celebrations) of the B&O Railroad) and John Sell (Yard Master in the Car Yard) Photo courtesy of Reuben Moss Smoketown History (Brunswick, Md.) A Diamond Jubilee is(604 × 460 (65 KB)) - 14:18, 12 December 2019File:Pumphouse-Water Tub Construction.jpg of the pumphouse and water tub construction shows a view of the Brunswick yard operations looking eastward under New York Hill. (Photo from the B&O Railroad(1,080 × 835 (272 KB)) - 18:14, 14 October 2023File:A. William (Bill) Johnson, Distinguished Citizen 1983 (1).jpg worked on the B&O as a yard checker before graduating. After serving with the Marines, he returned to the B&O here in 1946. His rise in the managerial(795 × 1,267 (205 KB)) - 09:28, 22 November 2018File:A. William (Bill) Johnson, Distinguished Citizen 1983 (2).jpg worked on the B&O as a yard checker before graduating. After serving with the Marines, he returned to the B&O here in 1946. His rise in the managerial(1,633 × 2,116 (594 KB)) - 09:31, 22 November 2018File:A. William (Bill) Johnson, Distinguished Citizen 1983 (3).jpg worked on the B&O as a yard checker before graduating. After serving with the Marines, he returned to the B&O here in 1946. His rise in the managerial(1,436 × 2,020 (534 KB)) - 09:29, 22 November 2018File:A. William (Bill) Johnson, Distinguished Citizen 1983 (4).jpg worked on the B&O as a yard checker before graduating. After serving with the Marines, he returned to the B&O here in 1946. His rise in the managerial(1,236 × 1,068 (382 KB)) - 09:30, 22 November 2018File:A. William (Bill) Johnson, Distinguished Citizen 1983 (5).jpg worked on the B&O as a yard checker before graduating. After serving with the Marines, he returned to the B&O here in 1946. His rise in the managerial(1,700 × 2,191 (567 KB)) - 09:32, 22 November 2018File:A. William (Bill) Johnson, Distinguished Citizen 1983 (6).jpg worked on the B&O as a yard checker before graduating. After serving with the Marines, he returned to the B&O here in 1946. His rise in the managerial(1,700 × 2,188 (590 KB)) - 09:32, 22 November 2018File:A. William (Bill) Johnson, Distinguished Citizen 1983 (7).jpg worked on the B&O as a yard checker before graduating. After serving with the Marines, he returned to the B&O here in 1946. His rise in the managerial(1,270 × 641 (228 KB)) - 09:33, 22 November 2018File:Amber Dykes on Shady Lane in Petersville in the mid-1970.jpg who worked on the B&O Railroad for many years, brought the tires and tire rails from the Brunswick yard. Mr. Jelly was famous for marking and separating his(960 × 952 (163 KB)) - 20:43, 16 December 2019File:Scheer Stadium Game in 1929.jpg Scheer was the General Manager of the B&O's Eastern Lines. The Stadium, all the teams (Both the regional league team seen in this image and the local league(720 × 363 (75 KB)) - 12:22, 18 November 2019File:YMCA-WB Tower looking west.JPG Unique view of the train yard in Brunswick back in 1975. See the bookends of the WB Tower (left) and B&O YMCA (right). (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg)(1,196 × 1,457 (347 KB)) - 21:23, 17 October 2022File:Dick Mullen.jpg young Dick Mullen. Dick ran the B&O car yard in Brunswick for many years. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick(2,009 × 1,312 (181 KB)) - 11:45, 23 October 2019File:Flood of 1924 shows an unusual view of the railroad siding.jpg canal and railroad town to one focused on the B&O, the longest hump yard in the United States for much of the Twentieth Century. As you can see, the siding(1,658 × 974 (374 KB)) - 13:40, 24 October 2019File:Town Between The Tracks Location.jpg photo from the bridge of what appears to have been after the 1959 consolidation of its freight yard operations to Cumberland led to the B&O shifting many(1,303 × 863 (161 KB)) - 16:08, 14 November 2019File:Harry Y. George, Sr. (1887-1962).jpg south of the westbound track on the west side of Virginia Avenue. Around 1907, Mr. George took over the business and moved up the hill to the corner of(700 × 960 (100 KB)) - 06:39, 20 October 2019File:Charles T., Sr. and Agnes Weedon Smallwood.jpg Charles T., Sr. and Agnes Weedon Smallwood. Charles worked for the B&O Railroad for 37 years, including the shop, car yard and roundhouse. He was honored(658 × 720 (72 KB)) - 20:07, 21 October 2019File:Horine Building drug store and residence in 1910.jpg also served as Chief Surgeon of the B&O, Brunswick's Health Officer and Mayor from 1906-14, looking out the window. The interior was typical of an early(2,048 × 1,622 (402 KB)) - 20:56, 26 November 2019File:West Potomac Street in the early 20th Century.jpg days of the West End of "Main Street" after the city migrated up the hill from between the tracks when the B&O expanded its Brunswick yard operations.(1,136 × 719 (255 KB)) - 09:14, 3 August 2020File:Maurice Edward Good, Distinguished Citizen 1987 (1).jpg Center on Friday, July 28,2017. Born March 16,1927 in Brunswick he was the son of the late William F. and Mary G. Good. He was predeceased by his wife Virginia(250 × 343 (7 KB)) - 15:34, 27 January 2019File:828 6th Ave - A Brief History.pdf (category Houses and Street Scenes) (matches file content) December 1889, just months before the arrival of the B&O railyard transformed quiet Berlin into the boomtown of Brunswick.1 After a year had passed, Cannon(1,275 × 1,650 (701 KB)) - 12:33, 16 June 2021File:Pershing Hatcher at work in the B&O Yard in Brunswick..jpg (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries)(663 × 960 (175 KB)) - 20:25, 1 November 2019File:Pershing Hatcher at work in the B&O Yard in Brunswick.jpg (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Courtesy of Smoketown History(663 × 960 (175 KB)) - 07:25, 15 May 2019File:B&O Yards in Brunswick circa 1950s.jpg B&O Yards in Brunswick with the Gross Store on the right looking west - 1950s? Please let us know if you know what was going on that so many people were(2,048 × 1,155 (241 KB)) - 16:33, 13 November 2019File:B&O Eastern Yard.jpg Another view of the eastern B&O yard at Brunswick. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum)(2,048 × 1,578 (299 KB)) - 09:01, 14 November 2019File:Railroaders in the B&O yards in the early days of Brunswick..jpg (Photo courtesy of Brunswick Heritage Museum) Phil Lowery: Interesting I saw the rails being lifted, stone put under the ties, and spikes driven with one(2,048 × 1,164 (258 KB)) - 10:51, 25 October 2019File:Paul Dean at work in the Brunswick B&O car yard.jpg (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries)(669 × 960 (153 KB)) - 19:46, 1 November 2019File:Oncoming locomotive in the east end of the Brunswick B&O yard.jpg locomotive in the east end of the Brunswick B&O yard. This photo was featured in conjunction with the 2017 Smithsonian “The Way We Worked" exhibit at the Brunswick(1,045 × 844 (87 KB)) - 10:44, 13 November 2019File:Blacksmith setup to support early construction of the B&O yard at Brunswick..jpg photo from the 2017 Smithsonian exhibit at the museum on "The Way We Worked" shows a blacksmith setup to support early construction of the B&O yard at Brunswick(1,538 × 1,148 (171 KB)) - 10:42, 13 November 2019File:B&O Railroad New Yards at Brunswick, December 16, 1907 (No source given).jpg (834 × 2,347 (820 KB)) - 08:58, 23 August 2019File:1918 B&O Track Map V17.3 9 - Extension of Brunswick West Yard.jpg (category 1918 B&O Railroad Track Maps) Provided courtesy of David McIntosh.(22,582 × 9,728 (17.6 MB)) - 09:32, 8 February 2024