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File: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 2024File:1918 B&O Track Map V17.3 6 - Brunswick East Yard.jpg (category 1918 B&O Railroad Track Maps) Provided courtesy of David McIntosh.(22,512 × 9,668 (17.55 MB)) - 09:16, 8 February 2024File:1918 B&O Track Map V17.3 8 - Brunswick West Yard.jpg (category 1918 B&O Railroad Track Maps) Provided courtesy of David McIntosh.(22,573 × 9,731 (19.59 MB)) - 09:31, 8 February 2024File:Wayne Runkles working in the Brunswick B&O Car Yard in the mid-'70s.jpg (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries)(668 × 960 (164 KB)) - 20:05, 1 November 2019File:B&O Yard in the 1950s,Trains Sitting.jpg Trains sitting in the Brunswick yard in the 1950s. The Hump Speeder on the middle track. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum)(2,048 × 1,629 (305 KB)) - 09:03, 14 November 2019File:B&O Eastbound Yards with a light dusting of snow.jpg The Eastbound B&O yards as the tracks on the right go around the bend past Walnut Street in Brunswick, taken after a light dusting of snow. The long tracks(680 × 960 (100 KB)) - 16:03, 14 November 2019File:Hawes, Clyde Sr., B&O yard Conductor, 1875 - 1914, Brunswick Brick Walk.jpg (1,700 × 2,178 (247 KB)) - 08:33, 19 December 2018File:Thompson, Jesse Claggett, B&O Yard Foreman, 1898 - 1974, Brunswick Brick Walk (1).jpg (1,700 × 2,183 (263 KB)) - 19:55, 20 December 2018File:Thompson, Jesse Claggett, B&O Yard Foreman, 1898 - 1974, Brunswick Brick Walk (2).jpg (919 × 1,353 (237 KB)) - 19:56, 20 December 2018File:Thompson, Jesse Claggett, B&O Yard Foreman, 1898 - 1974, Brunswick Brick Walk (3).jpg (986 × 1,542 (246 KB)) - 19:56, 20 December 2018File:B&O Yard Office - 1925.jpg (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum Museum)(2,048 × 1,536 (208 KB)) - 20:44, 14 November 2019File:East End B&O Railroad yards in the Winter of 1899.jpg The busy East End B&O Railroad yards of Brunswick in the Winter of 1899. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and Brunswick Community Library;(2,048 × 1,547 (426 KB)) - 18:46, 13 December 2019File:East B&O yard in 1906.jpg The East B&O yard at Brunswick in 1906 at its peak as the largest railroad yard operation in the United States. (Photo courtesy of Phil Graves) Jacquelyn(2,048 × 1,680 (472 KB)) - 20:24, 12 November 2019File:Flood 1936 in the B&O Railroad yard.jpg A view of the 1936 flood in the B&O Railroad yard at Brunswick through the trees. See the rowboat navigating the waters with the Eastbound train station(526 × 889 (121 KB)) - 17:56, 15 September 2021File:B&O Yard 1972 Near East Potomac Street..jpg This B&O photo was taken in June of 1972 in the Brunswick yard near E. Potomac Street. (Original Kodachrome collection of J.L. Adams)(1,741 × 1,020 (507 KB)) - 15:18, 14 November 2019File:Steam locomotives smoke their way through the B&O yards in 1906.jpg steam locomotives smoke their way through the B&O yards in 1906, here's another reminder of why we call Brunswick "Smoketown". (Photo courtesy of Phil Graves)(2,048 × 1,530 (259 KB)) - 17:08, 12 November 2019File:Richard (Dick) Mullen ran the B&O Car Yard well for many years.jpg (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum)(540 × 720 (56 KB)) - 20:57, 1 November 2019File:B&O gravity yards engine and crew circa early 20th Century.jpg Early 20th Century postcard of an engine and crew in the B&O gravity yards in the west end of Brunswick. (Courtesy of William Moore, administrator Historic(1,083 × 687 (272 KB)) - 16:15, 1 February 2020File:Herman (Nook) Deener Obituary from the Frederick News-Post, December 22, 2020.jpg graduated from Brunswick High in 1950 and immediately went to work for the Railroad in the Brunswick car yard near 'New Addition'. He and June were married(393 × 500 (27 KB)) - 07:03, 22 December 2020File:B&O policeman, Officer McGaha.jpg Anyone ready to cross this B&O policeman, Officer McGaha? This was on the day the first diesels were delivered to the Brunswick yards.--likely early 1940s.(2,048 × 1,308 (600 KB)) - 10:05, 25 August 2021File:B&O caboose in the mid-'70s..jpg The old B&O caboose on the railroad side of the old Karn's Lumber Yard in the mid-'70s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community(2,003 × 1,446 (357 KB)) - 09:57, 15 November 2019