Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum
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he Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum is dedicated to promoting a public understanding of railroad-related activities in Hagerstown, Maryland. This is accomplished through the efforts of restoration, preservation, entertainment, and education. The principal goals of the museum include [the] preservation and restoration of the historic railway equipment, including steam and diesel locomotives, passenger cars, freight cars, and other rolling stock; [and the] preservation of the Hagerstown Roundhouse legacy, bringing awareness to its history, operations, landmark events, and employees.
he Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum is located adjacent to the CSX Railroad in Hagerstown, Maryland. The volunteer-run museum features many exhibits relating to local railroad history, several model railroads in operation, and an outdoor collection of locomotives, passenger cars, and rolling stock. The Hagerstown Roundhouse complex was built by the Western Maryland Railroad in 1939. The 25-stall roundhouse and shops were the major facility for maintenance and repairs of locomotives and cars in the region. The roundhouse facility was demolished in 1999, but the museum inhabits some of the smaller adjacent buildings and sits in proximity to CSX Transportation's Hagerstown Terminal yard and locomotive servicing area.
TrainWeb.org
1910 Official Guide ad / collection
1965 Official Guide map / collection
Location
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Hagerstown Terminal
Adjacent to the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum is CSXT Transportation's Hagerstown Terminal operations, including a wye, office building, locomotive service tracks, and the east end of a flat yard.
CSX map section / web
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Locomotives
Western Maryland #132
Western Maryland #132
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Western Maryland #132
1 of 5 VO-1000s in WM class DS-5
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to Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum
this locomotive also posted in North Carolina Transportation Museum Diesels
The Baldwin VO-1000 is a diesel-electric locomotive (switcher) built by Baldwin Locomotive Works between January 1939 and December 1946. The 236,260 – 242,200 lb units were powered by a normally aspirated eight-cylinder diesel engine rated at 1,000 horsepower (746 kW), and rode on a pair of two-axle trucks in a B-B wheel arrangement. These were either the AAR Type-A switcher trucks, or the Batz truck originally developed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway as a leading truck for steam locomotives. 548 examples of this model were built for American railroads, including examples for the Army and Navy. There are at least eight intact examples of the VO-1000 that are known to survive today, most of which are owned by museums or historical societies.
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Spencer, NC / Jun 1991 / JCH
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See also our complete North Carolina Transportation Museum scrapbook in Preservation
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Passenger Cars
Chesapeake & Ohio #714 "The Derby Club"
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Pennsylvania #9006
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American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners #800235
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Trolley #168
Hagerstown & Frederick #168
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August 4, 1947 saw the end of trolley service between Hagerstown and Williamsport in Washington County Maryland ending over 50 years of continuous service by the Hagerstown & Frederick Railway (H&F).
The railway was owned by Potomac Edison Electric Company (PE) and after the crush of WWII traffic was over, the line and equipment were pretty much worn out and riders went back to their automobiles for their daily rides.
The H&F line was severed over South Mountain, between Mt. Lena and Myersville in 1938, to allow construction of the new US 40 highway, called the Dual Highway directly between Hagerstown and Frederick, The service to Boonsboro was cancelled, along with the entire line from Beaver Creek Junction back to Hagerstown later that year. All Hagerstown streetcars had already been replaced by city buses, leaving the line to Williamsport as the only service. Three interurban cars were left to provide this service, numbers 168, 169 and 172.
We have recently received evidence the 169 car was eventually cut up for salvage. Car 172 was apparently burned by vandals sometime after it left service in 1954. This leaves our number 168 car as the remaining Hagerstown trolley.
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Freight Equipment
Western Maryland #1859
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Western Maryland #1863
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Southern Serves the South
Southern Railway #526014
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from Southern Railway Freight Equipment Diagram Book - Volume II
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See also our complete Southern Railway featured Fallen Flag collection in Mainlines
Publications
1992 tourist train guide ad / collection
2001 tourist train guide ad / collection
2006 tourist train guide ad / collection
Lagniappe
She's a Fireball, That One
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Clark Kent
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The Last One
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Bulwark
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Ancient Cave Markings
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The Wagon Top Route
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Vantage Points
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Snapshots
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Links / Sources
- Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum website
- Wikipedia article for Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum
