York PA WM Freight Station

[3rdrail]

There were two warehouses served by rubber tired tractors out of Calvert St. The first was Terminal Warehouse, the closest to downtown and the harbor and was the end of the PRR street trackage. The sidings went into the building, were curved, and designed for 36 ft. cars. One could spot 40 footers carefully. Imagine this quit being rail served not longer after I left in 1966. The other was a humongous Merchants Warehouse, just East of the yard, one block South of the Maryland State Pen. Its siding came off the middle of the street, swung left to the left curb and then crossed over the center track to get into the warehouse on the right. It was capable of handling 50 ft. mechanical reefers and did regularly, mostly orange juice. At Thanksgiving and Christmas, frozen turkeys were received and PRR railroad police had to keep a 24 hour a day watch on these cars. These were silver NP cars while the OJ was orange FGE's.

[wm3798]

From what I've been told, PRR lost part of the flour trade when WM opened a bulk transfer facility, which I think was somewhere between Fulton and Arlington.  They got most of the flour coming into Baltimore with that.

Lee

[keystonecrossings]

From what I've been told, PRR lost part of the flour trade when WM opened a bulk transfer facility, which I think was somewhere between Fulton and Arlington.  They got most of the flour coming into Baltimore with that.

Lee

Not sure of the era, or if it played into what you are saying, but the PRR had a pretty significant facility that experienced a dust explosion that destroyed it. I think it was on the north side of the river.

[3rdrail]

From what I've been told, PRR lost part of the flour trade when WM opened a bulk transfer facility, which I think was somewhere between Fulton and Arlington.  They got most of the flour coming into Baltimore with that.

Lee

Not sure of the era, or if it played into what you are saying, but the PRR had a pretty significant facility that experienced a dust explosion that destroyed it. I think it was on the north side of the river.

Lee's talking about Baltimore and Jerry's talking about Philadelphia if my memory serves me correctly. And Lee, the PRR couldn't have lost the flour move to the WM I was referring to, since the WM already handled it via PRR-WM. Perhaps you have forgotten, but the two did maintain joint routes. I just took it away from the N&W at Buffalo - a much shorter move.

[sirenwerks]

Jerry's partially right, the PRR had a Baltimore facility close to where the Inner Harbor is now (Pier 7 or 8 maybe) that was destroyed in a fire. I remember some great photos from the Evening Sun. I don't know the details of how that fire came about, whether by dust explosion or some other means (usually arson in Baltimore), but it did get destroyed in such a way.

[John]

Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, President Street Station, President & Fleet Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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PRR Calvert Street Station

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[John]

Port Covington Yard

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[John]

B&P Interlocking ..

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[sirenwerks]

There are drawings for the President Street station on the HABS site as well. Along with B&O's Point of Rocks and Harpers Ferry stations, the B&O Camden Yards freight depot, and Erie's Susquehanna, PA passenger station and hotel. It's a great resource for photos and, sometimes, drawings.