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More About The Barriger Photo Collection
Below are fifty-nine photos taken during an inspection of the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad in 1941. Unless otherwise stated, all pictures are taken looking to the south along the railroad from the vantage point of the northbound train. Photos are organized by location number with Location-01 being the southern most location (at North Avenue in Baltimore) and the location numbers increasing to Location-59 (at York, PA). Note: One photo does not exist - mo+pa043.
Maryland & Pennsylvania Coach #20 at the Strasburg Railroad - Photo by Cale Leiphart
All photos - John W. Barriger III. Barriger Library, St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri St. Louis
Main line in Baltimore along Stony Run at the Wyman Park Drive overpass just south of Mile Post 1.
mo+pa032--Location-09
Motor #61 southbound about to go into the siding at Baldwin to allow the Barriger special to pass.
mo+pa038--Location-20
Gross Trestle just north of Forest Hill, at 451 feet the longest trestle on the Ma & Pa.
mo+pa017--Location-23
Rocks station area showing the station, milk platforms, siding, and Ramsey Store at right.
mo+pa040--Location-25
Main line between Rocks and Whiteford, probably about one half mile south of Pylesville.
mo+pa041--Location-26
Barriger party looking down into the quarry pit at Maryland Green Marble Company, Cardiff, Maryland.
mo+pa044--Location-28
Delta station area from the train, which is headed east on the Slate Hill Branch.
mo+pa019--Location-30
Taylor's Trestle and the York County Chair Company at the west edge of Red Lion.
mo+pa027--Location-42
Links to other Ma and Pa Photos on FLICKR
Muddy Creek Forks Station on Heritage Day 2013