Amtrak GUNPOW Interlocking
USA /
Maryland /
Joppatowne /
World
/ USA
/ Maryland
/ Joppatowne
World / United States / Maryland
railway, interlocking
Crossover and 4 track to 2 track bottleneck on the NEC. Site of the 1987 Chase, MD train wreck where a Conrail light engine movement went past a northbound Stop signal and ended up in front of an Amtrak passenger train.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Maryland_train_collision
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°22'41"N 76°21'20"W
- Norfolk Southern Bayview Yard 19 km
- PRR Bowie Race Track Spur (Abandoned) 52 km
- Lancaster, Octoraro & Susquehanna Railroad (Abandoned) 52 km
- Amtrak/PRR 25Hz Power Transmission Lines 61 km
- RF&P / PRR Potomac Yard 84 km
- East Berlin Railroad - Abandoned 85 km
- Former route of Washington & Old Dominion Railroad 87 km
- Emmitsburg Railroad (Abandoned) 92 km
- Former right of way of the Washington-Virginia Railway 98 km
- Pennsylvania Railroad - Frederick to Hanover (Mostly Abandoned) 102 km
- Chase, Maryland 0.7 km
- Harewood Park 0.9 km
- Bay Country 1.2 km
- Gunpowder Falls State Park, Hammerman Area 1.6 km
- Joppatowne, Maryland 4 km
- Edgewood Arsenal 5.8 km
- Edgewood, Maryland 7.1 km
- Aberdeen Proving Ground 13 km
- Harford County, Maryland 14 km
- Baltimore County, Maryland 21 km