Baltimore Rail Substation (Baltimore, Maryland)
USA /
Maryland /
Mount Vernon /
Baltimore, Maryland
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/ USA
/ Maryland
/ Mount Vernon
World / United States / Virginia
railway, electrical sub-station, railway traction substation
Substation on the former PRR electrified Main Line now run by Amtrak. Converts 138kV 25hz transmission power to 12kV 25Hz traction power for the overhead catenary.
Notable for the transmission lines which have to be delivered via underground conduit due to the tunnels flanking the Baltimore Penn Station complex.
Notable for the transmission lines which have to be delivered via underground conduit due to the tunnels flanking the Baltimore Penn Station complex.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°18'32"N 76°37'7"W
- Norfolk Southern Bayview Yard 5.3 km
- PRR Bowie Race Track Spur (Abandoned) 33 km
- RF&P / PRR Potomac Yard 63 km
- Former route of Washington & Old Dominion Railroad 66 km
- Lancaster, Octoraro & Susquehanna Railroad (Abandoned) 67 km
- Amtrak/PRR 25Hz Power Transmission Lines 72 km
- Former right of way of the Washington-Virginia Railway 75 km
- Emmitsburg Railroad (Abandoned) 76 km
- East Berlin Railroad - Abandoned 78 km
- Pennsylvania Railroad - Frederick to Hanover (Mostly Abandoned) 87 km
- Mid-Town Belvedere 0.6 km
- Bolton Hill 0.7 km
- Remington 1.3 km
- Reservoir Hill 1.4 km
- Upton 1.4 km
- Downtown Baltimore 1.5 km
- Jones Falls Area 1.7 km
- Sandtown-Winchester 2 km
- Druid Hill Park 2.7 km
- Baltimore County, Maryland 14 km