To: Haiku Guy
It is illegal to run a train through Baltimore without stopping. It has been since the Civil War.
Why is that?
34 posted on
07/23/2017 4:37:38 AM PDT by
jimjohn
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To: jimjohn
I would guess trains have to stop in Baltimore for the same reason I-96 is an interstate only in Michigan. Towns like the prestige of being a real stop for the railroads or being on a “real” freeway.
37 posted on
07/23/2017 4:50:14 AM PDT by
Mark was here
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To: jimjohn
I think it has to do with protecting Washington DC.
Also, during the Civil War, they used to unload the troop trains on one side of town and march the troops through Baltimore, then load them up again on the other side of town, which did a lot to quell the unrest in the city.
57 posted on
07/23/2017 6:33:30 PM PDT by
Haiku Guy
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