Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Train crossing High Bridge over Gwynns Falls in Baltimore County, Maryland on the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad line. | |
| Industry | Rail transport |
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| Founded | May 6, 1853 |
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| Defunct | November 1, 1902 |
| Fate | Merged with Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad |
| Successor | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad |
| Headquarters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad (B&P) operated from Baltimore, Maryland, southwest to Washington, D.C., from 1872 to 1902. Owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad, it was the second railroad company to connect the nation's capital to the Northeastern U.S., and competed with the older Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Part of the B&P route is now part of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, the most heavily traveled American intercity passenger line; and of the Penn Line of the Maryland Transit Administration's MARC commuter train service. The Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel, bored under north Baltimore in 1871-73 remains in use, for now. The Virginia Avenue Tunnel built in Southeast Washington in 1870-72, was replaced in 2016-18.