Amtrak - B&P Tunnels

Photos 

B & P Tunnel West Portal. Baltimore, Baltimore City, Md. Sec. 1201, Mp 97.43

Photo taken by Jack E. Boucher for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #305983

Map 

Street View 

• View #1

Description 

Facts 

Overview

Tunnel under Baltimore, MD on Amtrak Northeast Corridor

Location

Baltimore County, Maryland

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1873

Railroads

- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Baltimore & Potomac Railroad (B&P)
- Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

Design

Tunnel

Dimensions

Total length: 7,669.0 ft. (1.5 mi.)

Also called

Baltimore & Potomac Tunnels

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.30644, -76.63060   (decimal degrees)
39°18'23" N, 76°37'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/359410/4352051 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Baltimore West

Inventory number

BH 63807 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• October 25, 2014: New Street View added by Ian Martin

Sources 

• Ian Martin
• HAER MD-45 - Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak route between District of Columbia/Maryland state line & Maryland/Delaware state line, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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