Photos from Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America

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“The Bambino” – The Mold Was Broken
In Spite of His Failings in the Domestic Arena (Or Would That Be Stadium), His Family Was Important to Him
Throughout His Life, Ruth Made Time for the Youngsters
Nicely Done Placards with Statistics, Anecdotes and Photos Help Tell the Babe’s Story
This Is the Best View I Could Reasonably Obtain
I’m Not Sure Why It Reminds Me of the "Harry Potter Bridge," The Glenfinnan Viaduct in Scotland – I’ve Never Seen a Harry Potter Movie
Ponder, Wonder, Speculate and Enjoy the Beautiful Day
Not Being an Engineer, The Stress Dynamics Are Intriguing
The Clearance on Both Sides Was Spacious to Say the Least
This Bridge Looks Unusual at First Sighting
One More Final, Forlorn Look
The Clearance Car Is Unique and Interesting
The Shay Locomotive’s “Drivers” Operated Vertically
The “Rack and Pinion” Gearing of the Shay Locomotive Is a Rare Power Transmission System in Steam Locomotives
The Outdoor Model Railroad Layout Is Unique and Interesting
One of the Yet-Unrestored Victims of the 2003 Roof Collapse
The Larger, More-Powerful, More Modern Steamers Are in a Train Barn Apart from the Roundhouse and Are Less “Panoramically Accessible”
Piloting One of These Beasts Is Quite a Hoot – I Did So in Ely NV in 2014 for My Self-Administered 66th Birthday Present
Old, Modern Equipment Is Outside on the Roundhouse Approaches
“… I Know I Can, I Know I Can”
I’m Reminded of the Golden Book, The Little Engine That Could – “I Think I Can, I Think I Can, …”
While Most Railroads Continued to Burn Wood, B & O Pioneered the Use of the Area’s Bountiful Coal Supply – This the 1836 Coal-Burning No. 8 “John Hancock”
A Much Better Photograph of the Carrollton Viaduct than I Could Harvest
Before the Railroad, There Were Stagecoaches and Covered Wagons
Half of the Roof of the Roundhouse Collapsed Under the Weight of 26.8 Inches of Snow Dumped on Baltimore in the 2003 Presidents' Day Blizzard
Well, It’s About (Standardizing) Time!!!
Models in the Museum Serve to Whet the Visitor’s Appetite
Many Dwellings Offered a History
The Neighborhood Was as Intriguing as the Monument in My Eyes – Note the Park-Like Boulevard at Right
The Base Holds Very Few Artifacts or Placards – Note the Interesting Church at Top, Left
At 178 Feet 8 Inches Tall, Baltimore’s Washington Monument Is Much Shorter than the Washington DC Version at 554 Feet 7 Inches
Unfortunately, Some of the Placards Were Too Far Removed for These Old Eyes to Read
The Second Floor Contains Some Very Nice Furniture and Art
The Detail in Some of the Pieces Is Awesome
“The Old Defenders,” Those Who Defended Baltimore in 1814, Were Honored on April 1, 1908
This a Model of the U.S. Frigate Constellation
In Spite of the Disorganization, The Museum Does Hold a Few Interesting Artifacts – This a Child’s “Velocipede” Bicycle c. 1868-1870
… THIS – No Kidding, My Very Next Photograph of the Museum!
Make Sure to Eat Your Wheaties, or You’ll Look Like …
After the Civil War, There Must Have Been Indian Uprisings???
I Suppose a Desperado Might Argue This Diorama Helps Tell the Maryland Commerce Story, But I Won’t
Colored Troops in the Civil War Receive Their Due
A Marker from the Mason-Dixon Line
This 1860 Census Map Shows Free Blacks, Slaves and Slaveholders by County
The Veterans Names Are Listed Alphabetically
It’s Placement atop a Knoll Makes a Photograph of the Entire Memorial, Contained within the Hedge Row, Impractical
I Thought This 8 ½-Foot Semicircular “Road” Led to a Parking Lot – It Doesn’t, So I Parked Across the Street
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