June 27th
1895: The first U.S. passenger train with an electric locomotive was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s Royal Blue Line, which made its initial trip to New York City from Washington, D.C.
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@Captain John posted:June 27th
1895: The first U.S. passenger train with an electric locomotive was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s Royal Blue Line, which made its initial trip to New York City from Washington, D.C.
Well, just how did that happen, since there were no electric wires over the tracks, ANY TRACKS, between Washington, D.C. and New York City?
Read that in the newspaper this morning and had the same thoughts!!
@Hot Water posted:Well, just how did that happen, since there were no electric wires over the tracks, ANY TRACKS, between Washington, D.C. and New York City?
Google it...things happened faster back then. The government wasnt involved!
@Farmall-Joe posted:Google it...things happened faster back then. The government wasnt involved!
OK, so they Electrified the Howard St TUNNEL in Baltimore! It did NOT go all the way from Washington , D.C. to New York City on this date in 1895.
Ok lets dissect the statement of the OP...
1895: The first U.S. passenger train with an electric locomotive was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s Royal Blue Line, which made its initial trip to New York City from Washington, D.C.
The first US train with an electric loco was the B&O RR Royal Blue Line. The Royal Blue Line made its initial run from DC to NYC. It does not state that the electric loco made the entire run. Just that the train did use an electric loco...further research showed that occurred at the tunnel. Moving on...
