Short Line
by Brian Wallace
Title
Short Line
Artist
Brian Wallace
Medium
Photograph - 2d Digital Image
Description
2D image of a lone Maryland & Delaware "1201" locomotive engine on the track at Massey, Maryland. A maintenance shed is located between the tracks and behind the locomotive.
The Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company (reporting mark MDDE) is a Class III short-line railroad, formed in 1977 to operate several branch lines of the former Penn Central Railroad in both Maryland and Delaware, USA. These branches were omitted from the system plan for Conrail in 1976 and would have been discontinued without state subsidies. As an alternative to the higher cost of subsidizing Conrail as operator of the branch lines, the Maryland and Delaware governments selected the Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company (MDDE) to serve as the designated operator.
The railroad did not own any of the track it uses until 2000 when it acquired a line between Frankford, Delaware and Snow Hill, Maryland, from the Snow Hill Shippers Association. Today, the railroad operates on 120 miles of track and runs out of a restored station in Federalsburg, Maryland.
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December 19th, 2014
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Brian Wallace
Thanks LFA, for featuring my work in the group, http://fineartamerica.com/groups/abc-group--u-is-for-used.html
Brian Wallace
Thanks Lyric, for featuring my image in the group, http://fineartamerica.com/groups/1-industrial-art.html
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Brian Wallace replied:
Thanks John, for the comment, fave, and feature in the group,http://fineartamerica.com/groups/images-that-excite-you.html
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