NEWS
By Greg Tasker and Greg Tasker,Western Maryland Bureau of The Sun | July 24, 1994
SHARPSBURG -- Nearly a century ago, a timber-frame train station was built here on the right side of the tracks. Today, the building -- with ties to the Civil War -- is on the wrong side of the tracks.Antietam Station's location at the western edge of town, and the fact that it's situated on a small lot -- 0.3-acre -- have made it a hard sell for Washington County officials.They're looking for a temporary tenant -- maybe five to 20 years -- until the county can make better use of the building and its association with the nearby Antietam National Battlefield, the site of the bloodiest day of the Civil War.Tourism officials are not interested because most visitors come from interstate highways to the north.
NEWS
March 11, 1998
Efforts to restore the Hampstead Train Station on Gill Avenue are moving ahead.The town has purchased the station, the Hampstead Train Station Committee reported at its March 3 meeting. Also, a tarp has been placed over the roof.Donations are being sought to cover the cost of restoration and the committee's incorporation. The incorporation is needed to receive funds from the National Historical Trust, Preservation Maryland and the Maryland Historical Society. Incorporation proceedings cost $450.
NEWS
By Brenda J. Buote and Brenda J. Buote,SUN STAFF | May 15, 1998
To the delight of many Hampstead residents, Maryland Midland Railway Inc. has contributed $500 to the restoration of the town's historic train depot.In a letter April 24, Paul D. Denton, Maryland Midland's president and chief operations officer, promised to contribute more after Maryland Midland completes its purchase of the line that runs through Hampstead. CSX Transportation Inc. owns the line."When our offer to purchase that line becomes reality, we'll double the amount in the attached check, and I'll deliver the second one personally by riding to Hampstead in one of our locomotives," Denton wrote.
NEWS
By Jacques Kelly | May 13, 1991
If the company that makes Lionel electric trains wanted the ideal model for a toy train station, Perryville's depot would be it.The state's new commuter train service, which is called the Penn North line, serves this classic Cecil County depot, as well as Aberdeen and Edgewood (Harford County) and Martin (Baltimore County) plus the usual Baltimore-Washington stops. There are four trains in the morning; three in the evening.The state is betting that people will get out of their autos and ride the rails, boarding trains at stations that seem to have stepped out of a black-and-white movie.
NEWS
By Joni Guhne and Joni Guhne,SPECIAL TO THE SUN | March 21, 1996
SPRING is on the verge of blooming, and so is the new vest-pocket park on Holly Avenue next to the historic Severna Park train station.The 300-foot-long wedge, to be called Hatton-Regester Green, will include a gazebo, extensive landscaping and period lighting, said Jack Keene, head of the park development committee.The Association for Severna Park Improvement, Renewal and Enhancement (ASPIRE) is collecting $25,000 to help pay for the land purchase. The money is coming from the sale of paving bricks etched with the donor's name ($100 each)
BUSINESS
By Andrea F. Siegel and Andrea F. Siegel,Sun reporter | March 9, 2008
You can't buy a ticket anymore, but the ticket window from the former Riderwood train station remains in place in the brick building that was transformed from whistle-stop to single-family home decades ago. The station was built around 1904 by the Northern Central Railroad, after the first station, which was a shed with a one-room station-and-general store, burned down. Passenger service on the two-car Parkton Local between Baltimore and Parkton was dropped in 1959 for lack of riders, and an NCR employee and his wife became the Riderwood station's first private owner residents a few years later.