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Baltimore Wharf Area, Municipal Piers, Docksider Locos

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Posted by ndbprr on Thursday, December 26, 2019 7:48 AM

Check MR maybe as far back as the mid 70s for articles on the Saverna Park club that modeled that scene or try an internet search for the club itself. It got quite a bit of press

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Baltimore Wharf Area, Municipal Piers, Docksider Locos
Posted by railandsail on Thursday, December 26, 2019 6:35 AM

I have an image in my mind that I think was saved from an old image I recall seeing long ago. It is (was) of a cobblestone street running along the waterfront of old town Baltimore. The tracks were embedded in the cobblestone, and they serviced several warehouses that jutted out into the water along the waterfront. One or so of those 'warehouses' resembled the Walthers Municipal Pier kit.

 

Those infamous B&O docksiders locos could be found working these wharf side tracks.

 

I searched the internet for about an hour the other day trying to find that image thats in my mind,...could not find it? Would anyone on the forum know of such an old time image?

 

 

Just perhaps it was another city. or just some other modelers creation, but it made an impression on me I can't seem to forget. I wonder if I saw in on the walls of that Baltimore model layout that existed for years in downtown Balt (the one that had to recently move) ??

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