Downtown in Mount Airy in Carroll County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The Mount Airy Rail Yard
Historic Downtown Mount Airy
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 12, 2016
1. The Mount Airy Rail Yard Marker
This site was once the Mount Airy rail yard. Passenger trains stopped here to pick up and drop off passengers at the Mount Airy Station. Children from Watersville and other nearby communities would ride the train to attend school in Mount Airy. Freight trains stopped here to pick up milk from local farmers, canned vegetables packed at the Mount Airy Canning Company and milled grain from Runkles Mill, and later, the Mount Airy Milling Company.
Passenger service through Mount Airy ended December 31, 1949. The entire line through Mount Airy was abandoned by the B&O in 1959. Since then, the tracks have been removed and the area around the station paved for a parking lot.
Erected 2014.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars. In addition, it is included in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) series list. A significant historical date for this entry is December 31, 1949.
Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 39° 22.626′ N, 77° 9.26′ W. Marker was in Mount Airy, Maryland, in Carroll County. It was in Downtown. It was on Main Street (Maryland Route 808) south of Prospect Road
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Regionally, this marker was in Central Maryland. It was also in the American Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: The Mount Airy Founding (here, next to this marker); Runkles Mill & The Mount Airy Milling Company (here, next to this marker); The Mount Airy Station (a few steps from this marker); Sledding in Mount Airy in the Past (within shouting distance of this marker); Railway Express Agency Baggage Wagon (within shouting distance of this marker); William Hood Building (within shouting distance of this marker); The Gillis Building (within shouting distance of this marker); First National Bank Building (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Airy.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Runkles Mill and The Mt. Airy Milling Company (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. This marker has been replaced with the linked marker.
Also see . . . History of Mount Airy, Maryland. Town webpage (Submitted on October 7, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Additional commentary.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 12, 2016
2. The Mount Airy Rail Yard Marker
1. Passenger Service Through Mount Airy
The rail line through Mount Airy was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroads “Old Main Line,” the original railroad line dating from 1831 built to connect Baltimore with the Midwest and one of the first railroad lines in the country. By 1883 B&O's lines from Baltimore through Washington were completed and soon their long distance passenger service bypassed the Old Main Line.
A 1925 timetable shows four passenger trains in each direction stopping at Mount Airy every day. They all ran between Baltimore and Frederick, with two continuing on to Point of Rocks and one returning. However, there was plenty of service from Point of Rocks to Frederick: 7 trains in each direction.
Trains to and from Mount Airy did not hurry. In 1925 the 39½ mile trip from Baltimores Camden Station took almost two hours. Trains stopped at 18 other stations along the way. Frederick was only three stations away and that trip took 55 minutes. Trains from Baltimore stopped here at 9:10 and 10:20 a.m. and 3:10 and 7:18 p.m. The one train originating at Point of Rocks stopped at Mount Airy at 3:33 p.m. and the three originating in Frederick got to Mt. Airy at 5:35 a.m., 6:53 a.m. and 5:50 p.m.
— Submitted December 26, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, 
Ohio.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 12, 2016
3. B&O Wooden Caboose Displayed Next to Mount Airy Rail Yard and Mills Markers
Credits. This page was last revised on November 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 7, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,762 times since then and 79 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 7, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
