The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company was Americas first common carrier.
It was chartered on February 28th 1827 by a group of Baltimore businessmen to ensure traffic would not be lost to the proposed Chesapeake & Ohio Canal.
Construction on July 4th 1828 with the laying of the first stone in a grand ceremony attended by the honorable Charles Carroll, the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Produce was flowing from Point of Rocks, Md. on the Potomac by 1832 and the B&O expanded steadily with a branch reaching Washington in 1835. US Mail began flowing on the line on January 1st 1838. The B&O reached Cumberland, Md. by June 1851
The US government took control of America's rail lines in 1917 during the First World War and left them severely weakened by 1920. The B&O however continued to grow and in 1927 acquired a 40 percent share in the Western Maryland Railway. The railroad celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1927
In 1972 the Chessie System was born with engines and equipment repainted in yellow, blue and orange, and wearing the Chessie-C logo and their original markings on the cab.
In 1974 the B&O acquired total control of the Western Maryland.
The Chessie System and the Seaboard System, under the control of the C&O, merged on November 1st, 1980 under the holding company name CSX Corporation.
CSX standing for Chessie, Seaboard, and many times more. The combined road at that time had over 27,000 miles of track.
In 1986 CSX merged all the railroads into CSX Transportation thus ending the history of the great Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
The B&O name may be gone, but it will always be remembered as Americas First Railroad.
Along this stretch of road lies the two main tracks of the Original B&O line.
To the East, Cherry Run… To the West, Hancock.
Rather you are a Railfan or just enjoy watching trains go by, This pull off along River Road will provide you with a Safe vantage point to view their movements.
The cache you seek is hidden safe from the roadway and the “Great B&O Railroad”.
Just use Caution if caching with Children as some Motorist seem to think this is a highway not a rural country road.
A Gravel pull off area along the East bound side will allow you to get off the road and search for the cache.
Cache contains SWAG, Log Sheets, Writing Utensil and some Room for Trackables as well.
Congratulations to scothy76 for the FTF !!!!!