Deal reached for rail cargo facility in city

BY: Alexander Pyles
POSTED: September 11, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, cargo, commerce, CSX, east coast, facility, maryland, rail, tunnel

To bypass the century-old Howard Street rail tunnel, a chokepoint for East Coast commerce, state and city government officials have come to a tentative agreement with CSX Transportation Inc. to build an intermodal rail facility in Southwest Baltimore.

Howard Street tunnel a chokepoint for East Coast commerce

BY: The Washington Post
POSTED: March 29, 2012
Tags: 895, Baltimore, cargo, commerce, CSX, maryland, Port of Baltimore, shipping, tunnel

Baltimore’s Howard Street tunnel is a chokepoint for commerce along the East Coast that’s getting more attention as the shipping industry prepares for mega-container ships that will have easier access to the Atlantic Ocean once the Panama Canal is widened. The Port of Baltimore is one of two Atlantic ports that can already handle the [...]

Photo of the Day – Zipping through the Fort McHenry Tunnel

BY: Maximilian Franz
POSTED: July 20, 2011
Tags: Baltimore, daily record, fort mchenry, Fort McHenry Tunnel, i-95, interstate 95, maximilian franz, Photo of the Day, tunnel

Check out a slideshow of our past Photos of the Day from The Daily Record’s staff photographers. We also have a SmugMug page, where you can purchase photos taken by The Daily Record staff

MdTA to begin public hearings on toll hike proposal

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: June 8, 2011
Tags: Baltimore, bridge, chesapeake bay bridge, Fort McHenry Tunnel, harbor tunnel, key bridge, maryland toll hikes, maryland tolls, maryland transportation authority, public hearing raise tolls, roads, shady grove middle school, tolls, tunnel
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The Maryland Transportation Authority will be holding its first public hearing on a proposal to raise tolls on the state’s bridge, tunnels and other roads. The hearing will be held at Shady Grove Middle School at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. It is the first of nine hearings on the toll increases. All the sessions will include [...]

Metro train evacuated for smoke, possible fire

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 25, 2011
Tags: evacuated, fire, Fire Department, forest glen, maryland, metro, Montgomery County, oscar garcia, passengers, Red Line, smoke, smoke inhalation, station, train, tunnel

FOREST GLEN — A Metro train has been evacuated after something caught fire and filled a tunnel with smoke near the Forest Glen station on the red line in Maryland. Montgomery County fire department spokesman Capt. Oscar Garcia says firefighters were called to the station about 2:20 p.m. Tuesday. Passengers had all made it to [...]