Today marks the 86th anniversary of the end of service on the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad (WB&A.) For almost 30 years, the cities of Washington, Baltimore, Annapolis and many communities in between, were linked via clean, efficient, fast and state-of-the-art electric railroad interurban service - courtesy of the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad - self proclaimed "the greatest double track interurban electric railway in the world."
We covered the WB&A extensively in our August 2020 article; you can view that by clicking here.
The WB&A was, by definition, not a street car line. Although an electric interurban railroad shares similar characteristics to the electric street railways of Washington, DC, there are multiple significant differences between the two. Still, the WB&A played an important role in the development of the Washington-Baltimore metro area, and as such we feature a permanent exhibit on the railroad in our Visitor's Center.
