BGuthrie Photos: MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Winter Train Set (2015)

MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Winter Train Set (2015):

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1. BROORR_151224_017.JPG: Glen Echo Park Served by the trolley from DC, the Park opened as a Chautauqua Assembly in 1891, but closed a year later when a rumor warned that the Potomac River could cause malaria. The rustic stone structures were sold and converted into an amusement park with one of the largest swimming pools in the country. In the 1930s, the original stone trolley station was modified with Art Deco styling.
2. BROORR_151224_022.JPG: The dog line for the fire hydrant
3. BROORR_151224_025.JPG: Mary and child... appropriate for the season!
4. BROORR_151224_063.JPG: The PCC Trolley Car The trolleys on this layout are models of the DC Transit Cars that ran until 1962. Prior to their introduction some (especially bus manufacturers) considered trolleys noisy and dangerous. The Presidential Conference Committee (PCC) offered a new streamlined design in 1936. It was safer and quieter and many still operate in cities worldwide. New trolley designs reflect many of the PCC's original features.
5. BROORR_151224_073.JPG: The Original Cabin John Trolley Route The Cabin John Trolley began running in 1892, from Union Station through downtown to Georgetown and along the Potomac River to the Chautauqua Assembly at Glen Echo. The line was planned to extend to the Great Falls of the Potomac, but ended at Cabin John for economy. It was considered one of the nation's most scenic trolley lines with views of the river, trestles over cascading streams and rails through dense forests with wildlife.
6. BROORR_151224_084.JPG: Georgetown Car Barn Built in 1895, this ornate landmark on M Street at Key Bridge was designed to serve as a "Union Station" and maintenance depot for four streetcar lines. It was also the power source for a network of cable cars that ran in DC until 1899. It is now part of Georgetown University.
7. BROORR_151224_093.JPG: Georgetown Trolley tracks set in cobblestone are still found along O and P Streets in Georgetown, but the Cabin John cars stopped running in 1960. DC has begun to replace tracks that heaved up in the cobblestone paving. For years Georgetown residents refused to have them removed since they reflected neighborhood history and forced traffic to move slowly. But replacing the tracks suggests there might be a future trolley line planned. Trolley service on the new H Street line should begin in early 2014.
8. BROORR_151224_198.JPG: The Cabin John Bridge Hotel This elegant Victorian resort opened in 1875 at the west end of the famous bridge. Washingtonians rode horse carriages along the Potomac to the hotel to enjoy fine dining with imported beers and to hear John Philip Sousa's popular band. By 1900, with trolley service to the hotel, the owners built an extensive amusement park overlooking the river. But Prohibition in the 1920s and competition from nearby Glen Echo Park proved insurmountable. It closed and stood derelict until a fire burned it to the ground in 1931.
9. BROORR_151224_211.JPG: The Union Arch Bridge Civil War engineer General Montgomery Meigs built the bridge in 1870 to carry water from Great Falls over Cabin John Creek to the City of Washington. Its dramatic span was the largest stone arch bridge in the world and allowed limited two-way vehicular traffic. In the 1970s it was widened to include a bike path. Now it is known to commuters as the infamous "one-lane bridge." The Cabin John Trolley ended here on a turn-around loop. In 1890 an elaborate cast iron footbridge crossed to a spectacular riverside resort where John Philip Sousa and his uniformed musicians introduced the "Washington Post March."
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2015 photos: I retired from the US Census Bureau in god-forsaken Suitland, Maryland on my 58th birthday in May. Yee ha! Trips this year: a quick trip to Florida. two Civil War Trust conferences (Raleigh, NC and Richmond, VA), and my 10th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Los Angeles). Ego Strokes: Carolyn Cerbin used a Kevin Costner photo in her USA Today article. Miss DC pictures were used a few times in the Washington Post. Equipment this year: I mostly used my Fuji XS-1 camera but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Number of photos taken this year: just over 550,000.
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