Glyndon

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There’s something unique about the Post Office in Glyndon, MD.  

If you can’t guess from this picture, you can check out the link to the full shot here: glyndon2.jpg

That’s right, it’s an old train station.  There’s even a Maryland Midland hopper car sitting behind the station.  Glyndon was popularized as a community after the Western Maryland railroad built a station there.  The town, like Sykesville earlier this week, was built around the railroad.   It seems only appropriate that some piece of its railroad heritage survives today in this station. 

4 responses so far ↓

  • 1 LEC // Apr 30, 2009 at 10:59 AM

    MDDP is certainly staying within its comfort zone today!

  • 2 charlieb // Apr 30, 2009 at 5:36 PM

    I think I saw a model of this station on a Lionel Layout.

  • 3 well // Jun 3, 2009 at 6:52 AM

    [...] to the post office in Glyndon, I found this pump and its shelter.  What I don’t know about this pump, is it’s [...]

  • 4 MM // Jun 22, 2009 at 6:56 AM

    [...] had informed me that they recently drove past the Glyndon post office as featured in a previous MDP post.  They knew it was an old train station, but didn’t believe there were still tracks there.  [...]

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