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You might have heard in the news the other day about the two people who were killed in the street races on I-70.   Well, here’s where it happened, and you can see why they choose this place.  This is the absolute easternmost point ot I-70.  As we talked about during the post about the stack, the interstate was supposed to continue past this point into Baltimore proper.  

Community action, which you can read about here, blocked the highway in the midst of its construction, partially in order to save Leakin and Gwynns Falls Parks.  (Just a side note if you’ve read the book Homicide, David Simon essentially portrays those two parks as dumping grounds for dead bodies)  The road then stops at the point where this  picture was taken.   

Now, from the stack to this point, there is a two mile stretch of interstate quality roadway that few people ever use.  At night, when the make-shift park and ride visible in this picture is not needed for commuters, you can see how this stretch of road would appeal to street racers.

Yesterday, when I was spending some time with my parents for Father’s day, they 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.  Fortunately MDP had another angle of view, from behind the station.  

As for this car, which is found behind the Glyndon post office, it is from the Maryland Midland Railroad, a formerly independent short line ralroad that serves a cleint base between Baltimore county and Frederick County and Washington County.  It was recently purchased by the Genesee and Wyonming railroad, which is effectively a consolidation of short lines from across the country.