From Corn to Commuters: How the Railroad Changed Montgomery County

Join us for the Glenview Mansion|Peerless Rockville Speaker Series with this illustrated presentation by historian Susan C. Soderberg telling the story of how the arrival of the railroad changed the face of Montgomery County forever. Featured are the railroad stations designed by E. Francis Baldwin, extraordinary feats of engineering such as the curving trestle over Little Seneca Creek and the Bollman Truss viaduct over the Monocacy River, and new suburban and agricultural towns spawned by this catapult into the Industrial Age. The talk explores how this branch line became the mainstay of the B & O Railroad and evolved into the current commuter and freight line.

Peerless Rockville Historic Preservation Ltd. is supported in part by a grant from the City of Rockville and funding from the Montgomery County Government and the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County.