Baltimore – Calvert Station – NCRR

Northern Central Railroad

Northern Central RR Station
500 block North Calvert Street
Torn down for the Sunpapers Building

Opened around 1850.
In 1854 , a train that had left Calvert station was involved in a accident, which resulted in the death of 28 persons , and about 60 injured. The accident occurred around the Relay House and Rider’s Grove. That would place it in the general area of Lake Roland. Rider’s Grove was present day Riderwood.
In 1862, a young man was badly injured at Calvert Station by a passing train .

The old Calvert Street Railroad station for the Northern Central Railroad stood where the Baltimore Sunpapers Building on 500 North Calvert Street stood. I believe the station was torn down in the 1950’s.

In 1863, a crowd had gathered for people to see President Lincoln pass through the station on the way to Gettysburg. It appears the President had already passed through Baltimore, due to security concerns, and only his wife and family were on the train. He had gone through Camden and President Stations the night before.

In 1866, I found an old news article for the Calvert Station, that goes into detail of the theft of a customer by a pick pocket who Police caught at the scene.
In 1879, a man was swindled out of $60. by a team of men while he was for the train.

In 1902 – a man was killed just outside the station by a passing railcar.

In 1906, an article in the paper called the Calvert Station “an out of date ramshackle structure, which might do for a country town, provided it wasn’t a progressive town”.

In 1927, a large water Main break left both the Calvert Street Station and the trains trying to get there in a large puddle of water. In 1934 , there was a parade from the Calvert Street Station to Oriole Park. In 1944, there were plans in the works for the new Jones Falls Expressway and one of the ideas was to elevate the Expressway in the area of the Calvert Street Station, as to not disturb it. Then in 1946, there was talk about tearing down the old Calvert Street Station and building a new station there.