Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 29/06/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
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00:01:03 1 History
00:01:12 1.1 Origins
00:03:34 1.2 Business Along the Route
00:04:42 1.3 Expansion
00:05:58 1.4 Equipment
00:06:40 1.5 Decline
00:09:10 1.6 Accidents
00:09:37 2 Stations on the Main Line
00:09:58 3 Surviving landmarks



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The Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway (WB&A) was an American railroad of central Maryland and Washington, D.C., built in the 19th and 20th century.  The WB&A absorbed two older railroads, the Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad and the Baltimore & Annapolis Short Line, and added its own electric streetcar line between Baltimore and Washington.  It was built by a group of Cleveland, Ohio, electric railway entrepreneurs to serve as a high-speed, showpiece line using the most advanced technology of the time.  It served Washington, Baltimore, and Annapolis, Maryland, for 27 years before the Great Depression and the rise of the automobile forced an end to passenger service in 1935. Only the Baltimore & Annapolis portion continued to operate.  Today, parts of the right-of-way are used for light rail, rail trails and roads.