Yup, College Park Airport is indeed the world's oldest continuously operated airport! It was established by the United States Army Signal Corps to serve as a training location for Wilbur Wright to instruct two military officers to fly in the government's first airplane. The airport's first plane was a Wright Model A biplane, uncrated and assembled there in October of that year. Civilian operations began as early as December 1911. In 1909, Wilbur taught Lieutenant Frederic Humphreys, who became the first military pilot to solo in a government airplane, and in October that year, Mrs. Ralph Henry Van Deman became the first woman to fly in a powered aircraft in the US! The Camden Line is interesting in that it's one of the US's oldest rail routes still in operation as the B&O began running commuter service from Baltimore to Ellicott City (Ellicott City station closed but is the oldest remaining passenger railway station in the US) over part of the trackage in May 1830, as you briefly mentioned! The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the US! Not to mention the B&O's Washington Branch Railway, now along the Camden Line, was the first railroad to serve DC! The Washington Branch roughly followed the route of the Washington and Baltimore Turnpike, now Baltimore Avenue. The Washington Branch had stations at Laurel and Bladensburg (what's now Hyattsville; the Camden Line station closed in the 1980s) stations, there were stations built at Paint Branch (now College Park station), the cluster of turnpike inns that became Beltsville at Powder Mill Road, (no longer a station), and an iron furnace called Muirkirk. Jessup is located near the site of the historic Spurrier's Tavern, a farm and tavern located on the post road between Baltimore and Washington (Route One) where George Washington traveled regularly. It was originally named Pierceland, but the area was eventually became Jessup's Cut (which was later shorted to Jessups and finally Jessup) a post village on the B&O. It was named after Jonathan Jessup, a civil engineer who worked on the B&O and the hand-dug "cut" though Merrill's Ridge he managed as a project. The crews took over 200,000 tons of clay from the clay hill that blocked the trains in freezing weather. The clay was turned into bricks by some of the prisoners from the Maryland Penitentiary who also worked on the Maryland House of Corrections when it was being built. The prison closed in 2007, and was referred to several times in the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street and the HBO series The Wire. Even though the maximum-security prison is now closed, the town still houses a major minimum-security prison, Brockbridge Correctional Facility. Jessup contains many warehouse delivery facilities due to its geographically central location, which is also why it's home to the Maryland Food Center, which includes the Maryland Produce Market and the Maryland Seafood Market.
Thanks for the extra info! - I made a video, two years ago now on the airport! th-cam.com/video/fLM7ykkLu00/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUbb2xkZXN0IGFpcnBvciB0aW4gdGhlIHdvbHJk
Was expecting the least used MARC station to be St. Denis or one of the ones on the Brunswick Line. But then again, Jessup has been, as long as I can remember it, something barely more than a bus stop. Even most Light Rail stations are much better than Jessup MARC. But things could be worse. I could be anywhere in Virginia at any time, ever.
Yup, my neck of the woods. That's my closest MARC station - and it's just not useful with the schedule. Miss the one train you have no backup. Both Savage to the south and Dorsey to the north have tons of parking and lots and get the riders that live off Rt. 175 where Jessup is. Zero trains if you want to commute towards Baltimore. That elementary school has never been that pedestrian friendly. That's the new one they built a few years ago - old building was closer to the road.
Fun fact, the tracks at Jessup mark (hehe) the county line between Anne Arundel and Howard Counties. the Northbound platform is in Anne Arundel County, and the Southbound platform is in Howard County. Anne Arundel County is famous for no sidewalks on roads and also "sidewalks to nowhere"
You surely didn’t expect a more substantial station at such a small hamlet ?!!! Great trains on the MARC system, and I wish you had shown the loco ! Enjoyable video !
I was kinda expecting St. Denis to be the least used station. They have the exact same platform and fence as Jessup but they do have a shelter (an old wooden one). It was a great railfan spot but they recently decided to prohibit anyone from entering the platform outside of operating hours (couple hours in the morning and a couple hours in the evening) and weekends which really annoyed me and the regular railfanners who had been going there for around 25 years.
I’m deeply curious why Jessup station continues to exist and has (apparently) 75 parking spots I thought the U.S. didn’t have the British-style rules as to the consultation for closing stations but maybe I was wrong?
def does not feel like 75 spots when we went, honestly idk why its still open, maybe one or two people 100% depend on the service every week and they only stop two trains per day.
land use can change, the area is getting more development, if something happens at the station before or after they have a usable station not far from the others, and if they closed it and sold the land only to change their minds later, propertyy values in maryland particularly central MD are insane and theyd end up paying twice what they sold it for to get it back
Sounds like it was a fun adventure! How are those MARC bilevel cars? I’ve ridden all three MARC lines at least once, but have never been able to catch one of those cars for some reason!
@@sammymarrco47 the Bombardier "multilevels" (how they're officially marketed) are actually MARC's newest railcars and have only been in service just under a decade. They're identical to the ones used by NJ Transit and exo (Montreal). MARC also has Kawasaki bilevels used exclusively on the Penn Line. Those are about 2 decades old but were recently overhauled. If you think the MLs are dated you would think the 50s/60s era "gallery car" bilevels that MARC acquired second hand from Metra were prehistoric lol.
Genuinely surprised the least used station isn't Laurel Racetrack. Also as a Virginian I can confirm it is our legal and moral obligation to make fun of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Maryland!
One of those stops only has service in one direction. So I'm going to ask a dumb question: if you get off the train, how do you get back? I like to read old Official Railway Guides, and there were HUNDREDS of stations all over the US that only had service in one direction. What's even crazier is that I've never heard anyone even MENTION this phenomenon. I've been railfanning since 1963 and have never seen a single printed word about having a train that will take you there but won't take you back. I've come to the conclusion that it's ME that's effed up in the head. Apparently I'm the only person on this planet who knows that there are places that you can get to by train but you can't get a train back.
I've actually been to Arundel Mills Mall a couple of times. Interest i could, in theory, take a bus, go to Laurel Marc, and from their D.C. But still, i am actually closest to Penn Station.
Andy is from Maine! I don't know why it's still open, they've had years to close it but don't care. Maybe id cost more then it does two stop 2 trains a day.
@@sammymarrco47 I bet there is government process to close or abandon a station. So to avoid it they stop once I day to make a pretense of non abandonment. Fun station on Metro North out of Grand Central in NYC Appalachian Trail Station. Weekends only No roads only the trail into the woods
The only thing I know about Jessup is Giant (Landover) has a their Warehouse there. So thank you Jessup for supplying us DMVers with the goodies 🫡 . Also great seeing you and Andy back again with another awesome vid!
Yup, College Park Airport is indeed the world's oldest continuously operated airport! It was established by the United States Army Signal Corps to serve as a training location for Wilbur Wright to instruct two military officers to fly in the government's first airplane. The airport's first plane was a Wright Model A biplane, uncrated and assembled there in October of that year. Civilian operations began as early as December 1911. In 1909, Wilbur taught Lieutenant Frederic Humphreys, who became the first military pilot to solo in a government airplane, and in October that year, Mrs. Ralph Henry Van Deman became the first woman to fly in a powered aircraft in the US! The Camden Line is interesting in that it's one of the US's oldest rail routes still in operation as the B&O began running commuter service from Baltimore to Ellicott City (Ellicott City station closed but is the oldest remaining passenger railway station in the US) over part of the trackage in May 1830, as you briefly mentioned! The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the US! Not to mention the B&O's Washington Branch Railway, now along the Camden Line, was the first railroad to serve DC! The Washington Branch roughly followed the route of the Washington and Baltimore Turnpike, now Baltimore Avenue. The Washington Branch had stations at Laurel and Bladensburg (what's now Hyattsville; the Camden Line station closed in the 1980s) stations, there were stations built at Paint Branch (now College Park station), the cluster of turnpike inns that became Beltsville at Powder Mill Road, (no longer a station), and an iron furnace called Muirkirk.
Jessup is located near the site of the historic Spurrier's Tavern, a farm and tavern located on the post road between Baltimore and Washington (Route One) where George Washington traveled regularly. It was originally named Pierceland, but the area was eventually became Jessup's Cut (which was later shorted to Jessups and finally Jessup) a post village on the B&O. It was named after Jonathan Jessup, a civil engineer who worked on the B&O and the hand-dug "cut" though Merrill's Ridge he managed as a project. The crews took over 200,000 tons of clay from the clay hill that blocked the trains in freezing weather. The clay was turned into bricks by some of the prisoners from the Maryland Penitentiary who also worked on the Maryland House of Corrections when it was being built. The prison closed in 2007, and was referred to several times in the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street and the HBO series The Wire. Even though the maximum-security prison is now closed, the town still houses a major minimum-security prison, Brockbridge Correctional Facility. Jessup contains many warehouse delivery facilities due to its geographically central location, which is also why it's home to the Maryland Food Center, which includes the Maryland Produce Market and the Maryland Seafood Market.
Thanks for the extra info! - I made a video, two years ago now on the airport! th-cam.com/video/fLM7ykkLu00/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUbb2xkZXN0IGFpcnBvciB0aW4gdGhlIHdvbHJk
Was expecting the least used MARC station to be St. Denis or one of the ones on the Brunswick Line. But then again, Jessup has been, as long as I can remember it, something barely more than a bus stop. Even most Light Rail stations are much better than Jessup MARC.
But things could be worse. I could be anywhere in Virginia at any time, ever.
I wouldn't knock all of VA, Northern VA has VRE and at least in my experience they run a good service.
dang we doin' state beef now VA is nice
VA has VRE, yo.
Awesome amount of DC collabs this weekend!
hopefully not the last!
@@sammymarrco47 🤞🤞
CSX has a huge rail yard that begins immediately to the south of the Jessup stop. It’s a CSX employee that accounts for the one singular user 💀
the CSX yard isn't even walkable to the station though.
@@sammymarrco47 worker just asks for clearance to walk along the ROW from what I’ve been told…that’s still a solid hike down the side of the line tho.
Yup, my neck of the woods. That's my closest MARC station - and it's just not useful with the schedule. Miss the one train you have no backup. Both Savage to the south and Dorsey to the north have tons of parking and lots and get the riders that live off Rt. 175 where Jessup is. Zero trains if you want to commute towards Baltimore.
That elementary school has never been that pedestrian friendly. That's the new one they built a few years ago - old building was closer to the road.
its not a useful station, thats why no one uses it
I've been on this train when three people alighted at Jessup! That was an exciting day lol.
wow, getting crowded it was
Great video. I enjoyed watching the adventure.
Awesome, thank you Lansdowne!
Truly WILD adventure!!!!💯💯💯
absolutely mental! thanks for watching Bryce!
I like all your content, but I like this "adventure" style content!
Glad you enjoy it, doesn't surprise me its def more your style, I hope to do more of this soon!
Fun fact, the tracks at Jessup mark (hehe) the county line between Anne Arundel and Howard Counties. the Northbound platform is in Anne Arundel County, and the Southbound platform is in Howard County. Anne Arundel County is famous for no sidewalks on roads and also "sidewalks to nowhere"
cool fun fact!
You surely didn’t expect a more substantial station at such a small hamlet ?!!! Great trains on the MARC system, and I wish you had shown the loco ! Enjoyable video !
I wasn't expecting much as I'd looked online, the loco was a simple MP36PH-3C, thanks for watching!
@@sammymarrco47 Jolly good. I have used the Camden line many times, and have never stopped at that station, so well done !
W collab
thanks YT king, looking to do more!
Hey you beat Thom to it!
I did beat him for once haha
I've always been surprised that MARC doesn't stop at Havre de Grace
yeah, looks like there hasn't been a station there in decades (if ever).
Best anime crossover ever!!!
yes!
I was kinda expecting St. Denis to be the least used station. They have the exact same platform and fence as Jessup but they do have a shelter (an old wooden one). It was a great railfan spot but they recently decided to prohibit anyone from entering the platform outside of operating hours (couple hours in the morning and a couple hours in the evening) and weekends which really annoyed me and the regular railfanners who had been going there for around 25 years.
very unfortunate they closed it off :( St. Denis at least has a neighborhood next to it that people could walk from!
I think most of the jessup ridership gets taken up by savage because it has more parking and has better bus connections to the rta
indeed, most people don't even think about it because its got terrible service.
That service frequency is depressing! Super cool y'all made the trek out there though
thanks for watching, it was a trek for sure! I dont know why they still stop here lol.
0:42 More than New Jersey?
huh? not Camden NJ lol
Jessup station used to get more action until they built the Dorsey station. I'm surprised it hasn't been closed. That is the site of the state prison.
that makes sense, Dorsey was built in 1996.
Great video Sammy!
thanks!
I’m deeply curious why Jessup station continues to exist and has (apparently) 75 parking spots
I thought the U.S. didn’t have the British-style rules as to the consultation for closing stations but maybe I was wrong?
def does not feel like 75 spots when we went, honestly idk why its still open, maybe one or two people 100% depend on the service every week and they only stop two trains per day.
land use can change, the area is getting more development, if something happens at the station before or after they have a usable station not far from the others, and if they closed it and sold the land only to change their minds later, propertyy values in maryland particularly central MD are insane and theyd end up paying twice what they sold it for to get it back
You should consider working for Amtrak your enthusiasm for trains will land you a great career
i am looking to possibly get into transit/RR after college, always good to have a backup tho!
Sounds like it was a fun adventure! How are those MARC bilevel cars? I’ve ridden all three MARC lines at least once, but have never been able to catch one of those cars for some reason!
they look a bit dated but theyre clean and run fine, I haven't been on MARC without the bi levels lol
@@sammymarrco47 If you think the bilevels look dated, wait til you get on the faux wood-paneled single level ones!
@@sammymarrco47 the Bombardier "multilevels" (how they're officially marketed) are actually MARC's newest railcars and have only been in service just under a decade. They're identical to the ones used by NJ Transit and exo (Montreal). MARC also has Kawasaki bilevels used exclusively on the Penn Line. Those are about 2 decades old but were recently overhauled.
If you think the MLs are dated you would think the 50s/60s era "gallery car" bilevels that MARC acquired second hand from Metra were prehistoric lol.
Genuinely surprised the least used station isn't Laurel Racetrack. Also as a Virginian I can confirm it is our legal and moral obligation to make fun of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Maryland!
One of those stops only has service in one direction. So I'm going to ask a dumb question: if you get off the train, how do you get back? I like to read old Official Railway Guides, and there were HUNDREDS of stations all over the US that only had service in one direction.
What's even crazier is that I've never heard anyone even MENTION this phenomenon. I've been railfanning since 1963 and have never seen a single printed word about having a train that will take you there but won't take you back.
I've come to the conclusion that it's ME that's effed up in the head. Apparently I'm the only person on this planet who knows that there are places that you can get to by train but you can't get a train back.
a racetrack in NYC also has the same thing!
I've actually been to Arundel Mills Mall a couple of times. Interest i could, in theory, take a bus, go to Laurel Marc, and from their D.C. But still, i am actually closest to Penn Station.
looks like a hassle, that route
I would have expected Brunswick or points west.
those get more then two trains a day!
I always pronounce it “Mauw-Kirk” since that’s how the Dutch would do it, but I still know that’s wrong.
channeling your inner @thomTRA
@@sammymarrco47 Thank you for the reminder to watch the Circulator race later!
@sammymarrco47 It's pronounced "mi-yer-kirk," but don't feel bad. No one can pronounce many names in Maryland
Mur kirk
forgive my out-of-town pronunciations
You also pronounce murikurk as murr-i-kirk
yep as 3 other comments said...
My my they got proper buses now?
RTAMD does now, yep lil 30ft ones!
RTA is actually proactively improving their services and fleer. A far cry from just 8 years when I worked for them.
Why don't they close the station. ? Ludicrous. P.s. live near Bangor me
Andy is from Maine! I don't know why it's still open, they've had years to close it but don't care. Maybe id cost more then it does two stop 2 trains a day.
@@sammymarrco47 I bet there is government process to close or abandon a station. So to avoid it they stop once I day to make a pretense of non abandonment.
Fun station on Metro North out of Grand Central in NYC Appalachian Trail Station. Weekends only No roads only the trail into the woods
You were just a mile or so from several large prison complexes. We invite you to use their services the next time you are in Jessup.
huh? you want me to get arrested why would you even comment that?
Its not muri kirk its murkirk
forgive my out-of-town pronunciations
@sammymarrco47 it's alright but also you should be lucky that you guys got the mini buses from RTA because sometimes they send the ford mini buses
ive never been on the ford ones that would have been interesting
@@sammymarrco47 very
comment for the algorithm
same name!
most excited anyone's ever been to go to Jessup /j /lh
The only thing I know about Jessup is Giant (Landover) has a their Warehouse there. So thank you Jessup for supplying us DMVers with the goodies 🫡 . Also great seeing you and Andy back again with another awesome vid!
yeah there are a ton of warehouses around the station! Thanks for watching!