Flagman George Lynch’s eastbound Western Maryland Railway train had pulled onto the side line at 4:25 p.m. on June 17, 1905, to wait for three westbound trains to pass.
Waiting for Clear Tracks
Drawn by two engines, Lynch’s freight train was 18 cars long and heavily laden with coal. Once the three westbound trains had passed, the line would be open for Lynch’s train to continue its eastbound journey to Baltimore, but with only one set of tracks to travel, the passenger trains had priority.
The Union Bridge Accommodation passed on time. Then came the Blue Mountain Express, also on time for its first trip of the season.