In November 1873, a group of 20 young boys left their mothers at Fulton Station in Baltimore City on a Western Maryland line train bound for McDonogh School. The station, located about a mile from the School was named McDonogh Station, and the train was the boys’ connection to home. On Visiting Days, it would be filled with family and friends eager to reunite with the cadets at the School. In fact, Visiting Day was so popular that in 1912 a special train was added to bring visitors to campus for the day.
Each year until John McDonogh’s grave and memorial were moved to campus, the student body traveled by train from McDonogh Station to the Hillen or Pennsylvania Stations in the City and then made their way to Green Mount Cemetery where they visited his gravesite.
According to Bob Lamborn, eventually, when the railroad no longer stopped at McDonogh Station, it became a home for the family of one of the bus drivers. It’s believed to have been demolished to make way for I-795.
