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The Baltimore Streetcar Museum (BSM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit museum. [1] It is located at 1911 Falls Road ( MD 25 ) in Baltimore , Maryland . [ 2 ] The museum is dedicated to preserving Baltimore's public transportation history, especially the streetcar era.
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NCTM ran its first streetcar in October 1969, and since then the museum has operated consistently over its one-mile line. In the winter of 2008–2009, the museum moved into three new buildings: a Visitors Center, a display building for the streetcars (Street Car Hall), and a street car maintenance building.
The Lord Baltimore truck on Douglas Southern Electric Tramway No. 1. The Lord Baltimore was a design of electric streetcar truck dating from in 1896. It was built by the Baltimore Car Wheel Company of Baltimore in the US state of Maryland. It is easily identified by the Lord Baltimore lettering on the truck's side frames. [1]
With its rails demolished, Baltimore was no longer a streetcar city. As transit needs and trends changed, rail transit did return to the city, with the Metro Subway opening in 1983 and the Light Rail in 1992. [2] The track gauge was 5 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,638 mm). [3] [4] This track gauge is now confined to the Baltimore Streetcar Museum.
Exhibits highlight Baltimore and Maryland's companies and industries, including a cannery, a 1900 garment loft and machine shop, a print shop, Dr. Bunting's Pharmacy (where Noxzema was invented) and the food industry (McCormick, Domino Sugar, Esskay); also home to the steam tugboat Baltimore: Baltimore Streetcar Museum: Charles Village: Railway
The Baltimore Penn Station also rests on an elevated platform in the valley. It also carries tracks for a historic rail line which is currently served by the Baltimore Streetcar Museum. The MTA Maryland Route 27 also provides transportation on Falls Road; however, at some point it was moved from following 36th Street south to other city streets.
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