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The inaugural horse-drawn B&O train traveled the 13 miles (21 km) of the newly completed track from Mount Clare to Ellicott Mills (now Ellicott City, Maryland), on May 22, 1830, the first regular railroad passenger service in the U.S. [6] The existing Mount Clare station brick structure was constructed in 1851. [6]
The museum was operated by the B&O Railroad Museum with Howard County from 2006 to 2017. [8] Since September 2017, the museum has been managed by Howard County's Department of Recreation & Parks. [9] Admission is free, with fees for some special events and tours. [9] The B&O Ellicott City Station Museum includes:
Scenes of the B&O Railroad. Decorative title page for Ele Bowen, Rambles in the Path of the Steam-Horse, 1855. When construction began on the B&O in the 1820s, railroad engineering was in its infancy. Unsure exactly which materials would suffice, the B&O erred on the side of sturdiness and built many of its early structures of granite.
B&O Ellicott City Station Museum : Ellicott City: Howard: Central: Railway: Oldest surviving railroad station in America, freight house features 40-foot (12 m) HO-gauge model train Bainbridge Naval Training Center Museum: Port Deposit: Cecil: Eastern Shore: Military: history of United States Naval Training Center Bainbridge: Ballestone ...
Baltimore Streetcar Museum; B&O Railroad Museum; Bowie Railroad Buildings; Brunswick Heritage Museum; C. Chesapeake Beach railway station; E. Ellicott City station; G.
Tom Thumb replica alongside B&O EMC EA/EB #51, 1937. Both locomotives are on display at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore. Because Tom Thumb was not intended for revenue service, the locomotive was not preserved. Cooper and others associated with the railroad's early days left detailed descriptions, though, which enabled the general ...
Ellicott City's historic downtown – the Ellicott City Historic District – lies in the valleys of the Tiber and Patapsco rivers. The historic district includes the Ellicott City Station; it is the oldest surviving train station in the United States, having been built in 1830 as the first terminus of the original B&O Railroad line.
HO-71 Ellicott City Station. HO-71, Ellicott City B&O Railroad Station, Freight Building, & Turntable, 2711 Maryland Avenue, Ellicott City; HO-72, Bridge Market (E.T. Clark Property, Radcliffe's Emporium, Louis T. Clark Grocery), 8000 Main Street (MD 144), Ellicott City; HO-73, Ellicott Mill Original Historic Site, Frederick Road (MD 144 ...