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The B&O Railroad Museum is a museum and historic railway station exhibiting historic railroad equipment in Baltimore, Maryland. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) company originally opened the museum on July 4, 1953, with the name of the Baltimore & Ohio Transportation Museum .
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:
A former B&O Budd RDC car on display near the station. The Gaithersburg Community Museum is located in the restored 1884 B&O Railroad Station complex, and includes the freight house, a history park and a caboose. The museum features exhibits about the city's history, as well as historic railroad artifacts and equipment.
United States historic place Mount Clare U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark Baltimore City Landmark Mount Clare, December 2011 Location Carroll Park, Baltimore, Maryland Coordinates 39°16′44″N 76°38′37″W / 39.27889°N 76.64361°W / 39.27889; -76.64361 Area 0 acres (0 ha) Built 1763 Architectural style Georgian NRHP reference No ...
In 1852, the board of directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) approved the purchase of five blocks of land fronting on Camden Street at a cost of $600,000 for the construction of a new passenger and freight station to serve the city of Baltimore from a larger, more centrally-located site than the B&O's 1830s–1850s depot, Mount Clare Station. [6]
The railroad abandoned use of the circular car shop in 1953 and made it available for use by the museum. In 1962, a fire destroyed the Mt. Clare locomotive erecting shop. [8] The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) purchased the B&O, also in 1962, and subsequently locomotive repairs were handled at the B&O shops in Cumberland, Maryland. Only car ...
The B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing is a 15-acre (6.1 ha) historic site where a set of railroad bridges, originally built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, span the Potomac River between Sandy Hook, Maryland and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
The station is now the Oakland B&O Museum and is run by the Garrett County Historical Society. [ 4 ] The Museum features the Baltimore & Ohio 476, a 2-8-0 Consolidation-type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in December 1920. [ 5 ]