B & O Railroad Museum

The B&O Railroad Museum is a museum exhibiting historic railroad equipment in Baltimore, Maryland, originally named the Baltimore & Ohio Transportation Museum when it opened on July 4, 1953

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    (410) 752-4287

  • Website

    borail.org

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  • Type

    History Museum

Address

901 W Pratt St Baltimore , MD 21223 United States

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Noah Xifr

Wonderful collection of railroad history including tons of actual cabooses. Engines. Passenger cars. #steampunkHEAVEN #trains #railroad #sculpture #metal

Rick G.

Great museum for Train buffs ! Just give yourself at least 3 hours to really enjoy & check everything out.

Charlie DeCoster

You will be amazed! Just go, you won't regret it. Check on line for the train rides too.

Joy Perry

Visited Museum on our daughters 3rd b-day Saturday 1-18/2014 & the three of us enjoyed ourselves very much. What a neat plc, beautiful trains , & very educational as well . We give B&O 5 Stars Wonderful

Dave Lepkowski

The awesome location is very friendly and informative as well as super awesome By The Way.

Denise Dutton

Amazing: great for train lovers as well as history buffs . The Civil War exhibit also has tons of African-American history. And it's off the free Circulator's Orange Route!

Smithsonian Channel

The B&O’s famous roundhouse was once the largest circular industrial building in the world. It now houses 15,000 artifacts , including America’s oldest steam locomotive . (From Aerial America) Read more

Clementine Mottola

They have a penny squish machine (four different designs) in the entrance room of the museum . You do not have to pay admissions to use it :)

Benguin Frison

Extensive collection. The wheelhouse is very cool

Sukari Brown

Absolutely beautiful place

Naomi Nes

Truly awesome collection and curation . Knowledgeable guides.

John Gardiner IV

Phenomenal museum with world-class curation !

Chef Scott Anderson

Plan on at least 4 hours to see everything.

Tom Rowe

Go into the roundhouse and stare up. Marvel at the architecture . It's amazing. The scale of the whole place is impressive.

Brian Reardon

Blue star museum . Free for active duty.

Baltimore

Voted 3rd Best Non-Art Museum by City Paper Readers for Best of Baltimore 2011

Leandro Lagera

Who doesn't love trains ?

Get Social Baltimore

'Like' their Facebook Page for contest opportunities!

Thomas Johnson

One of my favorite places to check out. The birthplace of modern railroading.

Tom Meagher

For all the trainspotters.

Mary Kirk

Today and this week--model trains @ B&O!! Awesome!

Patrick Mc Knew

Learn about the history of railroading and Baltimore.

DWhite

Go to B&O Railroad Museum and photograph some of my favorite locomotives . Read more

Maryland

Home to the most powerful steam engine locomotive ever built! Take time to explore the Civil War history of the B&O in “The War Came By Train ” exhibit here until 2015.

Baltimore Maryland

Free admission on Tuesday, October 11 & 25, 10am – 4pm.

Ayhan Yazici

Tarihi lokomotifler ve tren turu

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