BALTIMORE — What was the B&O Railroad Museum is now the National Museum of Railroad History & Innovation. As part of its $38 million expansion in advance of celebrating the 2027 U.S. railroading ...
After a 25-year struggle to cross the Alleghany Mountains, the Baltimore & Ohio linked Atlantic Tidewater with the ...
As the nation prepares to commemorate the 200th anniversary of American railroading in 2027, the B&O Railroad Museum, ...
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A college lad spent his Christmas days off in the winter of 1937 working as extra help on the Camden Station platform near today’s Oriole Park at Camden Yards. What made an impression that day was the ...
VOL I: Baltimore faces a crisis -- Organizing the Baltimore and Ohio -- The fourth of July, 1828 -- A great task is right ahead -- Getting down to hard work -- Traffic begins upon the new railroad -- ...
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Museum officials said the rebranding seeks to get more people to discover and experience the history of the B&O railroad.
Baltimore has always been a rail city. In 1827, merchants and civic leaders here chartered the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, launching what became America’s first common-carrier railroad. The B&O ...
(WDBJ) - On this day in 1827, The Baltimore and Ohio railroad became the first U.S. railway chartered for the commercial transportation of freight and passengers. Investors hoped a railroad would ...