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It operated as B&O from 1830 until 1987, when it was merged into the Chessie System; its lines are today controlled by CSX Transportation. The railroad was founded to serve merchants from Baltimore who wanted to do business with settlers crossing the Appalachian Mountains.
The B&O Railroad Museum shares and preserves the storied legacy and experiences of American railroading. Come see where it began!
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), first steam-operated railway in the United States to be chartered as a common carrier of freight and passengers (1827). The B&O Railroad Company was established by Baltimore, Maryland, merchants to compete with New York merchants and their newly opened Erie Canal for trade to the west. A driving force in its ...
Throughout its 180 plus years, the B&O Railroad enjoyed a rich and varied corporate life. It was America's first common carrier railroad and survived to become one of the world's oldest railroad companies. This was made possible through a combination of skill, foresight, and ingenuity.
The B&O Railroad forever changed the course of the city, the nation, and even the world. At the B&O Railroad Museum, visitors can step directly into history as they discover the story of American railroading.
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.
At the B&O’s peak the railroad served the markets of New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Buffalo, Detroit, and St. Louis via more than 6,000 route miles (over 10,000 miles in total). The B&O was always the underdog in an eastern market dominated by the PRR and NYC.
Representing the most comprehensive collection of historic early American locomotives and rolling stock through modern times in the world. The first, best, last, or only of their kind.
The B&O Railroad Museum, a full affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution and the birthplace of American Railroading, is home to the oldest, most comprehensive collection of railroad artifacts in the Western Hemisphere including an unparalleled roster of 19th and 20th century railroad equipment.
1871 B&O takes control of Hempfield Railroad between Wheeling and Washington, Pa., renames it Wheeling, Pittsburgh & Baltimore. 1871 Ohio & Mississippi, which includes branches from North Vernon, Ind., to Louisville, Ky.; and Flora, Ill., south to Shawneetown on Mississippi River and north to Beardstown on Illinois River, is standard-gauged