BandO

On the Fourth of July in 1828 Charles Carroll of Carrolton, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, laid the corner stone of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The Railroad Age began in the United States May, 22, 1830, when the first run of the B&O left the Mount Clare station in Baltimore and headed west. The cornerstone was later unearthed and moved to the B&O rail museum. Located in the Mount Clare Shops, the first railroad station of the B&O and the United States, it is now one of the world's largest railroad museums. Locomotives, from the Tom Thumb to large modern diesel engines, are now displayed in the old roundhouse. Its extensive pictorial collection shows the rails, trains, and Civil Engineering works associated with the B&O. The 36-acre site also boasts the first mile of railroad in the New World.

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Hours: 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Daily

Closed Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas

Fees: free to members and persons under 2 years, $4 for ages 3-12 years, $6.50 for persons 13-59, and $5.50 for persons 60 and up. Group rates are available and guided tours (for visitors aged 8 and up) can be had with advance notice.

From the Baltimore Beltway take either exit 11 onto I-95 north or exit 33 and head south.
Exit onto the I-395 and follow onto Martin Luther King Blvd.
Turn left onto Lombard, left again at S. Schroeder St., and left again onto Pratt. The museum will be on the left.

From the I-83, turn right onto Lombard St.
Turn left on S. Schroeder St.
Turn left again onto Pratt.