My Trip to the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, MD

So for the first part of my vacation this year, me and my travel companion Sarah decided to do spring break in Washington DC. However, on every trip I must have at least one day that is trains related so we took a short trip up the Amtrak to Baltimore for the B&O Railroad Museum. (There were steam trains at the Smithsonian as well. You can check those out here.)

The trains on display were situated in the roundhouse, beginning at the early years of steam, through the Civil War to the turn of the century.

Click on each link to take you to pictures and descriptions of each locomotive:

1831, 1834, and 1836 B&O (Mt. Clare) 0-4-0's: The "York", "Atlantic", and "John Hancock"

1848 New Castle 0-8-0 "Memnon"

1851 Wilmarth 2-2-2T "Pioneer"

1856 Mason Machine Works 4-4-0 "William Mason"

1863 B&O (Mt. Clare) 4-6-0 "Thatcher Perkins"

1869 B&O (Mt Clare) 4-6-0C "Camel"

1875 B&O (Mt Clare) 2-6-0 "JC Davis"

1882 CC&IC 4-6-0 "Clinchfield #1"

1888 B&O (Mt Clare) 2-8-0 "AJ Cromwell"

1901 ALCO (Brooks) 4-4-2C "Camelback"

1905 Lima "Shay" (#1519)

The last five locomotives listed here were actually outside the roundhouse in the north workshop. According to the tour guide, they used to be outside but were brought in to protect them from the weather (and after the roof collapse in 2003). I was wondering where the Baldwins were!

1902 Baldwin 4-6-0 (#21329)

1918 Baldwin 2-8-2 (#49153)

1927 Baldwin 4-6-2 (#59881)

1938 Heisler 0-4-0F

1941 Lima 2-6-6-6 (#7824)

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