March 18 Field Trip to Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum

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Name of TripBaltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum

Date: Saturday, March 18

Time: 9:00 a.m. carpool or 10:00 a.m. meet at at the museum. 

Location901 West Pratt Street, Baltimore

Phone: 410-752-2490

Carpool Location/Time:  Depart the Giant parking lot at 8750 Arliss St., Silver Spring, at 9:00 a.m.  Map of Carpool Location

Overview:  The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum possesses the oldest, most historic and most comprehensive American railroad collections in the world. Dating from the beginning of American railroading, the collection contains locomotives and rolling stock, historic buildings, and small objects and includes the finest collection of 19th century steam locomotives. 

Link: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum

Photography:  Photographs are permitted for personal use (and the Cable Release!) only.   Read full policy 

  • Tripods or monopods are permitted during normal hours of operation as long as they do not block any walkways or interfere with visitor traffic or visitor’s experience.
  • Flash photography is permitted unless posted.

Leader: Phil Boyer

Cost: $18.00 adult admission, $16.00 for seniors (60+)

Directions:

  • From the Giant on Arliss Street, go to University Blvd E, and take the ramp onto I-495 E (Beltway) toward Baltimore/College Park.
  • Take Exit 27 to merge onto I-95 N toward Baltimore.  Stay on I-95 N for 22.8 miles.
  • Take Exit 53 to I-395 North toward Downtown/Inner Harbor.
  • Follow signs to Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.
  • Once on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, make left onto W. Lombard Street.
  • Continue for three blocks and make a left turn onto Poppleton Street/Railroad Way and proceed south.
  • The Museum’s entrance gate will be at the traffic light intersection of Poppleton Street and Pratt Street.

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