January 12 Field Trip to Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum

Name of Trip: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum

Date: Sunday, January 12:  In case of forecasted winter weather, a cancellation call will be made on Saturday, Jan 11 and updated in Meetup and in an SSCC email blast.

Time: 10:00 a.m. carpool or 11:00 a.m. meet at at the museum. 

Location:  901 West Pratt Street, Baltimore

Phone: 410-752-2490

Carpool Location/Time:

Meet at the Forest Glen Metro Parking Lot at 10:00 a.m.:

 2100 Walsh View Terrace, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

Note that the entrance to the lot is from Kimball Pl in the back, and not from Walsh View Terrace or Forest Glen Rd.

Meet on the north side of the lot, near the trees and the lot entrance.

 

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).   Read full policy 

  • Tripods are permitted as long as they do not block any walkways or interfere with visitor traffic.
  • Flash photography is permitted unless posted.

Leader:  None.  Just show up and look for other SSCC members in the admissions area.  

Cost: $20.00 adult admission, $17.00 for seniors (60+)

Directions:

  • From the carpool at the Forest Glen Metro, take Forest Glen Road east and make a right onto Georgia Ave (97).  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.

Lunch:

Sabatino’s

901 Fawn street in Little Italy

Baltimore, MD