B & O Train Museum

Last Sat my Mother, Kenn and I took Brandon to the B&O Railroad Museum

It was the first time we'd taken him there(Kenns first time too)

and we weren't sure if it would keep his interest.

When we first walked in, the museum was a little dark

and that kind of scared him, and i think everything being so big he was a little nervous.

But he quickly got over it and began to run around like a crazy man.

The picture above is us entering the round house.

First looking at the model trains

"This behind me is a train"

Changing the times on the clocks that i had just set.

Mommy, B and Grandmom

Brandon hopping down the isles next to an old car

(i know nothing about cars OR trains)

Then we got to go on a real train ride.

B was very excited about getting his own ticket.

The conductor took our tickets and punched a train shaped hole in them.

He carried around that ticket for most of the day.

"Toot Toot" w/hand motion

Driving a train

Wheel size compared to B size

Daddy & B!

Mommy & B!

The roof of this amazingly beautiful new Roundhouse ceiling.

It was also sad to see the broken trains that are still there.

for those that didn't know the story...

"On Presidents’ Day, February 16, 2003, amid a record-breaking snowfall, one half of the Museum’s massive roof collapsed. The collapse occurred as a result of the weight of drifting snow on the western side of the building. Eyewitness accounts depict the drifts nearly six feet in depth. The first alarm was received at approximately 11:40 PM on February 16th. Museum officials responded to find two sections of the 22-sectioned roof collapsed. Two more sections fell on the opposite side of the building around 5:30 AM the following morning. The remaining seven sections caved in before 9:00 AM on the 17th. As a result of the roof collapse, tons of snow, slate, wood, and cast iron fell upon some of the most historic and important locomotives, rolling stock, Pangborn models, and small artifacts in the Museum’s collection.
Work on restoration of the Roundhouse and rebuilding the Museum began immediately. Following a 22-month effort and a heroic fund raising campaign, the Museum reopened to the public on November 13, 2004. New and expanded visitor facilities and public programs were unveiled and an on-site, state-of-the-art locomotive and rolling stock restoration facility was designed to restore the damaged collections"



We definitely plan on going back! Everyone had an amazing time.