B&O Railroad Museum Baltimore

Built about 1904, this Clearance Car was used to make sure locomotives could fit through tunnels with tight clearances. The metal limbs would be extended and then as the car went through the often hand-carved tunnels, a limb that had been pushed in would show the engineers where the tunnel needed to be widened.

Baltimore's Inner Harbor and The B&O Railroad Museum

April 7th 2009
Located a short distance from each other, the Maritime Museum in Baltimore's Inner Harbor and the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad Museum make for a fantastic day-trip into Baltimore. With family in town, we ventured north for the day, first visiting the B&O Railroad Museum, which is the birthplace of American Railroading and a massive museum of over 40 acres with nearly 200 trains on display. ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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