At 12.5 tons, the Cumberland Valley Railroad's "Pioneer" is one of the smallest passenger locomotives in existence - it's hard to imagine this little teapot wheeling varnish between Hagarstown, Ma... (more)

In 1863, B&O Master of Machinery Thatcher Perkins designed and built a 47-ton Ten Wheeler for passenger service on the steep grades between Grafton and Piedmont in what is now West Virginia. Nu... (more)

You've probably heard the tale of B&O's Tom Thumb racing a horse, but do you know where the story came from? The 1893 Columbian Exposition was a world’s fair that celebrated the 400th annivers... (more)

GP40 3684 was the first GP40 purchased by the Baltimore & Ohio. Repainted in 2006, it is displayed in the museum parking lot at the head of a short freight train.

The cab of Clinchfield No. 1, former Black Mountain, built in 1882. After being restored and used in excursion service in the 1970s, it was sent to the B&O Museum for exhibit in the 1980s.

177-year-old B&O "John Hancock" on exhibit at the B&O Railroad Museum. The locomotive was built in 1836 and survived in service long enough to be preserved by Col. Pangborn for the B&O's exhibit ... (more)

One of the oldest locomotives preserved in America, the 1848-built "Memnon" is currently one of the key artifacts in the B&O's Civil War exhibit, "The War Came By Train." The locomotive, which wa... (more)

After spending nearly 120 years masquerading as "B&O 117," which an early B&O Ten Wheeler, the B&O Museum has restored this 4-6-0 to its original 1863 appearance as B&O No. 147. From 1927 until 2... (more)

It's lettered "Greenbrier, Cheat, & Elk" on the tender tank, but the front number plate says "Cass Railroad." Shay No. 1 was painted red and green and wore "Cass, Greenbrier, Cheat, & Bald Knob S... (more)

Inside the cab of the monster: C&O 1604. The engineer that cracked the throttle of this locomotive started in motion twelve 67-inch drive wheels that delivered over 7,300 horsepower to the rails.... (more)

A break in the region's rainy and cloudy weather brought railfans to St. Denis and fortunately CSX was running westbounds this evening.

Q217 with an ex LMS leader is westbound at Bush St, on the Baltimore Terminal Subdivision, with the Baltimore skyline towering in the background.

In a busy East Baltimore scene, loaded coal train 650, arrives at the receiving yard at the CONSOL Marine Terminal. To the right in the background is Canton Railroad's Penn Mary Yard.

HB48 with autoracks for the Port of Baltimore Dundalk Marine Terminal overtakes CSX terminal shifter Y139, operating on trackage rights, over NS's President St Branch, en route to the CONSOL Marin... (more)

Detour empty ethanol train K455, with CN power, smokes it up, heading west at Bush St, on CSX's Baltimore Terminal Subdivision.