Welcome to the Baltimore and Ohio Historical Society Web Site

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What We Do The Society is dedicated to the preservation of and education about the history of America’s first Common Carrier Railroad, the Baltimore & Ohio. The Society has members all over the world across a variety of railroad interests from modeling to research to preservation. The Society maintains a large archive of documentation from the Office of the Vice President of Operations and Engineering from the B&O Railroad. We are also the custodians of numerous photographs and other items of research. We are constantly publishing our findings through our Company Store. Our Archives area is open one weekend a month to facilitate members who which to pursue their B&O research efforts. The Society also publishes a quarterly journal, The Sentinel and a bi-monthly on-line magazine, The B&O Modeler. Each year, the Society also holds a major conference and two mini-conferences. The B&O Railroad Historical Society is always welcoming new members. We have two levels of individual membership—Regular and Sustaining. Regular members get a year of our quarterly journal, The Sentinel. Sustaining members get a year of our journal and our Color Calendar. All levels of individual members enjoy discounts with our Company Store and the ability to attend our mini-conferences and our annual Convention. Become a member or check out the Membership link on the left for more information. There is also a web based membership application available. We invite you to read about our Society history as well as a brief history of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Read about our history and a brief history of the B&O or investigate the History link on the right. We would also suggest that you look at the wealth of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad historical information that is available through the many articles written for our quarterly The Sentinel magazines. These magazines contain a wealth of information about the B&O and the railroad's early beginnings. The Company Store still has a few back issues available for sale to the public, some going back to 1990. There are also two CD's available for sale that contain copies of virtually every Sentinel magazine printed since inception of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Historical Society

See What's New Upcoming Events Timonium Train Show Timonium (Baltimore), MD 2010 Society Annual Convention Baltimore, MD, Oct 21-24, 2010 2010 Convention Blog 2010 Eastern Mini-Con Buffalo, NY, August 7, 2010 2010 Western Mini-Con Medina, OH, May 15, 2010 Employee Records Possible Sources Railroad Sites Other Railroad Links History A Brief History of Our Society and the B&O Railroad

Society 2010 Calendar Photo

Cover The B&O Modeler latest issue

Last Run of Cap at Union Station April 1970

B&O 11 At Cumberland, 1970

Archives Work Session

The 1st Quarter, 2010 edition of The Sentinel has been published and provides quite a few great articles for the B&O railroad enthusiast. This edition is 35 pages and contains articles about the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society Annual Convention held this past year in Seymour, Indiana; an article about our Western Mini-Con held this past spring in Medina, Ohio; a feature on the last marine transfer bridge at Staten Island, NY; a discussion about historical societies and why they exist; and a feature on the Landenberg Baanch and the 2010 Convention. This edition is available as stock # 60321 in The Sentinel link in the Company Store. Here are a few pages from this edition. The Company Store also has copies of many of the back issues available for sale to the public. These back issues contain a rich history of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and make a worthy edition to the library of anyone interested in America's First Railroad

There is a new Modeler magazine. See the most recent The B&O Modeler and read about The First B&O Wagontop Caboose-I-5A C-2501 and the 1947 B&O Concrete and Steel Coal Dump Trestle plus other interesting topics. The magazine can also be seen via the Modeler Mag button in the Navigation Bar at the top of this page

The March 26-28, 2010 Railroad Prototype Modelers (RPM) Meeting East in now on line with information and a registration form. This year's event will be in Malvern, PA. Here is the link to the event. While this is deep in PRR territory, it is not limited to PRR topics. Past years have had great presentations on B&O modeling. If anyone is interested in presenting, they are soliciting for clinics/presentations. The B&O Railroad Historical Society Company Store will also be at this event as a vendor. This link is also available via the Events button in the Navigation Bar at the top of this page

• B&O Class M-53 Wagontop Boxcar Resin Kit. A one piece resin body with new decals (first accurate for M-53), trucks, correct rivet spacing, and a correct Duryea underframe. See stock # 33061 for additional M-53 decals we stock for a great expansion of your fleet. This resin kit is available as stock # 33161 in the B&O Modeler link in our Company Store
• An updated merchandise inventory catalog is now available for download. This catalog will provide you with a quick listing, by category, of the merchandise we stock for sale at the time the catalog was printed. For a more comprehensive description and to purchase items we sell, go to the Store category listings on the left side of the Company Store page
• "Baltimore & Ohio Facilities In Color Volume 1: Eastern Region" by Bob Withers has been restocked in the Store inventory. Stations, towers, shops, roundhouses, and dozens of other structures (many with trains) are examined by B&O authority Bob Withers. This is the first in a three volume examination of the elegant B&O. This book is available as stock # 10102 in the Books link in our Company Store
• "Baltimore & Ohio Facilities In Color Volume 2: Central Region" by Bob Withers. The shops, stations, towers and other facilities of the B&O's Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Akron, and Chicago Divisions and the Chicago Terminal Region are examined in color. This volume appears to focus more clearly on facilities than did Volume 1. This book is available as stock # 10110 in the Books link in our Company Store

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