Our Products

• Archives, Research
  Research on B&O History
• (The) B&O Modeler magazine
  Modeling the B&O
• Annual Calendar
  Including how to always get one
• Company Store
  Books, Maps, Models, Merchandise, B&O Historical Documents - also make donations or pay membership renewal and registrations
• (The) Sentinel magazine
  About the B&O, History, including sample pages and Delivery Options
• eSentinel magazine
  Electronic version of our magazine
• ‘B&O in Baltimore...’ Book
  Buy the book as Item 10171 under Books. Dealer inquiries welcomed.
  Available again in its second printing.

Our Society

• About Us
  A bit of our history, our By Laws, and more
  
• Our Location
  A Map of Where We Are
  Aphoto collage of our building
• Our Points of Contact
  Including Officers and Directors
• Join BORHS, Update your Address
  An Application form
  Student Memberships available
  Join through our Company Store website
  (See Membership FAQ and follow instructions)
  2020 Election Ballot available
  Change your address electronically
• See Us on Facebook
  The B&O Railroad Historical Society on Facebook
• B&O Discussion Group
  Information exchange on Groups.io
• B&O RR Employee Records
  Possible Sources

Society Events

• 2020 Society Annual Convention
  The 2020 Convention was RE-SCHEDULED as a Zoom VIRTUAL meeting on October 17 at 9am.
  
• 2020 Western Mini-Con
  The Burton Ohio Mini-Con was cancelled.
• 2020 Eastern Mini-Con
  Event was held August 15 at 9am as a Zoom VIRTUAL meeting.
• Great Scale Model Train Show
  Timonium (Baltimore) MD, was cancelled.
• Flea Market/Silent Auction
  at Eldersburg MD, has been CANCELLED.
• Holiday Get-together
  Eldersburg MD, has been CANCELLED.
• 2021 Founder's Day Dinner
  Eldersburg MD, has been CANCELLED.

Want To Help?

• Our Research Team
  Research on B&O History
• Donations to the Society
  Help us finance our building and research needs

Other Railroad Links

• Other Railroad Sites
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Welcome to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society

For more information about the Society, see About Us

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 publish our findings through our Company Store whenever we feel it is helpful to do so. Our Archives area is open one weekend a month to facilitate members who wish to pursue their B&O research efforts. The Society also publishes a quarterly magazine, The Sentinel, which can be delivered through the mail in hard copy format or digitally downloaded from our web. Members can also choose to receive both the copy through the mail as well as the digital download edition for an additional fee. 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 annual Calendar, which is mostly in color. NOTE that you must be at the Sustaining level of membership on September 30 to receive the next year's calendar free; otherwise you will be on the list for the year after. All levels of individual members enjoy discounts with our Company Store and the privilege to attend our annual Convention and mini-conferences. Become a member or check out the Membership link on the left for more information. There is a web based membership application form available on the linked page.

Read about our history and a brief history of the B&O or investigate the Our Society area on the left. 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 magazine, The Sentinel. 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 in magazine format, some going back to 1990. There are also three CD's available for sale that contain copies of virtually every Sentinel magazine printed since inception of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Historical Society through CY 2009. These magazine files are in "PDF" format.

The Society is also active in the development of new models that accurately represent an item of equipment that ran on the B&O during its existence. If anyone, whether it be a commercial entity or an individual with an idea that has a clear path to production, with recommended vendor, of a B&O product, please contact our Chairman, B&O Modeling Committee. Please see our Contacts button in the Navigation Bar above for a listing of Society contacts, including the Chairman, B&O Modeling Committee.

Donations to our Historical Society are Really Appreciated

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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Historical Society needs your donations for programs that are beyond the budget covered by our membership dues and our Company Store sales. Examples of programs that are made possible by your donations include Archives acquisitions and entry into the catalog, building maintenance, and outreach programs to inform the public about the B&O Railroad. Please go to the DONATIONS button on the Navigation Bar at the top of this page to see the programs that need your help.