Baltimore - B and O Railroad Museum

The B & O (Baltimore and Ohio) Railroad Museum was another place we visited this week. Here's the real deal for kids. They have some awesome trains in the Roundhouse which I thought were impressive,as did my son. Don't think you can go on most of them though. Only about 5 train cars or locomotives are you actually allowed on. Our reason for going was the train ride you can take on the "first commercial railroad track in America." Sure the tracks may have been historic, but the train cars we sat in were from the MARC (Maryland's commuter train). There is nothing cool about that. My son was disappointed that the train didn't move faster than about a crawl. He wasn't the only disappointed one, many passengers said the same thing as we S-L-O-W-L-Y moved along. If you are a historic train buff, as many of the OLDER patrons were, it might be great. If not, take the MARC from Baltimore to D.C. and you'll have just as much, or more fun. FYI, we ride the Long Island Railroad and NYC subways somewhat frequently, so maybe that's why it wasn't so cool. On a positive the volunteers there were REALLY helpful and the place was VERY clean.