The Brunswick community due to its location and proximity to large areas like the City of Baltimore as well as the District of Columbia has many local attractions that are just a day trip away. One of these attractions is the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum.
Founded in 1953 by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad (B&O), the museum would hold some of the railroad’s oldest engines on display for the public. The museum would continue to operate following the merger of the (B&O) with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (C&O) which would form the Chessie System.
The museum would continue running as a department of the Chessie System until its merger with the Seaboard Central to create CSX Transportation (CSXT) in 1980. (CSXT) would operate the museum until 1990 when the museum was split off as a non-profit.
Today the museum is a non-profit organization with a board of directors as well as volunteers who help keep the historic locomotives alive through restoration and public education. Things are looking bright for the museum with the 200th anniversary of American railroading and a renovation on the horizon…