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Baltimore & Ohio Ellicott City Station Museum

ELLICOTT CITY, MD

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About Baltimore & Ohio Ellicott City Station Museum

Inside the stone Ellicott City Station, visitors explore the 1830‑built terminal that once marked the end of the B&O’s original 13‑mile (21 km) line from Baltimore. The two‑story building sits against the reconstructed Oliver Viaduct, its 50‑foot turntable foundation and 1885 Baldwin freight house displaying a 1927 caboose and an HO‑gauge model of the original route. Admission is free; the museum is operated by Howard County’s Department of Recreation & Parks.

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History

The Baltimore and Ohio Ellicott City Station was built in 1830 as the terminus of the B&O Railroad’s original line, making it the oldest remaining passenger railway station in the United States. After passenger service ended in 1949 and freight service ceased in 1972, the building was preserved and designated a National Historic Landmark. From 2006 through 2017 the site operated as a museum under a partnership between the B & O Railroad Museum and Howard County. In September 2017 management transferred to Howard County’s Department of Recreation & Parks, which continues to run the museum today. The station’s historic significance is highlighted by the 1863 installation of a 50‑foot turntable and the 1885 construction of an adjacent freight house designed by E. Francis Baldwin.

The Trains

The original line ran 13 miles (21 km) from Baltimore to Ellicott’s Mills, later extending to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (1834), Cumberland, Maryland (1842) and Wheeling, West Virginia on the Ohio River (1852). The station’s early rolling stock includes the B&O’s first locomotive, the Tom Thumb, demonstrated in 1830, and a 1927 caboose preserved on site; a 50‑foot (15‑m) turntable installed in 1863 once turned locomotives for the return trip to Baltimore.