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MAY 2012 at the B&O in Baltimore
 
Thrifty Tuesday
Tuesday, May 1
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Visitors receive half off regular admission rates the first Tuesday of every month at the B&O Railroad Museum! All aboard for the most important American railroad collection in the world!
 
Day Out With Thomas™
Friday - Sunday, May 4  – May 6
Friday (8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Saturday ( 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.)
Sunday (8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Thomas the Tank Engine returns to the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore! Take a 25 minute train ride behind Thomas the Tank Engine, meet Sir Topham Hatt, and enjoy a day full of live entertainment, activities, and family fun!  For ticket availability and specific event information, click here . Please note that everyone, including B&O members, will need a ticket for entrance to this six day event. Coupons, vouchers, discounts, consignment tickets, complimentary passes, membership cards, etc. are not accepted during Day Out With Thomas™ event days.
 
Civil War 150th Anniversary
The War Came By Train
Now – May 30, 2015
Monday-Saturday (10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Sunday (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
The American Civil War was the first major conflict where railroads played a prominent role and the B&O was the major line that straddled a divided country. Between April 19, 1861 (The Baltimore Riot of 1861) and April 21, 1865 (Lincoln’s funeral train leaving Baltimore for Illinois), the B&O stood witness and participant in the greatest conflict the United States has ever faced and changed the course of American history. The War Came By Train serves as the B&O Railroad Museum’s primary attraction for the five year commemoration of the War’s sesquicentennial. The National Landmark Roundhouse will exhibit the largest assemblage of Civil War railroad equipment in the World featuring locomotives and rail cars that served during the war, significant military and personal artifacts that will change annually to portray each year of the war (some artifacts have never before been on public display), and a narrated, round trip train ride to the original site of Camp Carroll, the largest Union encampment in Baltimore. New exhibits added for 2012 include the Union Army's Railroad Brigade, hospital trains, and moving the wounded by rail and road.
 
Museum CLOSED
Monday, May 7
Museum closed to the public for the event set up and/or breakdown of the weekend Day Out With Thomas event.
 
 
National Train Day at the B&O
Saturday, May 12
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Celebrate National Train Day at the birthplace of American railroading! Visitor enjoy programming highlighting the B&O Railroad's contributions to railroading and guided tours of its one-of-a-kind collection, including equipment rarely open for public like the #908 Office Car, the MARC #1 observation car, and the cab of the diesel locomotive PM #11 SW-1 switcher. Visitors who present an Amtrak ticket stub on this day will receive free admission.
 
The War Came By Train Lecture Series
The First Military Railroad
Speaker: Art Candenquist
Saturday, May 12
12 Noon
Historian and author Arthur Candenquist presents a lecture on the Confederacy's First Military Railroad, highlighting the Great Train Raid including the theft and transport of locomotives and railroad equipment from the B&O's Railroad's shops in Martinsburg, Virginia, the engineering genius of Confederate Captain Thomas Sharp, and how the South built its first military railroad.
 
Train Ride to Mount Clare Museum House
Saturdays, May 12, 19, & 26 at 11:00 a.m.
Sundays, May 13, 20, & 27 at 12:30 p.m.
With paid admission to the B&O Railroad Museum, you may purchase a train ride ticket to visit Mount Clare Museum House. Learn the story that connects these two great sites. Tickets for this trip are $5.00 for adults, $4.00 for children, and free for B&O members. Please note that Mount Clare Museum House  has limited handicap accessibility and restroom facilities. Please note that rides are not guaranteed with your visit and that the Museum reserves the right to cancel or change train rides in the event of inclement weather, equipment malfunction, or special event days. Blackout dates:  October 13 & 14, November 24 & 25, and December.
 
Toddler Time
Wednesday, May 16
10:30 a.m.
Toddler Time is held at 10:30 a.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month through October. Children listen to a classic railroad story, create a craft, enjoy playtime at Choo Choo Blueville, and take a kiddie train ride through Choo Choo Blueville – all included with paid admission. Recommended for ages 2-5. Please note that ride is not guaranteed with your visit and that the Museum reserves the right to change or cancel ride in the event of inclement weather or equipment malfunction. Children programs begin promptly on-time.
 
Museum CLOSED
Monday, May 28
Museum closed in observance of Memorial Day.


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