All aboard! Thomas the Tank Engine fans were invited to spend the day with their favorite No. 1 engine. Since 1946, children have been captivated by the courageous adventures of Thomas and his engine friends. During its 16th consecutive year, Day Out With Thomas traveled to cities accross the United States and Canada and is expected to welcome more than one million passengers in 2011. Today's stop: the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. Originally named the Baltimore & Ohio Transportation Museum when it opened on July 4, 1953. It has been called one of the most significant collections of railroad treasures in the world and has the largest collection of 19th century locomotives in the U.S.
901 West Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21223-2699
(410) 752-2490
Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
B and O Train Mural of EA51 This mural depicts the first "streamlined diesel," the Baltimore and Ohio EA 51, first run in 1937; it now sits indoors at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Entrance Sign Entrance Sign - Thomas & Friends - DAY OUT with THOMAS - LEADER OF THE TRACK TOUR 2011 - Sponsored by MEGA BLOKS - WELCOME
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The Roundhouse for locomotive maintenance and redirection A roundhouse is a building used by railroads for servicing locomotives. Roundhouses are large, circular or semicircular structures that were traditionally located surrounding or adjacent to turntables. The defining feature of the traditional roundhouse ...
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B&O Railroad Museum - 1884 Baldwin Roundhouse The Museum is home to the oldest, most comprehensive collection of railroad artifacts in the Western Hemisphere with one of it's jewels shown: a Baldwin Roundhouse dating to 1884. Roundhouses were used to turn around locomotive that could only travel...
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Sir Topham Hat Sir Topham Hat welcomes visitors. He manages the Sodor Railway, and the Thomas the Tank Engine tours.
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Thomas is coming!
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HO scale model of Thomas the Tank Engine at B&O Museum The name HO is derived from the fact that its 1:87 scale is approximately half that of 0 scale which was the smallest of the series of older and larger 0, 1, 2 and 3 scales introduced by Märklin around 1900. In most English-speaking markets it is...
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Thomas Surrounded by His Fans Since 1946, children have been captivated by the courageous adventures of Thomas and his engine friends.
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Thomas, Blue and Red Tank Engine Since 1946, children have been captivated by the courageous adventures of Thomas and his engine friends.
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Boarding on Platform 2
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All aboard!
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The Conductor Inspects Tickets The Thomas the Train conductor inspects passenger tickets.
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Please Have Your Tickets Ready! * Children anxiously await to show their ticket to the train conductor.
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Here is My Train Ticket! Little Luke puts out his ticket for the train conductor to see.
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Here You Go Mr. Train Conductor!
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