B&O Railroad Museum, Maryland

The B&O Railaoad museum is located in the Mount Clare Station and adjacent roundhouse. This railroad station began construction in 1829 making it the oldest railroad manufacturing complex in the United States. This was the site that the first telegraph message, "What hath God wrought?" was sent on May 24, 1844, from Washington, D.C., using Samuel F. B. Morse's invention. The collection includes 250 pieces of railroad rolling stock, 15,000 artifacts, 5,000 cubic feet of archival material, four significant 19th-century buildings, including the historic roundhouse, and a mile of track. We were able to take the train ride on that track with one of the older engines.  The passenger cars were nothing too special, but Owen liked it. There is a sweet kid track play area that Owen loved hanging out in.  There was quite the lack of engine cars so Owen carried the one he found around with him. Many of the trains you could go inside and turn all the knobs and levers.