Trains Magazine: “B&O museum receives $1 million for South Car Works Building project”
The South Baltimore Gateway Partnership will provide $1 million in funding for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum’s plan to restore its South Car Works Building and create open community space as part of the museum’s new master plan.
Restoration of the Car Works building, the oldest continuously operating railroad repair facility in the U.S. between 1869 and 1990, will make the structure the new entrance to the museum and reconfigure its campus flow to face Southwest Baltimore.
“We’re delighted to support this initiative, which knits the B&O Railroad Museum seamlessly into the neighborhood of Pigtown,” said Brad Rogers, the partnership’s executive director. “The museum is literally tearing down a wall and replacing it with a vital new public space. In doing so, it is also helping its many visitors to enjoy the food and shopping along Pigtown’s beautiful Main Street.”
Image courtesy of the B&O Museum.