Star Spangled Stories: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad helped the U.S. usher in the industrial age

The Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad was the first steam-powered train system in the U.S. Opening in 1830, the 13-mile track connected Baltimore to Ellicott City before expanding by the 1970s to 4,000 miles across 13 states. The B&O Railroad was instrumental in ushering the U.S. into the industrial age and a new era of growth. The history of the railroad lives on at the B&O Railroad Museum.