Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. - Monopoly Game Board Railroad - 1899-1901 dated Railway Stock Certificate
Inv# RS1005A Stock
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Locomotive Stock. Train in circle top left. Very elaborate Victorian borders. Becoming scarce. Popular. The prettiest of B & O stocks. Available in Red, Green or Orange. Please specify color.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (reporting marks B&O, BO), the first common carrier railroad and the oldest in the United States, opened its first section in 1830. Its inception was driven by Baltimore’s desire to compete with the newly constructed Erie Canal (serving New York City) and another canal proposed by Pennsylvania, which would have connected Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Initially, the railroad operated entirely within Maryland, with its original line extending from the port of Baltimore westward to Sandy Hook. To continue its westward journey, it had to traverse into Virginia (now West Virginia) over the Potomac River, near the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers. From there, it traversed Virginia from Harpers Ferry to a point just west of the junction of Patterson Creek and the North Branch Potomac River, where it crossed back into Maryland to reach Cumberland. Subsequently, the railroad was extended to the Ohio River at Wheeling and, a few years later, to Parkersburg, West Virginia. It continued to expand its network into Ohio, including a junction at Portsmouth.
In later years, B&O’s advertising prominently featured the motto: “Linking 13 Great States with the Nation.” As part of a series of mergers, the B&O is now a part of the CSX Transportation (CSX) network. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) also included the Leiper Railroad, the first permanent horse-drawn railroad in the United States. By the end of 1970, the B&O operated 5,552 miles of road and 10,449 miles of track, excluding the Staten Island Rapid Transit (SIRT) and the Reading Railroad and its subsidiaries. Notably, it encompasses the oldest operational railroad bridge in the United States. When CSX established the B&O Railroad Museum as an independent entity from the corporation, it donated some of the former B&O Mount Clare Shops in Baltimore, including the Mt. Clare roundhouse, to the museum while selling the remaining property. The B&O Warehouse at the Camden Yards rail junction in Baltimore now dominates the view over the right-field wall at the Baltimore Orioles’ current home, Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Part of the B&O Railroad’s enduring legacy lies in its inclusion as one of the four featured railroads on the U.S. version of the board game Monopoly. Remarkably, it stands as the sole railroad on the board that did not directly serve Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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