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The B&O Didn't Need a Rebrand. It Needed Someone to Say No.

The B&O's rebrand is the latest in long-running series of missteps where brands embraced modernist filth that besmirched their past and their future.

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Brian Griffiths
Jul 14, 2026
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The B&O Railroad Museum is no longer the B&O Railroad Museum. As of this morning, it’s the National Museum of Railroad History & Innovation, a name so forgettable I had to look it back up twice while…

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