Noon Year’s Eve ball drop at railroad museum

[ad_1] Maisie Holl, 8, of Ellicott City slingsconfetti above her head as the Noon Year’s Eve ball drop count, a kid-friendly celebration to ring in 2026 completes at B&O Railroad Museum. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff) <img loading="lazy" class=" lazyautosizes lazyload" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p3-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p3-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1 620w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p3-20251231.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&ssl=1 780w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p3-20251231.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&ssl=1 810w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p3-20251231.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&ssl=1 1280w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p3-20251231.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&ssl=1 1860w" alt="From left, best friends Maisie Holl, 8, Emily McMahon, 8-1/2 of Ellicott City best friend and Holl's brother Oliver Holl, 4 participate in the count down during the Noon Year's Eve ball drop, a kid-friendly celebration to ring in 2026 held at B&O Railroad Museum. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff)" width="6400" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p3-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1" data-attachment-id="11889030" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p3-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1 620w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p3-20251231.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&ssl=1 780w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p3-20251231.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&ssl=1 810w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p3-20251231.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&ssl=1 1280w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p3-20251231.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&ssl=1 1860w" /> From left, best friends Maisie Holl, 8, Emily McMahon, 8-1/2 of Ellicott City best friend and Holl’s brother Oliver Holl, 4 participate in the count down during the Noon Year’s Eve ball drop, a kid-friendly celebration to ring in 2026 held at B&O Railroad Museum. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff)

<img loading="lazy" class=" lazyautosizes lazyload" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p7-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p7-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1 620w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p7-20251231.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&ssl=1 780w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p7-20251231.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&ssl=1 810w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p7-20251231.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&ssl=1 1280w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p7-20251231.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&ssl=1 1860w" alt="Robin Atwater-Brady, 6 of Halethorpe jumps while holding hands with her mother Hallie Atwater of Halethorpe during the Noon Year's Eve ball drop, a kid-friendly celebration to ring in 2026 held at B&O Railroad Museum. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff)" width="5226" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p7-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1" data-attachment-id="11888974" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p7-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1 620w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p7-20251231.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&ssl=1 780w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p7-20251231.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&ssl=1 810w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p7-20251231.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&ssl=1 1280w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p7-20251231.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&ssl=1 1860w" /> Robin Atwater-Brady, 6 of Halethorpe jumps while holding hands with her mother Hallie Atwater of Halethorpe during the Noon Year’s Eve ball drop, a kid-friendly celebration to ring in 2026 held at B&O Railroad Museum. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff) <img loading="lazy" class=" lazyautosizes lazyload" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p2-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p2-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1 620w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p2-20251231.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&ssl=1 780w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p2-20251231.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&ssl=1 810w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p2-20251231.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&ssl=1 1280w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p2-20251231.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&ssl=1 1860w" alt="Josiah Syler, 3 of the southern Maryland town of Valley Lee blows into his noise maker during the Noon Year's Eve ball drop, a kid-friendly celebration to ring in 2026 held at B&O Railroad Museum. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff)" width="6064" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p2-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1" data-attachment-id="11889043" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p2-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1 620w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p2-20251231.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&ssl=1 780w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p2-20251231.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&ssl=1 810w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p2-20251231.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&ssl=1 1280w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p2-20251231.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&ssl=1 1860w" /> Josiah Syler, 3 of the southern Maryland town of Valley Lee blows into his noise maker during the Noon Year’s Eve ball drop, a kid-friendly celebration to ring in 2026 held at B&O Railroad Museum. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff) <img loading="lazy" class=" lazyautosizes lazyload" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p1-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p1-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1 620w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p1-20251231.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&ssl=1 780w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p1-20251231.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&ssl=1 810w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p1-20251231.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&ssl=1 1280w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p1-20251231.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&ssl=1 1860w" alt="Brooklynn Oswald 7 of Gloucester City, N.J. poses for mom Brianna Baylor during the Noon Year's Eve ball drop, a kid-friendly celebration to ring in 2026 held at B&O Railroad Museum. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff)" width="6374" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p1-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1" data-attachment-id="11889044" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p1-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1 620w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p1-20251231.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&ssl=1 780w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p1-20251231.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&ssl=1 810w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p1-20251231.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&ssl=1 1280w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p1-20251231.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&ssl=1 1860w" /> Brooklynn Oswald 7 of Gloucester City, N.J. poses for mom Brianna Baylor during the Noon Year’s Eve ball drop, a kid-friendly celebration to ring in 2026 held at B&O Railroad Museum. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff)

<img loading="lazy" class=" lazyautosizes lazyload" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p8-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p8-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1 620w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p8-20251231.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&ssl=1 780w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p8-20251231.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&ssl=1 810w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p8-20251231.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&ssl=1 1280w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p8-20251231.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&ssl=1 1860w" alt="Robin Atwater-Brady, 6 of Halethorpe jumps while holding hands with her mother Hallie Atwater of Halethorpe during the Noon Year's Eve ball drop, a kid-friendly celebration to ring in 2026 held at B&O Railroad Museum. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff)" width="6400" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p8-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1" data-attachment-id="11888978" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p8-20251231.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1 620w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p8-20251231.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&ssl=1 780w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p8-20251231.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&ssl=1 810w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p8-20251231.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&ssl=1 1280w,https://i0.wp.com/www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBS-L-KIDBALLDROP-p8-20251231.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&ssl=1 1860w" /> Robin Atwater-Brady, 6 of Halethorpe jumps while holding hands with her mother Hallie Atwater of Halethorpe during the Noon Year’s Eve ball drop, a kid-friendly celebration to ring in 2026 held at B&O Railroad Museum. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff) [ad_2]