Labor Day Weekend, the official end of summer vacation. It is the final push to go to the beach. What a great time to sit in miles of traffic spending hours going nowhere until you get to the beach. You get to spend two more hours looking for parking. Then that time comes. You have to walk back and forth for miles looking for a spot on the sand that nobody has taken. You get hungry and get to stand in long lines to get food. Once the weekend is done, you have the great pleasure of dealing with massive congestion getting home. What a way to spend your Labor Day.
So that is not the way you wish to spend your Labor Day Weekend. There are many more relaxing alternatives. One idea is to go on a railroad excursion, and there are many within a few hours of the D.C. Area and a few others where you can take a much more relaxing drive.
Here are a few excursions within a short drive. The Walkersville Southern Railroad is just north of Frederick, Maryland, and it offers a short 75 minutes ride along an old rail line (www.wsrr.org). The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad takes you from downtown Cumberland, Maryland through the mountains of the Maryland panhandle region to the town of Frostburg (www.wmsr.com). The Potomac Eagle leaves from Romney, West Virginia and runs through area where there is little access by automobiles, and you can maybe see some eagles (www.potomaceagle.info). "The essential to budget travel is to approach onward. When it occurs to family trips, globetrotting, well-deserved holidays and/or going to see new locations we have never been before, the truth of cost and budgeting is often in the back of our mind. Arranging and consuming our travel budget correctly is a consideration for most families. Minimizing expending and prices, while still experiencing your vacation to its fullest, is the key to guaranteed accomplishment and fiscal liability. Your pocketbook and family will thank you! The thinking regarding economizing money while touring is simple: Even if your personal budget is highly limited, you can still take a break and enjoy life! Simply put, life is just too short to never step out of the door or leaving the homestead! Also remembering that while traveling, no matter whether on a funds or not, even the smallest of things can all add op to a large vacation or travel costs!..". You have the Strasburg Railroad in Strasburg, Pennsylvania which passes through Amish country (www.strasburgrailroad.com) and the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania across the street. You also have the Middletown and Hummlestown Railroad in Middletown, Pennsylvania (www.mhrailroad.com), and if you just want a museum, you always have the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland (www.borail.org).
So you really want to make a weekend out of it. You have the Cheat Mountain Salamander, the Tygart Flyer, the Mountain Explorer, and the Durbin Rocket in West Virginia (www.mountainrailwv.com). There is the Pioneer Tunnel and Steam Train in Ashland, Pennsylvania offering a steam ride and a ride into a mine (www.pioneertunnel.com). You have Steamtown U.S.A. in Scranton, Pennsylvania where you can get up close to the steam trains (www.nps.gov/stea). You have the Tioga Central Railroad that passes through the mountains of north central Pennsylvania (www.tiogacentral.com). Then you have the historic Cass Scenic Railroad in Cass, West Virginia (www.cassrailroad.com).
Whatever you do on this Labor Day, remember all those who work to make the railroads run.
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