Saturday, May 12, 2012 is National Train Day. There are many places in the Washington Metropolitan Area where you can celebrate.
Western Maryland Railway Historical Society located at 41 North Main Street in Union Bridge, Maryland is hosting a special open house where you can tour the museum and see model railroad displays.Hours are 10:00am to4:00pm.
Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum located at 4155 Mears Ave in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland will hold their annual National Train Day celebration with fun and prizes as well as arts and crafts. Children can make train-themed Mother Days cards. "The important to budget travel is to approach onward. When it comes along to family trips, globetrotting, well-deserved trips and/or going to see new places we have never been before, the actuality of cost and budgeting is often in the back of our minds. Organizing and consuming our travel budget properly is a consideration for most families. Lowering consuming and charges, while still taking pleasure in your vacation to its fullest, is the key to confirmed achievements and fiscal liability. Your pocketbook and family will thank you! The thinking regarding economizing money while journeying is simple: Even if your personal funds is incredibly small, 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, regardless of whether on a finances or not, even the smallest of things can all add op to a huge vacation or travel expenses!..". Trains hold a special place in the history of Chesapeake Beach. Join the Museum as they celebrate how trains transformed our town and surrounding areas from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. This event is free and open to the public.
Gaithersburg Community Museum located at 9 South Summit Ave in Gaithersburg, Maryland will have a Ban Trak T Track model train club displaying an N-Gauge model train. The museum also has a newly restored RDC car for external viewing along with a restored Buffalo Creek and Gauley Locomotive in the outdoor rolling stock exhibit. A 1980 C&O caboose that houses train artifacts and history will be open for viewing inside. Hours are 10:00am to 2:00pm.
Historic Manassas Incorporated, located at the Historic Train Depot on 9431 West Street in Manassas, Virginia, will be promoting Amtrak and commuter rail. Hours are 9:00m to 3:00pm.
Train Town Toy & Hobby located at 104 S. Railroad Avenue in Ashland, Virginia will have operating toy train displays, train videos, and toy train sets on sale. Real Amtrak and CSX trains will be running by the front of the store for serious train watching. Hours are 10:00am to 5:00pm.
Association for the Preservation of Beaverdam Depot located at 16199 Beaverdam School Road in Beaverdam, Virginia will be opening for tours of the restored Civil War era depot that was burned down three times during the conflict. Visitors can see displays of railroad memorabilia, working HO scale trains and visit a caboose. Free to the public. Hours are 10:00am to2:00pm.
Railway Mail Service Library locatedat the historic 1913 Boyce Railway Depotat 117 East Main Street in Boyce, Virginia will be welcoming visitors for train-watching and for learning about Railway Post Office (RPO) history. Presentations will be made periodically throughout the day about the RPO network which existed between 1864 and 1977. Located at milepost H46.1 on the former Hagerstown District, Shenandoah Division, of the Norfolk & Western Railway, there will be plenty of freight train-watching opportunities and ample free parking. Hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm.
National Capital Trackers will be displaying a live O-gauge model train at4000 Stringfellow Road in Chantilly, Virginia. Hours are 10:00am to 5:00pm.
Heritage Day Martinsburg will be celebrating 170 years of passenger rail service. Located at 229 East Martin Street in Martinsburg, West Virginia, the Washington Heritage Trail Welcome Center & bookshop in Caperton Station will be open and operating. The Martinsburg Roundhouse Center tours and model train demonstration courtesy of the Bunker Hill Train Club. Trolley service is available to the station from downtown parking lots. Amtrak information provided courtesy of Troop 29, BSA. Free hotdogs (donations appreciated). Music will be provided by Pickin N the Panhandle. US Flags and Capitol Limited Welcome banner hung in National Landmark building connecting to Caperton Station (oldest continuously operating train station in America). Train cutaway exhibits on the pedestrian bridge from station to the roundhouse. Hours are 10:00am to 6:00pm.
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