Loading Events

« All Events

Engaging “N” Gauge Model Railroading Layouts at Open House

November 2 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Free

Engaging “N” Gauge Model Railroading Layouts Brought to You by Independent Dudes in Operation Top Secret Model Railroad Club [I.D.I.O.T.S.]

Miniature Model N Gauge Railroad Trains Locomote through Towns, Mountainous Terrain, and Tunnels & Over Bridges!

Railroad Trains Locomote at Eye-Level for the Kids!

Ongoing Activities:

Take a self-guided tour outside & inside the station.

“Train Spot” under the canopy! See locomotives galore! Wave at the engineers!

Indoors, enjoy HO Scale Model Train Display, locomoting thru a 24-hour day in 7 1/2 minutes, sunrise to sunset to sunrise.

Play with wooden toy train set and ride Thomas the Tank Engine.

Visit Station Manager’s ticket office and 1945 telephone booth.

See B&O “Drumhead,” rail photos, & memorabilia of the original Downtown Silver Spring.

Enjoy Station Manager Robert Davis’ Brownie camera photos taken when he was 16 years of age.

Open House Co-Hosted by Montgomery Preservation & Silver Spring Historical Society

montgomerypreservation.org

facebook.com/sshistory/

301-495-4915

This Station is a Montgomery County Historic Site, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and a gem in Silver Spring’s Arts & Entertainment District. 

Details

Date:
November 2
Time:
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Website:
https://www.montgomerypreservation.org/event/open-house-at-the-silver-spring-bo-station-nov-2024/

Organizer

Preservation Maryland
Phone
410.685.2886
Email
info@presmd.org
View Organizer Website

Venue

Silver Spring B&O Railroad Station
8100 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, United States
+ Google Map
View Venue Website