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May Open House at the Silver Spring B&O Station
Step on Board! Explore Silver Spring’s Historic Railroad Station!
Parking and Trail Information
May’s Special Event: Craft Day! Let’s make a Mother’s Day card!
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.
Parking and Trail Information
Construction of a new bridge to carry the Metropolitan Branch Hiker-Biker Trail over Georgia Ave has begun. As part of this construction a temporary security fence has been installed across the station parking lot. A drive-through gate will be open for the Open House. Please note that because of contractor equipment using the lot, the number of available parking spaces will be limited. There is a special needs space and ramp at the station. Additional parking is available at county garage and lot #4 (8100 Fenton St.) and at the lot at 938 Philadelphia Ave.; both are one block from the station.
Open House Co-Hosted by Montgomery Preservation & Silver Spring Historical Society
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.