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Engaging “N” Gauge Model Railroading Layouts at Open House
Step on Board! Explore Silver Spring’s Historic Railroad Station!
Special Event:
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
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.