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October Open House at the Silver Spring B&O Station
Step on Board! Explore Silver Spring’s Historic Railroad Station!
Special Event: “Tap Into History: A Century of Typewriters”
So why are the keys on my computer keyboard arranged like that? For the answer, check out this traveling pop-up exhibit. You will have the opportunity to experience what it is like to type on a 1913 Royal Standard No.5 or maybe you prefer a 1970’s Safari portable typewriter. Stop by and see for yourself. Ding! Carriage return.
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.