Baltimore
Society of Model Engineers is undergoing a transition
while they look for a new permanent home. The club has relocated
to an interim location in the Woodberry neighborhood of
Baltimore. While searching for a new home, the club will be
constructing layouts in a sectional manner in HO and O scales,
with additional display layouts in N and Z scale possible. In
addition to building layouts plans are for monthly clinics
covering model techniques, layout planning and construction, and
railroad slide presentations. In addition plans are being made for
visiting home layouts in the area. Open a new
window at the Baltimore Society of Model Engineers site.
The Mid-Eastern Region (MER) of
the NMRA includes the central states of the east
coast, from New Jersey to North Carolina. The purpose of your
MER is to promote, stimulate, foster and encourage the art and
craft of model railroading, to expand interest in and
publicizing the hobby of model railroading through publication
of the LOCAL six (6) times annually, and to sponsor a convention
or two each year. These conventions give MER members the
opportunity to network with other model railroaders without
traveling cross country.
North
American Model Shops Directory by Adrian Hall,
Providing a dedicated Directory for North American Model Railroad
enthusiasts.
Kalmbach
Model Railroad Event Calendar
To see the trains.com calendar, click on "All Events" in the left
column. This gives a filter where you can ask for events within so
many miles of your zip code. For example, putting in "20904"
(Silver Spring) for zip code and "100 miles" for Radius revealed
42 events within 100 miles between November 28, 2014 and March 15,
2015. For slightly further distances you will have to scan the
entire list, which at the time this was written had 264 events
listed nationally through October 29, 2017. For events more than
about 4 months away, you have to recheck the list periodically -
some groups are more organized and list their meets 4 to 5 months
in advance; others barely get listed a week ahead of the event.
The
Potomac Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society
(NRHS) is a group of railfans based in the National
Capital Area. We seek to increase public awareness of railroads
and their history. We meet the third Tuesday of every month at
8:00 PM in the Montgomery Country Executive Office building, 101
Monroe Street, Rockville, MD. We welcome visitors. Member benefits
include: interesting monthly meetings with guest speakers,
railroad- related film and slide shows; annual chapter picnic;
Potomac Rail News monthly newsletter; opportunities for rail
excursions and industry field trips; and opportunities to assist
at the Gaithersburg Railway Museum and local railroad heritage
celebrations.
Located among Baltimore
City's historic southwest neighborhoods, at the original site of
the historic Mt. Clare Shops, the B&O Railroad Museum
is recognized universally as the birthplace of American
railroading. Forty acres of heritage and a world class collection
await your discovery. In Association with the Smithsonian
Institution.
NMRA members receive a $2 discount off the regular admission
charge.
The
Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum (HRM) is dedicated to
promoting a public understanding of the railroad history and
railroad related activites in the general area of Hagerstown,
Maryland through restroration, preservation, entertainment and
education.
The Brunswick Railroad Museum is
located in the heart of Historic Brunswick Maryland. The
museum offers a 1700 square foot interactive HO scale model
railroad layout, which depicts the B&O Railroad's
"Metropolitan Subdivision" from Washington DC's Union Station
platforms to Brunswick's large classification yards. The BRRM
also houses a large collection of artifacts from the last
century (and beyond) in exhibits telling the story of the city
of Brunswick, and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad who built
it, and the C&O Canal National Historic Park Visitor
Center for the nearby historic site of Canal lock 30.
The Chesapeake Beach
Railway Museum in Chesapeake Beach, MD
commemorates the Chesapeake Beach Railway that served this
summer resort 28 miles from Washington, DC. Exhibits include
photographs of trains and the town, a model train, a diorama
of the resort, and a surviving kangaroo from the carousel.
In
the 125 years of its operation as an independent railroad, the
Western Maryland built a reputation as a truly "Fast Freight
Line." From the laborers on the docks of Port Covington to the
top brass, Western Maryland people were noted for their skill
in the transportation field, and the pride that showed in
every aspect of their work. Today, the WM is a fond memory,
its remnants serving as an important link in the CSX
Transportation chain. Its memory survives, however, in the Western
Maryland Railway Historical Society, Inc.
Take a trip back in time . . .
on the Walkersville Southern, established in
1991 on the Frederick branch of the old Pennsylvania Railroad.
Come see our turn- of-the-century railroad station and freight
house. Ride in vintage 1920s passenger cars or on an open
flatcar as your rail excursion runs past a 100-year-old lime
kiln, and then out into the picturesque Maryland farm country.
The Chesapeake Beach Model Railroad Club - At the present some of us are meeting at the Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum in Chesapeake Beach, MD.,on Tuesday mornings working on the model railroad there. Call the museum to make sure we are there. Contact Larry Brown lbrown9601@verizon.net for further information.