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.
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.