BANDOB posted:Hagerstown, MD Roundhouse Museum is not too far away. It has real RR equipment as well as O Gauge and HO layouts. Only open Friday-Saturday-Sunday, though.
I didn't even think of this....
The HO layout is very well done. It was built and displayed by the Gaithersburg Model Railroad Society in Olde Town Gaithersburg MD for many years. Construction started circa late 1990s and was removed and sent to Hagerstown circa 2005. It was a great layout. The GMRS allowed anyone to come by on Saturday and run their trains or your own trains. I was there running my HO trains nearly every Saturday. I remember when it was all bench work and a single oval of track operating and nothing else!
Great layout to run on. It roughly depicted the B&O "triangle" - Washington to Point of Rocks on the Metropolitan Branch then back from POR to Baltimore and then back to Washington.
That layout has a lot of good memories for me. I have not seen it since it left Gaithersburg over 10 years ago. One day I'll have to get up there and see it finished.
As for the Joy Line in Harpers Ferry, HERE and HERE are good, recent Youtube videos of their S-16 "1865" miniature steam engine train and their museum and layout. They also have several G-16 F unit diesel engines and alternate them. A large collection of 16" gauge miniature railroad equipment as well as a separate line for the Hodges Handcars. Well worth the hour or so visit. Below are a few photos pulled off of their Facebook page. As I recall, their "Station" is/was an authentic B&O MOW shed from the Harpers Ferry area.
