I was also at the Great Scale Model Train Show in Timonium this past Saturday along with four other guys from my club. This has become an annual (*long*) day trip for us. After getting on the road early, we stopped for breakfast at Round the Clock Diner in York before heading to the show. I took these pix for our club FB page to give others in Pittsburgh an idea of the size of this show.
We all found goodies to bring home with us. Strangely, my two purchases at the show were not even O scale -- I picked up a custom-run two-pack of N gauge boxcars done in a Tionesta Valley paint scheme (I have a camp in Tionesta, so it is a personal collectible for me), and my second purchase was a Z scale freight car for a project I have in progress.
On the way home, we stopped in Mt. Airy, MD to visit a couple of train stores. The dedicated train shop was next to a small RR / town museum with their own B&O caboose:
We highly recommend this museum if visiting the area. The second "train shop" in Mt. Airy, The Toy Exchange, was more of a toy store with a good amount of trains and diecast vehicles. They have a lot of vintage toys and especially a *lot* of robot toys, vintage to modern. It was a pleasure browsing this store (and one of us bought a freight car there).
Following was a stop at what will probably be our go-to dinner spot for this road trip from now on, The Roasthouse Pub in Frederick, MD. This was our second time at this place, and the food was excellent, and their selection of craft beers was incredible. It was a fun day! 
Andy
