Thursday, December 3, 2020

Throwback Thursday: NCTM B&O Excursion

#throwbackthursday - Long time members of NCTM might enjoy this! Throwback to September of 1962 when the Trolley Museum sponsored a special excursion to Hagerstown via the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The excursion, which cost $6.75 for adults (about $60 adjusted for inflation,) left from Baltimore's historic Camden Station and made stops at Riverdale and Silver Spring.

Much of this has since changed - the B&O Railroad no longer exists, having been merged with other railroads to eventually form CSX. Camden Station no longer serves long distance trains (only MARC regional commuter trains.) The Silver Spring station is now a museum with no rail service (although MARC does stop at a new station built nearby.) And Lloyd's Hobby Shop has since closed.