B&O Railroad Museum: FCSME Model Train Display

The Four County Society of Model Engineers set up an HO-scale display at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore. The set was very large, taking up the whole roundtable in the middle of the main building.

The train set

The layout is not of any particular location but it does have lots of delightful details. The train running on the loop takes quite a while to get all the way around.

The front (?) of the display

Cute motel

Mill with tunnel

Indian Motorcycle shop

One of the many cool bridges

Coca-Cola factory

Another cool factory with a bridge next door (and tunnel underneath!)

Esso gas and "Dari-King"

Farmhouse with, you guessed it, a bridge

An inclined street

Detail from above

The set was on display until Sunday, April 18. We went on the penultimate day, so this post didn't make until afterward. Sorry about that! You can check the FCSME calendar to see where they will be next. 

I did see another cool display we missed during our last visit. The Carrollton Viaduct is the oldest train bridge in America. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad built the bridge in 1829 as part of its first route to the town of Ellicott's Mills (now Ellicott City) thirteen miles away. The main arch is 80 feet across Gwynn Falls (which is a stream). The smaller arch (only 20 feet) let farm traffic through. The smaller arch is now part of a nature trail. The stone structure still stands and is still used for trains!

Carrollton Viaduct

The viaduct is named after Charles Carroll of Carrollton. He was on the board for the railroad company and was the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence. 

I do want to hike or bike through the little arch some time soon!