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You pull into the parking lot.  You see the short Brookville locomotive on display.  You walk by the huge test weight car that is used to test heavy weight on the tracks.  You see a railroad signal overhead.  You see one of the old railroad shop buildings.  You see a box car and a caboose.  … Continue reading Railroaders Memorial Museum, Altoona, Pennsylvania

On February 27, 1827, the first railroad in the United States of America began in the city of Baltimore in the U.S. state of Maryland, and it made its way to the mill town of Ellicott Mills.  (It is now Ellicott City.)  The railroad began going west and south from here beginning new towns with … Continue reading Liberty Station, Bedford, Virginia

Most major cities in the United States of America have a zoo.  The city of Cincinnati in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Ohio is no exception.  Cincinnati, the city famous for the television show ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’, and is the home of the Cincinnati Reds, a professional baseball team that is part … Continue reading The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio

The U.S. state of Maryland is one of the original states in the nation.  It is a state that has so much history and so many attractions.  Among these attractions is the Washington County Rural Heritage Museum in the town of Boonsboro.  The museum tells the story of the life in the county mainly focusing … Continue reading Washington County Rural Heritage Museum, Boonsboro, Maryland