The Northern Virginia Model Railroaders is a model railroad club based in the Washington D.C. suburb of Vienna in the U.S. state of Virginia. The club is based inside the old train station that was once on a railroad line. (The railroad line is now the Washington and Old Dominion Trail named after the last railroad to own the railroad line before it was abandoned.) Inside the old train station is a model train display.
What about the model train display?
The model train display is a model of the Western North Carolina Railroad, an actual railroad that ran in the western region of the U.S. state of North Carolina particularly between the cities of Salisbury and Asheville with towns in between. The railroad line is still in operation today under the Norfolk Southern Railway. A trolley line, model after the Blue Ridge Traction Power and Light Company, is also displayed here.
The members of the Northern Virginia Model Railroaders are all volunteers who have a great love for model trains. Their model train help keep the memory of two forgotten railroads alive.
The Northern Virginia Model Railroaders are located in the old train station at 231 Dominion Road NE in Vienna, Virginia along the Washington and Old Dominion Rail Trail just a few blocks from Virginia Route 123. Please note that due to the age of the structure that the model train display is not wheelchair accessible. Parking is street parking, and it is free. The model train display is free to visit, but they can gladly use your donations to keep their trains. They have eleven open houses a year. You can get more information about when the display is open to the public at https://www.nvmr.org/.
John Cowgill: Stories of the Railroad 