Resources
Can't get enough trains? Check out some of these fun websites and resources to learn more about train history in Kensington, Montgomery County, and beyond!
Can't get enough trains? Check out some of these fun websites and resources to learn more about train history in Kensington, Montgomery County, and beyond!
Cool Websites:
Cool Websites:
- B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, MD
- Montgomery Preservation Historic B&O Railroad Station Silver Spring, MD
- Western Maryland Railroad Historical Society, Union Bridge, MD
- "US Railroad History: A Timeline," American-Rails.com
- National Toy Train Museum, Strasburg, PA
Fun Videos:
Fun Videos:
Interesting Books:
Interesting Books:
- MacMaster, RK and RE Hiebert. (1976). A Grateful Remembrance: The Story of Montgomery County, Maryland. Rockville, MD: Montgomery County Government and the Montgomery County Historical Society.
- Maury, WM, Shidler, BL, Rothwell, J, and Walper, M. (1994). Kensington: A Picture History. Kensington, MD: Kensington Business District Association.
- Shackelford, D. (2014.) The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Maryland. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing.
- Soderburg, SC. (1998, Jan 1). The MET: A History of the Metropolitan Branch of the B&O Railroad, Its Stations and Towns. [Booklet.]
- Womar, C. (2013.) The Great Railroad Revolution: The History of Trains in America. New York: PublicAffairs.