Inc. The tour considers nearly 130 years of rail technology, engineering, and history as it visits historic stations and other structures along the route. Included in the day are stations at Silver Spring, Kensington, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Dickerson, and Point of Rocks. Sites of the now-gone Eckington Yard and Gaithersburg's wye, extant structures such as the Talbot Avenue Bridge and the Gaithersburg freight house, and artifacts such as a dragging equipment detector are also viewed. Lunch is in Gaithersburg's Summit Station restaurant adjacent to the railroad museum. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. by bus from a Smithsonian museum on the Mall.
Some sites involve outdoor walking on uneven ground.
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