Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum
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The Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum located at 300 South Burhans Boulevard, Hagerstown, Maryland
, has exhibits relating to local railroad history and model railroads.
The Hagerstown Roundhouse Complex built in 1939. The 25 stall roundhouse and shops were the major facility for maintenance and repairs of locomotives and cars in Western Maryland. The railroads were the largest employers in Washington County for more than 50 years. The Roundhouse facility was demolished on March 13, 1999.
Hagerstown, Maryland
Hagerstown is a city in northwestern Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Washington County, and, by many definitions, the largest city in a region known as Western Maryland. The population of Hagerstown city proper at the 2010 census was 39,662, and the population of the...
, has exhibits relating to local railroad history and model railroads.
The Hagerstown Roundhouse Complex built in 1939. The 25 stall roundhouse and shops were the major facility for maintenance and repairs of locomotives and cars in Western Maryland. The railroads were the largest employers in Washington County for more than 50 years. The Roundhouse facility was demolished on March 13, 1999.