Maryland Train Garden Top 10 Tour (Plus 4)
Train gardens are a staple in Maryland during the holidays. Look closely at the miniature trains on their run through idyllic villages glittering with lights and you may very well experience a child’s delight.
Of course, in Dundalk, Christmas train gardens have a long history and remain very popular. But don't be surprised if you see Santa forgoing his reindeer-operated sleigh in favor of a present-packed train engine this year elsewhere in Maryland. Thanks to the efforts of fire departments and specialty museums, Marylanders can hop aboard the tradition this holiday season all over the area while appreciating the cultural heritage of the yuletide ride. Enthusiasts of miniature train gardens explain the custom comes to Maryland courtesy of its German settlers, who valued the precision necessary to create the cheery intricate worlds and used the hobby as a diminutive distraction from the frigid, and sometimes dismal, life of war-torn Europe. …
Dickie Delss
4:22 pm on Tuesday, December 13, 2011
my father and mother used to take me to the old fire house in the 60's off of merrit blvd in dundalk to see the trains more ›