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National Capital Trolley Museum, Colesville, MD

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National Capital Trolley Museum

A transit museum in Montgomery County, Maryland, with indoor exhibits and rides on historic street cars.

1313 Bonifant Road, Colesville, MD 20905 · Colesville, MD

About National Capital Trolley Museum

The museum preserves and explains the electric street and interurban railways that served the Washington region. Visitors can browse family-friendly exhibits and hands-on displays at the visitor center, then board a living collection of historic street cars. The rides run along a short woodland track in Northwest Branch Park. The museum also hosts seasonal events, school programs, and birthday parties, and it is run as a nonprofit organization.

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