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Trolley Station Museum

The Boonsboro Trolley Station Museum is located within the town’s original trolley station building at at the intersection of North Main Street and Shafer Park Drive.    Electric trolleys served Boonsboro from 1902 until 1938.  

Boonsboro Trolley Station in the 1920s
The Trolley Station as it appeared during the railways' heyday in the 1920s. Today the trolley weather canopy has been removed from the front of the building. (Courtesy PA Trolley Museum)

In its heyday, the local electric railway company served passenger and freight needs of over two dozen communities across a nearly 90-mile network of tracks.  From Boonsboro, passengers could take a trolley to Hagerstown, or to Frederick  Middletown, Myersville, Hagerstown, Thurmont, Williamsport and several other Maryland communities, and to Shady Grove, Chambersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro in Pennsylvania.  

While trolley service in Boonsboro ended in 1938, the electric railway continued to serve Washington County until 1947 and Frederick County until 1955.  

Within the walls of the town’s restored trolley station, visitors will learn about the station and industries which once surrounded it, the history of trolleys in both Washington and Frederick counties, the impact trolleys once had on the region and how the trolley network continues to impact lives today. 

Trolley traveling down the tracks with old automobiles in the distance.
H&F Electric Trolley #150 alongside Mapleville Road in the 1920s.

Located at 220 N. Main Street, the Boonsboro Trolley Station is the last surviving trolley station in Washington County, Maryland and was dedicated as a museum on September 12, 2009.

The museum was redeveloped with new exhibits in partnership with the H&F Railway Historical Society thanks to a Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area grant in 2023. 

 

An electric trolley car approaching across a steel truss bridge.
Hagerstown & Frederick #150 crossing Beaver Creek while traveling from Hagerstown to Boonsboro. Courtesy H&FRHS
It is the last remaining trolley station in Washington County.

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This museum is operated in partnership with the Hagerstown & Frederick Railway Historical Society, Inc.   www.hfrhs.org/

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Visitor Information

This museum is now part of the National Road Museum tour, with restrooms and gift shop in the neighboring facility.  Please visit the National Road Museum first.

While National Road Museum offers wheelchair accessible exhibits and restrooms, the trolley station building is not currently wheelchair accessible.

The trolley station is not climate controlled, and may be hot or cold depending on external temperatures.