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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.
It was dedicated as a museum on September 12, 2009, and significant exhibit changes were made in 2023. Open 2nd & 4th Sundays May – October and during events.
Step inside of this restored station to learn about the Hagerstown & Frederick Railway – an electric trolley system which served Washington and Frederick Counties of Maryland, including Boonsboro, and reached into southern Pennsylvania.
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.
Other Resources
The Hagerstown & Frederick Railway Historical Society, Inc. www.hfrhs.org/resources-and-links
Visitor Information
The museum is currently open from 1-4pm on 2nd & 4th Sundays from May through October, by appointment, and during select community events.
To make an appointment, please email: info@nationalrdfoundation.org
