In addition to ongoing maintenance and restoration work, the railroad is currently undergoing three large projects. This winter and spring, significant reworking is being done to the Pennsylvania Avenue crossing and the landscaping around our station and museum building. We are creating a safer crossover from our station to our museum building and the parking area behind it, and a more pedestrian friendly walkway and signals to cross the street more safely. The Town of Walkersville is also going to create a “pocket park” next to Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the station, enhancing the other improvements we are working on.

We also have been renovating the upstairs area of the north of the museum building from dingy unused space into meeting space for our volunteers. It will be ready for use this spring.

A third project we have been working on this winter, is installing a switch off the main track in order to add another siding toward the museum building. The switch is in place and operational, and the track itself is currently being built out.