All Ages: Ma & Pa Railroad
Date – Time
August 21, 2024
– 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location
Ma & Pa Railroad
1258 Muddy Creek Forks Rd
Airville, PA 17302 US
Additional Information
All Ages: Ma & Pa Railroad
Date: Aug 21, 2024
Time: 10:00a – 12:00p
Cost: $7.75/adult; $11/1st child; $9/2nd child; $6.50/3rd and subsequent children; FREE/5 and under
Ages: all ages
Location: 1258 Muddy Creek Forks Rd, Airville
Sign up: All attendees. Please pay via PayPal at the time of sign up to ensure your spot.
Contact: Beth Mellott: HomeschooLegacy.com
YOUR MEMBERSHIP MUST BE RENEWED IN AUGUST AT LEAST 1 WEEK BEFORE THIS EVENT (NLT 8/14/24) IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
Start your school year off with a relaxing train ride and picnic. No, Ma & Pa Railroad does not mean mother & father railroad. It actually stands for the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad!
Join us as we take a five-mile train ride through the Muddy Creek Valley!
- Their motorcar train consists of a group of work cars of the kind formerly used by railroads for their track gangs. Some cars are enclosed, but most are open to the air.
- The ride through the valley is very scenic and gives passengers a feel for the slower pace of travel at an earlier time and a chance enjoy the wind and wooded hillsides.
- A brief presentation on the railroad, its history, and its crucial role in the economic development and community life of the towns it served is given by one of the train crew.
The Village at Muddy Creek Forks appears to have changed little since the turn of the 20th century, with the A. M. Grove Store sitting beside beautiful Muddy Creek. The mill, grain elevator, and fertilizer warehouse still stand next to the mainline of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad. Even the historic two-hole outhouse remains behind the store.
But best of all are the costumed docents who are knowledgeable about various aspects of the railroad and village. They will lead you in an exploration of the buildings, take you back in time to the period circa 1915, challenge you to think about how life was different from today, and help you experience the joy of riding our motorcar trains.
In the General Store you will see the Muddy Creek Forks Post Office, the Ma & Pa Railroad Station with a ticket window and telegraph key, a telephone room with an exchange switchboard, a rope-driven elevator and more.
In the Mill, you will see mill stones (think about one of them hanging around your neck!), a bucket elevator, a flour bagger and a roller mill.
There are other buildings on the property which can be viewed from the outside: the milk collection building, the fertilizer warehouse, the tobacco barn, the two hole outhouse, the railroad tool house and a few family homes.
Bring a lunch and make use of their picnic tables to get some of that pesky socialization covered!