Monday, July 31, 2006

MARYLAND

Baltimore Streetcar Museum
1901 Falls Road
P.O. Box 4881
Baltimore, MD 21211
(410) 547-0264
Features: The "youngest" streetcar on display is No. 7407, built by the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co. in 1944 for the Baltimore Transit Company. It's the star of a collection commemorating this very cityfied mode of transportation.

Collector Car Museum
7500 Rickenbacker Drive
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
(301) 987-0960
Features: Deals heavily in restoration and sales, but has a collection on display, ranging from 1960s-'70s muscle cars to unusual models.

Fire Museum of Maryland
1301 York Road
Lutherville, MD 21093
(410) 521-7500
Features: (No web site.) A collection of firefighting equipment and memorabilia that chronicles the history and evolution of firefighting throughout the state.

Wheels of Yesterday
Route 50
Ocean City, MD
Features: The museum, open since 1997, is located on the outskirts of the tourist city and is open year-round. The oldest vehicle in the collection is a horse-drawn rural mail delivery wagon dating from 1830. The oldest car here is a 1904 Oldsmobile Model R. Several marques long gone from the automotive scene are represented, including a '26 Essex, a '49 Packard, a '51 Willys Jeep station wagon and a '55 Hudson Metropolitan (seen here).

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