February 4, 2009: InsideNOVA.com "Neighborhood news: All aboard for model railroad fun"
Submitted by VHSR on February 4, 2009 - 3:00am.
Rail News
The Prince William County Model Railroad Club will have its monthly open house Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the historic VRE train depot in the Town of Quantico.
The 600 square foot HO scale model train layout is very visitor-friendly; children and adults are even allowed to play engineer and drive the trains. There will be several friendly and knowledgeable club members available for demonstrations and questions. There's plenty of free parking in the adjacent commuter lot, ample eateries and watering holes within rock-throwing distance, and CSZ and Amtrak trains running by or stopping periodically on the old double-track RF&P mainline running a few feet from the depot's doors.