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In 1974 the Brunswi ck Potomac Foundat ion purchase d the old Red Men's Hall, later known as the Eagles Club building , at 40-44 West Potomac Street in Brunswick. In the beginnin g, Museum directors were voluntee rs. Connie Koenig, the first director, trained Michael Nazelrod under the now defunctC ETA program . He succeede d her and was followed by Leona Sauser and Jo Brill. At present, Dr. Eleanor Milligan fills the position as the first paid director of the Museum . Each director has made contribu tions resulting in an increasingly professional museum . The wooden caboose, built about 1924, was on display near the westbou nd railroad station until it was transferr ed to Brunswi ck High School in 1986. After extensive restoration by Graydon Hollar, of Lovettsville, it now serves as a "mascot " for the local high school and a reminde r of the town's past. Foundat ion presiden ts have been E. Donald Darr, Lee B. Smith, Darlene Harrison , Bert Thornton , Diane Ellis, and Ed Gladston e. One of the Foundat ion's main goals was to build a model railroad depictin g the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 's Metropo litan Branch from Brunswick, Md., to Washing ton, D.C., includin g yard facilities in Brunswi ck and in Washing ton. On October 1, 1976, the process was begun with the signing of an agreeme nt with the Brunswi ck Model Railroad Club. Member s included Walter Mathers , William "Bill" Care, Rev. Harry Ledgard , Jim Barger, Rev. Jack Marcom and Dick Robinson, to name a few. In the beginnin g and up through the later years, all rolling stock was owned by club member s and other individu als. Funds were scarce! The Board had specified that the layout would depict the late 1950-60' sera. Plans were submitte d to the Board for approva l on all layout work. As many old landmarks as possible were included , such as the coal chute, the YMCA, Point of Rocks station, the old callers office, and WB tower- building s that had to be built from scratch. Eventua lly the model railroad consume d over 2,000 square feet of floor space on the third floor, more than 3 /10 of a mile of track, and four to five miles of wiring. During the years after the Club dissolve d, various persons came and went, all working on the layout. Scenery work was handled as a voluntee r project by the Brunswi ck High School Art Club under the direction of Judith Bacorn. Other persons, includin g John Schletzer, from Baltimore and the Ellicott City Train Museum , further develope d the layout. In 1977 and 1980, Lee B. Smith and L. Peter Harper, respectively, became part of the project, adding later Joe Coakley, Jim Barker, and Pat Hollem. These five are still working

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on the layout. Finally, two commercial rental units consume the remaind er of the building . One is part of the basemen t, but has a street-level entrance on Maryland A venue. Funds with which to carry out the objectives of the Foundat ion are received through member ship fees and contribu tions, proceeds from the Sidetrack Gift Shop and the special events. S - Lee B. Smith - Pete Harper W-MM M

THE BRUNS WICK RAILR OAD MUSE UM Not every museum consists of an entire town. The Brunswi ck Museum , however , does. It has the old Red Men's Hall, which houses many treasures , but the town is, itself, one of the best example s of a turn-of-t he century railroad town in the mid-Atla ntic states, with its railroad yard, station, and roundhouse. In Red Men's Hall, the first floor is occupied by the Sidetrac k Gift Shop and a small theater where visitors see a slide show depictin g the early history of the town. The second floor shows how railroadi ng families lived in Brunswi ck around 1900, the time when the B&O Railroad made it a boom town. Visitors can see three rooms typical of railroade rs' homes. They can see their clothing and tools. A photo gallery shows the history from "the town between the tracks" to modern Brunswick. The "piece de resistance" is found on the third floor. There one can see a huge HO-gaug e model railroad, which depicts all the stops the railroad makes from Union Station in Washing ton to the Brunswi ck railroad yards. The Museum owns over 90% of its rolling stock, the remaind er belongin g to workers. Large contribu tions of equipme nt have been made and the staff is continua lly working to improve the layout by visiting sites and returnin g to the Museum to work on that section and bring it into being. An art collection climbs the stairs from entrance to the third floor. How did this museum come to be? From 1969 to 1973, a tempora ry "museum " was develop ed annually on two floors of the Kaplan building with addition al displays by townspe ople in storeroo ms for viewing during its annual Potomac River Festival. In 1974 the Foundat ion bought a substant ial