Layhill in Silver Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Conduit Track Switch and Crossover
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 7, 2018
1. Conduit Track Switch and Crossover Marker
Inscription.
Conduit Track Switch and Crossover. . D. C. Transit System 1540, shown to the right on the turning loop at 11th and Monroe Streets NW, will soon operate south on 11th Street to east on E Street to south on 9th Street to east on Pennsylvania Avenue. Just east of 7th Street, the car will cross over the westbound track on Pennsylvania into its southern loop eastward along C Street to south on 6th Street to return westward along Pennsylvania Avenue to north on 9th Street. The trackwork before you includes the switch and crossover from Pennsylvania Avenue for this turning loop. The entire route 60 street car line draws its electricity from the underground conduit described in the drawing shown to the left. See a section of this conduit system in Conduit Hall inside the visitor center to your right and learn more about the manner of construction which kept vistas in the Nation's Capital free of overhead wires as shown here with Capital Transit Company 766 passing the Peace Monument on its way west along Pennsylvania Avenue.
D. C. Transit System 1540, shown to the right on the turning loop at 11th and Monroe Streets NW, will soon operate south on 11th Street to east on E Street to south on 9th Street to east on Pennsylvania Avenue. Just east of 7th Street, the car will cross over the westbound track on Pennsylvania into its southern loop eastward along C Street to south on 6th Street to return westward along Pennsylvania Avenue to north on 9th Street. The trackwork before you includes the switch and crossover from Pennsylvania Avenue for this turning loop. The entire route 60 street car line draws its electricity from the underground conduit described in the drawing shown to the left. See a section of this conduit system in Conduit Hall inside the visitor center to your right and learn more about the manner of construction which kept vistas in the Nation's Capital free of overhead wires as shown here with Capital Transit Company 766 passing the Peace Monument on its way west along Pennsylvania Avenue.
Location. 39° 5.841′ N, 77° 1.892′ W. Marker is in Silver Spring, Maryland, in Montgomery County. It
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is in Layhill. Marker can be reached from Bonifant Road west of Carona Drive, on the right when traveling east. Marker is on the grounds of the National Capital Trolley Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1313 Bonifant Road, Silver Spring MD 20905, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Also see . . . 1. National Capital Trolley Museum Site. (Submitted on April 7, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.) 2. National Capital Trolley Museum. Wikipedia page (Submitted on April 7, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 7, 2018
2. Conduit Track Switch and Crossover Marker
YouTube video (Submitted on April 7, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 7, 2018
3. National Capital Trolley Museum
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 7, 2018
4. Magic of Meadows Sign
Sign is across the parking lot from the Conduit Track Switch and Crossover sign
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 7, 2018
5. National Capital Trolley Museum Signs
Signs along Bonifant Road at the entrance road to the museum
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 7, 2018
6. National Capital Trolley Museum Sign
Further up the road from the entry point is this sign which reads:
National Capital Trolley Museum
See and Ride Streetcars from Six Nations
www.dctrolley.org
301-384-6088
Credits. This page was last revised on February 15, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 223 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 7, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.