The Train Garden volunteers have been working hard at making this year’s 2025-2026 Highlandtown Train Garden a great success. These volunteers are Terry Maillar, Scott Eggleston, Mary Covacevich, Lily (Terry’s Great Grand Daughter), Doug Cambell, Ted Baccala and Joe Manfre.
Highlandtown Train Garden The train garden is located at Engine House # 41 at 520 S. Conkling St. It will be open from 11am to 5pm on the following weekends: Nov. 29 – Nov. 30, Dec. 6 – 7, and Dec.13 -14. And also, it will be open daily from Dec. 20 through Jan. 3 (closed Christmas Day). The Train Garden is open to the public and is free. Santa will be there on weekends until Dec. 20. For updated information visit highlandtowntraingarden.comor Facebook. If interested in volunteering, please contact Joe Manfre at joesocst@aol.com.
The snow and rain scene is our new attraction this year.
The 2024-2025 Highlandtown Train Garden is closed for the season. Join us next year!
Please support our generous sponsors located on the Sponsor Page.
This year – 2024-2025 – we had 35 sponsors and 3,764 visitors (which includes 675 student visits.) Below are the raffle winners this year.
Lego Train and Firehouse sets – Natalie Schuman (husband and son pictured)
Goetze’s Basket – Mel Kalinski
Baltimore Themed Basket – Lyn Reeves
For school/group visits and volunteer opportunities, please contact Joe Manfre at joesocst@aol.com.
New this 2024-2025 Train Garden year is a renovated back table.
As you can see the 2023-2024 Highlandtown Train Garden is a sight to see.
Santa will be at the Highlandtown Train Garden only on weekends.
Below is a picture of the two new rides added to the 2024-2025 train garden’s amusement park.
The volunteers – Terry Maillar, Scott Eggleston, and Mary Covacevich – are creating a new HO winter scene on the back table.
These volunteers are developing new items for this year’s 2024-2025 train garden.
They are from left to right – Mary Covacevich, Terry Maillar, Doug Campbell, and Scott Eggleston. Pictured taken by Joe Manfre
On February 17, 2024 the 2023-2024 Highlandtown Train Garden volunteers met at Vinny’s Cafe for their Get Together. Everyone had an enjoyable time.
This year the Highlandtown Train Garden had 40 sponsors, almost 3400 visitors, which includes 1046 students from many of the surrounding schools. We wish to thank Engine House # 41, Southeast CDC, our sponsors, visitors, and especially our volunteers. See you next year!
Below arethe winners of the 2023-2024 Highlandtown
Train Garden Raffle
Anthony Covacevich – Pompeian Oil Basket
Justin Perkins – Combination of the Train and Fire House Lego sets
Goetze’s basket – Wyn Dickinson- with his father, Jeff
Spread the holiday cheer, Come to the Train Garden and volunteer!
Mayor Brandon Scott visited the Train Garden with his family.
We want to thank our volunteer, Sandy Sales, for creating the Sponsor Board as seen in the picture. The board list the names of our sponsors for this season’s Train Garden. Please add Sargent-Thamm Printmakers as one of the sponsors also.
More information at highlandtowntraingarden.com and follow us on Facebook
Here is a picture of the model of the Engine House # 41 created by Richard Krieg in the 2024-2025 train garden.
The above picture taken by Scott Egleston shows the new Fire House with people standing in line to visit the Train Garden inside.
This photo was taken by Scott Eggleston, a Train Garden volunteer, on opening day, November 30 at the 2024-2025 Highlandtown Train Garden.
There are only 6 days left for you to visit the Highlandtown Train Garden. We are open from 11 am to 5 pm on Friday, December 27, Saturday, December 28, Sunday, December 29, Monday, December 30, Tuesday, December 31 and Wednesday, January 1, 2025.
