Christmas Train Garden

The Cambridge Rescue Fire Company Train Garden returns in 2026 for its 92nd consecutive year! Housed in the Old Firehouse on Gay Street, the Train Garden is a Cambridge Christmas tradition like no other.

For more than 90 years, volunteers with the Cambridge Rescue Fire Company have created this spectacular train garden for the holidays – the longest continually operating fire department train display in the nation! The train garden changes each year and features miniature towns, cities, farms, forests, factories and highways, all decked out in holiday revelry, and crisscrossed by model trains. Gaze in wonder at the displays, seek out hidden fun on the layouts, and enjoy their locally famous popcorn.

Then get some holiday shopping done in the many wonderful Downtown Cambridge shops and dine at the restaurants who support the Train Garden, too!

For the month of December, the train garden is open daily, 6 to 9pm (closed on Christmas), with daytime hours from 1 to 4pm on Saturdays and Sunday. Free, but donations are encouraged. 

Located at 307 Gay St., Cambridge, MD.

Special events throughout the season include: 

Caroling with Anna Burgess: Dec. 3, 6-9pm and Dec. 20, 1-4pm

Bobby Reed Rocks the Train Garden: Dec. 10, 6-8pm

CoCo with the PoPo: Dec. 12, 1-4pm - Join Rescue Fire Company and Cambridge Police Department. 

Santa Claus Steams into the RFC Train Garden: Dec. 19, 6:30-9pm