Summer is coming, along with a host of family-friendly activities at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, 300 Gap Road, Strasburg. To learn more, visit http://www.rrmuseumpa.org or call 717-687-8628.

Sensory Hours will be offered on Tuesdays, June 13, June 27, Aug. 8 and Aug. 22. During Sensory Hours, the museum reduces lighting and sounds and maintains a low attendance, with quiet spaces set up for breaks, for children and other individuals with special sensory needs. A few of the historic trains will be open, with museum staff members present to answer questions. The program is free of charge for children age 2 and under, personal assistant aides, and current members of the Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. To register, visit http://www.eventbrite.com.

Railroading Merit Badge Workshops for Scouts ages 11 to 17 will be held on Saturdays, June 17 and Aug. 12. Boys and girls will earn the railroading merit badge through the use of historic artifacts and images, model trains, and behind-the-scenes tours. There is a cost to participate. To register, visit http://www.eventbrite.com.

Reading Railroad Days will take place on Wednesday, June 28, to Sunday, July 2 and Wednesday, July 5, to Saturday, July 8. Admission is included in the regular museum admission. This annual event highlights the historic Reading Railroad with an enormous, detailed HO-scale model train layout of the Reading Railroad, operated by members of the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society. Visitors also may view historic Reading Company equipment from the museum's collection.

Model Railroading Days will be held on Friday, Aug. 18, to Sunday, Aug. 20. Admission is included in the regular museum admission. Visitors will experience a world of model trains in action with operating layouts and static displays in different gauges from a variety of participating model train enthusiast groups and clubs. The museum's own Pennsylvania Middle Division and Pennsylvania Landscapes operating HO scale layouts also are featured.

The Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania will commemorate their 40th anniversary in 2023 with a limited-edition, HO-scale, custom-designed boxcar. This unique boxcar, and one of the first-ever custom HO-scale projects from Lionel, features the 1983 Grif Teller painting of the John Bull locomotive commissioned by the Friends, a 2023 photo of the John Bull and the first logo of the Friends, a stylized version of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania's historic Broad Street Station clock. The boxcar comes ready to run on operating HO-scale layouts with metal wheels, metal couplers, opening doors, and added weights.

The order form may be downloaded at http://www.rrmuseumpa.org. Orders may also be placed in person at the Whistle Stop Shop museum store during regular business hours, while supplies last.