The Tour -- this year subtitled "The Main Street Meander" -- got underway at 1:00 P.M at the Twin Arch Shopping Center. It followed a 50-mile circuitous route over lightly-used, picturesque country roads through Maryland's Carroll County, and terminated just over the Pennsylvania border in the town of Hanover. As in past years, each driver was handed printed directions and the cars were spaced one minute apart, to allow everyone a leisurely drive at his or her own speed.
Four stops were scheduled along the way. First off was the railroad museum in Union Bridge, Md., run by the Western Maryland Railway Historical Society. Besides containing two buildings full of historic artifacts, the museum features an N-scale railroad model. A few miles down the road lay Uniontown, a remarkably preserved 19th century village that functions as a modern town. Here, tour participants were shown through two historic buildings by members of Historic Uniontown, Inc. Third on the docket was Pipe Creek Trading Company, an antique and classic car dealership just outside Taneytown, Md., housed in a historic skating rink dating back to the 1930's. Finally, near the end of the tour, Orphan Tourists stopped to visit the Hanover Museum, which houses a fascinating collection of photos and artifacts of the town of Hanover, Pa. It also houses one of the very few Hanover automobiles still in existence!