Cabin John Train Station — Attraction in North Bethesda

I really wanted to give this a five star rating, but I think four is plenty accurate; it’s really more of a 4.375 stars, especially due to the price. It’s pretty awesome that one of our local parks can offer a train like this for only $2.50 per rider . At a duration of about 12 minutes, it’s worth it. My favorite part is rolling by the main playground area (twice) and being the main attraction for all the kids not riding.

The missing star is due to the lack of attention payed to the visuals on the trip. There is a section that goes behind the park office, and it’s as if the people in this area aren’t aware there is a train full of park patrons every 30 minutes chugging by. It looks like the backyard of a house rented by 10 college sophomore guys, messy, bikes, junk, maybe a 40oz but definitely a tall-boy. Easy fix. There is also this one random giraffe-head statue, which gives promise that there was some other features designed into this journey, but, nope. It’s just the one; maybe someone dumped it there?

I’m probably being super petty. Go. It’s a great park, and this is an...

That was a fun outing for the kids. We had to wait half an hour for our train ride time but I think we got lucky buying tickets in the first place as there was also a birthday party going on and many people from that also on the train. It's maybe a 10 minute ride through the woods and my...

Very loud whistle (like painfully loud) on the train and no warning sign or from the staff. The train is fun, but sit in one of the rear cars if you want to have a nice time. You can see more of the train anyway that way and you don't catch so many fumes...