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Open Houses
Scheduled for: Sunday, November 19, 2023
Click
HERE for an overview map of all
locations open today.
(Click address for Google Maps link)
PATCONG
VALLEY MODEL RAILROAD CLUB
HO
Patcong Valley
Model Railroad
1308 Harding Highway (RT 40 at Fir Avenue)
Richland, NJ 08350
Noon - 4:00 pm
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ATLANTIC COUNTY 4H MODEL
RR CLUB
HO, N,
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3210
NJ-50
Mays Landing, NJ 08330
9:00 am -
3:00 pm
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ANDY RUBBO
HO New for 2023
Pennsylvania RR NY Division
448
Wakefield Drive
Metuchen, NJ 08840
Noon - 5:00 pm
The layout depicts the
Pennsylvania RR main line through suburban New Jersey,
featuring a four- and six-track right-of-way under
scratch built catenary and scenes of actual locations
along the line. |
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LEHIGH & KEYSTONE VALLEY MODEL RR
MUSEUM HO
Lehigh & Keystone Valley RR
705 Linden Street
Bethlehem, PA 18018
1:00
pm - 5:00 pm
The NCE-DCC controlled, HO
scale L&KV Model Railroad Museum has a
5,000 sq. ft. double decked layout with about 7,000 ft
of track and more than 250 turnouts. A helix connects
the lower and upper levels with operational signals. A CTC room from which the entire layout can be monitored
and controlled. It depicts the route of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad in 1950 to 1976, from West Portal NJ to
Bethlehem PA and north to Coxton PA, The Reading
Railroad From Quakertown PA. To Bethlehem PA. then to
Harrisburg, The Central of New Jersey from Elizabethport
NJ to Wilkes-Barre PA. |

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CHELTEN HILLS MODEL
RAILROAD CLUB
HO
New for 2023
Penn Falls
8010
Old York Road
Elkins Park, PA 19027
Noon - 4:00 pm |
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JOSHUA BLAY
HO
Lackawanna Railroad, Syracuse Branch
5491 Quentin
Street
Philadelphia, PA 19128
Noon
- 4:00 pm
Joshua's prototypical
U-shaped point to point switching layout is based on the towns of
Homer and Cortland, NY located along the Syracuse Branch of the
Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad of
1957. Variety of scratch-built structures from field measurements
and period photos. Waybill operation; off layout staging. First
generation diesels with period equipment. DCC control (Digitrax). An
OO layout (English equivalent of HO) is in progress above. |
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KEN MCCORRY
HO
Northern Central Railway Buffalo Line
395 Font Road
Downingtown, PA 19335 Noon - 4:00 pm
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PAUL BACKENSTOSE
HO
Western Maryland Ry.
103 West Uwchlan Avenue
Downington, PA 19335
1:00
pm - 4:00 pm
Paul's DCC controlled HO scale Western
Maryland is based on the "Pennsylvania Railroad Schuylkill Division"
from a book John Armstrong to which additional staging was added and
was operated as the Pennsylvania Railroad Pittsburgh Region. The
layout was later changed to the Western Maryland Ry. of 1955
extending from Hagerstown to Connellsville and a portion of the
Thomas Sub. Recently, the era on the WM was changed to 1971. 60
detailed and sound‑equipped WM diesels, a slug, run thru N&W power
keep the fast freights rolling. New on the WM are 2 scratchbuilt
coal mines from the late Alden Smith's layout. |
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BOB ZEOLLA
HO
Conrail Conemaugh Line
804 Carlson Avenue
West Chester, PA 19382
Noon - 4:00 pm |
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NORDEL MODEL RR CLUB
HO
722 Yorklyn Rd
Stone Mill Offices
Hockessin, DE 19707
11:00 am - 4:00 pm |
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MARSHALL STEAM
MUSEUM/
FRIENDS OF AUBURN HEIGHTS O S
New for 2023
3000 Creek Road
Hockessin, DE 19736
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The layout at the Marshall
Steam Museum includes a pre-war S and O Gauge train
layout (with several vintage pieces belonging to Tom
Marshall), a 4x8 HO layout open to visitor operations as
well as a static and operating display (weather
permitting) of Gauge 1 (G scale) equipment. |
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JOE SAKELEY N
CSX Cumberland Sub
107 Larch Avenue
Wilmington, DE 19804
Noon -
4:00 pm |
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BOB KOURY
HO
Southern Pacific Tehachapi East
241 Carlow Drive
Wilmington, DE 19808
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Bob's layout is based on
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railroads from Los Angeles
to Bakersfield CA in the 1953 to 1954 time period. It is
a point to point layout with reverse loops and major
yards at each end of the track. Scenery includes
desert, mountains, and urban areas. Two Key focal points
of the layout are Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal (LAUPT)
and Tehachapi Loop. The railroad is approximately 85%
complete with 90% of the track work completed. When
completed the layout will consist of 1200 feet of track
of which approximately 550 feet is main line. |
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PAUL JANN
O
32 Falcon Court Wilmington, DE 19808 1:00
pm - 5:00 pm
Paul Jann’s layout is 10 X
38 ft and has 3 levels. It can operate 9-10 trains
simultaneously using Lionel TMCC, including passenger,
freight, and logging. It also has numerous operating
accessories with activation buttons for visitors.
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