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Join Us For Model Railroading Days!

Who doesn’t love model trains? TheRailroad Museum of Pennsylvaniawill offer its Model Railroading Daysevent on four consecutive Saturdays in August.  It’s a fun family event for all ages, where you can watch the world of operating model trains in action and see static displays from a variety of different participating groups and clubs.

● Saturday, August 3

Modular Groups

Northeast Corridor Historical Society

Strasburg O Scale

Table Displays

Jim Rose Scale & Gauge Display

Presentation

Scenic Tree Making, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

● Saturday, August 10

Modular Groups

DC Area Independent Hi-Railers O Scale Modular Layout

Baltimore Area American Flyer Club

Presentation

“Hidden Treasures of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania,” by Dodie Robbins,

11:00 a.m. Focuses on model collections in the Museum’s possession and

resources for modelers in the Museum’s archives.

● Saturday, August 17

Modular Groups

Strasburg Model Railroad Club

World’s Largest Lionel 0-72 Layout

Capital PenNScalers

Lower Susquehanna Valley Railroad

Table Displays

Lebanon Valley Rail

Presentations, courtesy of the National Model Railroaders Association Mid-East

“Railroads of Holtwood, Large & Small,” by Stan White, 11:00 a.m.

“Constructing a K4 Replica in 7½” Gauge,” by Dan Horting, 1:30 p.m.

 

● Saturday, August 24

Modular Groups

Atlantic Division Train Collectors Association

Stillmeadow Crossing Modular Train Group

Capitol Free-mo

Presentation

“A History of the Pennsylvania Middle Division Layout,” by Doug O’Brien,

11:00 a.m.

Exhibitor and presentation schedules may be subject to change. Model Railroading Days

is included in the regular Museum admission.

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is home to a world-class collection of about 100 historic locomotives and railroad cars, a vast research library and archives, a working restoration shop, an immersive education center and programs, a Museum store and special events and exhibits.

A Smithsonian Affiliate, the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is one of 24 historic sites and museums administered by the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission as part of the Pennsylvania Trails of History®, with the active support of the

Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

300 Gap Road, PA Route 741, P. O. Box 125

Strasburg, Lancaster County, PA 17579

RRMuseumPA.org • (717) 687-8628

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