We hope to offer the opportunity to operate on local model railroads and to tour local model railroads, meeting with the modelers. As we get closer to the event and receive confirmation from hosts we will update this page with details.
Ops-sessions: Please be sure to check that you are interested in ops-sessions on the registration form, so we can email you with details and contact information. While we are still in the process of contacting model railroad owners and scheduling ops-sessions, it looks like the ops-sessions will be on Saturday evening.
Model railroad tours: They will be self-guided and additional information, hours, and locations will be sent via email after you have registered and the schedule is finalized. Please be sure to include your legibly printed email for confirmation and tour information.
Railroads on the Tour:
Rob Bennett’s The Bennett Railroad (Friday 7PM—9PM, Sunday 10AM—1PM)
- HO Scale
- Mid-1950s
- Continuous look with a main division yard and staging for point-to-point operations
- Mainline and scenery complete
- Basement
- CVP
Dick Bradley’s Pennsylvania and Maryland (Fri. 10AM—4PM, Sun. 10AM—4PM)
- HO Scale
- 1955, April 19, 12:15 pm
- Freelance/Proto Following the Maryland & Pennsylvania in Red Lion, Pa.
- Mainline and scenery complete
- Basement
- NCE
Ray Brown’s Bessemer & Lake Erie (Friday 7PM—9PM, Sunday 10AM—1PM)
- HO Scale
- Transition – 1952
- Multi-Deck Transition era B&LE, Conneaut to N. Bessemer
- Large multi-deck railroad, under construction with 20% of mainline complete
- Basement
- Digitrax
Ed Cronin’s Bessemer & Lake Erie (Friday 3PM—5PM, Sunday 10AM—1PM)
- HO Scale
- 1955-1965
- B&LE North Bessemer, PA to Albion, PA
- Large single deck railroad, mainline complete, scenery 50% complete
- Outbuilding, ADA compliant (restroom not)
- CVP, CTC panel
Mike Hauk’s Susquehanna & New York Railroad (Friday 6PM—9PM, Sunday 9AM—12PM)
- HO Scale
- Late 1930’s
- Shortline set in north-central Pennsylvania circa 1939
- Large single deck railroad, mainline complete, scenery well under way approximately 25% fully complete
- Basement
- CVP, TT&TO
Brad White’s PRR Chautauqua Branch (Friday 7PM—9PM, Sunday 10AM—1PM)
- HO Scale
- 1955
- PRR Chautauqua Branch from Oil City, PA to Buffalo, NY
- Large multi-deck railroad, under construction with 10% of mainline complete
- Basement
- Digitrax
We will update this page with information about the model railroads as we confirm them and their schedules. If you are interested in hosting either tours or operations sessions, please contact asst.superintendent@div12mcr.org.