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Open Houses Scheduled for:
Sunday, November 22, 2026

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CHRIS CONAWAY     HO 
Columbus and Newark Division
407 Kings Highway
Moorestown, NJ 08057
Noon - 5:00 pm
 

STEVE MOYLAN     HO, HOn3
Oak Valley PRR
835 Vermont Avenue
Deptford, NJ 08096
Noon
- 5:00 pm

Steve Moylan's Oak Valley PRR layout is a Digitrax controlled, steam/diesel transition layout set in Eastern PA with local Deptford community names. The layout scenery is complete and highly detailed. On the layout, PRR interchanges with Lehigh Valley and Reading, and has numerous staging tracks.

 

DICK KITZ     HO, On30 
Newton Creek Railroad
114 Kendall Blvd.
Oaklyn, NJ 08107
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
 

RICK SPANO     N
The Sceniced and Undecided Railroad
7 Heather Drive
Ewing, NJ 08638
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The 45’ X 28’ Sceniced and Undecided Railway was featured in GREAT MODEL RAILROADS 1999 and the Nov/Dec 2006 issue of N SCALE RAILROADING. The layout represents Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest with mountains, rivers, waterfalls, ports, a large city, small towns, farms and many industries including a steel mill. It has operating mines, cranes, excavators, rotary dumpers and fireworks. Operations include live loads of coal, woodchips, rocks, etc.


MICHAEL JUNOD     O TROLLEY
Mayfair Electric
207 Windsor Avenue

Southampton, PA 18966
Noon - 4:00 pm

Michael's Mayfair Electric is a free lance O scale model trolley layout constructed to East Penn Traction Club module standards. The layout is a work in progress and features operating overhead and hand laid track throughout. The trolley layout is fully automated allowing multiple trolleys to safely operate over different routes simultaneously.


ST. ALBAN'S RAILROAD FELLOWSHIP   HO  
St. Alban's Episcopal Church
3625 Chapel Road
Newtown Square, PA  19073
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
 

PAUL BACKENSTOSE     HO
Western Maryland and Pennsylvania Northern Rys.
103 West Uwchlan Avenue
Downingtown, PA 19335
1
:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Paul's NCE DCC controlled HO scale Western Maryland Ry. layout is based on the "Pennsylvania Railroad Schuylkill Division" from a John Armstrong book and was operated as a PRR Pittsburgh Region 1955 layout for several years. It was then converted to the Western Maryland Ry. from Hagerstown to Connellsville and the Thomas Sub., also 1955. The era then changed to 1971. Several scratch-built coal mines by the late Alden Smith are featured. Paul's freelanced short line started in his teenage years, the Pennsylvania Northern R.R., was recently incorporated into the layout, running from an interchange in Cumberland , MD with the WM to Philipsburg, PA.s

 

BOB ZEOLLA     HO    
Conrail Conemaugh Line
804 Carlson Avenue
West Chester, PA 19382
Noon - 4:00 pm

Bob's 1978 Conemaugh Line represents a portion of Conrail’s operation in western PA diverging from Conrail’s Pittsburgh Line near Johnstown, and rejoining Conrail’s Ft Wayne Line in Pittsburgh. The modeled portion is from Kiski Yard near Freeport to Federal Street in Pittsburgh. Staging extends this area eastward to Johnstown PA, westward through Pittsburgh to Conway Yard, and also westward to Butler, and northward to Kittanning. Train control is by Digitrax, Signals are virtual using android tablets and JMRI signal logic with dispatch by a JMRI CTC panel.

 

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.


BOB KOURY      HO
Southern Pacific Tehachapi East
241 Carlow Drive
Wilmington, DE 19808
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Bob's layout is basee 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 at each end of the track. The layout consists of major yards at both ends of the railroad and trackage over the Tehachapi Loop in Southern California. Scenery includes desert, mountains, farm land, and urban areas. 2 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.


KENNETH POZNANIAK     HO
Chesapeake, Susquehanna & Western RR
409 Chadsworth Court
Aberdeen, MD 21001
Noon - 4:30 pm

Ken's layout is a two level, Digitrax DCC layout with two helices. Fully signaled, and dispatcher controlled. Modern era railorad with unit trains, Amtrak MARC, CSX, NS and Susie-Q. Many industries including steel mill, operating coal train loader and dumper plus a  ribbon rail train. For a preview, check Alpugliesetrains, YouTube channel for a recent video.


JOHN ZDANIS    HO  
York Central
100 Boxthorn Road
Abingdon, MD 21009
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

 

DAVID DiCARLO     N  
CSX Sandpatch Cumberland to Connellsville
1713 Woodhome Drive
Bel Air, MD  21015
11:00
am - 4:00 pm

The 2-level, 2-room layout profiles CSX from Cumberland, MD to Connellsville, PA over Sand Patch. The era depicted is in the early 2000's right after the Conrail split.  Many of the fallen flag railroads around that timeframe are represented with foreign power and rolling stock. The focal point is the large Cumberland yard and is supported by a number of staging tracks to represent prototypic traffic moved on this busy double tracked line. The operating system is NCE and track is code 55. Signature scenes include downtown Cumberland, Narrows, Hyndman, Rockwood, and Sand Patch. Access to the basement layout is via the backyard.

 

STEPHEN FRANZONI     N
Baltimore Area Rail
102 Drew Court
Joppatown, MD 21085
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

This fictional short line railroad provides freight service through the rolling hills of MD. Housed in an 8' x 10' shed, the layout stretches approximately 44 feet in length across multiple levels with Digitrax controlled locomotives and turnouts. It is a work in progress, with approximately 25% of the scenery completed. Visitors will find a mix of industrial, rural, and residential scenes already taking shape along the freight line.

Please note that access to the shed requires a short walk through grass and one step up to enter. And don't worry if the weather is chilly, the heat will be on!


BILL FREELAND     HO
B&O Railroad
55 Kirks Mill Lane
North East, MD 21901
11:00 am - 4:00 pm

The railroad replicates the B&O in HO scale from the mid 1940's to mid 1950's on 4 levels. It goes from Baltimore/Washington west to Pittsburgh, north to Buffalo and extends to Chicago. The scenery is 99% complete, leaving 1% to continue to improve. It has signals.



SCOTT WOODDELL   N 
Deer Creek & Susquehanna Railroad     

66 Beaver Court
Rising Sun, MD 21911
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Scott's N scale layout is set in the mid 1950's running both steam and diesel. The Deer Creek & Susquehanna runs in eastern Maryland and is based upon the the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad. The model railroad features beautiful trackwork and has significantly more of the scenery complete.


BILL MCALEESE     HO 
West Virginia Mountain Branch Railroad
1959 Colora Road
Colora, MD 21917
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Bill’s DCC-powered HO scale 24’ x 40’ West Virginia mountain branch railroad that is a loose rendition of the Baltimore and Ohio spur that wound its way north and south through the mountains of central West Virginia from 1950-1955. The layout, started in 2006 and when completed will run from Grafton, MD to Huntington, WV. Signaling will be incorporated, and all of the mainline turn outs, as well as all train movements around the layout will be coordinated by tower operators and a dispatcher for operating sessions.