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Open Houses Scheduled for:
Saturday, November 28, 2026

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JOHN BARTELLO     HO 
2 Yards 1 Hill
414 Alloway Avenue
Hainesport, NJ 08036
10:00 am - 6:00 pm

John's layout is a 2 cab DC layout with choke cables. No sound, just consists of old Varney, Mantua, Athearn, etc making it’s way up and down the hill. 1.5%and 1.66 % grades.


BURLINGTON COUNTY MODEL RAILROAD CLUB   HO  
Rancocas Valley Lines
Footlighter's Playhouse Basement
808 Pomona Road
Cinnaminson, NJ 08077
 
Noon - 5:00 pm
 

TIMOTHY HIMMELBERGER     HO  
SusQ Valley
19 Penny Lane
Lebanon, PA  17046
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
 

GUY WILSON    HO 
Northern Central Railroad
1130 Steffy Road
Stevens, PA 17578
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

The South Penn Division of the Northern Central Railroad is a 1954 era point to point HO model railroad that runs from Camp Hill to Connellsville Pa.  1954 and the layout is 1600 sq ft with multiple decks and 390 feet of track on the main level. The layout features both steam and early diesel and can be run with either Digitrax or NCE DCC. Staging at each end and all lower level track is in with scenery completed in several key areas. One feature of my layout On open house days, children are encouraged to run a train on the continuous run connection. All trains feature sound equipped locomotives and the children follow the train using a radio throttle for the entire run which takes about 15 minutes each lap.


MIKE McBRIDE     N
Cool Pines Railroad
746 Ormond Avenue
Drexel Hill, PA 19026
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
 

JOSHUA K BLAY     HO   
Lackawanna Railroad, Syracuse Branch 1957
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.

 

DAVID GUESSFORD    HO
Baltimore and Ohio
237 Green Giant Road
Townsend, DE 19734
Noon - 5:00 pm

David's railroad represents the B&O from Baltimore to Connellsville with some branches to Ridgley, Hagerstown, and Johnstown. The railroad is powered using Digitrax. Construction began in 2016.


RALPH DOMINICA     LIONEL
2705 Tanager Drive
Wilmington, DE 19808
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

DELMARVA MODEL RAILROAD CLUB     All Scales
103 East State Street 
Delmar, DE 19940
11:00 am - 4:00 pm

The Delmarva Model Railroad Club is celebrating its 40th Anniversary in 2024. There is more than 8,000 sq. ft. of model trains ranging from G-Scale to (new in 2024) T-Scale, which is 3mm gauge. We are located on the 2nd floor of St. Stephen Church's Camelot Hall and access is by stairs only.  The church's youth group will be providing snacks, drinks and lunch.


FIRST STATE MODEL RAILROAD CLUB     HO
624 Horsepen Road
Felton, DE 19943
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

First State Model Railroad Club, founded in 1985, has 2 HO layouts on display. Featured is the state of Delaware from State Road to Delmar, the other is a generic FreeMo design. After spending many years in Dover, they moved to their current location in 2022.

Visitors are encouraged to bring in DC or DCC locomotives that they would like to test run on either of the available layouts.  If you are having programming problems with your DCC equipment, bring it in and they may be able to help you!



JEFFERSON GRIFFIN     HO   
PRSL/PC/RDG/CNJ
49 Sand Dollar Lane
Frederica, DE 19946
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

GEORGE PECHIN JR    HO
Penn Central
751 Killens Pond Road
Harrington, DE  19952
9:00 am - 3:00 pm


MASON DIXON LARGE SCALE RR SOCIETY   G INDOOR
220 North Washington Street
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
Noon - 8:00 pm


DALE RIDGEWAY     HO
B&O Ridgley Division  

10663 Piney Island Drive
Bishopville, MD 21813
Noon - 4:00 pm