Merchantville Station

We return to the Grace Episcopal Church in Merchantville, NJ as we join our hosts, the New Jersey Division for our January 2019 meet.… More...

We return to the Community Center in front of the Brandywine Town Center in Wilmington, Delaware for our late fall meet on November 10, 2018… More...

Merchantville Station

As a new twist to our Division’s traditional joint meet with the New Jersey Division on January 13th, we met in a new venue, the Grace Episcopal Church’s auditorium in Merchantville, NJ. While the venue was different, our gracious hosts, as usual, provided refreshments, coffee, and donuts, as well as swap tables, a model contest, and more.

Starting us out, Jersey member Pete Suhmann offered his clinic titled, “Off Layout Car Float Staging.” Pete developed his ideas for a flexible staging of rolling stock that you may find usable on your model railroad. He explained how and … More...

Merchantville Station

We join our hosts, the New Jersey Division for our January 2018 meet at an all new location, the Grace Episcopal Church in Merchantville, NJ.… More...

We return to the Community Center in front of the Brandywine Town Center in Wilmington, Delaware for our late fall meet on November 18, 2017.… More...

We return to the Community Center in front of the Brandywine Town Center in Wilmington, Delaware for our late fall meet on November 12, 2016.… More...

Perkasie Train Station – Cropped from watercolor by James Mann. Click on photo for link to his website.

On Saturday, September 10, 2016, the Philadelphia Division held its early fall meet at a new venue, the Perkasie Fire Company #1 in Perkasie, PA. It was originally planned to be held at the Quakertown Train Station, but a scheduling snafu forced us to change the venue at the last minute.

The morning session included two top-notch clinics that proved very interesting and entertaining. First up was Division member Glyn Thomas. Glyn modeled British and other foreign railroads for many years … More...

Our celebration of National Model Railroading Month continued with approximately 40 members and guests venturing out to our Philadelphia Division Meet on Saturday, November 18, 2017, held at the Community Center that is part of the larger Brandywine Town Center in Wilmington, DE.

After a few opening remarks and announcements, Joe Walters presented the morning’s first clinic on flat casting using two-part resin. Joe demonstrated his methods of using flat molds with his mixture of resin to cast a variety of walls, autos, cars, and many items useful for creating a model railroad scene. He shared several examples of … More...