Month: March 2019

January Meet Recap

Merchantville Station

For the better part of a decade, our January Meet has been held with the NJ Division and this year was no exception. About two dozen of us traveled to Grace Episco-pal Church’s auditorium in Merchantville, NJ for this year’s edition. Our gracious hosts as usual provided refreshments—coffee and donuts— as well as swap tables, a model contest, and more.

First up was Jersey’s Fred Willis’s offering of a story about the “Crystal River Railroad.” This was an obscure railroad in Colorado that hauled mainly two commodities, coal and marble. It was constructed as a combination of … More...

April Meet in Wyndmoor

On Saturday, April 6, 2019 the Philadelphia Division will meet at the Philadelphia First Church of the Brethren in Wyndmoor, PA.

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Pictured is SEPTA’s rail station in Wyndmoor on the Chestnut Hill East Line.  This was formerly the Reading Company’s Chestnut Hill Branch, originally part of the Philadelphia, Germantown, & Norristown Railroad.  This is one of the oldest lines in Philly.… More...

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