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Last Updated: 05/04/2008



5 Club members run the New York and Long Branch 05/03/2008

George Speidel, Dave Albertson, Jules Heiliczer, Bob Judge and Jim Judge pose next to Bradley Beach Yard on Dave Albertson's New York and Long Branch layout. They ran 2 operating sessions for visitors from the NMRA division meet. Dave's well detailed layout is prototypical with many buildings being scratchbuilt. A great time was had by all!

Running Dave Albertson's New York and Long Branch layout 05-03-2008





Thursday Railfanning Trip to Port Reading 02/07/2008

Four club members revisit The Port Reading McMyler Dumper. See the Pictures

Revisit  Port Reading McMyler Dumper 02-07-2008 Revisit  Port Reading McMyler Dumper 02-07-2008







Monday Railfanning Trip to South Jersey 01/14/2008

Five club members visit The Southern Railroad of New Jersey and the Camden Waterfront. See the Pictures

Monday Railfanning Trip to South Jersey Monday Railfanning Trip to South Jersey




Turkey Trot 2007

The club's annual Saturday after Thanksgiving trip to Pa. was one of the club's largest in years.
Turkey Trot 2007
All 14 of us Jim Judge's video of how our group shot was taken.
Turkey Trot 2007 Turkey Trot 2007
Rob Davis, Bob Judge, Jim Judge, Dave Albertson and Rich Zmjewski enjoy the Shamokin club. A scratchbuilt minehead complex. One example of the fine modeling we saw on the trip.
Turkey Trot 2007 Turkey Trot 2007
The Shamokin club's control tower. The Jeddo breaker at the Hazleton club.

2007 Club Show a Big Success!

The 2007 Club open house is now history. We saw many new faces along with the regulars from past years. The weather wasn't the greatest but the people didn't seem to mind.
2007 open house 2007 open house
A peek in at the slide show. Bob Judge running Lehighton.
2007 open house 2007 open house
The coal dumper in Jersey City was a big attraction especially with the kids. A view from Bethlehem.




New Video Added

We've just added a new video of the McMyler dumper in action to our YouTube videos.
Dumper Video Dumper Video2
Profile shot of the CNJ's McMyler dumper on Pier 18 in Jersey City, NJ. Emptying live coal from a hopper. See more of the dumper in action.
Or see pictures of the Dumper model being built in 1998.






Operating sessions in progress at the club

Mike Curry setting up a Friday night operating session.  Bob Judge switching Keyser Valley Yard.
Mike Curry setting up a Friday night operating session. Bob Judge switching Keyser Valley Yard.
Dave Albertson enjoying running Scranton's Taylor Yard. Magnets used for routing during operations.
Dave Albertson enjoying running Scranton's Taylor Yard. Magnets used for routing during operations

For the last month we have been running operating sessions on most Tuesday and Friday nights. This is first time the club schedule has been run using DCC. It really adds to the flavor of the session. You must really be aware of where you are and where other trains are too. Running into another train is always a possibility and congestion around yard areas means everyone must pay attention. On the plus side, the realism is enhanced and things like helper engines and realistic switching make the session fun. Most of the engines (but not all) have sound and this adds to the enjoyment. To hear a busy yard with switch engines moving cuts of cars while passenger trains head for the station and a mixed freight pulls into the yard, with horns signaling and bells ringing can be about as close as you can get to real railroading without a railfanning trip. See more pictures of operations on the Garden State Central.

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