Keystone Model Railroad Historical Society
About the Club


The Keystone Model Railroad Historical Society (KMRHS) began in 1987 as a non-profit organization whose charter includes building and running a model train layout (Keystone Midland – KM) as well as keeping a resource library on prototype and model railroading, educating the public, and preserving railroad history in the area.

 

The Keystone Midland is a freelanced “Bridge Route” running East to West and serving towns across Pennsylvania. You will see both “varnish” and freight from various roads using trackage rights on the KM. Of course, the Rule Book states that a qualified KM engineman must be onboard while using the line. The track plan is a series of folded dog bones with two end points that share a common physical plant. The towns and scenes represent the various markets served by Eastern railroads and the obstacles they faced in moving traffic from large centers like Chicago and New York City.

Track, scenery and everything fixed to the railroad is the property of the club. Trains and rolling stock, for the most part, belong to club members. Conversion from block wiring to the new Digitrax DCC system has been underway for the last three years and is almost complete. The railroad is never quite finished and has actually been “under construction” for the last 20 or so years!

Running sessions are usually held on Monday evening beginning at 7 PM and some of our Maintenance of Way and gandy dancer members can be found doing a variety of tasks on Thursdays around 10 AM.

More pictures of the club and larger versions of these can be found here.

More information on the modules can be found here.

We are accepting new members. Contact information can be found here.

 

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