Small towns have siding tracks to receive or ship products to other towns. Lumber for furniture factories is transported and meat packing plants receive livestock from down the line. Passengers, too, are remembered with a large station at Tube City, Md., and smaller stops along the way. The pre-1950 era was chosen because its smaller buildings and industries are attractive but don't take up the space of modern complexes. I to the present, with most from the post-World War II years.
Locomotives represent all types of power from the Civil War to today.
The club owns all of the track and scenery. Members bring their own cars as they choose, or may contribute cars to a pool, whose inspector ensures that they meet proper performance and weight standards. Cars are then placed in the pool and may be used by other members to save packing and unpacking whenever they want to run a train. Locomotives are inspected prior to open houses to see how many cars they can reliably pull. In 1999, members took steps to trademark the name with the Secretary of State of Pennsylvania.