Green Ridge Village Model Railroad Open Houses

Three Model Railroad Open Houses at Green Ridge Village in Newville, PA

Bob Jans HO PRR Cumberland Division
39 Cedar Circle
Newville, PA 17241

12:00PM – 3:00PM

Bob’s layout is PRR with B&O trackage rights based on the proposed route of the South Penn RR from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. It is a free-lanced, staging loop to staging loop, multi-decked layout with a 3-track helix to allow continuous running. Many scenes are re-constructed from a previous layout including a “Working thunderstorm.” Operation is with NCE DCC.

Jim Richards HO Susquehanna and Jersey Railroad
35 Cedar Circle
Newville, PA 17241

12:00PM – 3:00PM

Jim’s layout is a free-lanced, point-to-point line in the steam/diesel transition era with emphasis on appropriate structures most of which are fine scale kit-built, kit-based, or scratch-built.

Green Ridge & Big Spring RR Club HO
210 Big Spring Road
Newville, PA 17241

2:00PM – 5:00PM

The layout is based on the Cumberland Valley RR in the 1950s with the names of the towns served (Carlisle, Oakville, etc.). It is a rectangle with three peninsulas and two levels connected by a 3% grade. The layout is being converted to NCE DCC with the 1,472′ two track folded loop mainline now complete.