- Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 October 2018 15:59
Take a step back in time and watch the trains run past steel mills and other industries long gone from the Monongahela Valley.
| Mid-Mon Valley Model Railroad Club |
The Mid-Mon Valley Model Railroad Club will open its doors to the public once again this Holiday season so that all can see their efforts to bring the history of this area to life.
Visitors are welcome every Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m. beginning the weekend after Thanksgiving (Nov. 24) through the first weekend in January (Jan. 6). The club is located on the second floor of 159 Main Street in New Eagle (above the New Eagle Borough Municipal Building). Admission is by donation; although there is no set price, a donation of $1 per person will be greatly appreciated to continue the club’s efforts.
Everyone is invited to come in and see the trains running throughout this two level layout. There are three rooms of scenery and industries to be seen and a fourth room devoted to a helix (spiral) which allow the trains to move from the lower level to the upper level and back again. Items of particular interest are a rolling mill (a 45” slab mill), a blast furnace, a strip mine, old beehive coke ovens, and a major rail yard. The rolling mill is lighted and has interior equipment visible. Much has been added this year and much more is still in progress. A camera mounted in one of the engines sends a picture to a TV in the back room to show the layout at the track level for a unique perspective.
The Mid-Mon Valley Model Railroad Club was established about 31 years ago to pursue both interests of the railroad history of this area and model railroading. Its goal is to build a layout depicting a sense of the history of Monongahela valley and life in the heyday of the railroads in the area. New members are always welcome and information about membership is available by asking any of the members. Seeing model trains at the Holidays is a wonderful tradition. Make New Eagle a stop on your Holiday tour. For further information, call S. Werner at 724-379-8584 or see our website: www.mmvmrrc.org
