Chapter Meeting - March 7, 2026
Modelers Presentation ("Progress on My PRR Layout - Part II")
Chapter member Tim Garner, High Line and East Wind editor, TKM Art Director and author presented – Tim’s three-level HO layout is two layouts in one featuring Baltimore’s Penn Station circa 1955 on the top level, and the Ft. Wayne line in Ohio circa 1946-1953 on the bottom two levels.
He reported on the design and first five years of construction to the Philadelphia Chapter four years ago (see his 3/5/22 presentation on the chapter’s YouTube channel). A lot has happened in the four years since. As such, Tim spoke to his progress, methods, and lessons learned on Penn Station and environs, plus developments in Crestline and Massillon, Ohio. Check back soon as this presentation will be shared on the chapters YouTube channel.
Feature Presentation ("All Aboard Cape May, NJ on the Reading Seashore Lines to Chicago Union Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad) Russell T. Sharp, former Pennsylvania Railroad Chainman and Drexel Institute of Technology student presented. Russell displayed and discussed photos taken in the 1960s on the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines and the Pennsylvania Railroad. Includes locomotives, roundhouses, trains and many other things that you don’t see anymore.
Check back soon as this presentation will be shared on the chapters YouTube channel.
March 2026 - YouTube Content Addition
The latest addition to our YouTube offerings is a PRR model railroad. For more information and to view more videos, please visit the chapters "Video / YouTube" page.
The High Line - Autumn 2025 (Mailed: October 2, 2025)
"The High Line” is a Philadelphia Chapter publication, included with all memberships and is published twice annually.
Always anticipated, with content originating from knowledgeable members, including ex-PRR employees.
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The High Line Volume 37, No.2 (October 2025)
The Autumn 2025 issue of "The High Line," is now mailing to all current members (October 2, 2025).
The High Line, Autumn 2025, includes a variety of features. There are lengthy articles on; Aerial views of the PRR in Philadelphia in the 1930s; The Trenton Avenue Elevated line in Philadelphia; E-44 and E-44a freight electrics ; Lewis Hoy's photographs of the last PRR passenger service to Norristown; A "What are we looking at?" story; and tribute stories on Chris Baer and Steve Staffieri.
If you have content that you would like to contribute to a future issue of The High Line, please email editor Tim Garner at: thehighline@philaprrths.com
Philadelphia Chapter - 2026 Meeting Schedule
