
Chapter Meeting - September 19, 2026


The Modelers Meeting ("Overbrook Station")
Gus Foster presented modeling Overbrook Station, formerly known as "City Avenue Station." Overbrook Station is the oldest railroad station in existence on the Main Line to Paoli. Built in 1858, the main building originally served as a residence and station and remains an active railroad station today. The four elements of the surrounding station area waspresented with multiple modeling challenges explained.
This presentation will soon be posted to the Chapter
YouTube page.
Feature Presentation ("PRR & P-RSL Part II; Eastern Fallen Flags")
Russell Sharp returned with a follow-up to his presentation, given earlier in the year. Russell began with a photo and narrated journey of the PRR and P-RSL. Starting at Cherry Hill, New Jersey on the PRR and ending at Chicago Union Station, with stops in between these points, such as at Atlantic City and Carneys Point, New Jersey on the P-RSL, the B & O at the Ivy City Engine Terminal and Laurel, Maryland; and the PRR west of Horseshoe Curve from the cab of a helper locomotive and at Valparaiso, Indiana.
The journey continued with Eastern Fallen Flags: Starting at Grand Central Station, Chicago and ending with an Alco RS-1 locomotive at Washington, DC Union Station; with stops in between at locations such as a B & O locomotive cab ride on the Shenandoah, the East Slope of Sand Patch Grade, the C & O at Rainelle, West Virginia, the CNJ at Winslow Junction, New Jersey and a New Haven cab ride approaching South Station, Boston, Massachusetts; with a semaphore gantry in view, plus short lines such as the Ma and Pa and the Meadow River Lumber Company Railroad Camp Cars near Rainelle, West Virginia. This presentation will soon be posted to the Chapter YouTube page.
July 2026 - YouTube Content Additions
The latest additions to our YouTube offerings are now available. For more information and to view more videos, please visit the chapters "Video / YouTube" page.
The High Line - Spring 2026 (Mailed: April 14, 2026)

"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 38, No.1 (April 2026)
The Spring 2026 issue of "The High Line,"
includes a variety of features. The 64-page includes
stories on...
- Interesting insights from our readers
- A 1965 Christmas Trip - by Bradford G. Phillips,
- Passenger Stations on the Connecting Railway - by Ed Duffy,
- Development and Operations of ZOO - by Glenn Fisher with Lin Bongaard,
- 1960s P-RSL Photos - by Russell T. Sharp,
- A "What are we looking at?" story - by Tim Garner, images from Mark Cole collection,
- And tributes to Charlie Horan.
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




