CB Train Junction is at the National Association of S -Gaugers National Convention being held in Harrisburg/Hershey, Pennsylvania. It is nice to get to see a lot of old acquaintances and share tips on modeling in S-gauge. The conference lasts until Saturday, July 20. So, if you enjoy S-gauge, or just model railroading this is a great event.
My trip began with an excursion on the Stewartstown Railroad in Stewartstown PA. They have a beautiful original train station, built in 1914. It is all oak interior and has beautiful scalloped corbels. The station looks much as it did when it was originally built, but the old slate roof was replaced with a metal roof when there were not sufficient funds to pay for a new slate roof. They have a gift shop with historical displays and an 'O' scale layout in their headquarters building. Both the station and the engine house have been designated historical places.
The Stewartstown Railroad owns about 7 miles of trackage between the station and a picnic ground. They have a number of engines including a couple of 44-tonners, and a 1943 Plymouth switcher, which pulled our open-air passenger car and a caboose and is named the "Mighty Mo". they offer rides in the caboose, in the cupola, and in the engine cab. Our trip was cut short because overnight high winds knocked down a tree across the tracks. It was still a great excursion.
The "Mighty Mo" doing a photo run by.
The new historical site sign, yet to be posted.
The town of Stewartstown is a small rural community and the railroad was formed for farmers to get their goods to market. It was never acquired by a major railroad as many other shortlines were in the early years. Founded in 1884, the Stewartstown Railroad is one of the oldest continuously running common-carrier railroad companies in existence. They have a number of cars, cabooses and engines in various states of restoration
There is much to come at the NASG convention. Mike will be teaching 2 clinics on American Flyer modifications and on prototype railroads and their modeling. It should be a full couple of days.
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