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The Mon Valley Railroad Club formed in 1987 with just a handful of members. The group has grown to more than 25 members and has nearly 2500 square feet of basement with in downtown Morgantown, W. Va. Meetings are held each Thursday night at 7:00 p.m., under the Black Bear Cafe at 128 Pleasant Street. Parking is available in the small parking garage beside the building, or just up the street behind the bank. Visiting model railroaders and interested hobbyists are welcome to drop by on Thursday evenings. Be ready to help with a current project. |
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Thank you for coming to our Open House! |
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Our December 2007 and January 2008 open house events are now history. The members of the Mon Valley Railroad Club of West Virginia would like to thank all of the people who visited during our open house weekends. We had many more visitors than expected, but it seemed that everyone enjoyed visiting the model railroad and watching trains run. We had visitors of all ages, from kindergarten to seniors. We appreciate all the enthusiastic comments and discussions with those who visited. It is especially gratifying to receive comments from retired or current railroaders. |
In other Open House news, we congratulate He is the winner of the Harry Potter Hogwarts Express HO scale train set given away after the January open house weekend. We suspect there is now a very happy 7-year-old train enthusiast in the Connellsville area. |
| We hope to open our doors again in 2008, but before we do so there are a few details to add, repair or improve. We’ll take a few months to make additional upgrades to make our display more enjoyable for your next visit. | |
In a way, this image sums up much of our club layout, a mountain railroad with a long, sinewy mainline. This is the newest part of our layout, a rebuilt Horseshoe Run Grade. In July 2006, we removed the original 3% grade to rebuild with a longer and easier right-of-way. The new Horseshoe Run Grade is now double tracked and brings our railroad down the mountain on a 2% grade. This image was taken after several work sessions. The mainline is now ballasted and scenery forms are being installed. |
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I tried to take the above image at the same angle as this image in order to illustrate the progression of work on this new part of our layout. More details on this major upgrade can be found here. To give you some perspective, the red EXIT sign in the distance is about 20 feet from the camera. |
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Clubmember Gary Deavers is a huge fan of interlocking tower plants. He has added an interlocking plant to ease train operations into and out of the St. George yard. Gary based this functioning interlocking upon the plant once used by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at D Tower in Grafton, W. Va. It works great to control the turnouts and signals as trains enter the St. George yard. The plant is separated from the rails it serves, so the tower operator depends on phone contact with the switch crews to set up the running routes. |
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Our group has abided by two missions over the years.
Drop a line at 43admin@hansmanns.org for more details, or if you are coming through town and would like to visit. We can't guarantee a visit, but we will try to have the door open for you. Check out our latest special project, HO scale hopper cars painted for the Morgantown & Kingwood. |
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