Thee official name of the West Virginian Railway Company

 
 
 
 
 
 

A first-class passenger train drifts through the big curve.

 

The Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society formed in 1987 with just a handful of members. The group has grown to more than 25 members and occupies nearly 2500 square feet of a basement 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.

 
Thee official name of the West Virginian Railway Company

Thank you for your support !

The Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society wrapped up a successful December Open House event a few weekends before Christmas. Many thanks to all who visited and had a great time.

Additional Upcoming Events

Upcoming Open House dates will be January 14 & 15, 2012! Doors open at 10 am Saturday and at Noon on Sunday with trains rolling until 5pm on each day. Make your plans to visit the open house and see the largest HO scale layout in north-central West Virginia! Admission is free but donations are warmly accepted!

Check out our layout tour! Ten pages of text, many new images, and several diagrams will carry you along our HO scale mainline to illustrate our project. Go to the Layout page to begin.

 
 

Our group has abided by two missions over the years.

  • to build an HO scale model railroad that none of our members could build alone
  • to learn from each other in order to advance individual skills and abilities.

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.