Keystone Division

Division 2 Meetings and Events

May Keystone Flyer newsletter is here.

See the MCR Convention Archives page for the High-line to Pittsburgh.

Photos were added to the jamboree page for the 2013 Div. 2 Jamboree.

Mid-Central Region

May 19, 2013
Division 2 Meeting
Where: Altoona Association of Model Railroaders,
29030 S. 10th Ave., Altoona PA, 16601
in conjunction with Susquehanna Division, NMRA Eastern Region.
Program: 2 mini-clinics 10:15am - Noon
Lunch: on your own
Layout: in Ebensburg, PA open following the meeting, map and directions available at meeting.

May 15-18, 2013
MCR Convention
Operations Dayton 2013, presented by NMRA, MCR, Div. 3, The Miami Valley Division
Wyndham Gardens Hotel, 31 Prestige Plaza Drive, Miamisburg, OH 45342
Op Til You Drop, Layout Tours, Model Contest, Clinics, Railfanning, Train Rides, Door Prizes, Silent Auctions, Tours, Non-Rail Activities
Guest Speaker, Tony Koester
Early Registration, Jan. 31, 2013

June 23, 2013
Division 2 Meeting
Where: PA Trolley Museum, 1 Museum Rd, Washington, PA 15301

July 14-20, 2013

Peachtree Express NMRA National Convention
Presented by the NMRA, SER, Piedmont Division
The Cobb Galleria Centre will house the convention, venues for families and railfans, over 60 layout tours.

The Home and Club Pike Ads page lists some of our members' model railroads.

Friends, quests, and non NMRA modelers are always welcome to attend the Division 2 meetings!

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Local Events

The following companies and individuals donated merchandise for our 2013 Division Two Jamboree raffle:
Hobby Shops:
A.B. Charles & Son George & Scott	Alam’s Home & Hardware	American Hobby Center
Esther’s Hobby Shop	Fifer Hobby Supply	Hobby Express Inc. Gwen & Harry
Hobbys ‘N Stuff	Niedzalkoski’s Train Shop Mike	Individuals and Others: The Fallston Flagstop, W. Terry Stuart Barbara Lohnert (Mary Kay)
Train Show Dealers:
B&B Hobby Supply Bill Allcorn	Deichman’s Depot Inc. Len Deichman	Dick’s Train House Alan Wells & son
Fantastic Fotographica Robert & Harry Frye	Keith Barton Keith Barton	Kim’s Trains & Things Kim Stevenson
Mailbag Hobbies Nancy L. Spicer	The Peterboro Railroad John Weigel	Williamstown Junction Trains Steve Kerr
Manufacturers:
Bachmann Ind. Inc.	Blair Line	BLMA Models
City Classics Jim	Digitrax Marty Naul	Exact Rail
Kadee Quality Products Co.	Kalmbach Publishing Co.	Kato USA Inc. Leon Waldack
Micro Trains	Resin Builders 4 U	Scenic Express Jim Elster
Weaver Models	Wm.K. Walthers Inc. Sarah	Woodland Scenics

Announcements

A.B. Charles Hobby Shop is moving, planning to be open for business in April.
Our new address is:
4045 Washington Road
McDowell Shops
McMurry, PA 15317
(724) 941-8900 Phone
(724) 941-8966 Fax
Come and visit the new store!

Here's a historic snapshot of Pennsylvania, Penn Pilot, from the Pennsylvania Geological Survey, Historic Aerial Photographs from 1937 through 1972. An easy to use map, you click on the red diamond, which denotes the center of each photo (usually there is 40% overlap in aerial photos), and a pop-up window will show the date of the flight and ask you if you want low, medium or high resolution.

Larry Kline's O scale layout was filmed by Tom Wilson during an operating session on March 24th, part of the RPM-East 2011 tour.

Railserve.com has added a link to our website, click on the image for a link the their site, currently indexing 17,545 quality resources in 156 categories.

Make tracks to the Division 2 Meetings , guests are always welcome to stop in and meet other modelers. If you enjoy, or are just interested in, trains or model railroads, then you will fit right in with our interests and activities. We have members that have a few trains stored in the attic, some are master modelers, others have huge operating layouts, and others just enjoy coming to the meetings.

The Free-Mo modular railroad is a chance for anyone to model and operate a section of the layout. Members are available to help and guide you with each step in your modules construction. See our Free-Mo pictures page for photos of our modular railroad portable layout.

We have an annual Model Railroad Jamboree where experts share their skills and knowledge.

Members receive the Keystone Flyer , our monthly Division Newsletter.

You can find out more or get started by taking advantage of the half year Rail Pass Membership. For only $9.95, you get 6 months of Rail Pass Membership and six issues of the NMRA magazine Scale Rails. Click here for more information.

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