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National Model Railroad Association
Mid-Central Region

We are the Keystone Division, our members get together monthly to share an interest in trains, any scale, model or prototype, hobby or obsession. Our goal is to keep the spirit of the railroads alive for future generations and to support the NMRA. Go to our about page to see more.

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October Keystone Flyer

The Division Two full color newsletter is here!

October 16, 2022

Division 2 Meeting

Rochester Area Heritage Society, 350 Adams St, 2nd floor, Rochester, PA 15074
Program: Neal Schorr - Modeling Highways

November 12, 2022, Saturday

Division 8 Train Show & Sale

Holy Family Parish Saffin Center, 3938 Poplar Level Rd, Louisville, KY 40213
$6.00 per person, children 12 & under free with adult
All scales, operating layouts, over 100 dealer tables, food & beverages, free parking

November 20, 2022

Division 2 Meeting

New Eagle VFD Social Hall, 156 Chess St, New Eagle, PA 15067
Host: Mid-Mon Valley Model RR Club
Program: TBD

May 4-7, 2023

Rails to Pittsburgh, 2023 MCR Regional Convention

Where: Pittsburgh, PA
at the Doubletree by Hilton at Cranberry

October 19-22, 2023

Round the Curve to Altoona, 2023 MER Regional Convention

Where: Altoona Grand Hotel
Hosted by the Susquehanna Division 11

New Directions in NMRA Education

The Education Department of NMRA has generated three new documents focused on NMRA educational efforts at the regional and division levels.

2020 Convention Kits

The four yard building kits for the 2020 Regional Convention are now available.

Winter 2022

Morning Sun Books new releases

Contact the company store with any orders or questions.

October 2022

Latest information on the newest book offerings, (remember the 20% discount).

Contact the company store with any orders or questions.

Member Layout Web Pages

If you are a Keystone Division Two active member and have a web page for your layout, contact the webmaster to get a link here. We can also host a page for you. One way to create a web page is to create a Word document, along with some photos, which can be converted to a web page by the webmaster. See George's page for an example.

PRR Panhandle Division in O Scale

 George Pandelios

Pittsburgh Mainline

 Charlie & Andy Blenko

Plum Creek Railroad

 Tom Gaus

The ORNRy Trainmen

 ORNRy Bunch

Pennsylvania Clubs

 Clubs and Societies in PA

West Virginia Clubs

 Clubs and Societies in WV

Ohio Clubs

 Clubs and Societies in OH

Classified Ads 

For the 2023 regional convention, we are
looking for volunteers to help with manning
security for the contest room. We are also
looking for trained contest judges.
If you would like to volunteer for either
job, e-mail:
Thomas the Train set ( train table, track,
cars, engines, & portable table) available.  
Please make an offer to my e-mail:
This would be great for people with small 
grandchildren they wish to interest in 
trains.
There is a correction to our mailing
address for the Div.2 Company Store
for ordering porch swings and market
decals:
  Address no longer active:    
      P.O.Box 152
      Greensburg, PA 15601-0152
  Company Store address to be used:
      292 Salem Church Rd
      Rostraver Twp, PA 15012-2922

Clinics, Presentations and Videos

This section, which is a regular section on the Departments page, is a collection of clinics, presentations, and videos that have been collected over the years with some recent additions.

Nickel Plate 765 - Steam in the Cuyahoga Valley

by Dave Kitch

Light-It - July 2021 Clinic

by Doug Sandmeyer

How to Make a Powerpoint Self-running Presentation

by George Pandelios

Bill Defoe's Cinder Valley Video

by Dom Candelore

Ohio Valley Lines - 2009 Video

by Tom Gaus

NMRA Recruitment Video

NMRA

Estate Planning

by Frank Bongiovanni

Great Pictures on a Budget

by Tom Gaus

Model Railroading in Germany

by Pat Altdorfer

Stone Archway using foam board

by Bill Defoe

Local Events

Coming Events Far and Wide -


posted on Allegheny Plateau Division 11's web page

Tid Bits - Trivial Things on YouTube

Central New Hampshire Diesel Trains

 Dynamo Productions

FSD Shorts: Weigh In Motion O Scale

 Fairmont Subdivision

PRR Q2s in Action

 Norm's Trains

RF&E-The Final Year

 ssnk79

Mine Run- O Scale

 Fairmont Subdivision

H0 Utah Belt of Eric Brooman - vintage 4x3

 JSVideoUTube

Troels Kirk's On30 Coast Line RR

 Conny Jörnryd

Otto Perry's Rio Grande Southern

 VHS Ark

Dave Clune On3 Cascade County Narrow Gauge

 JeffJohnston

mrhmag.com - Colorado Style - Jim Reardon's On3 D&RGW

 Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine

HO Ops Session-CN Caramat & Kinghorn Subs - 10/2021

 BArailsystem

The Fontaine Fiasco

 The Museum of Retro Technology

Prins August: Oldest operable locomotive in the world

 Anthony Dawson

2020 Layout Presentation - Per Laursen

 Summit model train videos

Southern Pacific Donner Pass HO Scale Layout Tour

 TSG Multimedia

Tehachapi Pass - San Diego Model Railroad Museum

Need4Life 

Western Maryland and B&O April 1975

 Railroad Media Archive

Trains of NAPMs Open House 2020

 North American Prototype Modelers Channel

Bar Mills Scale Model Works Main Display

 TwoSheds deCosta

Mid Central T-Trak POV 7/25/21 Moroeville PA Greenberg Train show

 Jimmy Braum

Home Layout POV tour

 Jimmy Braum

Trillium 2001

 fmnut

Boston & Albany RR HO Scale Tour - Chuck Oraftik NYC

 TSG Multimedia

Last Days of the PaTrain

 fmnut

Model Train Layout N&W in the City

 dferg100

REALISTIC MODEL RAILROAD WITH WORKING SIGNALS AND MORE!

 djstrains (Charlie and Andy Blenko's layout)

O Scale Saturday Night Switching

 Fairmont Subdivision

O Scale Allied Switch Job

 Fairmont Subdivision

Deep In The Mountains of West Virginia O Scale HD

 Fairmont Subdivision

Tony Koester ’s Nickel Plate Road in HO Scale

 Pilentum

Vol 1: Howard Zane's Piermont Division

 Nace's Videography LLC

The City Edge Layout - Street Running Scenes - by Vic Smith

 Rex Smith

Announcements

We will miss you Jim

Jim Sacco, owner of City Classics, on a stormy Monday in March, departed on the train to a better place, he will always be in our hearts. His contributions to the hobby and to the NMRA have been immeasurable.



History's a Blast

One of our members, the former editor of our newsletter, has a YouTube channel, His videos span eight years and vary from narrow guage railroads to abandoned iron furnaces to the Badlands in South Dakota. You can like each video by selecting the thumbs up button, and you can also subscribe to the channel.

Rochester Area Heritage Society and Model Railroad Museum

The museum is located at 350 Adams Street, Rochester, Pa. 15074.

Our model Railroad features 4 permanent displays in 4 different scales (N, HO, O, G). Our large HO display represents Rochester in the early 1900's. It is highly detailed, realistic and a must see. But there's more, the museum features many local historical items and information for you and your family to see!

See our T-track modular layout.

The FALLSTON FLAGSTOP Railfan B&B is located at 62 Beaver Street, Fallston, PA 15066. Our RAILFAN GUESTS look out upon the CSX Pittsburgh Sub [former P&LE] mainline and the Norfolk Southern Ft. Wayne and Youngstown Line mainlines directly across the neighboring Beaver River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania approximately 25 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, PA and only five miles from Norfolk Southern's Conway Yard. The website is www.fallstonflagstop.com.


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. Visit our Free-Mo pictures page for photos of our modular railroad portable layout.

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 Rail Pass Membership. For only $19.95, you get 9 months of Rail Pass Membership and nine issues of the NMRA magazine Scale Rails. Click here for more information.