The Schuylkill Valley Model Railroad Open House is “fun for kids of all ages”. Train lovers young and old will see freight and passenger car trains rumbling over 700 feet of track, over high trestle bridges, through towns, around mountains and through tunnels along the right of way from Reading to Philadelphia. Hundreds of buildings, [...]

Last week, while my wife and daughter were at a bridal shower, I took advantage of Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day to take my son to the National Toy Train Museum in Strasburg. The nearly empty parking lot was a stark contrast to the Strasburg Railroad less than a mile down the road.
Once inside, my four-year [...]

This summer I decided that rather than using my vacation time for the typical week at the beach,  I would spend some time with family back in Central Pennsylvania. Now I do manage to get home about one weekend every month but this time I went all out and spent nearly three weeks revisiting the [...]