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The AMRS See 'What's New' Below The Web Site of the Anthracite Model Railroad Club
Please take some time and visit our site, and if you have the inclination, come to one of our Open Houses for a tour and visit. We would enjoy having you and welcome your comments. If you can't visit our club, then climb aboard and take a ride with us thru the net. For those of you who are from out of town we have made special arrangements for limited showings of our layout. If interested call or email - Hugh Jeffrey @ 570-459-1804 or chuggerandcorinne@verizon.net Donations would be appreciated and we would like to have a minimum of four people in your group.
(This is a short movie taken with a camera mounted on the front of one of our locomotives. Its a Windows Media file and is about one meg.)
What's New At The Club Some new pictures have been added on our projects pages for the Jim Thorpe Station and the Gorge.
Special Open House Just for Kids
This April we will be having an Open House just for young children featuring 'Thomas the Tank' trains and other specials for the kids. So check our schedule and bring your young children to see 'Thomas the Tank' running through the Pennsylvania landscape.
The Gorge
Follow our progress by clicking on the link. The Gorge
The Jim Thorpe Station Recently our Walt Eckard has been able to find the time to start the scratch building of the Jim Thorpe Station. Walt has dug up several original drawings, taken a lot of photos, and has begun construction. Walt has agreed to take some photos of his progress so we can follow it and watch as he works his way through this labor of love. Stayed tuned for further updates as we follow Walt's progress on one of our new projects page.
Adding Some New Sidings
The management at Bethlehem Steel has requested that we add a siding for their crane at the south end of their mill complex. Since our crew was doing work in this area we are also going to add a siding to service the coke oven and one for our MOW crew. Why don't you pull up a chair and use your browser to follow along on our progress as we do this work. The two sidings shown with gray track are temporary and will be the one to be replaced. Also the siding under the crane to the left of the main line. As we've done on other projects, we are going to build this one off the existing bench work and put it in place after we are done. One of the main reasons for this is that it will save the scenery from being damaged by leaning over the existing bench work. Also, since it will be hand laid track, it will save the back of the guy doing the track work.
Several pages have been added to our web so you
can see our various construction projects from start to finish. Lots of photos are available
showing the work done as we worked on the various projects. Follow
the link to see our work from start to finish.
If you should have any suggestions for improvements or questions, please send them to Dan Thole at his address below.
Web Design and Maintenance by Dan Thole Updated - March 25, 2008 |
The
Anthracite Model Railroad Club is an organization located in Hazleton,
Pennsylvania, whose primary interest is model railroading in all its various
forms. These include everything from the construction of our model railroad
pike, to all the different aspects of the hobby - carpentry, electronics,
modeling photography, etc. All of these go into the make up of our club's pike
and are part of the enjoyment of our hobby. Our main concern however, is the
ongoing work to portray in miniature, HO model railroading at its best, with an
emphasis on the Hazleton, Pennsylvania area's rail history.
After
several false starts we are finally ready to complete our 'Gorge'. Some of the
scenery has been roughed in and a few of the bridges placed. However a lot of
work needs doing and we'll be starting soon. This is going to be another fantasy
scene but typical of many areas located here in North Eastern Pennsylvania.
