anyone know of a model railroad club in ho scale in the lancaster, pa area? a few i have found on the internet seem to be dead, the adress and phone numbers are not valid. and some of the employees at local hobbie shops just look lost if i ask!!
or does anyone know of someone in the lancaster area who is willing to take me in and slowly h elp me learn things over time. I know thats a big question to ask but i got so many to ask myself, and sometimes asking someone who’s done it is esier then someone who hasn’t.
i know the era and area i want to model so im slowly build up my supply of cars and building i just wat to learn,
Years back there used to be one in the old Manheim train station. Not sure if it exists anymore though. You could call Rule’s Model trains in Manheim and I’m sure they would know. The Rule brothers have been selling trains for years in the Lititz/Manheim area.
You can PM me, I’m curious of how close to Lancaster you are.
There is always this forum to go to for help. I’ve been on here for about a month and triple-quadrupled what I think I know.
"Similar to the lost ones? Dude, Aint that 4-8-0 THE engine that ran the line down there in Virginia?
New Oxford is closed and I think Danny Gilberts of Gettysburg still has a store downtown Gettysburg in the Square to your west. He might know of something.
Strasburg is your best bet, there is the TCA I believe and some others perhaps.
If you’re referring to the loco that was used on the Abingdon-West Jefferson branch, the Strasburg 4-8-0 might have held that assignment some time during a long career with the N&W. There is a 4-8-0 at Abingdon, at the trailhead of the “rails to trails” remnant of that branch - under a roof, but pretty well smothered in foliage. I presume, but cannot prove, that it pulled the last train on the branch.