About
The Club.
The Strasburg
Model RR Club was founded by Dave Luciano in the late 1970's, The Strasburg
Model Railroad Club is named after his elaborate HO modular layout.
The layout had a humble beginning and started out on a shelf in the
basement of Dave's Marlton Home.
When
the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum started its annual "Railroad
Days," Dave had an idea. Why not approach the museum and see
if they were interested in hosting his Strasburg Railroad layout?
After all, the museum is located right across from the Strasburg Train
Station in Lancaster County, Pa.
The
museum was thrilled, and Dave started converting his layout into easily
moveable modules. Each month the layout grew bigger and bigger until
it reached its current garage busting size of 15 large crates. The
exhibit has traveled all over the Delaware Valley and eventually was
featured in the Greenburg Train Show.
The
notoriety attracted other like-minded train enthusiasts and the club
was born. Dave and other club members, Rich Drobil in particular,
constructed modular layouts of South Jersey railroads. These included
the Woodbury to Glassboro, Atlantic City, and the Cape May Seashore
Lines.
The
club began displaying other gages and maintains a sizable collection
of G, O, S and HO trains. Some of the members specialize in Lionel
trains.
Currently,
the mission of the club is to generate interest in model railroading,
and in the history of all things rail --especially South Jersey rail.
This is done through exhibits, this Website and public awareness programs.
There are currently eight active members in the club. They display
all gauges of model trains and running exhibits at various train shows
and other venues in the Delaware Valley.
Membership
Membership
is open to all who have an interest in trains, model railroading,
and in the history of South Jersey railroads. Experience is not necessary,
and there are no sign-up fees or dues at this time.
We occasionally take up a collection to buy material to work on the
layouts.
Meetings
Meeting are held monthly. They are informal and devoted to planning,
talking model trains, show-n-tell and working on segments of the displays.
The locations and times of upcoming meetings are listed in the club
events section. If you would like to become a member please E-mail:
Rich Drobil.
Train
Shows
Our club is a Display Club, this means our club will set-up and operate
train displays, usually eight weekends per year in various South Jersey
schools, fire halls, churches & train shows. Members are expected
to help with the setup, running and teardown of the displays.All scales
are welcome; we display HO, S, O and G. Everyone is welcome to bring
their own equipment to operate during a display weekend.
For more information about the club or membership:
Call Dave Luciano 856-988-0689 or Rich Drobil 856-506-4875
Email: rdrobi@hotmail.com
