Public/community/club railways????

Dave,

Are you thinking of the PA Live Steamers? They have a pretty big private park that is used only for ride on trains and they have a gauge 1 steam up track.

http://www.palivesteamers.org/

I met up with them once for a public run, and ran my liberty belle live steamer on their track. Of course, that was at the beginning of that locomotive's rebuilding process. (and when I say at the beginning, I mean that's when the trouble started!! five years later, and still its not done!)

That spot is north and slightly west of Philadelphia. Somewhat off the beaten path (well, the old Reading line next to the park has been converted to a rail trail...) The day I was there, they had train rides for folks, and from the look of it, many happy visitors! If you look at their website, you can find some maps. In their aerial view, the rail trail is on the left!

Mark

Dave,

Charles could probably answer better, but I think it is owned by the club. Kind of like a rod and gun club. They do have public events, but usually, it is members only and invited guests. If I lived a little closer, and had the ability, time, and money it takes to build the large ride on trains, I would probably be more involved with that than the G scale!! As it is, I keep myself out of trouble by keeping my distance. We have a friend who lives right down the road from them, so it might not be too long before I get Luke there to ride...

Mark