MODULAR
Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show, 2023 – Best in Show Layout
The Modular Committee was formed in 1983 by former employees and supporters of the Reading Railroad celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. Since then, the layout has grown from the original 10 x 12 foot configuration to 18 x 160 feet at its fullest. Carefully crafted scenery highlights a range of rural scenes and small towns to heavy industrial companies, including such iconic industries as Bethlehem Steel and the Hershey Company, up until the Reading was absorbed into Conrail in 1976. Currently utilizing Digital Command Control, the layout consists of a double-track mainline, yards, various industry supported spurs, and is operationally controlled by a dispatcher, remote controlled interlockings, and working signals.
Our current scenes are listed below:
The Crusader at Wayne Junction
Signal bridge at Fleetwood
Belt Line Junction
Bethlehem Steel
CarTech (Carpenter Technology) – Shepp’s Dam Bridge, Warren Road
Dana and Oley Frames
East Penn Engine Facility
Engine Facility
Fleetwood and Factory
Glen Gery and Wyomissing – Park Road, State Hill Road, Donation Caboose
Hershey – Factory, Park, Derry Road, Derry Yard
Hess Refinery and the Hackensack Bridge
Lebanon Valley Branch – Prescott, Farm, Drive-in Movie
Locust Summit Breaker, Yard
Milepost 53 – Abandoned Farm
Phoenixville – Station, Black Rock Tunnel, Black Rock Bridge
Royersford
Rutherford Yard
Saucon
Schuylkill Haven
Stowe Yard
Wayne Junction – East, West
West Cressona