EVENTS
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Atlantic City by Rail Saturday, August 18, 2018, All 21 and Overs Welcome!
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Please join us in commemorating the days when relief from the sweltering apartments and row homes of Philadelphia required just a 90 minute train trip down the PRSL to the pleasures and breezes of Atlantic City. We will travel by motor coach from the William Penn Park and Ride along Route 33 (departure 6:30 am) to 30th Street Station, where we will have time to get a bite to eat and explore that great PRR edifice. We will then take NJT rail service to Atlantic City, where we will be met by our motor coach and taken over to Resorts Casino on the boardwalk for a five hour stay. We will return non-stop on the motor coach. A casino rebate is included in the $63.00 fare and makes this excursion 21 and over only. Additional information and reservation instructions can be found by clicking on this link to the reservation form: ac_trip.pdf |
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PIctures:
1. Here is PRSL predecessor and Reading subsidiary Atlantic City Railroad with a high stepping camelback Atlantic on an Atlantic City Flyer. (Picture from Flickr via Wikipedia, no copyright.) 2. Baldwin led service on the PRSL at Haddonfield, September 1965. (Picture by Roger Puta on Wikipedia, released to public domain.) 3. Modern day NJT at Winslow Junction. (Credit: Sturmovik at English Wikipedia.) |
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Ron Luckock Open House July 21 Replaces Monthly Meeting
Ron Luckock is a premier craftsman of museum quality O scale structures that have found a home on his large model railroad depicting primarily the Jersey Central and Lehigh Valley lines between Easton and Jim Thorpe. A highlight is a sweeping panorama of pre-redevelopment Easton and Phillipsburg. Ron is hosting an open house at his layout from 10:00 to 4:00 on Saturday the 21st. You will be glad you made the trip!
Directions to Ron's house at 2149 Riverside Drive, Bethlehem: If approaching via the Main Streeet bridge in Freemansburg make a left at the south end. If approaching from 412, turn on to Shimersville Road and head east. Once off or past the bridge, you will encounter a long curve. At the end of the curve you will see the Steel City Fire Co. on the left. Ron's house is the second beyond the fire station on the left.
Directions to Ron's house at 2149 Riverside Drive, Bethlehem: If approaching via the Main Streeet bridge in Freemansburg make a left at the south end. If approaching from 412, turn on to Shimersville Road and head east. Once off or past the bridge, you will encounter a long curve. At the end of the curve you will see the Steel City Fire Co. on the left. Ron's house is the second beyond the fire station on the left.
Monthly Meetings
Unless superseded by a special event, monthly meetings are held the third Saturday of the month at the LANTA offices at 1060 Lehigh Street, Allentown, PA 18103 (see map). Use the Customer Service entrance on the northwest side of the back of the building. Use the stairs or elevator to reach the second floor meeting room. Meetings begin at 7PM. Our inclement weather policy is that if a winter storm watch, storm warning, or weather advisory is in effect for the Allentown area, the meeting is cancelled.
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Annual Events
Outings and BanquetsWe hold an annual spring event that ranges from a picnic to a banquet and presentations to an excursion on an area passenger short line, (Top photo of 2016 excursion by Kermit Geary, Jr.; side photo by Doug Peters.)
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Lehigh Valley Regional Train Show and Expo
Another highlight of the year is our sponsorship of the Lehigh Valley Regional Train Show & Expo, featuring vendors of railroad memorabilia, photographs, and model railroad items (Doug Peters photo). As in the past four years, the 2018 Lehigh Valley Regional Train Show & Expo will be held October 7 at the Charles Chrin Community Center, 4100 Green Pond Road in Palmer Township. Directions and other show information for both dealers and attendees can be found here: Lehigh Valley Regional Train Show & Expo |