Garden State Model Railway Club, Inc.

2000 Club Trips

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A view of our crew that ventured out to the East Broad Top Railroad for its annual Fall Spectacular in front of the south portal of the abandoned Sideling Hill tunnel.

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Locomotive #17, pulling a freight train on this gorgeous autumn weekend, is seen crossing Blacklog Creek.

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EBT motor car M-1, making its annual appearance, was photographed in the same location.

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On September 24, 2000, the club took a trip to the model railroad trade show in Allentown, PA. Afterwards, members enjoyed railroading in 12 inches to the foot scale, as seen in this view from a public grade crossing at East Penn Junction.

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The former Lackawanna Railroad Water Gap Station is in terrible condition, but still stands. Notice I-80 in the background.

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This is the former Lehigh and New England (LNE) roundhouse and turntable in Pen Argyl, PA. The shop complex also remains intact but is out of view to the left.

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Though it was not an official club trip, two of our members traveled out to the East Broad Top Railroad in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania to see the railroad's 40th Anniversary Celebration. Two locomotives were fired on this day. You'll find a similar photo in the October 2000 issue of Railpace!

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Railroad Superintendant Stanley G. Hall was busy giving a speech and introducing guest speakers. The Kovalchick Family, owners of the EBT, are seated at the far left.

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Locomotive #15 pulled the first train of the day, a passenger train.

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Locomotive #14 was close behind pulling a train of open cars.

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This carbarn was recently constructed in Bloomfield at the end of the Newark City Subway. Note the new Kawasaki car.

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A westbound NJ Transit commuter train is seen from the station passing new trackage at Great Notch.

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Port Morris tower marks the eastern end of the great Lackawanna Cutoff. In addition to controlling Port Morris junction, the tower had a small CTC panel that controlled the entire Cutoff.

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This was the Reading's roundhouse at Saucon Yard in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The pit has been filled in, but the bridge is laying off to the side.

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This was the Reading's coal tower, just next to the roundhouse, at Saucon Yard.

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Another view of this gargantuan structure.

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