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Schuylkill Valley Model Railroad Club - Annual Model Railroad Open House

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Schuylkill Valley Model Railroad Club - Annual Model Railroad Open House (since 1975); - Celebrating our 45th Anniversary of the Club's formation

Our Model Railroad Open House is "fun for kids of all ages". SEE & HEAR freight & passenger trains pulled by steam or diesel engines over 700’ of track. Four different railroads are depicted on the 1,000+ square foot HO scale (1/87) model. Hundreds of buildings, vehicles, people and trees create realistic scenes. Numerous buttons allow visitors to bring scenes to life! See Thomas the Tank Engine & try your observation skills with our Scavenger Hunt.

You could win a train set!

The trains are running on the following weekends:

Sat & Sun: Nov. 30 - Dec 1, 2013 (Thanksgiving weekend)

Sat & Sun: Dec. 7 - Dec 8

Sat & Sun: Jan. 11- 12, 2014

Sat & Sun: Jan. 18- 19

Sat & Sun: Jan. 25 - 26

For more information: www.svmrrc.com

Location: 400 S. Main St. Phoenixville, PA 19460 (diagonally across from the Phoenixville Library; 2nd & Main Streets.)

This event is appropriate for: the whole family

Cost: Admission is free. Donations are gratefully accepted.

A Brandywine Christmas at Brandywine River Museum

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The Brandywine River Museum Railroad

presents a Brandywine Christmas

November 23, 2012 to January 6, 2013

With a collection of trains including 150 locomotives and 300 freight cars that run on nearly 2,000 feet of track, the model train display at the Brandywine River Museum is a popular holiday exhibition, delighting visitors of all ages. Toy trains in the collection are mostly Lionel products dating from 1915 to the present, often supplemented with trains loaned by visiting engineers. A "must see" for the youngest train fans is Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends from the Isle of Sodor, UK.

The museum celebrates the season with fabulous holiday displays including a display of antique dolls and thousands of whimsical "critter" ornaments on holiday trees.

The Museum is open daily, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except Christmas Day, and with extended hours until 6:00 p.m. December 26 through 30.

Due to the large number of visitors during the busy holiday season, the Museum regrets that it cannot accommodate baby strollers.

For more information: www.brandywinemuseum.org.

Location: The Brandywine River Museum is located on U.S. Route 1 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania

This event is appropriate for: the whole family

Cost: Admission is $12 for adults; $6 for seniors ages 65 and over, students, and children over six; free for children under six and members

Schuylkill Valley Model Railroad Club

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Annual Model Railroad Open House (since 1975)

Saturday & Sunday (select)

November 24th - January 27th

You could win a train set! Admission is free. Donations are gratefully accepted.

We will be open 1:00 - 5:00 pm on Saturday & Sunday on the following weekends:

Nov. 24 - 25, 2012 (Thanksgiving weekend)
Dec.   1 -   2

Jan.    5 - 6, 2013
Jan. 12 - 13

Jan. 19 - 20

Location: 400 S. Main St. Phoenixville, PA 19460
(diagonally across from the Phoenixville Library; 2nd & Main Sts.)

For more info: Phone is 610-935-1126

Website is: www.svmrrc.com.

Celebrate the Holidays with a Visit to the Charming New Dollhouse Display at the Brandywine River Museum

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A Brandywine Christmas features a large dollhouse once owned by Ann Wyeth McCoy

with furnishings crafted by hand by members of the Wyeth family,

plus O-gauge model trains on 2,000 feet of track!

The Brandywine River Museum is all dolled up for the holidays with a "step-in" dollhouse whose rooms are filled with exquisite hand-crafted furnishings, a large display of rare antique dolls, its popular O-gauge model train display covering 2,000 feet of track, and thousands of whimsical "critter" ornaments made from natural materials, all on view from November 25 through January 8.

This year is the debut of Ann Wyeth McCoy's dollhouse, measuring 8 x 10 feet and standing 9 ½ feet high. While the dollhouse is large enough for two adults to step inside, the rooms and furnishings are sized for dolls measuring 16 to 24 inches. Because of space limitations, visitors will see the facade of the dollhouse, surrounded by re-creations of its rooms, filled with Mrs. McCoy's antique dolls and hundreds of miniature furnishings.

A Brandywine Christmas also features thousands of adorable "critters," created from natural materials by Conservancy volunteers, on view throughout the museum. Critter ornaments may be purchased at the Museum's Annual Critter Sale on Saturday, December 3, and Sunday, December 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Following the sale, critters can be purchased in the Museum Shop. Proceeds from the sale benefit the Volunteers' Art Purchase Fund, which has added more than 200 paintings, drawings and prints to the Museum's holdings since 1975.

Christmas at the Brandywine River Museum also includes a spectacular O-gauge train display, which fills an entire gallery. As many as five of the 150 locomotives and 300 freight cars in the collection run simultaneously on more than 2,000 feet of track, winding past a village, stone quarry, oil refinery, mountains, a Herr Foods plant and running waterfall, as Santa and his sleigh fly overhead. A "rail cam," mounted on a snowplow, gives visitors a view from the perspective of a miniature locomotive driver.

The Museum is open daily, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except Christmas Day, and with extended hours until 6:00 p.m. December 26 through 30.

Due to the large number of visitors during the busy holiday season, the Museum regrets that it cannot accommodate baby strollers.

For more information: www.brandywinemuseum.org.

Location: The Brandywine River Museum is located on U.S. Route 1 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania

This event is appropriate for: the whole family

Cost: Admission is $10 for adults; $6 for seniors ages 65 and over, students, and children over six; free for children under six and members

Schuylkill Valley Model Railroad Club

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Schuylkill Valley Model Railroad Club - Annual Model Railroad Open House (since 1975)

Model Railroad Open House is "fun for kids of all ages".

SEE & HEAR freight & passenger trains pulled by steam or diesel engines over 700’ of track.

Four different railroads are depicted on the 1,000+ square foot HO scale (1/87) model.

Hundreds of buildings, vehicles, people and trees create realistic scenes.

Numerous buttons allow visitors to bring scenes to life!

See Thomas the Tank Engine & try your observation skills with our Scavenger Hunt.

You could win a train set!

Hours : 1:00 - 5:00 pm
on Saturday & Sunday:

Nov.    26 - 27, 2011
Dec. 3 - 4

Jan.    7 - 8, 2012
Jan.    14 - 15
Jan.    21 - 22

For more information: www.svmrrc.com.

Location: 400 S. Main St. Phoenixville, PA 19460
(diagonally across from the Phoenixville Library; 2nd & Main Sts.)

This event is appropriate for: the whole family

Cost: Admission is free. Donations are gratefully accepted.

Schuylkill Valley Model Railroad Club - Annual Model Railroad Open House

A Brandywine Christmas at Brandywine River Museum

Schuylkill Valley Model Railroad Club

Celebrate the Holidays with a Visit to the Charming New Dollhouse Display at the Brandywine River Museum

Schuylkill Valley Model Railroad Club

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