An HO scale Union Railroad "Buffalo"; an EMD rebuild of an early Baldwin roadswitcher. This model was displayed in 2007.

Hotel: The Sheraton Four Points Hotel on Route 30 just east of Greensburg, Pennsylvania is our event home.

Bill Hanley displayed several HO scale B&O box cars in 2009, including this M-27f with a unique Tatum patent roof.

Ed DeMuth displayed his HO scale Connellsville, Pennsylvania depot at the 2009 event.

Clinics: Clinicians from around the region were on hand with in-depth presentations.

The following speakers and presentations were a big part of RPM-East 2011.

• Keith Albright - Decoder Pro: Setup, Programing, Speed Matching, Consisting and Prototypical Operations.
• Art Biehler - New York Central LCL Container Gondolas
• Andy Blenko - In Search of Irwin Station
• Brian Carlson - An approach to developing a Steam Era Box Car Fleet
• Jim Dalberg - Modeling an Anthracite Road - Why, What, Where, When, and maybe some How
• Keith DeVault - History of the Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
• Larry DeYoung - What a Modeler Can Learn From Running a Short Line Railroad
• Gary Dunmire - Operation of a local switcher
• Bruce Elliott - Building B&O wooden interlocking towers in HO
• Dick Flock - Unique Rolling Stock: Prototype and Modeling
• Nick Fry - Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts: Archival Research on The B&O's Pittsburgh Division
• Steve Funaro - Assembling a flat kit vs a one piece kit for a Union RR gondola
• Eric Hansmann - Modeling a Mile, or Just a Bit More
• Roger Hinman - New York Central Steel Gondolas
• Ben Hom - Open Hopper Cars of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 1919-1963
• Scooter Hovanec - GE Dash 9 / AC4400 series and Evolution series locos
• Bob Karig - Calculating the Power Requirements of Steam Locomotives
• Larry Kline - Boxcars of the P&LE 1910 to 1975
• Bob Leverknight - The Housing Crisis, or Where Do These People Live
• Ramon Rhodes - The Santa Fe Railway in Chicago During the 1960's
• John Roberts - Modeling Rail Port Operations, C&O Newport News, VA
• Steve Ross and Paul Gallick - Classic Farm Tractors, 1917-1959
• Jim Ruffing - Modeling Northern Pacific Covered Hoppers
• Stan Rydarowicz - Modern Ice Reefers of the FGEX, BREX and WFEX
• Mike Schleigh - Hide Cars Report, 1951 to 1972: Prototype and Modeling
• Mont Switzer - Interesting Freight Car Modeling Projects
• Chip Syme - How to Model a PRR Heavyweight Camp Car
• John Wesner - Steam in Western PA (& Beyond) in the Late 1950s
• Tom Wilson - Prototype Modeling and Operations: Pittsburgh & West Virginia and Union RRs

Op Sessions: The home layouts of Dick Flock, Roy Ward, Larry Kline, Dave Baker, Ed Meier, and Rob Enrico hosted evening operating sessions.

An HO scale Illinois Central single-sheathed box car was displayed by Eric Thur in 2009.

Vendors: Thanks fo these vendors for their participation.

An Elgin Joliet & Eastern HO scale box car model displayed by Jim Kubanick in 2009.

Local Open Layouts: Several area layouts were open on Sunday. Many thanks to these layuot owners for opening their doors.

HO scale layouts:
Dick Flock - Johnstown & Lake Erie
E. Roy Ward - West Virginia Central & Pittsburgh
Andy Blenko - Pittsburgh Mainline
Dave Baker - Cumberland & Lake Erie
Joe Lofland - New England railroad, Fall of 1953
Don Cassler - Baltimore & Ohio M&K Division
Dennis Williams - PRR Dover Subdivision
Vagel Keller - Blacklog & Shade Gap Eastern

O scale layouts:
Rob Enrico - PRR Monongahela Div.
Larry Kline - Western Maryland Railway at BOWEST
Neal Schorr - PRR Middle Division

An end view of an HO scale Montour Railroad hopper in-progress. This model was displayed in 2007.

In 2007, Dick Bell displayed some impressive 1/2-inch traction models. This Delaware Valley Traction Company freight motor attracted many eyes.

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