Lehigh & Keystone Valley Model Railroad Museum

We are happy to announce our 2022 Monthly Schedule. We also have a few special events planned and we will share more information about them as we get closer. Thanks for the all support!

Our next open house is Sunday February 20 from 2PM to 5PM. Admission is $7, children 12 and under are free. We hope to see you there!

Do you have a business in western Jersey or eastern PA? Do you like helping keep history alive? Consider sponsoring our organization Lehigh & Keystone Valley Model Railroad Museum ... We are a 501c3 non profit organization and have multiple options available where your tax deductible donation can become part of our display and alive on our sponsor advertisement train. If interested send a PM.

Let's take a trip on this cold January night to a nice warm Summer day in 1976 as we follow a Conrail coal train out of Ashley PA at the Huber Breaker. We hope you enjoy our latest video from around the layout. https://youtu.be/IQhDsTl33R4

Our very talented member, Scott Holwick, is a finalist in the ScaleTrains New Logo, New Loco contest. Voting is open till January 16 at the link below. Just click vote now and choose option 3. Thanks!

Our very talented member, Scott Holwick, is one of the finalists for the ScaleTrains New Logo, New Loco contest. Please give him a vote. Voting is open till January 16! https://www.scaletrains.com/customes44

Help get our very talented member Scott Holwick the win!

We would like to thank everyone for visiting us and supporting us this Holiday Season. We had a fantastic season and we are already planning next season. In the meantime, our monthly open house schedule will begin on Sunday February 20 from 2PM to 5PM. The full schedule will be published this week. Thanks again for the support!

Our monthly open house schedule for 2021 is out. Visit us on the 3rd Sunday of every month. Stay tuned for some special event announcements for later on this year.

CNJ AC-3 passes HX tower with some borrowed power. Visit the L&KV on Sunday April 18 from 10AM to 5PM for our outdoor model train sale and open house. Admission is FREE! There are 15 vendors with almost 30 tables of HO, O, and N scale model trains, accessories and other railroad items. Masks and social distancing are required. We hope to see you there!

We are very excited for our special event coming up on Sunday April 18. At this time we are out of space for additional vendors. We appreciate the support this event has received. We are in the early planning stages of a future event later this year. Please reach out to us if you would like to be notified about future opportunities to be a vendor. We look forward to seeing everyone on April 18!

We are just 2 weeks away from our Sunday April 18th outdoor model train sale and open house. The sale and open house runs 10AM to 5PM. We have 15 different vendors with 25 plus tables of HO, O and N scale trains, accessories and other railroad items. The L&KV is also selling a large collection of O scale trains pictures below. It is all priced to sell. This event, including our open house, is free to attend! We hope you take advantage of this special event and visit our layout and shop for your next model train purchase. Masks and social distancing are required.

The membership of the Lehigh & Keystone Valley Model Railroad Museum would like to wish you and your family a Happy Easter!

A Norfolk Southern SD70 leads 49A back to Allentown as it approaches Freemansburg. The train consists of empty grain cars from the mill at Martin's Creek. Visit the L&KV on Sunday April 18 for our outdoor model train sale and open house. Browse over 20 tables of model trains, accessories, and other railroad items. The sale runs from 10AM to 4PM. Our layout will be running 10AM to 5PM. The event is completely free. We are looking forward to this special event!

On this day 45 years ago these 3 railroads along with the Lehigh Valley, Reading, and Penn Central were running their last miles as themselves. On April 1, 1976 at 12:01 am the Consolidated Railroad Corporation (conrail) was formed. This is member Ed Lewis' proto freelance of what may have been. They are part of the heritage fleet of his freelance railroad. Have a railroad or model you would love to share with others? Stop by any Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday and inquire about our exciting membership opportunities.

Visit the L&KV this January! We had to postpone our December open houses due to restrictions in PA. We will be open 1PM to 5PM every weekend in January. Admission is $7, children 12 and under are free. Masks are required. We are looking for to seeing everyone! January 9 and 10 Thomas and Friends/Steam Engines January 16 and 17 Thomas and Friends/ Steam Engines January 23 and 24 Modern Equipment January 30 and 31 Regular Open House.

A trio of RS3's lead an L&HR train through Phillipsburg NJ. We are open again this weekend. Visit us on Saturday January 30 and Sunday January 31 from 1PM to 5PM. This is the last of our rescheduled open houses. We will resume our monthly schedule in February. Admission is $7, children 12 and under are free. We now accept credit cards. Masks are required. We hope to see you there.p

A trio of N&W EMD's lead a Lehigh Valley train towards Allentown. Visit us this weekend. We are open Saturday January 30 and Sunday January 31 from 1PM to 5PM. Admission is $7, children 12 and under are free. We now accept credit cards. Masks are required. We look forward to seeing you.

A CNJ A-B-A set of F units leads a train towards Jim Thorpe. Visit us this weekend and take a look back on the history of railroading in the Lehigh Valley area. We are open Saturday January 30 and Sunday January 31 from 1PM to 5PM. Admission is $7, children 12 and under are free. We now accept credit cards. Masks are required. We look forward to seeing you!

Looking west on Dock St. (now Lehigh Drive). Met-Ed coal fired steam generating plant on the left in 1958.

Due to the new restrictions from Governor Wolf, we will be postponing all of our December open houses and our January 1, 2 and 3rd dates. Please visit us on January 9 , 10, 16, and 17 for Thomas and Friends and Steam Engines both weekends. We will be holding our Modern Equipment weekend on January 23 and 24. We will also be open on January 30 and 31. We hope everyone will stop by in January to visit. Our 50-50 drawing will be held at the end of January. As some of you may know, the L&KV relies on the admission and donations from our Open Houses to maintain our layout, building and pay our bills. Any donations at this time are greatly appreciated. We are looking forward to being open to the public again soon.

Tune in to our Facebook page on Saturday December 19 at 8PM Eastern for a virtual tour of the layout. Many of our followers have asked for this since we are closed till January. We are looking forward to this event.

Due to the restrictions we will not be open today. We are hopeful to reopen in January. We have rescheduled our open houses dates to January 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 25 30 and 31. Our open houses are our main source of income that allows us to maintain the layout, building and pay our bills. Any donations are greatly appreciated. Donations can be made at the link below to our Paypal. https://paypal.me/lkvmrrc?locale.x=en_US

Hello folks eventhough we are forced to be closed, we are open to you virtually. Who would be interested in a virtual tour of the layout tomorrow afternoon? Also we only have about 100 50/50 tickets left. Help the club and help your chances to put a little extra jingle in your pocket. Tickets are $2 each or 3/$5. Pay right online and we will send you your ticket numbers! On behalf of all of the members and officers I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, ...and a Happy healthy and prosperous new year! Ed Lewis President

We are sadly not open today. All of open house dates between December 12 and January 3 have been postponed. We are looking forward to reopening on Saturday January 9 for Thomas and Friends and Steam Engine weekend. For more information on our new dates, please visit our website.

Spencer is in the shop getting ready for the busy weekend ahead. Thomas and all of his friends will be visiting the L&KV this weekend. We are open 1PM to 5PM on Saturday December 12 and Sunday December 13. Admission is$7, children 12 and under are free. Bring the kids for a visit to see Thomas and Friends! All guests over the age of 2 must wear a mask. We ask that everyone practices social distancing.

Our Christmas Open House season is in full swing now. Thomas and Friends will be visiting the layout this coming weekend, Saturday December 12 and Sunday December 13. The weekend after that will be our Steam Engine weekend on Saturday December 19 and Sunday December 20. We are open 1PM to 5PM for all the dates. For more information please visit our website. Please wear a mask and practice social distancing when visiting. Thank you!