Exploring the Reading’s Shamokin Division

This clinic will briefly explore the prototype and its importance to the Reading Railroad. I will discuss why I chose to model a 40-mile section of railroad between the towns of Tamaqua and Shamokin with emphasis on helper operations, symbol freights, passenger and mine runs, coal mining, and interchange traffic. The HO-scale 1200-square-foot, transition-era, basement layout was designed and built for operation. During the pandemic, when monthly operations ceased, many areas and scenes were enhanced or rebuilt. These “pandemic projects” will be emphasized at length during the presentation.