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The High Line - Autumn 2026 (Mailed:  October 5, 2026)

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The High Line Volume 38, No.2 (October 2026)

The Autumn 2026 issue of "The High Line," includes a variety of features. The 60-page includes stories on...

  • History From Our First 50 Years
  • Rush Hour On The Mainline - by Glenn Fisher
  • The Train That Raced The Airplanes - by David P. Morgan
  • Modeling The Lindberg Special In HO  - by Tim Garner
  • The Art Of Franklin Hamilton Taylor - by Ed Duffy
  • The S2 Steam Turbine - by Tim Garner & Bob Watson
  • What Are We Looking At? - Two Streamliners; June 1936

Chapter Meeting - September 19, 2026

The Modelers Meeting ("Overbrook Station")
Gus Foster presented modeling Overbrook Station, formerly known as "City Avenue Station." Overbrook Station is the oldest railroad station in existence on the Main Line to Paoli. Built in 1858, the main building originally served as a residence and station and remains an active railroad station today. The four elements of the surrounding station area waspresented with multiple modeling challenges explained.  This presentation will soon be posted to the Chapter YouTube page.


Feature Presentation ("PRR & P-RSL Part II; Eastern Fallen Flags") 
Russell Sharp returned with a follow-up to his presentation, given earlier in the year.  Russell began with a photo and narrated journey of the PRR and P-RSL. Starting at Cherry Hill, New Jersey on the PRR and ending at Chicago Union Station, with stops in between these points, such as at Atlantic City and Carneys Point, New Jersey on the P-RSL, the B & O at the Ivy City Engine Terminal and Laurel, Maryland; and the PRR west of Horseshoe Curve from the cab of a helper locomotive and at Valparaiso, Indiana.


The journey continued with Eastern Fallen Flags: Starting at Grand Central Station, Chicago and ending with an Alco RS-1 locomotive at Washington, DC Union Station; with stops in between at locations such as a B & O locomotive cab ride on the Shenandoah, the East Slope of Sand Patch Grade, the C & O at Rainelle, West Virginia, the CNJ at Winslow Junction, New Jersey and a New Haven cab ride approaching South Station, Boston, Massachusetts; with a semaphore gantry in view, plus short lines such as the Ma and Pa and the Meadow River Lumber Company Railroad Camp Cars near Rainelle, West Virginia.  This presentation will soon be posted to the Chapter YouTube page.


July 2026  - YouTube Content Additions

The latest additions to our YouTube offerings are now available.  For more information and to view more videos, please visit the chapters "Video / YouTube" page.


Philadelphia Chapter - 2026 Meeting Schedule


The High Line - Volume 38 No2

THE HIGH LINE


"The High Line” is a Philadelphia Chapter publication, included with all memberships and is published annually.  Always anticipated, with content originating from knowledgeable members, including ex-PRR employees.  Publications are mailed directly to membership.
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