Late in the season of model railroading, the club members were able to install new carpeting, install a new ceiling, and install two fans with lights. These additions have make the Coach Car #72 the place to visit when the 2013 season rolls around.

The members of the Schuylkill and Lehigh Model Railroad Club want to thank all the visitors that passedc through the Coach in 2012 and left a voluntary contribution. It is your donations that allow the club to upgrade the Coach that houses the layout and to maintain and upgrade the layout and the equipment that runs on the layout. Without your support we could not possibly present the first-class model layout that we believe the club layout to be.

Thank You! Hopefully we will see you when the season opens in 2013!

The Schuylkill and Lehigh Railroad Club is dedicated to building, maintaining and operating a model train layout inside an actual 19th century passenger car at Kempton, Pennsylvania.

The actual Schylkill and Lehigh Railroad was chartered in 1880 and ceased operations in 1923. The Schuylkill and Lehigh was acquired by the Reading Line and became the Schuylkill & Lehigh Branch of the Reading Railroad.

The coach that contains the layout was an Atlantic City coach #72 built in 1889. The coach was later sold to the Ironton Railroad and converted to a tool car. In the early 1960's it was moved to the WK&S Railroad in Kempton, Pennsylvania and was initially utilized as a museum. In the mid-1960's, the Schuylkill & Lehigh Model Railroad Club began construction of an HO model train layout in the coach. Today the coach continues to serve as the home of the Schuylkill and Lehigh Model Railroad Club.

The layout is an HO gauge representation of the Schuylkill And Lehigh Branch of the Reading Railroad. The layout was originally built in the mid 1960's and has been evolving since that time. Each year, with the help of visitor donations, the club's dedicated members add new track, buildings, scenery and up date operating equipment.