It's been really exciting to put together the first ever Central Pennsylvania Shortlines RPM! If you are on FaceBook, please follow our page.

We have a great venue in the Bricktown Museum and the crew has been hard at work on their HO scale layout representing not only the East Broad Top but also the PRR main line from Mount Union through Huntingdon. There will be plenty of time between clinics to see the layout in operation.

We'll kick off at 1 p.m. on Friday and run through 9 p.m. On Saturday, clinics will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. As of this writing, we have nine of 11 clinic spots filled. If you would like to present a clinic, please contact Jerry Britton at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Saturday evening we hope to have layout open houses. So far, we have only been able to arrange one, and that is Lee Rainey's in nearby State College. If you are within an hour of Mount Union and would be willing to share your layout, please contact Jerry Britton at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

On Sunday, both the Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum and the Friends of the East Broad Top Museum have agreed to hold special hours for our group, from 9 a.m. until noon. Both are located in Robertsdale.

We then hope to be on the 1 p.m. excursion of the East Broad Top Railroad.

So please put the CPS RPM on your calendar for July 14-16, 2023.

Registration will open in May and will be limited to 50 attendees plus staff and clinicians.

The CPS RPM is seeking clinicians for the 2023 event.

If you can provide a 45-60 minute presentation on one of our shortlines listed on the web site, we'd love to hear from you. The talk can be about the prototype, how to model it, or a little of both!

The Central Pennsylvania Shortlines RPM seeks a volunteer to manage model railroad layout tours.

The person in this position must have a knowledge of layouts within 45 miles or so of Mount Union, Pa., and with an outgoing personality with which to solicit open houses for Saturday evening of the CPS RPM. Ideally the layouts would feature the shortlines within scope of the CPS RPM but they could also be Pennsylvania Railroad (with which all of these shortlines interchanged).

Upon arranging an open house, this person would forward the address, layout description, times, and contact information to the CPS RPM webmaster.

An RPM meet is only as good as its volunteers. If you think you have what it takes to succeed at this position, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Thank you.

The CPS RPM team have created a FaceBook group for the event.

Please check it out and join at https://www.facebook.com/groups/cpsrpm.