Model Train Day at Sayre Pa Station Nov 25th

Model Train Day on Saturday, November 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

SAYRE  PA  Model trains will be the order of the day at the Sayre Historical Society Annual Model Train Day on Saturday, November 25.

CAPTION: A series of photographs from the Agnes (Adam) Griffin Collection, including the one shown above, will be featured at the annual Model Train Day at the Sayre Historical Society on Saturday, November 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Standing in front of a model steam locomotive built at the Sayre Shops are, from left, Robert F. Adam Sr., Louis F. Adam, Edmund Adam, John J. Adam, Robert F. Adam Jr., Doris A. Adam and Verna M. Adam.

Two HO-scale model train layouts, railroad memorabilia vendors, special displays and a postcard exhibit will be featured at the free event which will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum is located in the historic Lehigh Valley Railroad Passenger Station in downtown Sayre.

“A Postcard History of Sayre” is the current exhibit in the Rotating Exhibit Room featuring over 50 postcard views ranging from The Lehigh Valley Railroad and Robert Packer Hospital to Keystone Park and the Sayre Boys Band.

The two model train layouts are permanent displays of the museum. The first includes a replica of the Sayre station, the Desmond Street Park, and buildings on Desmond Street from the 1940’s and 50’s. It was built by Don "Buckshot" Murray, a Navy veteran who worked for General Electric and passed away in 2008. His wife was the former Nancy Springer of Sayre.

The second layout, located in the building's old baggage room, was built by Charles Dixon and moved in two sections to the museum building and reassembled. A rugged coal mining operation and a small town typical of many communities along the route of the Lehigh Valley Railroad highlight this scenic layout.

Railroad memorabilia vendors will offer for sale a large variety of vintage railroad items on the second floor of the museum. Bob Gongleski of Vestal, NY specializes in LVRR ephemera including postcards, slides, photographs and books.

Bob Pastorkey of Trackside Photo will have a large selection of 8 x 10 black and white photographs for sale. The photographs cover the Lehigh Valley, D.L. & W. and Erie-Lackawanna Railroads.

Permanent exhibits at the museum focus on Sayre history including the Robert Packer Hospital, Dr. Donald Guthrie, downtown Sayre businesses, Belle Knitting, Sayre churches, and an entire room devoted to the Lehigh Valley Railroad.

The scale model steam locomotive "Donald" built over 100 years ago by the late Michael Gorman of Sayre and loaned to the Sayre museum by Mick Koons will also be on display at the model train show.

A special exhibit will include a series of photographs recently donated to the Sayre Historical Society by Agnes Griffin of Sayre detailing the history of the Wilbur Hotel in Sayre and her father, Robert F. Adam Sr.

The museum is open Wednesdays from 5 to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 to 4 p.m. For additional information, visit the museum website at www.sayrehistoricalsociety.org or go to Facebook.

The all-volunteer museum is member-supported and a recipient of funds from the Bradford County United Way and the Bradford County Tourism Promotion Agency.

The Sayre museum received the 2015 Clement F. Heverly Outstanding Service Award presented by the Bradford County Historical Society.