Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum
Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 337 m. Portersville Hill stands 445 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Irwin Run Conservation Area, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
Opened in 1988. The main exhibit, on the second floor, recreates railroads between Cumberland, MD, and Pittsburgh, PA, in June 1952. On the first floor are other model railroad displays, gift shop, snack bar, library, and exhibit cases.
The story
The Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum is a railroad museum in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, US. It is dedicated to the exhibition of model trains and historical railroad paraphernalia. The museum's main exhibit is a 40' by 100' scale model of the railroad lines connecting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cumberland, Maryland, accompanied by information on the history of the route and the technical details of its construction. Other facilities include a children's area, a gift shop, a snack bar, and a newsagent. From November to January the museum runs a holiday train show.
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Wikidata Q7988156, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
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- Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Irwin Run Conservation Area: 1.8 mi
- Crouse Run Nature Reserve: 2.9 mi
- Browns Woods: 4.5 mi
- Venango Trail: 6.2 mi
- Thompson Drive Park: 7.8 mi
- Marshall Island: 2.8 mi
- Richland Township Community Park: 2.9 mi
- Mountain Bike Skills Area: 3.1 mi
- Devlin Park: 3.7 mi
- Hampton Community Park: 3.8 mi
- (Kummer Shelter): 3.0 mi
- War Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 4.9 mi
- USS Mars Ship's Bell: 4.9 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 5.9 mi
- North Field: 3.2 mi
- Rich Hill: 7.7 mi
- Observatory Hill: 10.6 mi
- Mt. Sycamore: 11.4 mi
- McKelvey Hill: 12.0 mi
- Saint Joan of Arc: 4.8 mi
- Mars Spaceship: 4.9 mi
- Large Escargot: 5.0 mi
- Totem Lamina Limbus: 5.3 mi
- Stretch: 5.3 mi
- North Park Arboretum: 2.8 mi
- 80th Division Monument - Demonstration Garden: 2.8 mi
- Saint Francis Peace Garden: 4.9 mi
- Hartwood Circle Garden: 5.0 mi
- Grogan Lawn Care LLC: 6.0 mi
- Depreciation Lands Museum: 2.8 mi
- Mars Historical Society: 4.8 mi
- Hartwood Acres Mansion: 5.4 mi
- Sample Schoolhouse: 8.5 mi
- Bayernhof Music Museum: 9.7 mi
- Lookout Point: 9.4 mi
- Giant Chair: 11.1 mi
- Fern Hollow Nature Center: 11.1 mi
- Tour-Ed Mine: 11.2 mi
- The Edgeworth Club: 12.7 mi
- Picnic Table: 2.5 mi
- picnic tables: 3.1 mi
- Upper Orchard: 3.5 mi
- Picnic tables for Building 800: 6.9 mi
- Picnic Tables for Building 500: 7.0 mi
- Snake Run: 13.8 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 18.6 mi
- Homewood Falls: 22.5 mi
- Breakneck Falls: 23.7 mi
- Kildoo Falls: 24.4 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 14.8 mi
- Tiger Beach: 15.2 mi
- BAB: 17.4 mi
- Lakeview Beach: 24.0 mi
- Lacock Spring: 16.2 mi
- Francis Spring: 22.6 mi
- Hay's Wall: 16.7 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portersville Hill | NNW 337° | 445 m | 22.3 mi |
| Big Knob | WNW 298° | 423 m | 13.4 mi |
| Herron Hill | S 176° | 384 m | 12.2 mi |
| Fridays Hill | NW 321° | 380 m | 24.1 mi |
| Bunker Hill | W 270° | 375 m | 17.9 mi |
| Steffens Hill | WNW 295° | 370 m | 21.4 mi |
| Rich Hill | ESE 116° | 365 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | SSE 147° | 229.2 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:14 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:13 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acmetonia Lock 3, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/409153159
Day trips start here
- Franklin Park · 7 mi
- Ross Township · 8 mi
- Cranberry · 9 mi
- Sewickley · 12 mi
- Coraopolis · 13 mi
- Robinson Township · 14 mi
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