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Posted - January 04 2026 : 3:11:35 PM

Cherry Valley Railroad is a club dedicated to the promotion of 2 rail O scale model railroading.

It is located in Merchantville New Jersey
In the basement undercroft of the Grace Episcopal Church.

The club was started in March 1962 by members of the former Philadelphia Model Railroad Club.

Which had been located in the B&O passenger station on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia.

When first started the space was an 80' x 35' unfinished crawl space directly under the original 1890s chapel.

Finishing the space took weeks with the removal of 4' of dirt before 20 cubic yards of concrete was used for the new floor.

The first layout in the space was started in July 1962,

With the framing and scenery built before the track was laid, and the first spike driven on August 30, 1962.

This layout was 27 by 55 feet in size,

And was of a double-track folded dogbone design built with traditional square tabletop framing, plaster scenery, and relay control.

Eventually it grew to have over 4000 linear feet of track.
In both standard and 3 foot gauges with some dual gauge mixed in.

It existed through to January 1999 when it was torn down due to growing problems with accessibility and electrical characteristics.

The new layout was started in 2001
It is of a double track looped 8 design.

But has been built around the walls, with several reversing loops curved laminate benchwork.

It has more than 2000 linear feet of track and a scale model of Philadelphia's 30th Street Station.

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