PRRT&HS 58th Annual Meeting Registration Is Open!

Thursday- Saturday May 14-16

Advance Section of Battlefield Bus Tour Wednesday, Layout Tours Sunday  

The event site is the Eisenhower Hotel and Convention Center and the adjoining Aspire hotel. The location is ten minutes south of downtown historic Gettysburg, and eight minutes from the National Military Park.

In addition to the Banquet presentation and annual modelling committee open meeting, 18 presentations covering a broad range of subjects will be presented, nearly all twice, using three presentation rooms operating on a relaxed schedule, providing plenty of time to visit the vendor room and the model room, all on one level. Specific PRRT&HS presentations will cover using our new Digital Keystone Collection and an update on recent changes at the Archives. 

A rail excursion Thursday on the Walkersville Southern, operating on a portion of the old PRR Frederick branch, layout tours Friday night and Sunday, a sale of surplus used PRR books from our Archives along with member donated models at the society's vendor table, silent auction of brass PRR locomotives, book signings by PRRT&HS authors, and the annual society business meeting Saturday morning round out the PRR related activities.

There is also a lot of history in the immediate area. We have arranged bus tours of Gettysburg battlefield narrated by a noted historian before our meeting starts and an alternate tour of downtown Gettysburg on Friday for those not focused on the PRR. We expect some members will take advantage of the opportunity to visit historic sites before or after our meeting to include a more in depth visit of the Battlefield park, downtown Gettysburg, which includes several smaller museums that may be of interest, and the Eisenhower national historic site, all within ten minutes of our convention site.  Our hotel room block rate is available to those wishing to arrive early, or depart later.

Come and join us in Gettysburg! 



The Digital Keystone Collection

You've heard about it. Some of you have seen it run at the annual meeting, and some of you have actually gotten to put your hands on it.

Now, it can finally be your own!

The Digital Keystone Collection, containing all 228 issues from Volume 1, Number 1 (April 1968) through Volume 57, Number 4 (Winter 2024) - over 13,000 pages altogether - is now available for members only in the store. Click on the STORE button to go there.

You can read more about it by clicking on the DIGITAL KEYSTONE COLLECTION INFO button.

You can also view an introductory video tutorial by clicking on that button.

Conway Book Is Now Available in the Store

The eagerly-awaited Conway Yard; Keystone of the PRR book is now available in our online store.

Click on the button below to go there now.

2021 - 2022 Keystones In Store Now

The 2021 and 2022 issues of our quarterly publication The Keystone are now available in our Store. Cost is $15 each to the public or $12 each to our members. To get to the store, click on "Store" in our menu above or click here. Members must be logged into the website in order to get the member price.

Preserving the heritage of "The Standard Railroad of the World" for future generations

The Society's mission is to further scholarly learning and interest in the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and its predecessor companies by stimulating and encouraging the collecting, researching, recording and preserving of all technical, historical and practical information concerning the PRR and to make this information available to interested persons. And to further the accurate modeling of the PRR so that future generations may better appreciate and understand the company.

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