The Schuylkill Valley Model Railroad Club was established in 1968 and held it's first open house in 1975 and then every year since. The railroad has a prototypical theme, being modeled after the Reading's main line from Philadelphia to Reading with many of the towns along the route. There are several points of animation along the route which are activated by pushing a button on the fascia including an operating backhoe at an excavation site, a plumbing oil rig, fire engines responding to a fire, and a carnival with rides. The railroad is a point to point design with the scenery nearly complete.