The Plum Creek Railroad is an HO scale 12' x 16' "C" shaped model railroad layout. It's a fictional freelance short line railroad set in the 1968 era, that interchanges with the PRR (Pennsylvania Railroad), UNI (Unity Railway), B&LE, (Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad), URR (Union Railroad), and the TCR (Turtle Creek Railroad - also fictional because the TCR was founded in 1982).

A 2.8 scale mile single track mainline connects North Bessemer and Saltsburg through Export, and a branch line runs from Murrysville, through Export to Jeanette.

The layout is built and designed for the operations and running of scale model trains, servicing industries located along the mainline and branchline, using car cards and way bills. The old fashioned block power system and hand held DC controllers power the trains.

Construction started in November 2002, in June 2004, the last piece of track on the mainline was placed and work was started on the scenery. In 2011 the layout was moved from a bedroom in Penn Hills to a basement in Plum, which made room for an expansion of the layout from an "L" shape into a "C" shape, extending the branchline into the town of Jeanette. Scenery on the layout is about 85% complete, with operations for 1 to 5 operators.

We are an active member and supporter of the NMRA Mid Central Region Division 2.