Press Release Contact: Lisa Maloy
Hershey History Center lisamaloy7@gmail.com
40 Northeast Drive, Hershey, PA 717 ‐ 979 ‐ 6002
Return of the “Chocolate Town Special”
Historic model railroad layout of 1920s Hershey and the rolling Pennsylvania countryside
Exhibit Dates: July 10, 2021 thru December 2021 Regular and special museum hours
Special Event Weekend: July 9 to July 11 Preview Night: Friday, July 9 ‐ 6pm to 9pm
o Model train layout operations and access to all museum exhibits
o Meet the train layout designers and builders, John Cassel and Dave Laughery
o Refreshments
Museum Hours: Saturday, July 10 & Sunday, July 11 – 10am to 5pm
Sponsorship Opportunities
Please visit
https://www.hersheyhistory.org/ and our Facebook page for up to date event information.
The Hershey History Center is opening our newest exhibit, “Return of the Chocolate Town Special” on
Saturday, July 10 th , with a special event preview night on Friday July 9 th starting at 6pm.
This 1920s scene of rural life and downtown Hershey features three N scale model trains that depict the
Lebanon branch of the Reading Railroad and the significance of this transportation on the vitality and growth
of the community. Models of historic Hershey buildings, including the Hershey Chocolate factory, and
operating trolley cars, add to the historic scenery.
Visitors will have the opportunity to operate interactive scenes, sounds, and kids will enjoy a scavenger hunt.
Volunteers from Capital PenNScalers NTRAK, an N scale modular model railroad group, along with the Hershey
History Center and John Cassel, installed the train layout exhibit.
The “Chocolate Town Special” was designed and created by John Cassel and Dave Laughery as a seasonal
display for the Hershey Museum of American Life in 1995. First Davis Corporation donated the layout to the
Hershey History Center in 2021 and we are proud to offer this limited time showing of a unique and historic
model train layout.
Hershey History Center is home of the Hershey ‐ Derry Township Historical Society
