W3A Operation Toy Train Special Event

The East Penn Amateur Radio Club (W3LP) and the Alburtis Amateur Radio Club (K3HSR) has partnered with the Allentown and Auburn Railroad to host an “Operation Toy Train” on air amateur radio special event station W3A. The event will take place on November 23, 2025, between 9:00 AM and 9:00 PM local time.  Operation will be on 20-17-10-6 and 2 meters.  This will be a mobile operation from a functional train car on an active track.   

Talk to the Operation Toy Train as it travels on the Allentown and Auburn Railroad in Kutztown Pennsylvania. The train will be at the Kutztown Train Station from 11:00 am to 2:00 to collect toys for the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots. Each year, the train collects over 30,000 donated toys for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Foundation, which redistributes them to underprivileged children within the collection area.