By Russ Segner

I attended the Annual Meeting of the Northwest Railroad Archive last Wednesday. The vision of Northwest Archive is to “Promote world-wide access to Pacific Northwest railroad heritage.” We share many common threads with this effort. Many of us model Northwest railroads, the towns and cities they served. So, we benefit greatly from the vast collection of information, photographs and maps the volunteers there make available to us on line. Where would we be if someone had not taken the time to make those photos and plans available to the manufacturers and writers of books and periodicals about railroads?

We, in turn have many opportunities to share our interest in railroading with the broader public when we take our modules to train shows and several public events. This year over Thanksgiving we will have three modular layouts plus a small On30 display of mine at MOHAI in Seattle. Like our annual show at Pacific Science Center, this effort will need lots of volunteers to help. Our modular guys build and bring their models, but they could use some help with the crowds and spell the operators for breaks.
So, if you have some time to give, Friday, Saturday or Sunday, give me a call at 206-200-2211 and I will put you in touch with one of the modular groups.

Russ