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Olympia Clinic – December Meeting

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by Jim Younkins

It is time for our December 15 meeting.

Alexander Zelkin’s Degulbeef & Cradding Railroad,
a Video Tour and Narration
by Don Melnick

Don fell in love with the Dolley Varden Mine Railroad located at Alice Arm, BC, which became his Sn3 modelling prototype. Many modelers have modeled it and Don constantly sought photographs of their work which ultimately led him to Alexander Zelkin. Don visited Mr. Zelkin in France; Don will talk about meeting him and seeing his railroad the Degulbeff & Cradding Railroad based on the prototype Dolly Varden Mine Railroad at our December clinic. Don will present a video done by Mr. Zelkin of his railroad that has been featured in the ‘Shortline and Narrow Gauge Gazette’.

Don’s layout had been in the visualization phase for several years and last winter he framed the first module for a layout in his home at Panorama City.

Remember, we are at the Thurston County Court House, 2000 Lakeridge Drive SW. Building 1, Room 152.

Join us at 7:00 pm on December 15, 2017.

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Eastside Get Together – Redmond

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by Alex Brikoff

The December 2017 Eastside Get Together Clinic will meet on December 21, 2017.
Doors Open at 7:00 PM and Meeting starts promptly at 7:15 PM at:
The Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center
16600 NE 80th Street
Redmond, WA 98052

We will begin by mentioning any noteworthy, upcoming model railroad and railfan events in the area. We will also have our Model of the Month and Rail Photo of the Month contests. We are going to drop the categories for the Photo Contest, so any railroad themed photo, model or prototype, is welcome! So, bring your best models and photos for the contests!

We will be having our annual Christmas “Dirty Santa Gift Exchange” this month. Everyone is asked to bring a small gift to participate. It is requested that the gift be inexpensive (less than $10 – $15 value) and gift wrapped with ONLY the scale marked on it if necessary (no names).

We will also have refreshments and snacks available.

See you then!!

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Golden Grab Iron Service Award

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by Jim Younkins

Each year, the Golden Grab Iron Service Award is given to the Fourth Division member who best exemplifies outstanding service to the organization. The winner is chosen by a committee comprised of the previous three winners of the award. We are proud to present well over a half century of award winners, each of whom sacrificed many hours to this hobby we love.

It is now time to choose a deserving recipient for the 2018 Golden Grab Iron Award. The committee would like your help in identifying candidates for next years ward. With your nomination please include a brief summary of his/her contribution to the hobby.

Please submit nominations to Jim Younkins at: jcyounkins@comcast.net, Ted Becker at: rail.bird@att.net, or Greg Wright at: gregorywright2002@yahoo.com.
It is important that you get your nominations to us as soon as possible so we have time to process them and select a winner.

Thank you in advance for your participation,

Jim Younkins

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Olympia Clinic

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by Greg Wright/Jim Younkins

It is time for the Olympia Clinic November 17th meeting.

Bill Busacca will be presenting:
Weathering RTO cars with Pan Pastels and other weathering tricks.
Bill will show photos of a number of different techniques—both paint types and powders to create the affects you need to create the best scenery you can.

Remember, we are at the
Thurston County Court House,
2000 Lakeridge Drive SW.
Building 1, Room 152.

Join us at 7:00 pm on November 17, 2017.

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Anacortes Open House

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by Tom Buckingham

The Anacortes Model Railroad Club is having their annual open house on Saturday and Sunday, November 4 and 5. The location is at 419 Q Avenue. Look for the railroad crossing sign and enter the basement from the north side. No hours specified, but safe to say 10 am to 4 pm.

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North End Clinic (Shoreline)

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by Lisa Murray

November Meeting:
Date: Thursday, November 2, 2017
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Ronald United Methodist Church
17839 Aurora Ave N
Shoreline, WA 98133

The November 2017 North End Clinic will be on Thursday, November 2 in Shoreline. The program will begin at 7:15 with announcements of upcoming model railroad and railfan events. We will also be discussing future program ideas for the clinic.

Our program this month will be a presentation by Mitch Schoonjans on Gotthard Pass and Trains of Switzerland.
Mitch will also do a short clinic on the weathering technique he uses. If time allows, he will also talk about German Semaphore signals.

We will also take time at the end for show and tell. There will be a table for you to display what you are bringing. Please arrive at 7:00, so we can set things up prior to the start of the meeting.

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Olympia Clinic

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by Jim Younkins

It is time for our October 20 meeting.

Scott Groff will be presenting
Dead Rail; Are you ready for battery powered locomotives?

Scott has been researching this topic and batteries in general. Come learn about this fascinating topic that might mean no more cleaning of the rails.

Remember, we are at the Thurston County Court House, 2000 Lakeridge Drive SW. Building 1, Room 152.
Meeting starts at 7:00 pm.

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Maple Valley Train Show

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by Mike Donnely

Maple Valley Train show this year will be

October 21-22
Saturday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Gracie Hansen Community Center
27132 SE Ravensdale Way
Ravensdale, WA

For those who have not been to this show before it is a smaller show in the gym of the community center and is all trains, i.e. no vendor sales or tables.
Proceeds support the Greater Maple Valley Community Council.

Last year all scales except TT were represented.
4DNTrak, 4DHO will be there. Z scalers and live steam usually attend as well.
You can check with Ed Ives to see if the 4D Hi-Railers will be there as well (they often are).

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Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society

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by David Yaddock

PRR Herald There will be a meeting of the PRRT&HS on Saturday October 21st. The meeting will be held at the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive in Burien (425 SW 153rd St, Burien, WA). Check the website pnrarchive.org for directions.
The meeting will start at 12:30 pm with the building open earlier.
The guest speaker will be David Durkoop. He will go through the history and mechanics of the Raymond Loewy designed Broadway Limited passenger car “Mountain View”. He has firsthand knowledge of this since he owned and lived in the car for several years. This will be a very interesting presentation that will go into the fine details of passenger cars.
If time permits there may be a slide presentation from the Bill Volkmer collection.
There is no cost to attend this meeting and all are welcome.
We even welcome New York Central fans!!

After the meeting there is a no host dinner at Vince’s across the street.

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Eastside Get Together Clinic – Redmond

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by Alex Brikoff

Doors Open at 7:00 PM and Meeting starts promptly at 7:15 PM at:
The Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center
16600 NE 80th Street
Redmond, WA 98052

The October 2017 Eastside Get Together Clinic will be on October 19, 2017. We will begin by mentioning any noteworthy, upcoming model railroad and railfan events in the area. We will also have our Model of the Month and Rail Photo of the Month contests. The Photo category this month will again be Prototype – Color, by special request because we didn’t have any entries last month. So, bring your best models and photos for the contests!

Our clinic this month will be “Adding Prototype Operations on your Layout” by Bill Messecar. Bill is a 4th Division MMR and has a great layout that models the citrus fruit and produce industries of southern California, so I’m sure that his clinic will be very informative. The clinic will describe operations on the ATSF in the 40’s and 50’s and how he modeled those operations on his layout.

We’ll also have refreshments and snacks along with, possibly, some great door prizes.

Meetings are the third Thursday of each month, September to June.
Doors open at 7:00 PM and the program will start at 7:15 PM.

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