Anton Faulk, Author at Welcome to the 4th Division

Lynden Train Show and Seattle’s First Railroad

September 30, 2018Written by Anton Faulk

By Russ Segner

The Lynden Train Show is this coming weekend, Saturday October 6 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and Sunday the 7th from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Several of our modular groups will be there. I plan to be there Saturday. The location is:
Northwest Washington Fair & Event Center
1775 Front Street
Lynden, Washington 98264

Congratulations to each of our clinics with great starts to the season. This is an opportunity to share our experiences in model railroading. Spread the word amongst your friends who share interest in trains. Each clinic is encouraged to post in the Grab Iron an article of recent or future topics.

There is an opportunity this Friday evening to hear an excellent presentation about “SEATTLE’S FIRST RAILROAD”, the early movement of coal from Newcastle to Seattle by means of a Tram and Incline. Coal cars were barged across Lake Washington and Lake Union, over narrow-gauge tracks which went up what is now Westlake Avenue to a Pike Street pier.

White River Valley Museum
918 H Street SE
Auburn, WA

The program begins at 7:00 PM. Never before seen photos and maps will be shown. Join me there.

Russ

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Clinic Report – East Side Get Together, September

September 22, 2018Written by Anton Faulk

By Syd Schofield, photo by Anton Faulk

East Side Get Together, September 20, 2018

After the summer break, the East Side Get Together Clinic got together at the Redmond Community Center. Alex Brikoff called the group of interested railroad enthusiasts to a low murmur around 7:15 Thursday evening. VIPs in attendance were introduced and upcoming events of interest were announced. See the Grab Iron for those details.

The evening’s presentations were on summer railroad-related activities. Robin Peel presented a summary of his trip to the 2018 Sn3 Symposium in Minneapolis this past summer. Robin then announced that the 2019 Sn3 Symposium will be held in Bellevue, WA next April 4-6, 2019. He also announced that the 2022 National Narrow Gauge Convention will be held in the Puget Sound area, location and details are still TBD. Two European railroads, in Norway and Spain, were presented with slide shows and narrations as well as a collection of pictures and videos of western US. Photos from a trip through the Panama Canal were presented, showing the unique locomotives used to pull various vessels through the locks at the canal. A recap of the NMRA National Convention in Kansas City, MO was given by Alex.

Model of the Month was won by Ted Becker with his two-story frame house, nicely built and weathered. Anton Faulk showed a picture he took of a railroad tunnel-bridge-tunnel across a shear canyon walled abyss (complete with train) in Spain. Equally spectacular was his vantage point for the photo on a suspended walkway “trail” on the cliff wall.

Photo of the month winner. A Renfe Avant train through El Chorro gorge in Spain.

Eastside Get-Together (Redmond) Clinic

Golden Grab Iron Nominations Requested

September 19, 2018Written by Anton Faulk

By Ted Becker

The Golden Grab Iron Service Award is given each year to a member of the 4th Division, Pacific Northwest Region, National Model Railroad Association, who exemplifies extraordinary service to the organization. The selection committee is comprised of the immediate past three honorees. It is time to solicit nominees for the 2019 recipient. A list of past recipients is on the 4D website here.

Submit your nomination with the name of the member and a list of their contributions to the hobby, the NMRA and the 4th Division plus a short bio. If you have submitted a nomination in the past, please resubmit. Email your nominations to Ted Becker at: rail.bird@att.net.

Ted

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