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Nominations Needed For 2017 Golden Grab Iron Service Award

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Russ Segner

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.

We solicit your input on this with suggestions of names of people to be considered. The past recipients are noted on the 4D website at https://4dpnr.com/gi-service-award-winners/.

You may contact Jim Sabol at jimsabol@msn.com, Jim Younkins at jcyounkins@comcast.net, or Russ Segner at russseg@gmail.com.

This Award will be presented at our 2017 Spring Meet.

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Spokane Fall Train Show Last Call for Modules

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Alan Ashton

Editors note: Alan Ashton maintains a Free-mo e-mail list (to join, e-mail Alan at inwafreemo@gmail.com) and is a member of the Inland Washington Free-mo Modelers. A previous post on 5th Division Free-mo activities can be viewed by clicking here, and the latest article on Free-mo standards and construction can be viewed by clicking here.

This is the last call for module participation at the Fall Train Show in Spokane. The deadline for registration is Friday, September 16th. If you haven’t sent us your form yet it is time to do so.

We are looking forward to a good sized layout with plenty of operating time on the weekend of October 8th and 9th. Saturday is set up and run time for participants and Sunday is the train show and swap meet. There is no charge for participation.

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Westside Clinic in Bremerton on Tuesday, Sep 13th

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Bill Hupé

Tuesday, September 13th is our next 4th Division Westside Clinic. For our newcomers the clinic is held at the United Way of Kitsap Building in downtown Bremerton (647 4th Street) at 7:00 PM. Additional information including a map can be found by clicking here.

Jack Hamilton will be presenting a clinic on Steam Locomotives.

A reminder: This is the deadline for Aaron Lamar’s N scale layout competition.

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Selkirk Express 2016, PNR Convention – A Special Report

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By Rich Thom, Photos by Rich Thom

Editor’s note: In this month’s Skagit Valley and Whidbey Clinic’s PDF newsletter is a special report on the Selkirk Express 2016 PNR Convention which was held in Salmon Arm, British Columbia this past June. This is a very nicely written article with many photos.

Rich’s special report has been extracted to a separate PDF (thanks, Al Frasch!), and is available at https://4dpnr.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Skagit-Valley-Whidbey-SpecialRpt-SelkirkExpress.pdf.

As usual with PDF files your computer (or smart phone or tablet) may need to install an Adobe PDF viewer application (click here for the Adobe download link; I recommend un-checking the optional software offers).

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NW Railway Museum Hosts Grandparents Grand Excursion on Sep 10 and 11

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Peggy Barchi, Marketing/Events Manager

A reminder – the last full weekend of steam train rides for the summer season is upon us. On Labor Day weekend, the steam train will run on all three days, Saturday through Monday, September 3rd through 5th. Click here to view the previous Grab Iron post.

Special Weekend Event Pays Tribute to National Grandparents Day

Celebrate grandma and grandpa on National Grandparent’s Day, September 11! It’s the perfect weekend to take the grands for a ride aboard the Northwest Railway Museum’s antique train. On both September 10 and 11, a grandparent rides free when accompanied by a paying grandchild – of any age! Listen to the stories and share the memories of your family members. Enjoy a day together and experience the scenic beauty of the Cascade foothills aboard the Snoqualmie Valley Railroad.

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Inland NW Railway Museum Grand Opening

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Alan Ashton

Editors note: To join the Free-mo e-mail list of Alan Ashton, e-mail him at inwafreemo@gmail.com. The previous Grab Iron post on 5th Division Free-mo activities can be viewed by clicking here. In particular, the previous post has an “under construction” photo of the Free-mo loop module shown below.

The grand opening of the Inland NW Railway Museum in Reardan was held on Saturday, August 27th, and there was a sizable Free-mo layout presented by the Inland NW Free-mo Modelers group. Representatives from Idaho were also there with both HO and N-scale Free-mo modules.

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HO and N Scale Items For Sale in Tacoma on Saturday, Sep 10

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Larry Sloan

Date: Sep 10
Location: 1801 N Hawthorne Dr., Tacoma, WA 98406 (Click here to view the location on Google Maps)
Hours: 9 AM to 3 PM

NMRA members Steve Cox and Mike Stepner will again be helping a lady in Tacoma sell off her father’s trains on Saturday, September 10th. We didn’t provide enough notice on the previous sale and attendance was limited.

The items are mostly HO scale with a small bit of N scale. The items include multiple used turnouts, DCC decoders and equipment, locos, and rolling stock. The rolling stock ranges from Tyco to Athearn Blue Box. The locos include Life-Like Proto 2000 (P2K), some with DCC installed. The DCC equipment includes DCC Specialties PSX-2 and PSX-4s, a couple of NCE cabs and a base station.

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BEMRRC Annual Swap Meet on Saturday, Nov 12th

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Bill Messecar

The Boeing Employees Model Railroad Club Annual Swap Meet is Saturday, November 12th from 9:30 am to 4 pm at the Kent Commons Community Center, 525 4th Ave. N, Kent, WA. Admission is $8 with under 16 free.

The BEMRRC Swap Meet is one of the best known and largest swap meets in the region. It started in 1979 as a fund raiser for the club. It’s a great place to find trains of all scales, as well as tinplate, artifacts, photos, videos, and more. Refreshments are available (coffee, donuts, sandwiches, sodas) and there are door prizes every hour as well as a grand prize of $125 to one lucky winner. Table reservations are available for $40 from Ed Sherry at swapmeet@bemrrc.com or 206-244-3884.

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Special Labor Day Steam at the NW Railway Museum, Santa Tickets on Sale

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Peggy Barchi, Marketing/Events Manager

A reminder – Snoqualmie Railroad Days is coming soon (19th thru 21st), click here to see the previous Grab Iron post.

Take it Easy and Ride the Steam Train this Labor Day!

The Northwest Railway Museum pays tribute to America’s workers this Labor Day with a special weekday steam train run of the Museum’s antique train on Monday, September 5th (as well as all of Labor Day weekend.) This is in addition to the railroad’s usual weekend steam train schedule. The Northwest Railway Museum offers scenic train excursions through the Cascade foothills of the Upper Snoqualmie Valley, including a ride past the top of Snoqualmie Falls and a splendid view of the valley below.

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