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HOn3 Modular Group Forming

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Chama – the real thing

There will be a meeting of several members who have expressed interest in forming a modular group for HOn3. The first meeting will be this Saturday January 5 at 1PM at my home in Newcastle. We will discuss general topics such as; standards, membership rules, possible themes, etc.

Barry Dupler, John Paschal, Syd Schofield are coming. If you can join us, let me know. We will spend some time running trains on my layout – Coal Creek Lumber Company.  We will finish in plenty of time for everyone to get home for the Seahawks game.

Russ Segner

Please call me at 206 200 2211

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Pacific Science Center Show

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Our annual train show at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center is scheduled to open very soon on January 18. David Yadock has once again organized a very busy show with most of our modular groups and several individuals setting up displays.

If you can help, it is a great opportunity to share some time with your fellow 4D members as we show the public what our hobby is all about. Contact David at hi61izq@hotmail.com or me at russseg@gmail.com.

N scale layout on display courtesy of Dan Kellogg
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The Gifts We Give

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By Russ Segner

We are in the midst of a season of gift giving. We will give and receive clothing, toys, electronics and all manner of gizmos. Some of us who are really lucky will get things for our love of trains. This is all great and I hope you get what you wished for.

I want to mention one special aspect of giving. That is the giving of time and sharing of experience to benefit others with no expectation of compensation or even acknowledgement. In the course of our association together in the 4th Division, many routinely give of themselves to the benefit of us all. So, I want to take this opportunity to thank each of you who have done so.

Thanks to all who present clinics, help with setup for the clinics, spend hours preparing modules for display at train shows, talk with the public about our hobby, work to publish communications with members, organize membership information, recruit leadership and serve as directors and officers of the 4D.

I wish you all a very enjoyable season, however you observe our many holidays. Get some rest, do a little model railroading, share some time with others and be ready for a very busy and fulfilling 2019.

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Upcoming Clinic – Burien Clinic – October 25

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We meet at the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archives this Thursday at 7:00.

We will discuss modules for the new Hon3 Modular Group. A module featuring the early coal bunker at Newcastle is being constructed. Research of photos and maps are being used to design the first one which will be 60 inches by 30 inches.
Plans for the bunker drawn by John Paschal will be shown.

We will review the standards used by The Nearsighted Narrow Gaugers, a very successful group recently seen at the National Narrow Gauge Convention in Minneapolis. This a Free-Mo group.

The archives are located at:

425 SW 153rd St.

Burien, Wa

Russ Segner

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Your Chance to Give Back

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By Russ Segner

Once again, the 4th Division will stage its 45th Annual Model Train Show over the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, January 19–21, 2019, at the Pacific Science Center. And we need YOU!

We all enjoy the benefits of this hobby; the PSC Show is a way for you to share that love with the public. It only takes a few hours.

Plus, the PSC Show is the Division’s single largest means of financial support. Without its proceeds, you wouldn’t have all the wonderful things the Division makes available, things like our many monthly clinics, our modular groups, the Spring Meet, the Achievement Program, the Grab-Iron Service Award, our website, and more. Give a few hours and our hundreds of members get a year of benefits.

But what can you do? Here are just a few of the needs you can fill:

1. Staff the outreach table to convince new members to join the NMRA

2. Tend a hands-on model railroad for kids

3. Teach a short class in any aspect of modeling (rocks, trees, weathering, you name it!)

4. Help us load-in or load-out. We need you during the time slots below:

a. Friday load-in: 5 – 9 PM
b. Saturday: 6AM – 6PM
c. Sunday: 9AM – 6PM
d. Monday: 9AM – 6PM
e. Monday load-out: 6 – 9 PM

The PSC requires that every volunteer undergoes a background check, but they make it simple. Just go to their website during January and complete a form. (Details will follow later.) Parking may be provided (details are coming for that, too).

Right now, before you forget, volunteer a few hours by emailing David Yadock at hi61izq@hotmail.com or calling him at 425-226-7518. Spread some joy!

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Burien Clinic Opens September 27th

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Let’s start this season by sharing some of our rail experiences this summer.

I will have photos and some videos of the National narrow Gauge Convention in Minneapolis. Bring your photos or video on a flash drive.

Jeff Otto’s Messabe Northern

Doors open at 7:00 with program at 7:30.

WHERE:

Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive
425 SW 153rd Street
Burien, WA 98166

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September 2018 Eastside Get Together Clinic – Redmond

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By Alex Brikoff

Welcome back everyone!

The September 2018 Eastside Get Together Clinic will meet on September 20, 2018.
As always, the Clinic is at the:
Redmond Community Center at Marymoor Village
6505 176TH AVE NE, Rm. 202
REDMOND WA 98052-4930

Doors open at 7:00 PM and meeting starts promptly at 7:15 PM

We will begin by mentioning any noteworthy, upcoming model railroad and railfan events in the area for the fall months ahead. We will also have a Model of the Month contest and Rail Photo of the Month contest. So, please bring your best models and photos for the contests! Winners will have first choice of many fine items from our Door Prize table.

This month’s clinic will be “What I did on my Summer Vacation, Railroad-wise” and moderated by Alex Brikoff. This will be a round robin where everyone in the room will have a few minutes to tell the rest of the group what they did over the summer months in terms of model building, railfanning or anything else that has to do with railroading. I encourage everyone to bring photos on a flash drive to go along with your talk since we will have a projector there. Participation is optional but encouraged! I will talk first about our trip last month to the NMRA National Convention in Kansas City, MO.

We will have refreshments and snacks available as always. We’ll also have a great selection of Door Prizes to give away at the end of the clinic.

See you there!

Eastside Get-Together (Redmond) Clinic

The Footplate, July 2018

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Bill Scheef’s Wind River Railway logging layout

Most of us spend a lot of time planning and building our dream layout. Sometimes, however, it comes time to tear one down and sell or give away special parts. What do you do with pieces of a marvelous layout which is being taken down?

The incline lands in the Wind River yard.

As your Superintendent, I get frequent calls from families who need to dispose of a layout. Right now, some of us are removing parts of one of the very finest logging layouts I have ever seen. Parts of it will go to the Mt Rainier Scenic Railroad and Logging Museum.  The mechanism, sound and lights are all intact.

Although it’s 11′ long, it is movable.

It has been moved once before and, although it is Sn3, changing the track to HO, HOn3 or On30 is all that is needed to make it the centerpiece of any layout. Contact me if you are interested at 206-200-2211.

The tram house is at the top of the incline.

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