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Help is needed to transport the small 4 x 6 foot HO layout from Issaquah to Tacoma. Kurt Laidlaw and some others will use it in a retirement home. A pickup with canopy or a van will be needed.
Contact me at 206 200 2211 and I will coordinate the move.
Russ Segner
This 48 x 60 inch layout is available to finish and enjoy. Track is HO, but this could be converted to On30 easily. Located In Issaquah.
Contact me at 206 200 2211
Russ Segner
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 November 2017 Eastside Get Together Clinic will be on November 16, 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 contest and Rail Photo of the Month contest. The Photo category this month will again be Prototype – B & W. So, bring your best models and photos for the contests!
Our clinic this month will be “Building the Virginia and Truckee Engine House with Plaster Castings” by Bob Oakes. Bob has just returned from the Virginia and Truckee Historical Society annual convention in Carson City where this clinic was very well received. He is also modeling the Virginia and Truckee on his home layout.
We’ll also have refreshments and snacks along with great door prizes.
An URGENT request: PLEASE bring your models to show in the Model of the Month Contest. They don’t have to be finished, we love to see in-progress work as well. Also, please bring any Black and White Prototype Railroad photos you might have to enter in the Rail Photo Contest. Both contests are in dire need of improved participation!
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.
By Alex Brikoff, 11/10/17
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive
425 SW 153rd Street
Burien, WA 98166
Last month, I tried to show pictures and videos of the recent National Narrow Gauge Convention in Denver. Unfortunately, my equipment konked out due to operator error.
So, will try again. There must have been at least forty of us from the Northwest in attendance at the Denver Tech Convention Center. There were lots of visits to rail sites all over Colorado as well as some stops on the way there and back.
Twenty of us chartered the Parlor Car on the Cumbres & Toltec for a beautiful ride over Cumbres Pass at 10,000 feet. I will have good video of that trip as well as our tour of the shops at Antonito where Stathi Pappas is in charge of the rebuild of locomotive 168.
There were many fine modular groups on display and excellent model building in the contest room. And, we visited several very nice home layouts.
I will also present some shots of Sam Furakawa’s beautiful Sn3 layout which I helped prepare for shipping to Japan this November.
Russ
Our local 4th Division of the NMRA exists to help us share with others our interests in trains, big and small. So, we support monthly clinics throughout the Northwest as well as modular layouts. It is all done by volunteers.
We start the year with some new leadership:
Robin Peel and Anton Faulk on Board of Directors and Al Lowe is Assistant Superintendent. There are new leaders at two of our clinics: Alex Brikoff at the Eastside clinic, Lisa Murray at the North Seattle clinic. Mike Slease has taken over as leader of the HO Modular Group
If you want to help, contact me at 206 200 2211.
Upcoming events:
The Lynden Train Show is Saturday and Sunday
Boeing Swap Meet on November 11 at Kent Commons
Opportunities to share your interests, experience and expertise in model railroading:
New Hon3 Modular group forming Let me know if you are interested. Contact me at 206 200 2211 or russseg@gmail.com
We start again at our Burien clinic this coming Thursday.
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive
425 SW 153rd Street
Burien, WA 98166
Our program will feature the recent National Narrow Gauge Convention in Denver. There must have been at least forty of us from the Northwest in attendance at the Denver Tech Convention Center. There were lots of visits to rail sites all over Colorado as well as some stops on the way there and back.
Twenty of us chartered the Parlor Car on the Cumbres & Toltec for a beautiful ride over Cumbres Pass at 10,000 feet. I will have good video of that trip as well as our tour of the shops at Antonito where Stathi Pappas is in charge of the rebuild of locomotive 168.
There were many fine modular groups on display and excellent model building in the contest room. And, we visited several very nice home layouts.
We will have time for you to share what you did this summer. So bring some pictures on a flash drive.
Russ Segner
206 200 2211
We begin the fall season this Thursday evening at the north Seattle Clinic. The meeting starts at 7:00 at:
This will be Jeff Moorman’s last meeting which he has led for so many years. He is moving north, so we are working hard to replace him. Thanks, Jeff, for all the effort keeping things going in north Seattle.
The program will be reports from the recent National Narrow Gauge Convention h
eld in Denver. I counted over thirty from our area. Rail events included the Durango & Silverton, Cumbres & Toltec, the Georgetown Loop, the Royal Gorge Excursion and many other great experiences.
Come and share videos and photos with those of us who were there.
We now have a new editor of the Grab Iron. Al Turnbull has stepped forward to fill the vacancy created when Cliff Green resigned. Cliff gave us a lot of fine leadership in dealing with the website and making sure that the Grab Iron did it’s job communicating with our membership. I thank him for his contribution.
Al is known to many of us who regularly participate at the Science Center Show. Al has built and exhibited several portable layouts specifically designed to help visitors understand how our layouts and modules are constructed, scenicked and operated. He has strong computer skills and understands what it takes to get our message out.
We encourage members to contribute articles about their modeling, layouts and rail interests. So, Al is ready to work with you in getting things published in the Grab Iron. Submit materials to him at:
aeturnbull@outlook.com
Welcome Aboard, Al
