A 4 x 6 layout is available. Suitable for HO or On30.

Track is HO code 100. It is not yet wired.

It is located in Issaquah.

Contact Russ Segner at 206 200 2211..

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 begin the fall season this Thursday evening at the north Seattle Clinic. The meeting starts at 7:00 at:

Ronald United Methodist Church
17839 Aurora Ave N
Shoreline, WA 98133

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 held 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.

Russ Segner

A trip to old Durango where I rode the Cinco Animas, a business care built in the 1880’s.  The car rides at the end of the first daily train to Silverton.  The car was built with berths for eight with a galley and viewing lounge.  The platform is extra large and easily accommodates four for photos and watching the marvelous scenery along the Animas River.

Silverton is an old mining town which comes alive with thousands of daily visitors in the summer and slumbers with only 300 souls in the winter.  There are lots of shops and some very authentic leather craft shops.  My friend, Dale Kreutzer and I had a great lunch at the Grand Imperial Hotel before boarding the train for the return to Durango.  It was a great six hours well spent.

Here is a link to a video of part of the return trip.

https://goo.gl/photos/gixHcHAc8rAzCxB27

Post an article and some photos of one of your rail adventures. Send it to me or to our new Grab Iron Editor, Al Turnbull at aeturnbull@outlook.com

Russ

JJ Johnston, Chair of the Election Committee with David Yadock and George Chambers announced the results of the 2017 4th Division Election. With 151 ballots returned, Al Lowe running for Assistant Superintendent received 148 votes, Anton Faulk running for Director #1 received 142 votes and Robin Peel running for Director #2 received 146 votes. There were 4 ballots returned with no votes, 1 write-in vote for Al Frasch for Director and 1 write-in vote for Tylor Whitcomb for Director.

Congratulations to the winners who will commence their terms on September 1, 2017.

On behalf of Laurie Rathbun, I regret to inform you regarding the injury and passing of Allan. He fell in the house and suffered a head injury and was not able to recover. He died Saturday morning of the 24th of June.

The memorial service for Allan Rathbun will be July 29th at 1 pm at Bellevue Presbyterian Church, 1717 Bellevue Way, Bellevue, 98004

Norm Curtis

The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society will be having its quarterly meeting this Saturday July 15th in Burien at the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive (425 SW 153rd St, Burien, WA). The meeting will begin at 12:30 and end around 5 pm. All are welcome to attend. After the meeting we usually go to Vince’s across the street for dinner.

David Yadock

Cliff Green, our Editor is retiring.  Opportunity to Excel Awaits.

The Grab Iron is the primary means of the Fourth Division to communicate with our members and to keep them advised of ongoing programs and upcoming events. Over the past several years different formats have been used. One process minimized the direct effort and intervention by the “editor” because it relied on direct postings from clinics and committee chairs and an associated automatic notice of those postings to members. A second process involved the editor collecting information and then posting and publishing it on a periodic basis with posting notification to the members. Both systems have worked well in keeping members informed. Notwithstanding the ease of handling the editor duties, our current editor, who has done an exceptional job, has a need to retire to concentrate on more pressing matters in his family. Consequentially we need a replacement Grab Iron Editor.

The “job description” for Editor is rather simple. The Editor will work with our website which uses Word Press. The Editor also requires a bit of writing skill and the ability to be proactive in contacting members who write articles and share news helpful to 4D members. That list of contact is currently defined as the local clinic managers/leaders and the various Division Committee Chairs. The task includes preparing some original work (Editorial input, if you please) and exercising some reasonable oversight on materials posted by others. The Editor may also directly solicit materials that they believe to be of interest and value to the members. The current Grab Iron format is to publish news and articles as received from members and the groups such as local clinics and modular clubs. A monthly newsletter is an option at the discretion of the Editor. The Editor is responsible directly to the Division Superintendent and receives all required support and assistance from that office. Execution of Editor responsibilities, once in the “groove”, should require less than 10 hours a month. Software support, if require, is the responsibility of the Division.

If you are interested, please call Russ Segner, 4D Superintendent at 206 200 2211.