When? Thursday, April 14
Time? 7:00 PM
Where? Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland Street, Mount Vernon
Click Here for map & directions
It’s been fun and interesting to watch the dioramas evolve over the last many months. Tonight each builder will present their final effort.
The Westside Clinic is Tuesday April 12, 2016.
For this month’s clinic Steve Hauff will be presenting his latest African rail adventure – Rovos Rail, Capetown to Dar es Salaam.
Please bring a model railroad friend and an item you’ve been working on. As always we will have a “Model Contest” and “Show And Tell.” Coffee and cookies will be provided.
If you are visiting for the first time our clinics are held at the United Way of Kitsap Building in downtown Bremerton (647 4th Street) at 7 pm. Additional details (including a map and contact info) are on the Clinics Page.
You should have received in the U.S. mail your ballot for the 4D’s current election. Before you forget, vote and then follow the instructions on the ballot to return it to your Elections Committee.
We’ve received many ballots already, but we want your vote, too!
The deadline is May 1.
Thursday night, April 14 at 6:30 pm
Newcastle Public Library
Social Hour from 6:30 to 7:30
This will be a meeting to test the level of interest in starting a new clinic in the south end handy to Bellevue, Renton, Kent, Maple Valley, and Issaquah.
There will also be a presentation “The Coal Mines of Newcastle” by me (Russ Segner). This will describe the first significant railroad in the Seattle area which handled coal from mines in Newcastle just east of Lake Washington to Seattle where millions of tons of coal were shipped by boats to San Francisco. This little railroad is an excellent example of smaller rail lines which we can easily model.
If you are interested in having a clinic nearer to you, come on by and get acquainted. I can be contacted at russseg@gmail.com or 206-200-2211.
Mothers Day at the Northwest Railway Museum
Celebrate mom this Mother’s Day with a scenic steam train excursion through the Cascade foothills. You and your mom will journey to the top of Snoqualmie Falls and enjoy the view of the valley below. The Northwest Railway Museum invites mothers to enjoy a free ride aboard our antique train, when accompanied by a paying child – of any age. Passengers may board in Snoqualmie or North Bend. The round trip takes approximately 70 minutes. Passengers may get off at the halfway point, shop, eat lunch, or take a stroll before returning on any later train. Trains depart every 90 minutes beginning at 11:00 AM from the Snoqualmie Depot at 38625 SE King Street and at noon from the North Bend Depot at 205 McClellan Street. Roundtrip fares: $12 ages 2-12, $20 ages 62 and up, $22 ages 13-61, Under 2 are free!
Welcome, new 4th Division (PNR) NMRA members (or former members recently renewed)! An e-mail notification is sent out to all subscribers every time a new Grab Iron post is made, so this may be one of the first messages you see from our Division. Our 4D web site has clinic info, modular group info, an events calendar, some excellent model train photos, and many pages of other related info as well as all of our Grab Iron posts – click here to navigate to the front page.
The 4th Division Spring Meet is on May 14th at Tacoma Community College, and there are three tracks of great clinics presented by multiple well known (and very skilled) 4D members. The clinic info is complete and up to date – click here to view. Lunch is included (if registered by May 1st) – click here to register and reserve a lunch.
It’s been fun and interesting to watch the dioramas evolve over the last many months. Tonight each builder will present their final effort.
Ted Becker sent out a request to advise him if you have a topic for a mini-clinic.
We encourage attendees to bring models for “show and tell” – show us what you’re working on, even if it is not complete. And, if you have a tool or gadget that you have found useful, bring it along and share it with us. We also encourage folks to bring along items for sale or swap, or even “freebies” – we’ll have a table for those items.
When? Thursday, April 14
Time? 7:00 PM
Where? Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland Street, Mount Vernon
Click Here for map & directions
Ross Tabor, one of the original members of the 4D HO Modular group, has passed. Services will be on Saturday, April 9, at 2 PM at Federal Way United Methodist Church, 29645 51st Ave S, Auburn, WA 98001.
His obituary at Cascade Memorial:
Ross Tabor was born on May 4, 1930 and passed away on April 2, 2016 in Des Moines, Washington. He is survived by his loving wife, family, and friends. He is and will be dearly missed.
The next Seattle-North clinic is this Thursday, April 7. The main topic will be Track Warrants. Come learn about this scheme used by railroads to control what train is allowed on what track and when. Depending on the era and prototype you model, track warrants can also be applied to operations on a model railroad. Time permitting the program will also include another installment of our continuing series on fallen flags.
Editors note: Thanks to the Free-mo e-mail list of Alan Ashton (to join, e-mail Alan at inwafreemo@gmail.com), here’s a sampling of Free-mo activities in the 5th Division.
On Sunday, April 3rd the Inland Washington Free-mo Modelers will join the Idaho Free-mo group for a layout at the Lewis Clark Train Club’s Model Train Show at the Nez Perce County Fairgrounds in Lewiston, ID, 1229 Burrell Avenue. The show runs from 9:30 am to 4 pm. Click here for additional event info including a map.
On Friday and Saturday, April 15th and 16th, the Inland Washington Free-mo-N Modelers are hosting their Spring open house at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave, from 10 am to 6 pm. Admission is free. Click here for a poster of the event.