Magnus Christerson – an active member of 4D – was awarded the ETE PNW Chapter’s Meritorious Service Award from Chapter President Chris Woodruff, in recognition of Magnus’ exceptional contributions to the ETE PNW Chapter over the past year. Congratulations, Magnus!
I am tearing down my On2 layout due to health reasons. I have been working
on this for 40 some years and have a variety of structures that range from
scratch built to laser cut kits.
Outhouses, wood truss bridges, large and small industries, stations and town
business flats and full size buildings. Era is post WWI. Approximately 50
structures of various types. I would like to donate these to someone if I
can before they become dumpster fodder. Attached are some images of a few of
the structures.
Contact: Fred Kaser
Phone 503-949-5340
Email: fkaser@onlinenw.com
Fred Hamilton an NMRA life member for over 50 years died August 1, 2024, after a long battle with cancer. He was 82 years old.
Fred served on the advertising sales staff of Trains and Model Railroader magazines for 25 years. After that, he was general manager of NorthWest Short Line for several years.
He was a Trustee and President of the Model Railroad Industry Association, and later served as its Executive Director. He was a founding Director of the Narrow Gauge Trust Fund and the Narrow Gauge Preservation Foundation.
An avid and talented On3 modeler, Fred knew everyone in the model railroad industry.
Fred piloted Air Force C-141 Starlifters during the Vietnam conflict. Friends who served in country told me his cargo often – or, perhaps, always – included fallen soldiers, sailors, and airmen. Now he rests in peace with the heroes he brought home.
Cole Van Gerpen
Seattle’s newest garden railroad is ready for service! Luke Connor’s Oregon, California and Eastern and Weyerhaeuser Narrow Gauge Division is a 1:20.3 scale garden railroad located near Puyallup, WA.
The railroad depicts Southern Oregon, connecting the Mill at Klamath Falls with the yard and car float at Sycan. Between the two, you’ll find 12 feet of elevation gain, 150 feet of steel bridges, and much, much more!
The railroad will be hosting its first open house on Sunday, August 25th, from noon – 8:00 PM, and we want to see you there! Bring your trains and help us break our new railroad in! Address available upon RSVP; see the form on our website at ocery.org.
If you have questions or need additional information, contact Cole Van Gerpen, (425) 279-3922, or cole@cvgtrains.com.
Dave Liesse wanted to let you all know, his dad (Ed Liesse) passed away earlier this week. He died of degenerative disease of the nervous system with adverse effects from a fall at the end October. No services of any sort are planned, but if that changes, I’ll let you know. This was expected, and they’ve essentially been without him for several months anyway, so there’s no great change to their routine and they’re all doing fine. It truly is a good thing all around.
We have lost a wonderful friend and fellow modeler in Ed. He and his wife Gay and his sons have been very active in the NMRA and 4th Division for many years. Ed ran all the inside activities at the last Seattle NMRA national convention in July 2004 and I had the pleasure of working closely with him at that convention managing the clinics. Ed received many awards for his service from the 4th Division, PNR and the NMRA. Condolences to Ed’s family in their loss of a wonderful man and role model.
Bill Messecar
4D Superintendent
I picked up a large collection of HO yesterday. It is four large tubs full, mostly GN. It includes rolling stock, mostly Accucraft, etc. in excellent condition in original boxes and many DCC equipped diesels, also GN.
I will hold an open garage sale next Saturday, the 6th from 10 AM to 2PM at my home in Newcastle. If interested, contact me at 206 200 2211.
The video of the Eastside Clinic of June 20 is now online in the 4dPNR Movies page of YouTube. Glenn Farley presents the new layout under construction.
Thursday nights program will be special. We a look at the newest layout in Everett, the EVERETT RAILROAD HERITAGE ASSOCIATION formerly known as the Swamp Creek Railway. They have a terrific space right next to the passenger platform at the new Everett rail station. They are building a museum quality layout featuring the historic Industrial waterfront.
Glenn Farley will present the full story of this exciting move by the former Swamp Creek Club from it’s old location in Edmonds. We will start with introductions, announcements and sharing what you are working on. Join us.
The room will be opened early at 6:30 and the meeting will start at 7:00 PM
Contact Russ Segner at russseg@gmail.com or 206 200 2211 if you want the link to our Zoom meeting.
Weeks of planning between two 4D Board members, Kurt Laidlaw and Bob Kenworthy and the staff at the NW Railroad Museum near Snoqualmie culminated in a day 4D attendees won’t forget. It started with a train ride from the old NP depot at North Bend to the museum in beautiful spring weather. We divided into groups to attend a clinic given by Greg Wright MMR, a tour of the museum Lionel and HO layouts and a behind the scenes visit to the museum restoration shop where we saw several engines/carts being restored. The museum staff also discussed their archives of equipment blueprints and drawings. There were two more opportunities for a layout or shop visit or attend Burr Stewart’s enjoyable clinics on videography of his layout and sage advice on achieving your goals in layout building. Burr has his own YouTube channel so you can check out those great videos.
At noon we then took a 30-minute lunch break to enjoy drinks and a delicious box lunch. Bill Messecar 4D Superintendent led the 4D Annual Meeting where he introduced the 4D Superintendent elect Mike Stepner as well as the current 4D BOD members. After the meeting we had a chance to explore the many museum exhibits and then boarded our train for the return journey to North Bend. To complete a great day of Model Railroading we had the opportunity to see four excellent layouts in the area.
If you were not able to make the spring meet this year—be sure to attend in 2025. It’s a great opportunity to meet local modelers and have a train filled day. This sort of event is one of the many benefits offered for your NMRA membership. Hope to see you next year.
Bill
4D Superintendent