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The

Headlights Merlyn Jarman, Superintendent

Oil Can Cincinnati Div. 7, MCR, NMRA Inc . November, 2007

Electronic Edition

Another spectacular Fall Train Show !!! The 40th Annual Division 7 Fall Train Show was another repeat of last year’s fantastic performance. Over2,700 folks came out to see the trains and take home some treasures. I hope everyone can appreciate the amountof planning and execution along with dedicated volunteers it takes to put on this event. A big thank you to Show Chairman, Rick Crumrine and “The Crew” that works every year to pull this off. It’s a shame that the same dedicated 12-14 individuals tirelessly work to make sure set-up and tear-down functions are done.Hopefully that can change in the future and more will volunteer or it will be a problem for our future growth. Iknow I’m definitely dating myself when I say I can remember with fondness my first Division 7 Fall Shows that were held at Grueninger Oldsmobile way back when. I’m sure a few of you remember those days. As thesaying goes, “we’ve come a long way baby”! As always, this was a superb effort by Division 7 to show thegeneral public what model railroading is all about. Morse code 101 Kudos to Roy Hord for presenting a very detailed and fascinating clinic on railroad telegraphy at our recentOctober meeting. Hard to believe that the initial installation of telegraph lines back in the 1800’s spread faster than the internet. That’s something to tell your grandkids! The V & O cars are here! Jim MacKnight has worked his car project magic once again and the new Virginian & Ohio Accurail boxcarsarrived. Great work, Jim, this should be a real winner. News from the Mid Central Region I just attended the Mid-Central Region Board of Directors meeting last week. The “Port City Meet” will be theSpring Mid-Central Region Convention to be held May 15-18th, 2008 in Cleveland, Oh sponsored by Division 4. They plan on offering over 55 model railroad clinics, many prototype tours, model contests, and a full non-rail program. You can find more details on the web at: www.div4.org .Their convention will also be adjacent tothe New York Central Historical Society Convention that same weekend and admission to their train show willbe provided for Convention attendees. Looks like a fun time, I hope you’ll plan on attending. “The Kingpin” our Regional newsletter, is looking for articles on your model railroad, “how-to” info, or other articles of general model railroad interest. Send your article and photos to the Kingpin Editor Nat King. His e-mail address is nking55@bellsouth.net. Link your railroad to the rest of our Region by sending a write-up, photos, or link to your model railroadwebsite to Ivan Baugh, Region Webmaster. Our own Randy Kerka did so and so can you. Contact Ivan atiwbaugh@insightbb.net .By the way, our Region website is a great source of model railroading “how to” articles and news of what’s going on with other Divisions in our Region and deserves a visit by you to check itout at http://www.midcentral-region-nmra.org. That’s all for now-see you in November! Merlyn

The Oil Can is a publication of Division 7, MCR, NMRA, Inc. Opinions expressed herein are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Cincinnati Division 7, The MCR, the NMRA, it’s officers or it’s members. Space permitting, The Oil Can welcomes news items, articles, and letters on model railroading and related topics. Deadline for submissions in generally the fifteenth of the month preceding.

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Second Section Randy Kerka, Asst. Superintendent

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It appears that the grip of a hot, dry summer has relented and Fall has definitely arrived. Proof of this is that the Division7, 40th Annual Fall Train Show concluded just hours prior to my writing this! If you missed it… you missed one of thefinest shows yet. Good weather, great publicity and the tireless and dedicated work of you volunteers led to recordnumbers of attendees. All the attendees and vendors seemed delighted by their experience. Preliminary attendeecounts were somewhere between 2,800 and 3,500 bodies!!! Every year we ponder how we will top the previous yearand every year we do. Great work, folks. On October 14thth, we met at The Anderson Senior Center. What a great venue! Our own Roy Hord gave us anwonderfully in-depth look at Railroad Telegraphy through the years. Thanks, Roy. Thanks to Scott Firth for hisassistance with the meeting logistics. John Listermann opened his layout for the Division following the meeting and didnot disappoint us. Contest categories were models; Ugly Cabeese and photos; Trains at Night. Once again, Merlyn and I won nothing in the raffle. The officers are now quite certain that we have totally lost control ofthe “Honest” Raffle. Correction: Last month, it was erroneously reported that the vicious foam dart cannon attack directed at SecretaryBruce Knapp was “unprovoked”. It has now been confirmed by unnamed sources that the aforementioned insidiousattack was, indeed, PROVOKED. On November 11th we will head up to the Hamilton Senior Center. I have really been looking forward to this one as wehave National Clinician and well known “Man-of-Steel” Dean Freytag coming in to give his “Steel Mill Modeling” clinic.Many of us already own a Freytag book or two and will agree that he is THE authority on the subject. I sat down with Dean for quite some time at the Detroit National Convention and I can tell you with no reservation… we are in for a treat!I think the WhistleStop will be in full operation and then we will be visiting “Travelin’ Charlie” Atkinson’s Hocking Valley and Bill Mense’s C&O. On December 9th we will return to the Westwood United Methodist Church for the Annual Pot Luck Slide Show. Bringyour 35mm slides OR digital slides in .jpg or PowerPoint format on a USB memory stick or CD. Please limit them togroups of 20 slides. As time allows we will go around again for another 20 slides. As an added treat, those of you whofrequent “Summerail” will recognize the name Father Dale Peterka. Father Dale will be a special bonus guest slide presenter with his short slide show titled "O. Winston Link-Mastering the Night". Please make Father Dale feel welcomeas he bravely enters the friendly confines of a Protestant Church. “Honest Bruce” Knapp promises that one luckyattendee will win that engine he has been touting. Contest categories are Models: “False Fronts (thin-line buildings)” and Photos: “Your choice!!!”: Layout visits are nowconfirmed for Jim Sicking’s and Jerry Strangarity’s Layouts. On January 13th we begin the new year at Harmony Lodge. Gerry Albers will be unveiling his “Signals By Spreadsheet”Clinic. Layout visits and modeling/photo contest categories are not yet confirmed. We are still waiting for someone to step forward to take responsibility for the Company Store. Your Superintendent andhis faithful side-kick, Tonto have been trying to “mind the store” on a temporary basis but we really need some help hereIt is a great position for someone looking to become more involved. It is good way to “make your mark” with the Division without investing a large amount of personal time. Merlyn and I are developing a “best practices” sheet for operationand will certainly assist the new Company Store Chair to get the old feet wet with a minimum of pain and suffering…none in fact! Again, this is an excellent opportunity for some of you new folks to get involved in the internal working ofyour club! This month’s “rambling” concerns adding video to your layout. You have probably all seen it. I have it and it is waycool! Did you know you too can have it for around $100? The first unit I tried was the RF Systems unit but it had a bit oftrouble on my large layout with reception. My current system is the SJT Enterprises CCS-811T1 2.4Ghz WirelessMicroColorCam System. This unit really “Gets ‘er done!” Learn more about it athttp://www.wirelessmicrocolorcam.com. Next month we’ll talk a bit about weathering chalk powder. Catch you later.

Randy

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Fiction and Fact from Don’s Almanac The Oil Can - November, 2007 - Page 3

Local Layouts Get National Attention The 2008 edition of Great Model Railroads features the layouts of both Ray and Renee Grosser’s HO Soo Line and Bob Lawson’s HO Southern. Both articles make for good reading and have lots of great pictures. Congratulations to the three of you. No question, this area really is a hot bed of great model railroads.

Chip Off the Old Block? John Burchnall’s son James recently obtained the rank of Eagle Scout. Congratulations to James, his parents, Scoutmaster Pat McLaughlin and all of troop 941.

What Else Is New? Effective January 1, 2008 the subscription rate for Scale Rails will go up from $12 to $15 annually.The increase was prompted by the recent hike in postal rates. Even at $15.00 its still the best deal in model railroading. NMRA dues will remain at $36 per year.

Engineering Students to Display Their Layouts The engineering department at Miami U. will hold an Open House to view the Miami student model railroad layouts on Wednesday, December 5 from 6 to 8 PM in the same engineering building were the clinics were held. Judging will take place that same evening and some Division 7 members will be asked to serve as judges. It will be interesting to see what these budding engineers come up with. Hopefully this experiment will become an annual event as it’s sure to hatch some new and novel ideas for our layouts.

Connie and Mack Frank Hermanek’s article on soldering in the October Oil Can was accompanied with pictures of a 2-8-0 and a Mack Truck showing the soldered models before being finished. That was the before, here’s the after.Connie, the 2-8-0, not only took 2nd Place at Gateway 2001, the NMRA National Convention in St. Louisbut also won the “Testors Floquil Best Locomotive Finish” award. Mack the Truck won 1st Place with 117 points at NMRA’s Maple Leaf 2003 Convention in Toronto.

Open House to be Held for Multiple Sclerosis

You Can Help

Ned Hoelzer, 3088 Millville-Oxford Rd. Oxford, OH will hold an open house to benefit Multiple Sclerosis.The only information we have at this time is that the layout covers 4800 square feet with over 1 mile of track and 33 trains. The layout will be open Friday Nov. 30 from 6-9 PM and Saturday Dec. 1 from 10AM-1PM. Admission is $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for children. All proceeds go to the High Tech EquipmentLoan Program to provide MS patients with equipment not covered by insurance. The layout is on Rt 27 nextto Marshall Elimentory School. They are looking for help in advertising the event such as passing out flyersetc. If you can help, contact Judy Ramsey SRamsey486@aol.com

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Modeling: Senior Division

Jim MacKnight 39 Frank Hermanek 28 Ron Gribler 09 Ron Pearson 06 Perry Simpson 06 Clayton Hillard 05 Charlie Atkinson 04 Tom Brueggeman 03 Randy Kerka 03 R.Schmidt/P.Lamkar 03 Barry Martz 02 Paul Musselman 02 George Roos 01

2007 Competition Point Standings Through October.

Photography: Senior Division

Jim MacKnight 47 Jim Corbett 14 Perry Simpson 11 Rich Piland 09 Frank Hermanek 07 Jim Hodde 07 Clayton Hillard 05 T. Brueggerman 03 Pam Moleski 03 Jim Rollwage 03 Jerry Baston 02 Rick Stern 02 Robert Chapman 01

October Competition Results Models:

Weathered Passenger Cars Box Stock: 1st Pl. No entries 2nd Pl. 3rd Pl.

Kit Bashed: 1st Pl. Frank Hermanek—#2 Combine 2nd Pl. Jim MacKnight—Proto Car #2 3rd Pl. No Others

Scratch Built: 1st Pl. Frank Hermanek—REA #1958 Reefer 2nd Pl. Frank Hermanek—N&W Milk Reefer # 1234 3rd Pl. No Others

Photography:

Trains in Bad Weather Model Slide: 1st Pl. No Entries 2nd Pl. 3rd Pl.

Model Print: 1st Pl. No Entries 2nd Pl. 3rd Pl.

Prototype Slide: 1st Pl. Tom Brueggeman—B&O in the Snow 2nd Pl. Jim Corbett - C&O Coal Train in the Rain 3rd Pl. Jim MacKnight—WM F3 #67 @ Elkins, WVA

Prototype Print: 1st Pl. Perry Simpson—C&O Steam in the Fog 2nd Pl. Jim Hodde—CSX at White Sulpher Springs 3rd Pl. No Others

Fall Show Competition Results

Models

Dioramas

Box Stock: 1st Pl. Randy Kerka—Stockyard 2nd Pl. Jim MacKnight 3rd Pl. No Others

Kit Bashed 1st Pl. No Entries

Scratch Built 1st Pl. Ron Schmidt/Phil Lamkau—Elk Creek Lumber 2nd Pl. No Others

Photography

Member’s Layouts

Model Slides: 1st Pl. Jim MacKnight—Perry Simpson’s Layout 2nd Pl. Jim MacKnight—Rick Crumrine’s Layout 3rd Pl. No Others Model Prints 1st Pl. (tie) Jim MacKnight—Rick Crumrine’s Layout (tie) Pam Simpson—Perry Simpson’s Layout 3rd Pl. Brad Bovie— Ballgame,, Unknown Layout

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Tips from a Master Modeler By Frank Hermanek MMR # 360

WHAT’S THAT METAL I’M USING?

We all know that our trains run on nickel silver track BUT “what is nickel silver?” Ditto: What is brass,bronze, pewter. Zamak (sic Zamac), pot metal, and a lot of the other stuff on my worktable? To put things inperspective, these are not pure metals, like aluminum, iron, zinc, tin, lead or copper, rather they are metal alloys. Thatis, they are a mixture of different metals, which during their manufacture are melted to form a homogeneous blendsort of like chocolate milk. The individual metals lose their individuality and contribute to the whole.

Let’s start with brass. Gold in color, brass is a copper alloy containing up to forty percent zinc. It can be castinto detail parts; rolled into sheets; drawn into wire and/or track. Brass gets it hardness when it is mechanically rolledat the mill to its final thickness. This is called “work hardening”. If you want to easily drill or bend brass sheet/rod,heat it to a dull red with a cigarette lighter or a propane torch. This will soften (anneal) the brass to make it readily workable.

Nickel silver is also an alloy of copper but with additions of nickel AND zinc. There isn’t any silver in nickelsilver. So you see – our trains are still running on brass track. Like brass, it can be drawn and that’s the way our track is manufactured. Oh, if you’ve ever bought jewelry for your significant other and purchased “German Silver”, guesswhat. German Silver is just another name for nickel silver.

If tin is added to copper it becomes a bronze alloy. Bronzes have good wear properties and are often used tomake bearings and bushings. A misnomer “phosphor bronze” contains no phosphorus; it’s a standard tin-copper bronze that can be work-hardened to develop good spring properties. Found in many couplers.

Mentioning tin, it’s the main constituent in pewter. Tin is a soft metal so, to harden it, copper and antimonyare added. It is readily cast so makes great detail parts and layout scene people.

Zinc alloys go under the trade name of Zamak. Zamak alloys generally contain small additions of aluminum, copper and sometimes magnesium. The alloys are rather heavy and are dull silver in color. A big advantage of Zamakalloys is that they are readily die cast into a variety of shapes and sizes. When we purchase a loco with a “die castframe or boiler” we’re acquiring a Zamak model. Zamak metal is easily sawn and/or drilled; however, when drillinguse a lubricant (like soap). This is especially important when using small diameter drill bits. Zamak alloys cannot readily be soldered; however, I’ve done it by plating the surface with copper then soldering it.

While most of our models do not contain steel in their construction, prototypes do. (An exception to the use ofsteel in models would be post WWII kits from Globe, Silver Streak and Athearn.) As many of you probably know,steel is an alloy of iron containing carbon and manganese for hardenability. In fact, switch frogs are made from steelcontaining a high percentage of manganese. They are referred to as “Hadfield steel”. The alloy was specifically developed to adsorb the high impact of the truck wheels as they bridge the frog’s gap. Steel is hardened by heat-treating it at high temperatures and then quenching it in cold water while it is still red hot. In this condition, steel is very brittle. Therefore, it is “tempered” at a lower temperature (between 350 and 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit) for severalhours. The result is a lower hardness but ductility and corrosion resistance are greatly improved.

I haven’t seen any aluminum kits in a number of years. Walthers and/or Varney once offered extrudedaluminum “streamlined” passenger car kits. They were nice but lacked the great detail found in some of today’splastics. Aluminum alloys are/were primarily found on the big roads, which used them to construct low weight highstrength rolling stock.

Stainless steel? Not on my layout, BUT those modern, bright, shinny passenger coaches and vista-domes sure used a lot of it. Travel aboard one of those beauties on the Alaska Railroad.

Toy soldiers have traditionally been tin-lead alloys. However, we all know that lead is toxic and its use shouldbe limited if not discontinued. If you’re using a tin-lead solder, work in a well-ventilated area and DON’T lean over your work where you may inhale the fumes you’re generating. You may want to switch over to the newer “silversolders”. These are tin alloys containing small quantities of silver with a temperature suppressant such as antimony.The alloys melt at about 430 degrees Fahrenheit and are much stronger than their tin-lead compatriots.

Oh yes, Pot Metal. These are generally zinc and/or lead alloys that have a very low melting temperature, aresoft and possess little strength. Makes great fishing sinkers.

Frank

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11/3-4/07 Div 3 ay “Triangle Trip” Bloomington, IN 11/17/07 Div 8 Fall Train Show & Sale. Highland V F W Post. Louisville, KY 11/30-12/01 Multiple Sclerosis Open House Oxford, OH (Hoelzer Layout) 12/01/07 KOC St. Rita Train Show Glendale Milford Rd. Cincinnati, Oh 12/08/07 Div 4 Indianapolis Model Railroad Show Indianapolis, IN NW Region 12/15-16/07 Div 3 The Great Train Expo Hara Arena, Dayton, OH 03/08/08 Div 7 Spring Flea Market. Lakota West High School 05/15-18/08 MCR Port City Meet Mid-Central Region Convention, Cleveland, OH

Next Meeting 2 PM Sunday November 11

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11/03-04/07 Div 3 Dayton Train Show Hare Arena, Dayton,OH 11/11/07 Veteran’s Day “Triangle Trip” Bloomington, IN 11/17/07 Div 8 Fall Train Show & Sale Highland V F W Post. Louisville,KY 12/15-16/07 Great Train Expo Hare Arena, Dayton,OH 11/30-12/01/07 Multi Sclerosis Open House Oxford, OH (Hoelzer Layout) 03/08/08 Div 7 Spring Swap Meet, Lakota West High School 05/15-18/08 MCR Port City Meet Mid-Central Region Convention, Cleveland, KY 06/25-29/08 N Scale National Convention Louisville, KY

Around The

Region

National 07/13-19/08 NMRA National Convention Anaheim, CA 07/05-11/09 NMRA National Convention Hartford, CT

WANTED

Operator (s) of Division 7 COMPANY STORE

You can “Be the MAN (or Woman) that’s got the Goods” ! It’s easy—it’s fun ! Serve your fellow Division 7 Members.

You can be the Purveyor of exciting, new special run Division and Regional projects as well as super-stylish Division 7 clothing.

Your help needed now—see Superintendent Jarman for details

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Virginian & Ohio 40’ AAR Steel Box Car The Virginian & Ohio (V&O) accepted delivery of 130 steel box cars, equipped with 6 feet wideYoungstown doors, in September, 1938. These cars were built to the 1937 update of the 1932 AAR steelbox car design, and were built by the Pullman Standard Car Co. After WWII, the V&O was short ofequipment, and subsequently rebuilt 49 of these all-steel cars in their West Carrolton, Ohio shops during1947. These were the first V&O cars to be painted blue, and the first to have ‘The Ridge Runner’ slogan emblazoned on their sides. The rebuilt cars were renumbered as V&O series 3900-3948, and were specified to be used only for “clean lading.” Many of these cars were interchanged with other Easternrailroads in the Appalachian region and Midwestern states. The last car was retired in 1972, althoughseveral cars continued to be used as MOW tool and supply cars after that date. This car project uses Accurail’s 3500 series all-steel AAR box car with 6 feet wide Youngstown doors, painted V&O blue with white graphics, including ‘The Ridge Runner’ slogan. The kit is provided withAccurail’s couplers and AAR Bettendorf-style trucks. The V&O box car graphics were designed by W. Allen McClelland, MMR, and are authorized for sale by Cincinnati’s Division 7, Mid-Central Region, NMRA. Four car numbers are available: 3905, 3919, 3936 and 3948

Prices: $15.00 per car, with a four-car set for $56.00 Shipping (USPS Priority Mail): $5.00 for one car, $6.00 for two to four cars

Ohio Residents must include 6.5% state sales tax on the total price, including shipping charge

Order from: Division 7, MCR, NMRA, P.O. Box 62501, Cincinnati, OH 45241

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A Lot of Prizes A Lot of Work

A Lot of Layouts

A Lot of detail

A Lot of Steam

A lot of People

A Lot of Beef

A Lot of Coal

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Another Happy Vendor Company Store

Contest Entry

Plays with Trains

Brain Storming

Hmmm, I wonder where that goes

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Mid Central Region Officers Regional Trustee Howard Smith

President: Jerry Ashley 235 Franck Ave.

Louisville, KY 40206 president@midcentral-region-nmra-org

Vice-President: Dick Briggs 4397 Holden St

Grove City, OH 43123 vp@midcentral-region-nmra.org

Secretary: Tom Atherton 13524 Newton Rd.

Middleburg,OH 44130 secretary@mdicentral=region-nmra.org

Treasurer: Gary Sole 1647 Farr’s Garden Path

Westlake OH 44145 treasurer@midcentral-region-

nmra-org

Division 7 Officers

Super: Merlyn Jarman 17765 Horizon Way Lawrenceburg IN 47025 812 539-3232 mjarman1@comcast.net Asst. Super: Randy Kerka 8127 Fox Knoll Dr. West Chester, OH 45069 513 777-0536 jkerka@cinci.rr.com Secretary: Bruce Knapp 118 Cliff Rd. North Bend OH 45052 513 941-2713 Bruce_knapp@adelphia.net Treasurer: Ed Wagner 9687 Rexford Dr. Cincinnati, OH 45241 513 563-8409 edcwagner@cinci.rr.com

Board of Directors

Bob Adams 859 384-0369 Charlie Atkinson 513 856-7881 Mike Brestel 513 661-2141 John Burchnall 513 860-3852 Rick Crumrine 513 231-5328 Roy Hord 513 777-5337 Paul Maciulewicz 513 779-1686 Jim MacKnight 513 733-1246 Don Phillips 513 226-2233 Dave Read 513 398-7323 Ed Swain 513 779-8211

Committee Chairs Achievement Prog: Frank Koch 513 732-6208 Community Srvce: Jim MacKnight 513 733-1246 John Altschool 513 851-0559 Company Store: Contests: Jack Laubisch 513 752-3988 contest@division7.org Membership: Bob Adams 859 384-0369 bobadams2046@fuse.net Modelers Aid: Pat Homan 513 861-2057 Bruce Knapp 513 941-2713 Fall Show: Rick Crumrine crumrine@fuse.net Oil Can Editor: Don Phillips dwp66@cinci.rr.com Web Master:: Ivan Baugh iwbaugh@insightbb.com

CINCINNATI DIVISION 7, MCR, NMRA

Greater Cincinnati Railroad Clubs by Pat Homan

Club Name Contact Phone # Allegheny Western Modelers John Listermann 513 231-4714B&O Historical Society Tom Bredestege 513 961-1531Black Diamond Lines Paul Godwin 513 984-3447Cincinnati Chapter NRHS Harry Noble 937 372-3908Cincinnati Model RR Club Frank Koch 513 732-6208Cincinnati Northern RR Club Greg Klinker 513 851-2233Cincinnati RR Club Jack Haap 513 942-6681Cincinnati Transit Historical Society Don Beam 513 683-1398Cinder Sniffers ? ?Eastern Loggers John Burchnall 513 860-3852GCMRRA Jim Klare 513 574-7048Greater Cincinnati Garden RY Society Tom Cruse 513 752-6599Pennsy Modelers Curt LaRue 513 874-4658Queen City N’Ginners Chuck Denny 513 647-6274Queen City Hi-Railers Jim Corbett 513 604-6229Railroad Protype Modelers Andy Harmon 812 539-4734Tri-State Ntrak John Zelasko 513 385-8382Whistle Stop Train Club John Wolfram 513 887-0571

Reminder

Two Special Raffles are coming up. In keeping with the program Dean Fretags presenting at the November meeting, he and Bill Mense are donating two HO Plastruct steel mill theme kits. Incidentally, the program Dean’s presenting is the same one he gave at the NMRA National in Detroit last summer. We also have a New York Central 0-8-0 with DCC from an anonymous donor. Be sure to get your tickets for these very fine and expensive prizes.

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Knapp’s Notes The Oil Can - November, 2007 - Page 11

October Meeting We returned to Anderson Senior Center for our October meeting. The membership seemed to be pleased withthe location and facilities for a previous meeting, so we came back. One high point of the meeting, for me atleast, was the return of another good friend and fellow C.C.M. graduate, Dave Skiff. This month’s clinic was avery complete, in depth look at the history of railroad telegraphy and its impact on operations, signaling, anddispatching. Roy Hord really did an outstanding job with his presentation. After the meeting we were treated toJohn Listerman’s B&O layout. This was the first month we had O scale in the raffle; it will become a regularpart of our raffle, thanks to the generosity of several members.

End of the Line The Ohio Valley Gentlemen’s Sipping and Switching Society met on Saturday, October 20th for an unhappy work session. The work party pulled up the tracks from Trinidad, CO to Folsom, NM as the Cimarron NorthernRailway ceased operation. We also had fun reducing the bench work to firewood. The Cimarron Northern has been taken over by the Santa Fe, so all Cimarron Northern traffic will be routed over the Raton Pass. It was anend to a neat layout. The original layout was John Robert’s Blue Ridge and Southern, which Ralph Payne, his son John, John Roberts, and I, carefully disassembled and moved to my old house on Cliff Road. TheBR&S/CNRR appeared in Railroad Model Craftsman , and was open for several Division 7 meetings and MCRConventions. I know I will miss the old CNRR, but I am excited about starting my new Santa Fe Raton Passlayout. I did save a few scenic details for the new layout. My thanks to Merlyn Jarman and Keith Corman fortheir invaluable assistance. Anyone else need our help with your layout? As Merlyn and Keith said more than once, “Oops, I broke it”.

The Monthly Raffle I wanted to remind everyone about our upcoming special raffles. Bill Mense and clinician Dean Freytag havedonated two Plastruct kits for our November meeting. We have had an anonymous donation of of a P2K New York Central USRA 0-8-0, with a DCC decoder installed, for our December raffle. The Plastruct kits and the 0-8-0 will be a special drawing; the tickets will be on sale at the November [all three items] and December[locomotive only] meetings. The special tickets will be $1.00 each. To answer a couple of concerned membersthis month’s winning tickets were drawn at lunch prior to the meeting. Please notice that Rich Pilland didn’twin as too many people would have realized the “Fix was In” If you would like to improve your chances of winning you might consider [1] putting both parts of your ticket in the hopper [doubles your chance ofwinning] or [2] I understand the raffle staff can be bribed. Happy Modeling. See you in November.

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Goodbye Cimarron Northern Hello Rumpke

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Month Date Location Program/Speaker Layout Visit Contest Topic

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North

Hamilton Senior Center

Steel Mill Modeling Dean Freytag

Charlie Atkinson

Bill Mense

Models: Hoppers, loaded or empty

Photos: On-line structures

Dec.

9

West

Westwood Methodist Church

Annual Pot Luck Slide Show

(Father Dale Peterka)

Jim Sicking

Jerry Strangarity

Models: False Front Bldngs Photos: Hoppers/Gondolas

Jan.

13

Central

Harmony Lodge Winton Place

Signals by Spreadsheet

Gerry Albers

TBA

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2007 Schedule

NOTE: ALL REGULAR MEETINGS START AT 2 PM (Unless otherwise notified)

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