Volume 34 Spring , 2014

Well this should be the Spring issue of the Purple Sage aswe have not put one out yet this year. And I owe you all anapology for not getting this done sooner. I think it’s Junealready, isn’t it?

If you haven’t been around lately, you don’t know thatSharon and I bought a new house after being in the old one forover 36 years. So, the Elbow Valley RR is now a thing of thepast and like Phoenix rising, a new Elbow Valley is in the works.Tearing down my 25 year project has not been fun, but the ideaof a new, bigger double deck RR is oh so exciting. And so Idon’t forget, I need to say a big thank you to all of my 3rd Div.friends for their help over the years. I would list them all byname but you don’t have time to read such a long list. And asyou would expect I can’t remember all of it.

Enough about me and now for the good stuff. Here is whatI wrote to the PNR for an annual report.

‘The 3rd Division has pretty much recuperatedfrom putting on the Regional Convention last Summer.We had a great crew, lots of wonderful participation andmost of all very positive comments from those whoattended. To all who attended, from near and far, wethank you for sharing this great hobby with us!

The train show portion of the convention mademoney due to the free rent associated with theconvention. Numerous folks in the area have asked thatwe put on an annual show and we have a committeelooking into this.

So far this year we have added approximatelyseven new members. Also we now have an officialmembership chair and welcome letters are being drafted.

We are also working on changes to our by­laws toinclude rules for rotating the three offices on a three yearbasis. This does not mean an officer can’t run for theirposition again.

We have had a wonderful web master for anumber of years, Bruce McCosh. He has recently passedthe job on Chris Mesa and we are now looking to putourselves on Facebook.

A number of the local members are planning toattend this years Regional in Tacoma as we fully expectyet another great convention.

As for me, I feel taking the reins of the 3rdDivision is a wonderful opportunity, one where we canpull in the members to participate just a little more in

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Tom reported that several vandals descended on theElbow Valley recently, causing much damage to scenery. Theydefended their actions by noting that the management had beenpreparing to do just that, anyway, so they were just helping.Considering management was among the vandals, the railroadpolice decided to let the matter be and left to continuepreparations for relocating to bigger quarters at the new homeoffice.

Sandy's article on the LP appears in the July/August issueof N Scale Railroading. Very nice, although he sold the GreadyMills logging operation to the Klearkut operation. I don't knowwhat else Sandy has in the pipe line, but given the number of Nscalers in the area I'm sure many more fine articles are a coming.

By Tom Waters, Division Supt. By Rick Uhlenkott, Editor

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this hobby of railroading. As I have often said, we don’t discriminateagainst scale.’

So to expand on the above, Chris Mesa has taken over as Web Masterand also as Membership Chairman. Skip Dautel continues as Secretary andJerry Thomas has taken on the 3Rd. Div. Treasures job. Warren Smith hasoffered to run the Favorite Model Contest during the Spring and Fall Meets.

And speaking of the Fall Meet, we are locked on for September 27that the same place as the past meets.

The monthly business meeting was moved to Idaho Pizza Co. onFairview near Cole Road in Boise in order to get away from noisy videogame machines at the Overland store.

In closing, you can see that some changes have been made lately, socheck the web page often for the latest info.

http://secure.infoharvest.ca/NMRA/PNR/3div/

And as you should already know, if there is anything Ican help you with don’t hesitate to contact me (info, on the3rd Div. web page).

Tom Waters

Come and make it part ofyour vacation this year and enjoythe beautiful Redwoods and one ofthe most outstanding coastlines inthe world. There are any numberof places to camp if you wish.The temperatures will be in the

high 60's to low 70's so you can escape the heat ofsouth west Idaho and cool off. Also there are anynumber of places to stay in and around Fortuna andEureka.

We will give you gate passes and parkingpermits to get into this small county fair. By theway, the Humboldt County Fair was the first countyfair in California, dating back to the late 1800's.There are many things to see on the north coast ofCalifornia from the tallest trees in the world toVictorian Villages like Ferndale used in a number ofHollywood movies.

If you could give us a weekend, one or twodays or some evenings during the week please getin touch with me at

229­7107 orrcp4449@gmail.com

Ron Plies

A total look at the club's module layout

Shively, California down inthe Eel River Canyon in theheart of the redwoods

The EurekaCaliforniaDepot in themid 50's

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By Tom WatersThis year’s Spring Meet was

just a little different for me this time.I asked Bruce Oberleitner to takeover running the contest as he hasbeen instrumental in helping me inthe past. As luck would have it,

Brucer was under the weather thatday and couldn’t even get out ofbed to call me. Well, MichaelStarkey stepped up and offered totake over. And a big THANKS tohim for doing a great job. As forme, I have fallen on my head ingetting this write up done andgetting ribbons to the winners andI apologize for that.

This time there were 28entries entered by 10 of us. Now Iknow more of you have been busybuilding models so plan onentering the contest this Fall, we want to see your handywork.

Here are the items you all liked the best at the Meet:

Complete Train ­1st ­ George Wolfrum, N Scale log train2nd ­ Bryan James, HO scale Orient

Express3rd – Don Osborn, O scale Hafner passenger train

Steam Locomotive ­1st ­ Terry

Jackson, HO scale MDC Shay

Diesel Locomotive ­1st ­ Bryan James, HO scale Athern GP­382nd ­ Floyd Warden, (assume G scale) Something

he didn’t write down

Passenger Car ­1st – Michael Starkey, S scale wood passenger car2nd ­ Bryan James, HO scale Santa Fe observation

car3rd ­ Warren

Smith, HOn3 scalebusiness car Alamosa

Non­Revenue Car ­1st ­ Warren

Smith, HOn3 scale ditcher2nd ­ Bryan

James, HO scale crane andboom car

Caboose ­ No Entries

Spring Meet Contest Results

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SEND YOUR READY MADE AD (AS A GRAPHIC), ORI CAN LAY IT OUT FROM YOUR MOCKUP

SUBSCRIPTIONS

THIS PUBLICATION IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALLINTERESTED PARTIES, MEMBERS OR NOT, FREEOF CHARGE. WE WILL GLADLY ACCEPT A $6 PERYEAR CONTRIBUTION FROM NON-MEMBERS WHOMAY STILL WISH TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING.

Freight Car ­1st ­ Rick Uhlenkott, N

scale Tri­level Autorack on UPflat car

2nd – Warren Smith,HOn3 scale drop bottom gondola

3rd ­ Bryan James, HOscale gas tank (?)

Traction Locomotive ­ No Entries

On­Line Structure ­1st ­ Rick Uhlenkott, N scale Idaho County

Light & Power LPG facility

Off­Line Structure ­1st – Sam Parkins, HO Scale General Store

Vehicle ­ No Entries

Tree ­ No Entries

Other ­ No Entries

Module ­ No Entries

Diorama ­1st ­ George

Wolfrum, N Scale Tug Boat2nd ­ Warren

Smith, HO scale OakleafSupply

Color Photo ­1st ­ A three way tie:

Carl Sorensen – UP on the ColumbiaCarl Sorensen – MT14 on the Mt. Hood RRCarl Sorensen – POVA (whatever that is)

2nd ­ A two way tie:Carl Sorensen – RDC in PayetteCarl Sorensen – calendar

Black & White Photo ­ No Entries

Best N ScaleGeorge Wolfrum – N Scale log train

Best HO ScaleA five way tie:

Warren Smith, HOn3 business car AlamosaWarren Smith, HO scale Oakleaf SupplyWarren Smith, HOn3 scale ditcherBryan James, HO scale Athern GP­38Bryan James, HO scale crane and boom car

Best O ScaleDon Osborn, O scale Hafner passenger train

Best G ScaleFloyd Warden, The something He didn’t write down

Best of ShowGeorge Wolfrum –

N Scale log train

SPECIAL CONTEST – the GET­ER­DONE contest:Rick

Uhlenkott – N­ScaleWicks New LoadingDock, phase 1

I’ve been informed by the staff in the Boise store that the Nampastore is closing. The last day for the Nampa store will be the27th of June.

Mac

By Jerry Thomas

Sometimes whentravelling model railroaders tripupon a gem quite by accident.Maybe this has happened toyou as it did to me when I wasvisiting my father in FortMyers, Florida and foundScale Rails of SouthwestFlorida. Visiting on a regularlyscheduled Tuesday worksession, we were warmlygreeted by Dwight and Jimwho toured us around theirspacious layout building. At the entrance the club has a “forkids only“ Lionel layout. Dwight showed us the N­Trak

modules. They have over 50 linear feet of quality, detailed workfinished and several more on the way. The club has their ownpainted trailer with logo to transport to frequent shows.

Jim showed us the huge HO layout. It was multilayeredin Western scenery. In places the layout has three levels with afair amount of HOn3 track mostly working the mines. Club

members were demonstrating a high level of skill in completingtheir tasks. The club has participated heavily with the NMRAachievement program and clinics. Electronics and constructiontechniques demonstrate skilful work. Look for Scale Rails to befeatured in MR in early 2016. If you end up near Fort Myers,Scale Rails of Southwest Florida is located at The Depot,1262Piney Road, North Fort Myers 33903.

And again, please try your best to vote in every category,your friends will really appreciate it. And don’t forget that wewant to see your handy work in the contest.

And As Always, Thanks A Bunch!

Tom

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Scale Rails ofSouthwest Florida

I DON'T BELIEVE IT! BENNEY FILED AN APPEALWITH THE F. R. A. AND THEY'VE ORDERED ME

TO CEASE ABANDONMENT, PENDING...

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HobbyTown News

Add a New Freight Car to Your Road:Fall Meet 2014

Improve an existing freight car, finish one, or build onenew. Any scale or type of freight car qualifies. Tell why the carinterested you. At the meet share the experiences you hadbuilding the car. Bragging rights competition will be determinedby vote.Fall suggestion: Jerry

The following NMRA Officers and Board of Directorspositions are open for election in 2015:

1. President2. Vice President, Administration3. Vice President, Special Projects4. Eastern District Director5. Pacific District Director, and6. At­Large North America Director

All incumbents are eligible to be candidates for this election.

Please check Article III, paragraph 12, of the NMRAExecutive Handbook (EHB) located at

http://www.nmra.org/national/organization/nmra_organization.html

for the extent of the districts affected. Qualifications forcandidates are listed in the EHB.

All submissions of candidate's names for consideration bythe Nominations Committee for all offices except PacificDistrict Director shall be submitted to Tony Koester, Chairmanof the Nominations Committee, nkpfan@ptd.net no later thanJune 15, 2014.

All submissions of candidate's names for consideration bythe Pacific District Director Nominations Committee shall besubmitted to Sam Mangion, Chairman of the Pacific DistrictDirector Nominations Committee, mangion2@bigpond.com nolater than June 15, 2014.

Candidates may wish to run for these positions by petitionand not be subjected to the decisions of the appropriatenominations committees. Requirements for submitting bypetition are contained in the EHB. All submissions by petitionshall be received by the Secretary NMRA no later than July 31,2014.

NMRA Secretary John Stevens has announced the resultsof the voting which took place earlier this year for the Board andCanadian officer positions.

Please note the results aren't considered official until theBoard of Directors meets this July in Cleveland and accepts thereport of the Ballot Committee.

Canadian District DirectorFred Headon ­­ 194 votes

NMRA Canada PresidentClark Kooning ­­ 198 votes

NMRA Canada Vice PresidentSteve McMullin ­­ 198 votes

There were no write­in candidates, and some ballots did notindicate a vote for some candidates.

Central District DirectorPeter Magoun ­­ 1185 votesBob Beaty ­­ 1 voteBruce Brintnall ­­ 1 voteJohn Burchnall ­­ 1 voteRussel K Ceasar ­­ 1 voteBob Fink ­­ 1 votePaul Mangan ­­ 1 voteStan Whittingham ­­ 1 vote

There were 1193 votes submitted, of which one ballot wasblank.

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ELECTION RESULTS

FALL MEETSPECIAL CONTEST

NOTICE OF 2015ELECTIONS

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