Newsletter of the Nutmeg Division, Northeastern Region, National Model Railroad Association
Volume 14, Issue 3 September 2013 - November 2013
Your portal to more fun in model Railroading
To promote Model Railroading and help educate modelers in the skills of Model Railroading
Newsletter Update
If you are reading this newsletter on the Nutmeg Division’s website, you more than likely will not see any pictures or logos imbedded in the newsletter. At this time, I still need more education and time on how to post pictures (imbedded in the newsletter) onto the website.
If you go down to the very bottom of the newsletter (within the website), you will find a link for the PDF version that you can then click on. The PDF version should have all of the imbedded pictures and logos.
Editor- Ronald Pelletier nmranutmegmembership@comcast.net
Please visit our NEW WEBSITE @ http://www.nutmegdivision.com
The Volume 14, issue 4 of THE FLYER will be scheduled for publication sometime during the last week of November 2013.
If anyone has a short article that they would like to have included in the next issue of THE FLYER please send it to Ron Pelletier at nmranutmegmembership@comcast.net as soon as possible. The deadline will be whenever I get it as it usually ends up being last minute anyway due to end of month work schedules.
From the Desk of the Superintendent, James Mayo: jmayo_railfan@yahoo.com
August 2013
Help Wanted!
The board is still looking for a few good people. We have been without a secretary for a while. So if someone would be willing to take notes during the board meetings and ready them to be posted on the division website and/or the newsletter, do we have a job for you! Please contact James Mayo at jmayo_railfan@yahoo.com
Help Wanted!
Also we would like to have the position of layout coordinator filled. If you would like to help the board coordinate layouts for visits after the general membership meetings, contact any of the board members.
Help Wanted!
Have you been working on a model railroad project? Why don't you bring it along to a general membership meeting? Pictures are acceptable if you can't get the layout out of the door! You don't have to be an expert on a subject, just share what you did with the rest of us.
Help Wanted!
And speaking of layouts, have you gotten to a point in your layout construction that you would be willing to show off your great work? I find it interesting to see other peoples techniques for layout construction and the thought processes behind it (the how and why). Not to take away from a "finished" layout, those are a joy to see also. So… if this interests you, contact any of the board members.
Help Wanted!
Hey, a pattern may be developing here! (Yes, there is)
The next Northeast Region, NMRA Convention will be in Palmer, Mass. The HUB Division will be co-hosting this layout with us (or it may be the other way around), with ground zero at the Steaming Tender (that would be the place across from the pink house in a lot of railfan pictures). The show committee would like volunteers from the Nutmeg Division to help plan and pull of the convention. So if you would like to help plan a convention and/or work at the convention and associated show, please contact Ken May kenneth.may@comcast.net or myself jmayo_railfan@yahoo.com.
Enough of the pattern, I am planning on giving a presentation on the vertical staging yard that I built for my layout. My plan is to give the presentation and the open my layout for viewing either February or April of 2014. My layout is nowhere near "finished", but you can see a working vertical staging yard and a room full of sub-roadbed and homemade Homa-bed. If you are going to be at the Northeast Region, NMRA Convention in Laconia, NH, you just might see me there. I'll be with the Amherst Belt Lines Modular group.
Train show season is upon us, so the Nutmeg Division is working on membership flyers for distribution. These are intended to be displayed on the "promotional" table at train shows. The thought is that all people that attend train shows are potential members of the NMRA, and if they live near us, potential members of the Nutmeg Division. So when the flyers are ready for distribution, please take them to train shows that you may attend.
Now that promoting the hobby and the Amherst Railway Society have been brought up!
Help Wanted!
The Northeast Region, NMRA will have a booth at the Amherst Railway Society hobby show. Volunteers will be needed to man the promotional booth at the show. Plan accordingly, take 30 minutes or so at the show to promote the hobby (nearly everybody at train shows likes trains) promote the NMRA and the Nutmeg Division.
Help Wanted!
Not this time, the soap box is wanted elsewhere. See you at the next meeting, introduce yourself. Please sign in at the meeting (Ron Pelletier will remind everyone to do so if you forgotten) and use a name tag (it's the best way for me to remember who I am).
James Mayo
Superintendent
Nutmeg Division
Treasurer's Report
Balance as of 24 August 2013 is$937.73
Balance as of 30 April 2013 is $1100.73
Balance as of 31 January 2013 was $470.87
Due to some rule changes from the IRS (that we did not know about) and other factors, the Nutmeg Division had inadvertently filed the wrong forms at tax-time; as a result, the Nutmeg Division has been denied Federal Tax exempt status. As of 8/21/2013 the IRS has received the paperwork (along with the additional funds) from the Nutmeg Division requesting reinstatement of our Federal tax exempt status.
From Director Peter Tierinni: vergo55@sbcglobal.net
I have a 2 1/2 year old grandson named Anthony. I am writing with all the love and pride that a grandfather of 10 grandchildren could have. With all the different kind of trains out there, Thomas the Tank engine, etc. Anthony has fallen in love with my HO scale train layout. I couldn't lay down the basic track fast enough for him. He was always wanted to sit on my lap, watching me and his father, Eric, shaping the layout, and securing it. I always had to come up with a good excuse, just a few more days, just a few more minutes, papa has to go to the hobby store for a few extra pieces of track". When the big day finally arrived, Anthony was right there waiting anxiously, with great anticipation. As soon as the engine started making its way around the track, he started trying to follow it around the layout. Whenever and wherever the train came close to the edge of the board, Anthony tried to reach up and grab the engine. He would yell Choo-Choo!! Each time the train passed him and he came close, I would slow it down, and then speed up the engine to get him to miss. Well, as fate would have it, little Anthony out smarted me. When I sped up, he would go to where the train had yet to go. And, BINGO, he grabbed it. I tried to put up barriers so he couldn't reach the engine, BUT he overcame that too! He would find one of his big toy trucks, or even a storage box to stand on, climb up on that, and he would be back in business again. That's my grandson Anthony. If he grows up to appreciate model railroading as much as he does now, the hobby will be in good hands. Peter J. "papa" Tierinni.
From Communication Manager, Ronald Pelletier
nmranutmegmembership@comcast.net
In the next couple of months we should be able to start sending out e-mails via the website rather than directly from my home computer. If you remember any of my earlier problems with sending e-mails, (the five to six hours required for each e-mail message), the process through the website will be a great advantage. You will be able to get late breaking information in a timelier period. In the past, it may have taken a day (even up to a week) for me to get the information out to you.
Please add the following address to your contact list or your favorite list.
Dear Nutmeg Division Members
The Nutmeg Division has a total of three voting members of the Board of Directors. Each director serves for a three year term. In April of each year, one of the three directors term will expire, so there will be a vote in April of each year to either select a new director for a three year term or to re-elect the outgoing director if that person has so decided to stay on for another term of three years.
In April 2013 we did have an election and here are the results:
James Mayo’s (first) term as director ends in April 2014
Peter Tierinni’s (first) term as director ends in April 2015
Douglas Henley’s (first) term as director ended in April 2013
Douglas Henley was re-elected for a second term which will end in 2016
James Mayo was re-elected as Superintendent which will end in 2014.
If you wish to have your name listed on the ballot for director in April 2014 please send your intentions to Ron Pelletier nmranutmegmembership@comcast.net
On November 16, 2013 the Nutmeg Division has been invited to a special presentation by one of the Greats: Tony Koester.
He will have an open forum on Kit bashing.
The meeting will be at:
Union Savings Bank
126 North St
Danbury CT
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SPECIAL INFORMATION
Lakeport’s Railroad History
The Seacoast Division proposed to the NER to hold its 2013 convention in Laconia, NH, for many reasons, but one of the most important ones was the historical significance of railroading in this region. As the NER Convention Handbook states, a good convention needs to have a “good balance between model and prototype.” With this in mind, the convention planners have arranged several opportunities for convention-goers to learn about the history and legacy of railroading in the Lakes Region as well as the State of New Hampshire and beyond. The development in this territory of rail service and its evolution is typical of many other parts of the country and can serve all modelers who want to create their own believable model layouts.
Early Local Railroad History Lakeport, NH, once called Lake Village, is actually a part of Laconia, NH. The Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad first served Lakeport on October 2, 1848. As its name suggests, this railroad originally aspired to connect Boston and southern New Hampshire with Montreal. Eventually, it settled on a northern terminus of Wells River, Vermont, which it reached in May, 1853, connecting to other railroads serving the Connecticut River Valley and beyond. Lakeport became a very important location on the railroad. At its height, eight passenger trains per day rolled through Lakeport as well as a number of through freights. In 1888, Lakeport also became a railroad junction when the Lake Shore Railroad began construction along the southeastern shore of Lake Winnipesaukee from Alton Bay, NH. The Boston and Maine Railroad took over the railroad in 1895.
Boston and Maine The B&M had its roots in 1833 and consolidated many smaller railroads in New Hampshire and neighboring states until by 1900 it operated on 2,324 miles of track in northern New England, one of the most important rail systems in the Northeast. It controlled 96% of the 1,174 miles of rail in New Hampshire. It aided growth in local agriculture, forestry products, manufacturing, and tourism. It even expanded into electric street railways and built sixteen logging railroads in the White Mountains. Competition from automobiles and aircraft during the 20th century resulted in declaration of bankruptcy in 1970.
Presentations and Displays of Railroad History at Tracks to Lakeport 2013
- Lake and railroad transportation system presentation, including background of the two vessels named Mount Washington, by noted author Bruce D. Heald, PhD.
- History of the Lake Shore Railroad (1889-1935) by local historian Marty Cornelissen, including photos and details of surviving structures.
- The history of the Boston and Maine Railroad with special attention to New Hampshire lines by Buddy Winiarz of the Boston and Maine Railroad Historical Society. Buddy will show many photos from his collection.
- The Laconia Car Company story by noted local journalist Warren Huse.
- Publications and other materials from the BMRRHS will be on display, thanks to Jim Nigzus, who also will provide additional information sought by convention-goers.
- Local railroad museums, e.g., Ashland Train Station and Wakefield Station and Freight House, will be open for convention-goers to visit historic structures.
- Self-guided tours of surviving railroad structures are planned.
Register Now for Tracks to Lakeport 2013if you have not already done so, register now by using the form in The Coupler (issue 250) or at the convention website http://convention.nernmra.org. There will be 30 great scheduled clinics to choose from (plus other clinics to be arranged by the modular layout organizers) as well as 30 or so layouts to tour. Layout operating opportunities abound, both on home layouts and in the convention hotel. Also enjoy great prototype rides, a large raffle, and the model and photo contests and showcase. All of this in a resort hotel in a beautiful vacation area with lots of non-rail activities to choose from.
NER Tracks to Lakeport 2013 Convention Update #4,
September 1, 2013
Only 47 days are left until Tracks to Lakeport 2013 gets underway in Laconia, NH, October 17-20. The convention is traditional in format, but will offer many new and unique model and prototype railroad experiences, all in a resort area during its colorful fall foliage season. For more details about the convention program, see and monitor the convention website!
UPDATES AND MORE INFORMATION:
- The layout tour schedule is now posted on the website!! See it at:
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- 29 layout sites with a total of 39 layouts to see
- Many scales and gauges: HO, N, S, G, Z, On30, Hon3, Fn3, and 1.6”=1’
- Convention registrations and hotel reservations are above expectations at this time! If you have not secured a hotel room yet, most likely you will NOT be able to stay at the convention site hotel, The Margate. A block of 25 rooms has been reserved until September 15 for NER convention registrants at its sister hotel, The Landmark Inn in downtown Laconia, about 3 miles (8 minutes) ride from The Margate. It is a budget hotel (without NER discount) with clean rooms and complimentary continental breakfast. 480 Main Street, Laconia, NH, (603) 524-8000, http://www.thelandmarkinn.net.
- Besides downtown Laconia, consider lodging facilities in the Weirs Beach area, north of The Margate. Facilities here are also within a few minutes ride of the convention hotel. For example:
- Lazy E Motor Inn - about 2 miles from the Margate on Rte. 3 north; right on the water. 808 Weirs Blvd., 603-366-4003, Motel rooms: $74-$89, Suites: $101-$119; http://www.lazyemotorinn.com
- Sun Valley Cottages – about 5 miles from the Margate. Individual cottages with your own fireplace. Daniel Webster Hwy, Weirs Beach, 603-366-4945, Cottages w/one small bedroom: $75; http://www.sunvally.com
Two of the offered rail-fan trips remain below minimum participation levels as of August 29. The two Friday rail trips, WSRR Lakeport Rail-fan Trip and Conway Scenic Railroad Rail-fan Trip, currently need more sign-ups to make these happen.
- Because of growing interest in all of the trips, the deadline for signing up for all trips has been extended to September 15.
- There were only six available seats remaining on the speeder trip as of August 29!! Sign up now before these are taken!
- Two Self-Guided Tours to Local Historical Railroad Attractions Are Being Created: Tour 1 will follow the route of the Lakeshore Railroad to Alton, offering great views of Lake Winnipesaukee, as well as views of remaining/restored stations and some surviving high stone supports for a former viaduct. Tour 2 will start at the Laconia station, pass the Lakeport freight house and include the Ashland station and freight house, and the Plymouth station. Four covered bridges can be seen on this tour, too!
REGISTER NOW!!! Only 8 days (September 15) remain for signing up for all outside trips!
SOURCES OF MORE INFORMATION:
Convention website: http://convention.nernmra.org
The Coupler: http://www.nernmra.org/newsletter_files/Coupler_250-July2013.pdf (includes articles on the convention and the registration form). Also, see articles in Nos. 248 and 249.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS, See contact information on the website!
Operating Session Opportunity, 14 September 2013, in Montgomery, Ma
Bud Sharrow is opening his Balboa & Montezuma to the members of the Nutmeg Division for an operating session. Bill's layout is an On3 logging and mining railroad with geared steam locomotives. The Balboa & Montezuma is fully sceniced and runs well. This is a fun railroad to operate, so if you would like to join in, RSVP James Mayo at jmayo_railfan@yahoo.com. Directions will be your confirmation.
The Sep/Oct edition of the HUB Headlight is now available on our website at http://www.hubdiv.org/docs/Headlight2013_0910_v30.1.pdf.
The July – September 2013 Issue #250 of The Coupler is available on the following link if you do not have a paid subscription.
http://nernmra.org/newsletter_files/Coupler_250-July2013.pdf
Friday, April 25th, Saturday April 26th, & Sunday April 27th, 2014
Want to join in the prototype operations fun on some great local layouts? An operations weekend is coming to Long Island, under the sponsorship of the Sunrise Trail Division, NMRA, and the West Island Model Railroad Club. We will have four operations sessions - One on Friday evening, two on Saturday and one on Sunday morning - at ten different layouts within about 30 minutes of central Nassau County. They range in size from a 2 x 10 layout representing one city block plus a floatbridge in New York City to a 5,600 square foot club layout representing a line from the New Jersey waterfront to central Pennsylvania. They range in era from 1940 to the 1990's, and in theme from backwoods logging to prototype mainline with helper power.
More detailed information on layouts will be posted on the following website http://www.islandops.org later in the fall of 2013. We anticipate sign up for IslandOps to be available in February, 2014. If you have any questions, please email info@islandops.org
Click on the following link for some of the layouts that will be participating. There may be some names that you will know.
Talk about a G-Scale Garden Layout, you have got to see this.
If you notice there are parts that are not complete they are intended to be added to this G scale layout!
He has 4000 freight cars, 400 passenger cars and 300 locomotives.
The wall is being extended to enclose those areas.
Work sessions included pickup trucks, small bulldozers and excavators.
Would be great to be his friend!
http://www.mendorailhistory.org/blog/?p=2810
The above information was provided by Seeley Kellogg.
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Articles / Stories /Letters
Connecticut Valley Hospital Railroad Project
All of the railroad pieces have now arrived at the hospital. It is not currently in its permanent home, but is in a large enough space to reassemble it and prepare for the final move. I would like to get a work group to put it back on its legs and get electrical connectors installed so it can be plugged together after the final move. There are also some scenery and track sections that will need repair. If you are interested in working on this project please contact Timothy Denier at 860-262-5996 or at timothy.denier@ct.gov.
I would like to thank the LBSRailroad and Richard Murray through the HUB divisions’ e-mail network for the following information
A new rail line in Boston to be built in two years! Time will tell.
After you read the above article then read the following comment.
Got a whoops!
The B&M had Doodlebugs before the Budd Cars (aka DMU cars). These were not doublended with controls at both ends so they had to be turned on a “Y” or a turntable.
A couple of the B&M Budd Cars were re-habilitated and are in service on the Dallas-Ft. Worth rail line – still have the builders plates reflecting the original owner - Boston & Maine. Also the North Conway Scenic is running an old Budd car. If it made economic sense to put those cars in operational condition and run them in revenue service, then….
The MBTA a few years ago rejected buying new DMUs. These would have saved a lot of fuel running late trains when the number of passengers certainly does not justify 5 – 8 car trains.
A 53 year veteran of riding the MTA/MBTA/New Haven/B&M
Richard Murray
The following picture is of my grandson Griffin Pelletier (lives in CT.), who was lucky enough to actually get inside the cab of THE UNION PACIFIC BIG BOY LOCOMOTIVE NO.4017 which is in Green Bay Wisconsin. I think his face says it all! I wish I could have been there!
Birthday Announcements
September
Sudro Brown Timothy Cavanaugh Raymond Chappell William Duffe James Duffy Thomas Elwell William Evans David Fitzsimmons Jeff Hanke Ken Harstine Thomas Hirsch Guenther Hoffmann Fred Hoxsie Jim Kane Roger Lowlicht James Mosher John Orofino John Sacerdote Jeff Schultz Peter Tierinni Joseph Vecchione Alan Woollett
October
Thomas Adamchak George Adamo Robert Bardoorian Thomas Blundon George Coyle Henry Curtis Bruce Hoffman Kenneth Howland Lang Johnson John Kapustynski Douglas Kelley Jerry Lentner Peter Luchini Steven Meyer
Bob Michaud George Morris Charles Sabia Lynn Scull Randy Torres David Ware Fred Wintsch Allen Woods
November
Roy Behlke Patricia Chappell Timothy Denier Fred Dole Ernest Erickson David Evans Anthony Fisher Frank Grano Robert Guardio Randall Hammill Howard Neuschaefer Robert Quimby Bill Schneider George Sebastian-Coleman Michael Trick Michael Wlocowski Michael Woodson
If you should know any of the above people please wish them a Happy Birthday.
If your birthday is in one of the three months above, but it is not listed, please contact Ronald Pelletier at nmranutmegmembership@comcast.net so that I can update the information.
New Members:
Mike Cizik Michael Simpson Neville Wardle
Re-Rail Members:
No Re-Rail members this quarter
Achievement Program: Certificates Awarded
Association Volunteer Robert Seckler Hudson Valley
Model Railroad Author Robert McLaughlin HUB Division
Nutmeg Division Future Meeting Schedule
Our meetings will generally be on the second Saturday of the month.
These Saturday meetings will usually also include a layout visit or other some other activity.
The meetings will normally be held at the following location but always check the website to verify the location and time. http://www.nutmegdivision.com
After the membership meeting and before the layout tour there will be a BOD meeting and everyone is invited to attend. The location of the BOD meeting will be determined at the membership meeting.
Wethersfield Police Department
Community Room
250 Silas Deane Highway
Wethersfield, Connecticut
This facility is wheel chair accessible
Non-members are welcome to attend.
The schedule for future General Membership meetings is as follows:
October 12th 2013 10:00 AM: General Membership meeting
NOV 16 2013 Location Union Savings Bank
126 North St
Danbury CT
“Kitbashing presented by Tony Koester
Open Forum
Nutmeg Division Members are invited to attend.
December 14th 2013 10:00 AM: General Membership meeting
CALENDAR OF LOCAL EVENTS FOR THE NUTMEG DIVISION
AND THE BORDERING DIVISIONS
The listing also includes
NATIONAL / REGIONAL CONVENTIONS / EVENTS
May or may not be NMRA sponsored
Please check http://www.nutmegdivision.com for the latest information.
Note from the editor. I have identified the events that are within the Nutmeg Division and its sister divisions by hi-liting the events with the color green for easier recognition when viewing this information on your computer.
For information about The Naugatuck Railroad operated by the Railroad Museum of Connecticut in Thomaston CT and their schedule of activities and special events please click on the following link http://rmne.org/
For information about the Connecticut Trolley Museum in East Windsor CT and their schedule of activities please click on the following link http://ct-trolley.org/visit/admission.php. For special events click on the following link http://www.ct-trolley.org/events/overview.php
For information about The Shore Line Trolley Museum in East Haven CT and their schedule of activities and special events please click on the following link http://www.shorelinetrolley.org/docs/2013se.pdf
For information about the Essex Steam Train & Riverboat in Essex CT and their schedule of activities and special events please click on the following link http://www.essexsteamtrain.com/ North Pole Express Tickets now on sale
For information about the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum in Shelburne Falls MA and their schedule of activities and special events please click on the following link http://www.sftm.org/
For information about the Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts Whether your interest in railroading centers, on rail travel, photography, history, models or just a love of trains, Mass Bay RRE may be for you! For their schedule of activities and special events please click on the following link http://www.massbayrre.org/ for train excursions http://www.massbayrre.org/events.htm#excur
For information about the Amherst Railway Society in Amherst MA and their schedule of meetings and special events please click on the following link http://www.amherstrail.org and for their September Newsletter click on the following link http://www.amherstrail.org/ARS_Sept_2013.pdf
SEP 8 2013 The South Shore Model Railway Club
Diamond Anniversary Banquet
Weymouth Elks Hall
197 Washington Street (Route 53)
Weymouth
http://www.ssmrc.org/forms/banquetinvitation.pdf
SEP 8 2013 Madison Wisconsin
South Central Wisconsin Division NMRA
Knights of Columbus Hall
Verona Road
Paul Mangan 608-835-9577 http://www.nmra-scwd.org
SEP 13 -14 2013 Stafford Virginia
Mid-Atlantic Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet
Hope Springs Marina Clubhouse
4 Hope Springs Lane
SEP 14 2013 Rockhill Furnace Pennsylvania
Steel Wheels meet Rubber Tires at Rockhill Trolley Museum
430 Meadow Street
Bill Monaghan 814-447-9576 http://www.rockhilltrolley.org
SEP 14 2013 Sharpsburg Maryland
Hagerstown Model Railroad Museum Model Train Sale
Washington County Agricultural Educational Center
7313 Sharpsburg Pike
Show Chairperson 301-800-9829 http://www.antietamstation.com
SEP 15 2013 Connecticut G Scalers meeting
Wickham Park Railroad
Manchester Connecticut
http://ctgscalers.com/index.php?action=home
SEP 15 2013 P&W Railfan Club & Museum Show
Overlook Hotel & Reception Room
88 Masonic Road (route 131)
Charlton MA 01507
SEP 20 – 22 2013 Sonoma California
Redwood Empire Train Show
Sponsored by NMRA Redwood Empire and Redwood Empire Garden Railway Society
http://www.sonomacountyhomeshows.com
SEP 21 2013 Mahopac New York
Yonkers Model Railroad Club 2nd Annual Train Show
Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department
741 Route 6
Bill Bahr 914-980 0025
SEP 21 – 22 2013 Virginia Beach Virginia
NMRA MER Tidewater Division 24th Annual Show and Sale
Virginia Beach Convention Center Hall B
1000 19th Street
http://www.nmra-mer-tidewater.org
SEP 21 – 22 2013 Canberra Australia
NMRA Regional Convention 2013
http://www.nmra.org.au/Convention13/convention%202013.html
SEP 22, 2013 Taunton Massachusetts
Old Colony Model Railroad Club Show and Sale
Taunton Holiday Inn
700 Myles Standish Blvd
SEP 25 – 29 2013 San Bernardino California
Gateway to Cajon Pass 2013 NMRA Pacific Southwest Region Convention
http://www.psrconvention.org/sb13
SEP 29 2013 Railfan Sunday II
CARL BYRON, NOTED AUTHOR OF THE ICONIC BOOK ON THE HOOSAC TUNNEL, "A
PINPRICK OF LIGHT" WILL BE AT RAIL-RAN II ON SEPTEMBER 29TH. DON'T MISS THIS
RARE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HIM!
The Hoosac Tunnel
Rowe Historical Society
282 Zoar Road
Rowe MA
http://www.rowehistoricalsociety.org/comingeventsrailfanii.html
http://rowehistoricalsociety.org
SEP 29 2013 Southern CT Model Train Show
Greenwich Civic Center
90 Harding Road
Old Greenwich CT
Ellie Rosenberg 914-967-7541 or ronsbooks@aol.com for more information
SEP 29 2013 Allentown Pennsylvania
Dieruff Train Show Sponsored by Lehigh Valley Chapter NRHS
Dieruff High School
815 North Irving Street
Jim Rowland 610-737-3431
SEP 29 – OCT 2 2013 Indianapolis Indiana
AREMA 2013 Annual Conference in Conjunction with Railway Interchange 2013
The American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association
Indiana Convention Center
OCT 5 2013 Southern New England O Scale Model Train Show
Chestnut Street United Methodist Church
161 Chestnut Street
Gardner MA 01440
Route 2 to exit 22 or 23 and follow the signs
OCT 5 – 6 2013 Berea Ohio
40th Annual Model Trains Show “Model Train 13”
Hosted by the NMRA MCR Div4
Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds
164 Eastland Road
OCT 5 – 6 2013 Cincinnati Ohio
40th Annual “Carnival of Model Train ‘13” all-gauge Model Train Show
Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds
164 Eastland Road
OCT 6 2013 28th Annual Model Train Show & Open House
Including the HUB Divisions’ Modular Railroad Layout
Presented by the Pepperell Siding Model Railroad Club
Varnum Brook Elementary School
10 Hollis Street
Pepperell MA 01463
OCT 6 2013 Marion Ohio
Marion Union Station Association Annual Chicken BBQ Dinner
Benefits the Marion Union Station Railroad Museum
Marion Union Station
532 West Center Street
Joe Catera 740-383 3768
OCT 10 – 13 Rockville Maryland
C & P Junction MER Convention Mid-Eastern Region
Hosted by Potomac an Chesapeake Divisions
Rockville Crowne Plaza Hotel
http://mer.nmra.org/MERConv/MERConv.html
OCT 10 – 13 2013 Pueblo Colorado
Missouri Pacific Historical Society 33rd Annual Meeting
Swap meet for Missouri Pacific and related items
Pueblo Marriott
110 West First Street
OCT 11 – 12 Fort Worth Texas
Annual Southwest O Scale Meet
Lockheed Martin Recreation Facility
3400 Bryant Irvin Road
Michael Ross 817-346-3416 http://www.swoscale.com
OCT 11 – 13 Bradenton / Palmetto Florida
Manatee Rails, NMRA Sunshine Region Fall 2013 Convention
Courtyard Marriott Bradenton Convention Center
OCT 12 2013 North Shore Model railroad Club Train Show
Americal Civic Center
465 Main Street
Wakefield Massachusetts
Joe Greene 781-272-1455 http://www.nsmrc.org/show.html
OCT 12 2013 Chehalis Washington
Lewis County Model Railroaders Annual Train Show Swap Meet
Southwest Washington Fairgrounds Blue Pavilion
2555 N. National Ave
Ted 360-985-7788 http://www.lewiscountymuseum.org
OCT 12 2013 Rockhill Furnace Pennsylvania
Fall Spectacular at Rockhill Trolley Museum
430 Meadow Street
Bill Monaghan 814-447-9576 http://www.rockhilltrolley.org
OCT 13 2013 The New Haven & Derby Model Railroad Club 21st Annual Train Show
High Plains Community Center
525 Orange Center Road (Rt. 152)
Orange Connecticut
http://www.newhaven-derbymodelrailroadclub.org
OCT 13 2013 Spokane Washington
Spokane Train Show
Sponsored by the Inland Northwest Rail Museum and River City Modelers
Spokane County Fair & Expo Center Ag C&D Buildings
404N. Havana Street
http://www.rivercitymodelers.org/ Shirley@busnws.com
OCT 17 – 19 2013 Lisle Illinois (formerly at Naperville)
20th Annual RPM-Naperville Conference
Wyndham Lisle Hotel (new venue)
3000 Warrenville Road
http://www.railroadprototypemodelers.com/naper_meet.htm
OCT 17 – 20 2013 2013 NER Convention Laconia New Hampshire
Tracks to Lakeport
Margate Hotel
76 Lake Street
Laconia NH
http://www.seacoastnmra.org/Convention/Lakeport2013/Welcome.html.
http://www.seacoastnmra.org/seacoast/Conventions.html
http://www.nernmra.org/newsletter_files/Coupler_250-July2013.pdf
OCT 19 – 20 2013 West Chester Ohio
Cincinnati Model Railroad Show, Division 7, MCR
46th Annual Model Railroad Show
Lakota West High School
8940 Union Centre Blvd.
OCT 19 2013 Fall Foliage and Shopping Excursion to Putnam Connecticut
The Providence and Worcester Railroad will leave from the Woonsocket Train Depot,
One Depot Square, Woonsocket, Rhode Island at 9am
http://www.tourblackstone.com/fallfoliage.htm
OCT 19 – 20 2013 City of Banning in San Gorgonio Pass California
Banning Centennial Train Festival
http://banning100birthday.com/2012/11/26/centennial-train-fest/
OCT 25 – 26 2013 Gardiner New York
Semi-Annual Mid-Hudson On30 Meet
St. Charles Borromeo RC Church
2212 Route 44/55
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/midhudsonOn30meet
OCT 25 – 27 2013 Meriden United Kingdom
NMRA BR Meriden Central 2013 Convention
Best Western Plus Hotel
Meriden, Solihull, West Midlands
http://www.nmraconvention.org.uk/
OCT 26 - 27 2013 The South Shore Model Railway Club's annual Fall Model Railroad Show & Open
House, Hingham.
South Shore Model Railway Club
19 Fort Hill Street
Hingham MA
http://www.ssmrc.org/FallFlyer.pdf
OCT 27 2013 Kalamazoo Michigan
Southwest Michigan Train Show and Sale
Presented by the Kalamazoo Model RR Historical Society
Kalamazoo County Expo Center
NOV 1 – 3 2013 Troy Michigan
North Central Region NMRA Crossing Convention
Troy Community Center
http://www.ncr2013.ncr-nmra.org
NOV 2 2013 Kennebunkport Maine
3rd Annual Night Photo Session at Seashore Trolley Museum
195 Log Cabin Road
Joey Kelley 207-852-4999 http://www.trolleymuseum.org/events/nightshoot.php
NOV 2 – 3 2013 Syracuse New York State Fairgrounds
39th Annual Great New York State Model Train Fair
One of the Northeast’s premier model train shows
Sponsored by CNY Chapter National Railway Historical Society
NOV 3 2013 Worcester Model Railroaders’ Open House
137 Schofield Avenue
Dudley Massachusetts
http://www.wmrr.org/ohouse.asp
NOV 7 – 9 2013 Pittsfield Massachusetts
Fine Scale Model Railroader Expo
Berkshire Crown Plaza Hotel
One West Street
http://www.modelrailroadexpo.com/
NOV 8 – 10 2013 Burnaby British Columbia Canada
Trains 2013 Model Railway Exhibition
BC’s Premier Model Train Show & Meet
Sponsored by the 7th Division PNR
Cameron Recreation Complex
9523 Cameron Street
NOV 9 2013 The NHRHTA’s 51st Annual Reunion Weekend Train Show
Sheraton Stamford Hotel
700 East Main Street
Stamford CT
NOV 9 – 10 2013 West Allis Wisconsin
Trainfest 2013 sponsored by Wisconsin Southeastern Division
NOV 10 2013 Xavier High School 2013 Fall Train Show
In association with The New Haven Society of Model Engineers
181 Randolph Road
Middletown CT 06457
NOV 10 2013 Hudson Valley Railroad Society
42nd Annual Railroad Exposition
Mid-Hudson Civic Center
Contact Denny Evaul 845-297-0901
NOV 16 – 17 2013 Danbury Connecticut
Greenburg’s Train and Toy Show
Western Connecticut State University
University Blvd
NOV 16 2013 Location Union Savings Bank
126 North St
Danbury CT
“Kitbashing presented by Tony Koester
Open Forum
Nutmeg Division Members are invited to attend.
NOV 17 2013 Classic Shows Model Railroad Shows
Zandri’s Stillwood Inn
1074 South Colony Road
Wallingford CT
http://www.classicshowsllc.com
NOV 16 2013 Louisville Kentucky
Division 8 Mid-Central Region Train Show and Sale
Highland Post, American Legion
2919 Bardstown Road
NOV 23 2013 Danville Indiana
NMRA Central Indiana Division Train Show and Meet
Hendricks County 4h Fair Grounds
1900 East Main Street
NOV 23 – 24 2013 Greenberg’s Train & Toy Show
Including Hub Divisions’ Modular Railroad Display
Shriners Auditorium
99 Fordham Road
Wilmington Massachusetts
NOV 24 2013 2013 BVTC Polar Express Train - PW Railfan Club & Museum
1PM and 4PM
Departs from: Station One Depot Square, Woonsocket, RI 02895 (GPS map/directions, use
12 Court Street)
Tickets are on sale
http://www.blackstonevalleypolarexpress.com/purchasepolarexpress.htm
NOV 29 2013 2013 BVTC Polar Express Train- PW Railfan Club & Museum
4PM and 7PM
Departs from: Station One Depot Square, Woonsocket, RI 02895 (GPS map/directions, use
12 Court Street)
http://www.blackstonevalleypolarexpress.com/purchasepolarexpress.htm
NOV 29 – DEC 1 2013 Annual Tour de Chooch
A free, self-guided model railroad Open House
Click on the following link to see for more details
http://www.hubdiv.org/docs/tdc/TourDeChoochFlier2013.pdf
NOV 30 2013 2013 BVTC Polar Express Train- PW Railfan Club & Museum
1PM, 4PM and 7PM
Departs from: Station One Depot Square, Woonsocket, RI 02895 (GPS map/directions, use
12 Court Street)
Tickets are on sale
http://www.blackstonevalleypolarexpress.com/purchasepolarexpress.htm
NOV 30 2013 Stamford Model RR Club Annual Train Show
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Corner of Grove and Main Streets
Stamford Connecticut
Contact John Walther jwalther48@msn.com
NOV 30 2013 Sharpsburg Maryland
Hagerstown Model Railroad Museum Model Train Sale
Washington County Agricultural Educational Center
7313 Sharpsburg Pike
Show Chairperson 301-800-9829 http://www.antietamstation.com
DEC 1 2013 Albany New York
Great Train Extravaganza Bigger and Better than Ever
Empire State Convention Center
Sponsored by the Hudson Berkshire Division and the Upstate Train Associates
http://www.gtealbany.com/GTE_Website/index.html
DEC 1 2013 2013 BVTC Polar Express Train- PW Railfan Club & Museum
1PM and 4PM
Departs from: Station One Depot Square, Woonsocket, RI 02895 (GPS map/directions, use
12 Court Street)
Tickets are on sale
http://www.blackstonevalleypolarexpress.com/purchasepolarexpress.htm
DEC 6 2013 2013 BVTC Polar Express Train- PW Railfan Club & Museum
4PM and 7PM
Departs from: Station One Depot Square, Woonsocket, RI 02895 (GPS map/directions, use
12 Court Street)
Tickets are on sale
http://www.blackstonevalleypolarexpress.com/purchasepolarexpress.htm
DEC 7 2013 Stamford Model RR Club Annual Train Show
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Corner of Grove and Main Streets
Stamford Connecticut
Contact John Walther jwalther48@msn.com
DEC 7 2013 Providence &Worcester Employee Santa Train
DEC 7 – 8 2013 Marlborough Massachusetts
The Hub Division is hosting its Annual New England Model Train Expo
Best Western Royal Plaza Trade Center
181 Boston Post Road
DEC 8 2013 2013 BVTC Polar Express Train- PW Railfan Club & Museum
1PM and 4PM
Departs from: Station One Depot Square, Woonsocket, RI 02895 (GPS map/directions, use
12 Court Street)
Tickets are on sale
http://www.blackstonevalleypolarexpress.com/purchasepolarexpress.htm
DEC 13 2013 2013 BVTC Polar Express Train- PW Railfan Club & Museum
4PM and 7PM
Departs from: Station One Depot Square, Woonsocket, RI 02895 (GPS map/directions, use
12 Court Street)
Tickets are on sale
http://www.blackstonevalleypolarexpress.com/purchasepolarexpress.htm
DEC 14 2013 2013 BVTC Polar Express Train- PW Railfan Club & Museum
1PM, 4PM and 7PM
Departs from: Station One Depot Square, Woonsocket, RI 02895 (GPS map/directions, use
12 Court Street)
Tickets are on sale
http://www.blackstonevalleypolarexpress.com/purchasepolarexpress.htm
DEC 14 – 15 2013 Hub Division Modular Railroad Display
National Heritage Museum
33 Marrett Road
Lexington Massachusetts
DEC 15 2013 2013 BVTC Polar Express Train- PW Railfan Club & Museum
1PM and 4PM
Departs from: Station One Depot Square, Woonsocket, RI 02895 (GPS map/directions, use
12 Court Street)
Tickets are on sale
http://www.blackstonevalleypolarexpress.com/purchasepolarexpress.htm
DEC 20 2013 2013 BVTC Polar Express Train- PW Railfan Club & Museum
4PM and 7PM
Departs from: Station One Depot Square, Woonsocket, RI 02895 (GPS map/directions, use
12 Court Street)
Tickets are on sale
http://www.blackstonevalleypolarexpress.com/purchasepolarexpress.htm
DEC 21 2013 2013 BVTC Polar Express Train- PW Railfan Club & Museum
1PM, 4PM and 7PM
Departs from: Station One Depot Square, Woonsocket, RI 02895 (GPS map/directions, use
12 Court Street)
Tickets are on sale
http://www.blackstonevalleypolarexpress.com/purchasepolarexpress.htm
DEC 22 2013 2013 BVTC Polar Express Train- PW Railfan Club & Museum
1PM and 4PM
Departs from: Station One Depot Square, Woonsocket, RI 02895 (GPS map/directions, use
12 Court Street)
Tickets are on sale
http://www.blackstonevalleypolarexpress.com/purchasepolarexpress.htm
JAN 5 2014 Classic Shows Model Railroad Shows
Trumbull Marriott
180 Hawley Lane
Trumbull Ct
http://www.classicshowsllc.com
JAN 9 – 11 2014 Cocoa Beach Florida
Cocoa Beach RPM Meet
http://www.prototyperails.com/
JAN 10 2014 The South Shore Model Railway Club's annual Family Open House & Scout Night
South Shore Model Railway Club
19 Fort Hill Street
Hingham MA
http://www.ssmrc.org/FallFlyer.pdf
JAN 18 – 20 2014 HUB Modular Railroad Display
Wenham Museum
Wenham Massachusetts
JAN 25 – 26 2014 Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show
Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds (The home of The Big E) West Springfield MA
Includes HUB Divisions’ Modular Railroad Display
http://www.railroadhobbyshow.com
FEB 9 2014 Classic Shows Model Railroad Shows
Zandri’s Stillwood Inn
1074 South Colony Road
Wallingford CT
http://www.classicshowsllc.com
MAR 8 2014 West Chester Ohio
Cincinnati Division 7 of the MCR is holding its 22nd Annual Swap Meet and Flea Market
Lakota West freshman Campus
5050 Tylersville Road
http://www.cincy-div7.org/Spring%20Flea%20Market%202014%20Flyer.pdf
MAR 9 2014 Southern CT Model Train Show
Greenwich Civic Center
90 Harding Road
Old Greenwich CT
Ellie Rosenberg 914-967-7541 or ronsbooks@aol.com for more information
MAR 15 – 16 2014 The South Shore Model Railway Club's annual Spring Model Railroad Show & Open
House, Hingham.
South Shore Model Railway Club
19 Fort Hill Street
Hingham MA
http://www.ssmrc.org/Springflyer.pdf
MAR 22 – 23 2014 Greenberg’s Train & Toy Show
Including Hub Divisions’ Modular Railroad Display
Shriners Auditorium
99 Fordham Road
Wilmington Massachusetts
MAR 22 – 23 2014 The South Shore Model Railway Club's annual Spring Model Railroad Show & Open
House, Hingham.
South Shore Model Railway Club
19 Fort Hill Street
Hingham MA
http://www.ssmrc.org/FallFlyer.pdf
MAR 23 2014 Classic Shows Model Railroad Shows
Trumbull Marriott
180 Hawley Lane
Trumbull Ct
http://www.classicshowsllc.com
MAR 27 – 29 2014 Savannah Georgia
Savannah RPM Meet
MAY 30 – 31 2014 New England / Northeast Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet
Canton Community Center
40 Dyer Avenue
Collinsville Connecticut
http://www.neprototypemeet.com/Welcome.html
JUN 22 – 27 2014 Hershey Pennsylvania
Big Train Operator Club Convention
The Comfort Suites
Hummelstown – Hershey
http://www.bigtrainoperator.com/2014Hershey/index.shtml
JUL 13 – 20 2014 Cleveland Ohio
NMRA National Convention and National Train Show
The HUB Modular Railroad will be traveling to the convention and operating in a combined
Display with MCR Division 4.http://www.2014cleveland.org/
SEP 3 – 6 2014 Kansas City Missouri
34th National Narrow Gauge Convention
http://www.kansascity2014.com/
SEP 28 2014 Southern CT Model Train Show
Greenwich Civic Center
90 Harding Road
Old Greenwich CT
Ellie Rosenberg 914-967-7541 or ronsbooks@aol.com for more information
OCT 25 - 26 2014 The South Shore Model Railway Club's annual Fall Model Railroad Show & Open
House, Hingham.
South Shore Model Railway Club
19 Fort Hill Street
Hingham MA
http://www.ssmrc.org/Springflyer.pdf
JAN 9 2015 South Shore Model Railway Club – Scout Night
South Shore Model Railway Club
19 Fort Hill Street
Hingham MA
http://www.ssmrc.org/Springflyer.pdf
MAY 17 – 17 2014 Lexington Kentucky
Thoroughbred Limited 2015 Mid-Central Region Convention Division 10
Crowne Plaza Hotel (formerly The Campbell House)
MAR 14 - 15 2015 The South Shore Model Railway Club's annual Spring Model Railroad Show & Open
House, Hingham.
South Shore Model Railway Club
19 Fort Hill Street
Hingham MA
http://www.ssmrc.org/Springflyer.pdf
AUG 23 – 30 2015 Portland Oregon
NMRA National Convention and National Train Show Portland Daylight Express
http://www.nmra2015portland.org/
OCT 24 - 25 2015 The South Shore Model Railway Club's annual Fall Model Railroad Show & Open
House, Hingham.
South Shore Model Railway Club
19 Fort Hill Street
Hingham MA
http://www.ssmrc.org/Springflyer.pdf
JAN 8 2016 South Shore Model Railway Club – Family Open House and Scout Night
South Shore Model Railway Club
19 Fort Hill Street
Hingham MA
http://www.ssmrc.org/Springflyer.pdf
JUL 3 – 10 2016 Indianapolis Indiana
NMRA National Convention and National Train Show
JUL 2017 Orlando Florida
NMRA National Convention and National Train Show
GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE NUTMEG DIVISION AND ITS SISTER DIVISIONS
Nutmeg Division
Our meetings will generally be on the second Saturday of the month.
These Saturday meetings will usually also include a layout visit or other some other activity.
The meetings will normally be held at the following location but always check the website to verify the location and time. http://www.nutmegdivision.com
After the membership meeting and before the layout tour there will be a BOD meeting and everyone is invited to attend. The location of the BOD meeting will be determined at the membership meeting.
Wethersfield Police Department
Community Room
250 Silas Deane Highway
Wethersfield, Connecticut
This facility is wheel chair accessible
Non-members are welcome to attend.
NMRA Nutmeg Division Brass Hats:
Superintendent, James Mayo jmayo_railfan@yahoo.com
Director, Douglas Henley dhenley@comcast.net
Director, Peter J. Tierinni vergo55@sbcglobal.net
Achievement Program Mgr. Ken May kenneth.may@comcast.net
Secretary, OPEN
Treasurer, James Mayo jmayo_railfan@yahoo.com
Communications Mgr. Ronald J Pelletier nmranutmegmembership@comcast.net
Newsletter Editor, Ronald J Pelletier nmranutmegmembership@comcast.net
Web Master / Administrator, David Abrames dcabrames@yahoo.com
Membership Promotion Mgr. Ronald J Pelletier nmranutmegmembership@comcast.net
Layout Visit Chairperson, OPEN
Module System Chairperson, OPEN
Clinic Chairperson, Peter Luchini pluchini@cox.net
Past Superintendent, Fred Wintsch fwintsch@ashlarvig.org
HUB Division
All meetings are on the third Friday of the month at 8:00 PM, at the
Cambridge School of Weston, Weston MA unless otherwise noted
The newsletter for the Hub Division is HUB HEADLIGHT and is available at http://www.hubdiv.org/headlight.htm
Information about the following items can be found on the HUB HEADLIGHT
SEP 7 2013 Hub Modular Railroad display (layout in Masonic building)
Norwood Days Festival
76 Day Street
Norwood Massachusetts
SEP 20 2013 Our Season Opener and Welcome HUB Railfun Meeting
By Hub Division Members 8 PM Cambridge School of Weston
What I Did Over the Summer on my Layout
http://www.hubdiv.org/docs/Headlight2013_0910_v30.1.pdf
OCT 6 2013 28th Annual Model Train Show & Open House
Including the HUB Divisions’ Modular Railroad Layout
Presented by the Pepperell Siding Model Railroad Club
Varnum Brook Elementary School
10 Hollis Street
Pepperell MA 01463
OCT 17 – 20 2013 2013 NER Convention Laconia New Hampshire
Tracks to Lakeport
Margate Hotel
76 Lake Street
Laconia NH
http://www.seacoastnmra.org/Convention/Lakeport2013/Welcome.html.
http://www.seacoastnmra.org/seacoast/Conventions.html
http://www.nernmra.org/newsletter_files/Coupler_250-July2013.pdf
OCT 25 2013 HUB Railfun Meeting
Prototypical Operation With R/C Battery-Powered HO Locomotives presented by Dan
Ticson for more information please click on the following link
http://www.hubdiv.org/docs/Headlight2013_0910_v30.1.pdf .
NOV 15 2013 HUB Railfun Meeting
Hands-on Clinic Scenery, Structures and Details
Presented by HUB Division Members
http://www.hubdiv.org/docs/Headlight2013_0910_v30.1.pdf
NOV 23 – 24 2013 Greenberg’s Train & Toy Show
Including Hub Divisions’ Modular Railroad Display
Shriners Auditorium
99 Fordham Road
Wilmington Massachusetts
DEC 7 – 8 2013 New England Model Train Show
Best Western Royal Plaza Trade Center
Marlborough Massachusetts
This is one of the region’s largest train shows
http://www.hubdiv.org/fallshow/index.htm
DEC 14 – 15 2013 Hub Division Modular Railroad Display
National Heritage Museum
33 Marrett Road
Lexington Massachusetts
DEC 28 2013 HUB Division Holiday Party
Lafayette House
Route 1
Foxboro Massachusetts
JAN 17 2014 HUB Railfun Meeting
JAN 18 – 20 2014 HUB Modular Railroad Display
Wenham Museum
Wenham Massachusetts
JAN 25 – 26 2014 Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show
Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds (The home of The Big E) West Springfield MA
Includes HUB Divisions’ Modular Railroad Display
http://www.railroadhobbyshow.com
FEB 21 2014 HUB Railfun Meeting
MAR 21 2014 HUB Railfun Meeting and Annual Meeting
MAR 22 – 23 2013 Greenberg’s Train & Toy Show
Including Hub Divisions’ Modular Railroad Display
Shriners Auditorium
99 Fordham Road
Wilmington Massachusetts
APR 11 2014 HUB Railfun Meeting
MAY 16 2014 HUB Railfun Meeting
JUN 20 2014 HUB Railfun Meeting
JUL 13 – 20 2014 Cleveland Ohio
NMRA National Convention and National Train Show
The HUB Modular Railroad will be traveling to the convention and operating in a combined
Display with MCR Division 4.http://www.2014cleveland.org/
Hudson-Berkshire Division
http://www.hudson-berkshire.org/
The newsletter for the Hudson-Berkshire Division is FORM 19 and is available at
http://www.hudson-berkshire.org/?Form_19%26nbsp%3BE_Version&normal
SEP 13 2013 Dick Elwell’s Hoosac Valley layout 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Hudson Valley Division
http://www.hudsonvalleydivision.org/
Little Rhody Division
http://www.trainweb.org/lrdivision/
All meetings are on the second Wednesday evening of the month at the
German American Cultural Society
78 Carter Ave.
Pawtucket, RI
Doors open at 7:00 pm meetings begin at 7:30 pm
Social time with coffee and refreshments beforehand
All are welcome.
Little Rhody Division of the NMRA Annual Dinner and Election of Officers
MEETING SCHEDULE
SEP 11 2013 Railroads of Northwestern Rhode Island presented by Gene Cavaliere
OCT 9 2013 Conklin Limestone Quarry: Part 2 presented by George Landow
NOV 13 2013 Estate Planning for Model Railroaders; Preserving the Heritage
Presented by Steve Erickson
JAN 8 2014 Meeting and tour of the Providence Club Layout
Meeting will be at the club layout
FEB 12 2014 S-Scale Model Railroading presented by Al Coughlin
MAR 12 2014 “Little Rhody Division Club Cars A History” presented by Greg Pion
If you have any questions please contact Linda Bergemann
Assistant Superintendent
Little Rhody Division
401-322-9946
Metro-North Division
All meetings will be at 9:30 AM art the
New Canaan Historical Society
13 Oenoke Ridge Road (Rt. 124)
New Canaan CT.
203-966-1776
For more information contact Division Superintendent Franklin Lang
MEETING SCHEDULE
SEP 21 2013 “A Day at Greenville” presented by Rick Abramson
Cross Harbor float operation in 1998
“Painting Backdrops” presented by Jeff Zeleny
NOV 16 2013 Location Union Savings Bank
126 North St
Danbury CT
“Kitbashing presented by Tony Koester
Open Forum
JAN 11 2014 “Installing a float operation” presented by Vince Lee
Signal and panel detection basics presented by Scott Russell
MAR 15 2014 Rapido’s manufacturing presented by Bill Schneider (Tentative)
Internet buying/selling presented by Jeff Zeleny (Tentative)
Background trees presented by John Grosner (Tentative)
Ballasting Track (tentative)
MAY 17 2014 DPM Modular Building Construction presented by Roger Cytron
TBD
ALLOUETTE DIVISION
CENTRAL NEW YORK DIVISION http://www.cnynmra.org/Home.html
For the current version of the newsletter “RED MARKERS” http://cnynmra.org/News_Letter_files/RMVol31No7.pdf you will need to sign up at http://cnynmra.org/News_Letter.html
For previous versions of the newsletters click on the following link: http://www.cnynmra.org/Red_Markers_Archive/
GARDEN STATE DIVISION http://www.nergsd.com/
To get the latest copy of the newsletter “THE WHISTLE POST, once you have clicked on the above link you will then need to click on the “OUR NEWSLETTER” tab and then scroll to the very bottom of the page. You will also be able to see previous versions.
GREEN MOUNTAIN DIVISION
http://www.greenmountainnmra.com/
This link will get you to the home page of the Green Mountain Division and also to their newsletter “THE GREEN MOUNTAIN PASS”.
MARITIME DIVISION
SEACOAST DIVISION http://www.seacoastnmra.org/seacoast/Welcome.html
To get the latest copy of the newsletter “THE SWTCH TOWER”, click on the following link:
http://www.seacoastnmra.org/seacoast/Newsletter.html
SUNRISE TRAIL DIVISION http://www.sunrisetraildiv.com/
To get the newsletter “CANNON BALL” you must subscribe to the
Subscription Rates to the Cannon Ball are:
1 year $7.00
2 years $14.00
Please make checks payable to: The Sunrise Trail Division
Send renewals, requests for subscription, and address changes to:
Cannon Ball
C/o Walter Wohleking
5 Howard Drive.
Huntington, NY 11743-3032
Respectfully submitted,
Ronald J. Pelletier nmranutmegmembership@comcast.net
Communication Manager / Membership Promotion Manager / Newsletter Editor
860-977-5573 any evening between 7:30 PM and 11:00 PM
Nutmeg Division http://www.nutmegdivision.com
Northeastern Region http://www.nernmra.org
NMRA http://www.nmra.org
