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Official Publication of the Northeastern Region SUNRISE TRAIL DIVISION National Model Railroad Association VOLUME 38 ISSUE 4 WINTER 2008
Holiday & Winter Train Show Issue
2008 - Great Year for the Sunrise Trail Division What a Great Year! I hope you enjoyed 2008 as much as I did! The area that The Sunrise Trail Division is located surely offers the Model Railroader some tremendous opportunities. In addition to our robust Division we have local HO, O, N and large scale clubs. We have 2 Chapters of the NHRS. There are several indoor and/or outdoor Railroad or Railroad related Mu-seums. We have many local Historical Societies that also maintain rail related artifacts, photographs and histories. Thank you - For Making 2008 Great thank you to all of the STDiv BOD Members, thank you to their families for their support as well. Thank you to all of the individual STDiv
members who helped out at the Conventions and Meets. Thank you to those members who brought entries for the Con-tests to give the rest of us goals to strive for. Thank you to the members who put together special events, taught clinics, wrote articles and took a lead in making the division better. Thank you to the Clubs and Families who opened their Layouts to the STDiv Member’s Layout Tour. Thank you to the people who maintain websites about the history and current events of the STDiv area Railroads. Lastly thank you to anyone we may have missed who made themselves available in anyway to as-sist their fellow Model Railroad.
Joe Busa - HO Union Pacific Thank you Joe! Vinny Pellitteri - Sn3 West Side Lumber. Thank you Vinny!
What’s In Store for 2009? 2009 Looks to be Another Great Year! Locally the things that worked well this year the STDiv is going to try and do better in 2009, but we can always use your help. Truthfully the more involved you can be the more enjoyment you’ll have. 1834 to 2009 175 Years! That’s how old the LIRR will be in 2009. Look for special events at the Railroad Museum of Long Island the Long Island Sunrise Trail Chapter of the NHRS and others. LIRR 28-1 Parlor Cars from Walthers, LIRR Alco
C420 from Atlas, 1948 NYC 20th Century Limited from Walthers. These are some new releases with local signifi-cance just released or soon to be released. What a great time to be a Local Modeler! HN2009 This is “The Big Event” this Summer. The NMRA National Convention and Train Show are going to be just north of us July 5 - 11 in Hartford. There hasn’t been a National Convention this close to us in recent memory. Make plans to be in Hartford for as much of it as you can.
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EDITOR & PUBLISHER George J. Loy Jr.
441 11th Street West Babylon NY 11704-3534
(631) 755-4300 [email protected]
SUBSCRIPTION & CIRCULATION MANAGER Walter G. Wohleking
5 Howard Drive Huntington NY 11743-3032
(631) 757-0580 (Phone) [email protected]
THE CANNON BALL is published quarterly by the Sunrise Trail Division of the National Model Railroad Association, Inc. for the benefit of the model railroading community.
SUBSCRIPTIONS U.S. and possessions: $7.00 per year. Please make check or money order payable to Sunrise Trail Division. Send requests for new subscriptions, renewals or address changes to the Subscription & Circulation Manager at the above address.
CONTRIBUTIONS Articles, photographs and artwork are welcome in either hardcopy or as computer files. Copy is due by the 1st of February, May, August, and November and should be sent to the Editor at the above address. Submitted material will be returned upon request.
Walter Neumen, President [email protected]
John MacGown, Vice President [email protected]
Howard Dwyer, Secretary [email protected]
Steven Perry, Treasurer [email protected]
DIRECTORS John Jaklitsch (2009) [email protected]
Kevin Katta (2009) [email protected] Michael Martin (2010)
[email protected] Michael Siegel (2009) [email protected]
Fernand Washington (2010) [email protected]
Andrew Wasowicz (NER) [email protected]
Charles Weinhofer (2010) [email protected]
ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM Michael Siegel
CONTESTS Howard Dwyer (Photos) Michael Siegel (Models)
PUBLICITY John MacGown
Steven Perry MEMBERSHIP
Walter Wohleking WEBSITE
www.SunriseTrailDiv.com John Jaklitsch, Webmaster
HOLIDAYS TO HIRAIL TO SCALE Many of us can trace our interest in
railroad modeling to an electric train set first received during the holidays. But how many among us know when we were bitten by the scale bug — when the first inclination came to take that step from hi-rail to scale; when we first began to move on to not necessarily bigger, but better things?
To a kid growing up in the relatively low tech era before television, electric trains were the super stars of toys, and the holidays were their time to shine. And for families like ours, who only set their trains up during the holiday season, elec-tric train mania, if anything, was even more intense during that time of the year.
Our first set of trains, a Lionel O-gauge no. 145W pre-war tinplate set, which my dad bought from Whitehead’s Hardware in Baldwin, included three op-erating cars, a crane car and a caboose, all pulled by a 2-6-2 locomotive and a tender with a built-in whistle. With it I could start, stop and reverse the engine, blow its whistle, couple and uncouple cars, and dump logs, barrels and coal. Pure and simple, I was in remote control heaven.
Each year, on one of the Saturdays be-tween Thanksgiving and Christmas, my mother would collect my brother and I, board a midday train, and head for Man-hattan for a round of holiday sight seeing. My dad would meet us at Penn Station af-ter the half-day of work, which was com-mon for Saturdays at that time.
Our tour would include stops at the animated window displays of B. Altman, Lord & Taylor and Macy’s, the latter’s toy department, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and F.A.O Schwartz, the greatest toy store in the world. Sometime toward the end of World War II or after, my dad added the Lionel showroom on East 26th Street to our itinerary. In subse-quent years, we would also visit the nearby Gilbert Hall of Science, where an American Flyer display layout was in a window facing the street, as well as leg-endary Madison Hardware on 23rd Street.
Prior to the war’s end, Lionel basi-cally meant tinplate. Of course they had the famous O-scale New York Central Hudson and Pennsy B-6 switcher, and O-scale rolling stock built to NMRA stan-dards (with scale couplers and sprung trucks, no less), as well as a line of OO
scale models. But 52 pages out of 64 in their 1940 catalog were devoted to tin-plate, except of course for the locomo-tives, which were generally diecast.
When electric train production re-sumed after the war, almost all the rolling stock in Lionel’s catalog was now diecast and included more realistic Bettendorf style trucks with new, operating, knuckle couplers. Diesel engines also began to ap-pear. And in 1949 they had a new show-room layout installed to highlight this in-crease in realism.
I began to view my roster’s shiny tin-plate rolling stock with a measure of dis-dain. To assuage this discomfort, I re-placed the trucks and couplers with the new knuckle coupler types. A coat of Flo-quil tuscan red paint was brushed over the glossy yellow of my #3652 operating gondola and the equally bright red of my #2657 caboose. I used Christmas lists to request additional versions of those die-cast beauties, and whatever money I earned during the year bought more of them to further expand my roster.
But prices for those cars, which ap-pear so cheap today, were rather daunting then, especially for a kid. As an experi-ment to find a more economical way to grow my fleet, I decided to build one of the kits I had seen advertised in the model railroading magazines I had begun to de-vour regularly.
Off to the local hobby shop I went, re-turning with a Westbrook, O-scale gon-dola kit. I opened the box, sorted through the wood and cardstock parts, got out the tools and glue, and in a reasonable amount of time managed to create the longest, widest piece of rolling stock I had ever seen. I had given birth to a mon-ster. I had discovered modeling to scale.
Over the years I built additional O-scale models from kits and from scratch, even after migrating to HO scale, and my fondness for modeling in larger scales persists to this day. To Lionel, that great-est of tinplate, hi-rail companies, there-fore, must go the credit not only for mak-ing me a model railroader, but for mak-ing me a scale model railroader at that,and more importantly, perhaps, for leading me into what has become a life long affection for the world’s greatest hobby.
In lasting tribute that original, pre-war, 145W set still circles the Christmas tree each year. And darned if it doesn’t look good doing it, except of course for a crummy paint job on two of the cars and those out of place trucks and couplers.
editor’s commentary / WALTER WOHLEKING
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The Sunrise Trail Division Board of Directors has commissioned a major rewrite of the Division’s governing documents and plans to ask for a vote of the membership to incorporate the changes in 2009. The Board (BOD) noted that the existing documents were now more than forty years old and have been amended countless times since their creation. The BOD has felt for some time that a major revision was needed, which would seamlessly incorporate those amendments and also allow the Division (STDiv) to better respond to the needs of its membership.
The STDiv Constitution and the STDiv By-Laws, both cre-ated in 1966, were based on similar documents of the Garden State Division, which had been formed a year or so earlier. The Garden State documents were based on those of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) in effect at the time. In addition to its constitution and its by-laws, the STDiv has a char-ter filed with the State of New York. Today, most corporations have only two governing documents — the charter (or incorpora-tion paper) and a set of by-laws (the governing document). Not only are the STDiv’s three documents unusual by current stan-dards, but they contain some repetition, as well as possible con-flicts.
Since their creation, numerous revisions to the STDiv gov-erning documents have been adopted by votes of the member-ship. Such revisions were usually required by the NMRA, the NER, or by changes instituted in STDiv procedures. The BOD desires to replace this patchwork of amendments with a trimmer, better organized and more lucid set of rules and procedures, which would both facilitate its governance and allow it to re-spond to the needs of membership more efficiently. When the NMRA recently voted to change its organizational documents and the Northeastern Region (NER) followed suit, the BOD felt the time had arrived to undertake a similar revision to the STDiv’s documents along the lines of its parent organizations.
A committee consisting of STDiv Presi-dent, Walter Neumen, Vice President, John MacGown, Steven Perry, the STDiv Treas-urer, and Walter Wohleking was commis-sioned to rework the STDiv Constitution and the By-Laws. Vincent Gallogly, an
attorney involved in the recent revision of the NER’s documents, advised the group. That work has now been completed. Along with the regular annual election of officers and directors, which will occur in the first quarter of 2009, the BOD will ask STDiv membership to repeal the existing STDiv Constitution and STDiv By-Laws and adopt a new governing document. (Filings with the state of New York and the tax exempt 501(c)(3) status obtained from the IRS will be unaffected.) If adopted, the new document will take effect April 12th, 2009, the day after installa-tion of new officers and directors at the Spring Meet.
Among other things, the new document will merge the pre-sent separate STDiv Constitution and STDiv By-laws into one set of by-laws. The restrictive requirement of a favorable mem-bership vote regarding changes to the Constitution will not be incorporated into the new By-Laws. However, the opportunity for member initiated By-Laws changes and the opportunity for By-Laws change by the BOD will be preserved, and any such proposed changes will continue to require prior notice before they may be heard or acted upon.
Prior to any vote for the new governing document, STDiv members will have a chance to ask questions and otherwise learn and comment about the proposed changes at the Winter Meet to be held between 1:00 and 5:00 PM on January 10th at the West-bury Public Library. Copies of the proposed new By-Laws will be made available at that time. In January, or before, the material will also be posted on the STDiv website at www.sunrisetraildiv.com. Those unable to attend the Winter Meet or who do not have internet access may obtain a copy in the mail by sending $2 to cover the costs of printing and postage to Walter Wohleking at 5 Howard Drive, Huntington NY 11743-3032.
Significant Revision Planned for Constitution and By-Laws Board of Directors to seek membership approval at annual elections
welcomes... new to the Division since the last issue
Joseph Calisi Bronx Daniel Shepard Bayside Derek Buchanan Jamaica Franklin Steen Richmond John Busa Laurel Hollow Vincent Lee Manhasset Vincent Pellitteri Upper Brookville Chris Horton Islip
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STDiv CONTEST RESULTS HOWARD DWYER STD Model Contest Chairman
Results from Sunrise Trail Division Fall Convention
As indicated by the above heading, I am now the new Contest Chairman for the Sunrise Trail Division [STD], both for models and photos. I am looking forward in continuing this important function that is a part of our conventions and meets. This is an event that gives our members the opportu-nity to display ones modeling and photo interest that is one segment of this wonderful hobby that we all participate in. I have been a member of the NMRA/STD for the past twenty odd years and have myself been active in having my models and photos entered at NMRA sponsored events for display and judging. At this time I’d like to thank Michael Siegel for all his hard work in being the STD Contest Chairman these past years. Before I mention the contest results of the STD fall con-vention held at Baldwin NY on November 8, 2008, I want to remind everyone that to enter a NMRA/STD contest you must be a NMRA member in good standing. For the model segment we had ten models submitted by five members. Al Kuhn was awarded Best in Show for his model of a NYC Track Clearance Car in the non-revenue category with 107 points. Nice work Al. Al Kuhn also placed second in the same category with his model of a Cum-berland & Pa Water Car with 93 pts. Steve Perry’s model of a Tool & Saw Car placed third with 871/2 points in the non-revenue car category. All three entries scored high enough to
qualify for a merit award. In the structure category Al Kuhn also won first placed with his model of Ogle Coaling Tower with Steve Perry awarded second place and Andy Wasowicz achieving third place. Al Kuhn also garnished first place and 1061/2 points for his passenger/milk car in the Passenger Car category and 921/2 points for his model of a Canadian National Well Car in the Freight Car category, both model’s earning merit awards. Mike Siegel entered a diorama of a street scene and new modeler DeAndre Walters submitted a model of a Metro-North GP7 in the motor power category. For the Photo Contest there were twelve entries submit-ted by three STD members for judging. George Loy Jr. won first place for his prototype color photo of a L.I.R.R. Passen-ger Train. Leigh Bedia placed second and third for his proto-type color photo of a M7 & MOW equipment at Westbury and a photo of a DE-30 at Medford. Gail Pickett won First place for a photo of a Subway Car at Newkirk Station, Sec-ond place for a photo of a R160 Subway Car, and Third place for a photo of a R-40 Subway Car all in the Black & White Prototype Photo Category. Gail’s three entries were all shot using a homemade Pin-Hole Camera. There were no entries for the Model Photo Category. Now that the winter months are upon us, it would be nice to see more STD members enter more models and photos in the STD Spring Meet in April 2009.
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2008 Fall Convention Contest Entries
Non-Revenue
Al Kuhn - Model of a NYC Track Clearance Car
Al Kuhn - Model of a NYC Track Clearance Car Close-up of working Pantograph
Al Kuhn - Model of a Cumberland & Pa Water Car
Steve Perry - Model of a Tool & Saw Car (with car body removed to view interior)
Structures
Al Kuhn - Model of Olge Coaling Tower
Steve Perry - Model of a Freight Platform ( in front of the Tool & Saw Car )
Models
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Andy Wasowicz - Plate Girder Bridge from Prototype at Grand Avenue, Maspeth, Queens County, NYC New York
Structures ( continued )
Passenger Cars
Al Kuhn - Model of a Concord Railroad Passenger/Milk Car Used by Hood. Note Mr. Harvey P. Hood sitting in doorway
Al Kuhn - Documentation for Concord Railroad Passenger/Milk. Note AK’s informative and helpful construction sequence/method for the Doors and steps.
Freight Cars
Al Kuhn - Model of a Canadian National Well Car
Dioramas
Mike Siegel - Diorama Al Weed “Democrat for Congress” http://www.alweedforcongress.com/
Motive Power
DeAndre Walters - Metro North GP7
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Photo Contests
George J. Loy Jr. - Color Prototype ( LIRR and NY&A )
Gail Pickett - Black & White Prototype ( Subway Cars and Gail’s Homemade Pinhole Camera )
Mike Siegel - Chairing the Contests Desk at The Sunrise Trail Division 2008 Fall Convention. Thank you, Mike!
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Daily November 28 to January 2 (closed Christmas day) Daily except Mondays November 23 to January 11 Saturdays & Sundays November 29 to January 25 Saturdays & Sundays November 29 to December 23 Wednesdays to Sundays November 29 to December 23 Saturdays & Sundays November 29 to December 21
10:00AM-6:00PM Monday-Saturday NOON-5:00PM Sunday 10:00AM-5:00PM (see website for tickets , pricing & holiday hours) NOON-5:00PM 1:30PM & 2:30PM 5:00PM & 7:00PM 10:30AM - 4:30PM 6:00PM - 9:00PM
THE STATION AT CITIGROUP CENTER 750 square foot multi-scale operating layouts with animated scenes and computer-controlled lighting effects. Built by Broadway set designer Clark Dunham and his staff, it is set in New York state during the 1940s and '50s. Citigroup Center - 153 East 53rd Street at Lexington Avenue, New York City (212) 559-1747 http://www.dunhamstudios.com/cititour.htm N.Y. BOTANICAL GARDEN HOLIDAY TRAIN SHOW Large scale operating model railroad with historical buildings. New York Botanical Garden Bronx River Parkway & Fordham Road, The Bronx (718) 817-8716 http://www.nybg.org/hts08/hts.html WRONG ISLAND RAILROAD OPEN HOUSE O Hi-Rail operating model railroad with spectator activated accessories 679 Hawkins Avenue, Lake Ronkonkoma Adults: $4; under 12: $3 (631) 467-1222 http://www.wrongislandrailroad.com ESSEX STEAM TRAIN SANTA SPECIAL A 1 hour-15 min long ride in festive cars adorned with vintage decorations and pulled by a steam locomotive. Kids get to meet Santa, Mrs. Claus, Rudolph & the Christmas Penguin, while Elves hand out a small gift to each child. One Railroad Avenue, Essex, Connecticut Tickets: $17 Coach; $34 Parlor Car (860) 767-0103 www.essexsteamtrain.com/santa.html ESSEX STEAM TRAIN NORTH POLE EXPRESS A 1 hour-15 min long ride in festive cars adorned with vintage decorations and pulled by a steam locomotive. Event highlights include a trip to the North Pole to pick up Santa and Mrs. Claus, trackside displays, sugar cookies and hot chocolate, and each child will meet Santa to receive a small Christmas gift. Tickets: $25 Coach; $50 Parlor Car ( phone & website above) SHORE TROLLEY LINE MUSEUM HOLIDAY RIDES Trolley rides with Santa Claus throughout the day 10:30AM - 4:30PM Illuminated night trolley rides on Saturday and Sunday evenings 17 River Street, East Haven, Connecticut Adults: $8; Seniors: $6; Children 2-15: $4; under 2 free (fare is good 10:30AM 4:30PM) - (203) 467-6927 http://www.bera.org
Friday December 12
8:00PM-10:00PM NASSAU LIONEL OPERATING ENGINEERS Wantagh Parkway, to Hempstead Turnpike (RT. 24) east. Left at the 4th traffic light (Division Ave) Park behind the fitness dub. You will see the sign for the billiards hall at the end of the stores. (Viewing Platform for Youngsters) Our entrance is located to the right of the door to the pool room. 516-735-6370 http://www.nloe.org
Holiday Train Guide ONCE AGAIN WE BRING YOU OUR GUIDE TO TRAIN DISPLAYS AND EVENTS, which usually take place only during the Holiday Season. We leave off swap meets and similar oriented shows and limit the guide to events that involve trains that operate, whether scale or full size. As always, use any contact information listed to check for last minute changes to the schedule of an event.
Best wishes for the Holidays and for the New Year
to those who love trains and to all who love those who love trains
from the Sunrise Trail Division.
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Holiday Train Guide (continued from previous page)
Saturday December 20
10:00AM-5:00PM
CRADLE OF AVIATION MUSEUM Special Free Holiday Train Show in the Museum Lobby Large operating Railroads in HO-Gauge N-Gauge and O-Trolley. Meadowbrook Parkway to Exit M-4, follow signs to Charles Lindbergh Blvd. & Cradle of Aviation Museum. For More infomation call: 516 520-2996 or 516 572-4111.
Saturday January 3
12 Noon-4:00PM
TMB TRAIN CLUB OPEN HOUSE (details above)
Sunday January 4
12 Noon-4:00PM
TMB TRAIN CLUB OPEN HOUSE (details above)
Sunday December 14
1:00PM-4:00PM 12 Noon-4:00PM 12 Noon-4:00PM
NASSAU LIONEL OPERATING ENGINEERS (details above) TMB TRAIN CLUB OPEN HOUSE (details above) CENTRAL OPERATING LINES CLUB OPEN HOUSE (details above)
Saturday December 13
1:00PM-4:00PM 12 Noon-4:00PM 12 Noon-4:00PM 1:00PM-5:00PM
NASSAU LIONEL OPERATING ENGINEERS (details above) TMB TRAIN CLUB OPEN HOUSE O Hi-Rail operating layout (Viewing Platform for Youngsters) 1110A Route 109, Lindenhurst (behind Intercounty Bakers building) Admission Free (516) 247-5705 http://www.tmbtrainclub.com CENTRAL OPERATING LINES CLUB OPEN HOUSE O Hi-Rail operating model railroad 90F Raynor Avenue, Ronkonkama Admission Free (631) 748-4265 http://www.trainweb.org/centoplines/openhous.htm ROCKVILLE CENTRE MODEL RAILROAD CLUB OPEN HOUSE The HO scale Sheepshead Bay Connecting Lines 200 Sunrise Highway, Rockville Centre (516) 594-1564 http://rvcmr.org
Sunday December 21
10:00AM-5:00PM
CRADLE OF AVIATION MUSEUM (details above)
Sunday January 11
10:00AM-4:00PM
19th ANNUAL WINTER MODEL TRAIN SHOW AND EXHIBITION SPONSORED BY - The Great South Bay Model Railroad Club Operating Model RR Layouts in all Major Scales. Door Prizes & Raffle Prizes Freeport Recreation Center - 130 E. Merrick Road Freeport, NY Admission: $5.00 Children under 12 Free with Adult
Saturday January 24 & Sunday January 25
9:00AM 5:00PM 10:00AM 5:00PM
Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds, Memorial Ave, W Springfield MA. Adults: $10 per day Children 15 and under: FREE Accompanied by an Adult EASTERN STATES PARKING: $5.00 per day http://www.railroadhobbyshow.com/
Super Bowl Sunday February 8
12 Noon-4:00PM
TMB TRAIN CLUB OPEN HOUSE (details above)
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ALL ABOARD!
BUS TRIP TO
SPRINGFIELD TRAIN SHOW
SATURDAY, JAN. 24, 2009
$40 Fare Includes:
Round-Trip Coach Accommodations Entry to Springfield Train Show
Choice Location for All Show Buildings Socialize with Family & Friends
For More Information Contact:
Stephen Williams (516) 346-9071 E-Mail: “[email protected]
Or Mike Martin: E-Mail “[email protected]”
Cut-Off Date for Refunds: Jan. 5, 2009
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Sunrise Trail Division
WINTER MEET
January 10, 2009 1:00PM–5:00PM
Westbury Memorial Library 445 Jefferson Street, Westbury
(Exit 32 of Northern State Parkway (Post Road)
BUSINESS MEETING TO FOLLOW Nomination of Officers and Directors Proposed New Bylaws Presentation
Proposed Bylaws packet will be made available
Admission is free
Light refreshments available
For more information contact Mike Siegel
(516) 334-3559 [email protected]
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LOCAL Jan 4 8:30AM-1:00PM Northern Spur Train & Swap Meet - K of C Hall, 400 South Broadway, Lindenhurst NY Admission $4.00 under 16 free w 1 paid - (631)666-6855 Jan 10 12:30PM-4:30PM STDiv Winter Meet Westbury Public Library Admission Free Feb 15 8:30AM-1:00PM Northern Spur Train & Swap Meet - K of C Hall, 400 South Broadway, Lindenhurst NY Admission $4.00 under 16 free w 1 paid - (631)666-6855 Mar 8 2:30PM-5:30PM STDiv Board of Directors meeting – 6 Brookhaven Drive, Rocky Point NY - Steve Perry 631-744-6462 [email protected] Mar 22 8:30AM-1:00PM Northern Spur Train & Swap Meet - K of C Hall, 400 South Broadway, Lindenhurst NY Admission $4.00 under 16 free w 1 paid - (631)666-6855 Apr 11 10:00am-4:30pm STDiv Spring Meet - St. David’s Lutheran Church, 20 Clark Blvd., Massapequa Park Nov 7 10:00AM-5:00PM STDiv Fall Convention, TBA Nov 7 6:00PM-9:00PM STDiv Awards Dinner, TBA NORTH EAST REGIONAL / NATIONAL Jan 24-25, ‘09 10:00AM-5:00PM, Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show. Eastern States Exposition, 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield MA www.amherstrail.org $10 July 5-11 2009 National Model Railroad Association Convention – The Connecticut Convention Center, 100 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford, CT http://www.HN2009.org RECURRING (NMW means “new members welcome’) 3rd Fri of each month, Sep-Jun, NRHS L.I. Sunrise Trail Chapter (NMW) meets 8:00PM-10:00PM at Christ Episcopal, Carll Ave & Prospect St, Babylon www.nrhs-list.org 3rd Fri of each month, Sunrise Trail Model RR Club (NMW) meets at its HO scale layout in Farmingdale, Mark Conca 516-752-0636 1st Tue of each month, Long Island Model RR Engineers (NMW) meets at its multi-scale layouts at 3661 Horseblock Rd, Farmingville 631-345-3415 Each Wed, Rockville Centre Model RR Club (NMW) meets 8:00PM-10:00PM at its HO scale layout, 200 Sunrise Hwy, Rockville Centre, Duane Yorke 516-520-2996 1st Mon, 2nd Tues, 3rd Wed, 4th Thurs 8:00PM (NMW) The Great South Bay Model Railroad Club (HO Scale) - 9 North Long Beach Ave Freeport - Kevin McKay (516)223-9357
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