Season’s Greetings

Official Publication of Northeastern Region THE SUNRISE TRAIL DIVISION, INC. National Model Railroad Association VOLUME 34 NUMBER 4 WINTER 2004 STD CONVENTION CONTESTS PRODUCE 2 MERIT MODELS & A PHOTO SWEEP PHOTOS BY STEVEN PERRY IT IS ALWAYS GOOD NEWS when the quality of a model is judged to be of merit award status. Two models ex- ceeded that 87.5 point threshold at the Sunrise Trail Division's Annual Convention for 2004. Contest Chairman Joe Bux's model of New York Ontario & Western inspection engine no. 26 received an average point score of 92.67 in the very chal- lenging Motive Power - Steam category, no doubt gratifying this long time fan of the “Old & Weary”. Ed Neale's model of a Boston & Maine crossing guard shanty, built from the kit developed by Walter Neumen for the Sunrise Trail Division’s Participation clinic in September, earned an average score of 93 in the Structures category. Both modelers entered in the Craftsman class. In the Photography Contest, John MacGown received first, second, third and honorable mention prizes in the Proto- type Photo - Color category with wonderfully composed pic- tures of a snowplow, a passenger negotiating the Georgetown Loop, a Manitou & Pike's peak shay taking on water, and engine 3254 at the Colorado Railroad museum. (continued on page 6) Sunrise Trail Division president, Kevin Katta, presides at the 2004 Convention. ALL-CLINIC WINTER MEET SET F0R JANUARY 15TH IN WESTBURY THE ANNUAL WINTER MEET of the Sunrise Trail Divi- what might be the best all-round detector, advice on how to sion will be held the afternoon of Saturday, January 15th at build it and circuit schematics and analyses. Westbury Memorial Library, located at 445 Jefferson Street in 2:50–3:35 Layout Design with3rd PlanIt – Part II Westbury. The Meet is open to NMRA members and non- The second part of Bill Mahaney's fascinating clinic on de- members alike, and there is no admission charge. Doors will signing a layout with a computer CAD application specific to open at 12:30PM, and the first clinic will begin at 1:00PM. model railroads brings you a layout plan in the final stages of The Meet will conclude by 5PM. Nominations for officers and completion, then lets a computer-generated train run on a directors will be accepted at a business meeting following the three dimensional version of it. clinics. 3:45–4:15 Switching Layouts & Prototypes – Part II The clinic lineup features the conclusions of three clinics Walter Wohleking wraps up his look at switching layouts by begun at the recent Sunrise Trail Division Annual Conven- presenting a number of plans, which can be used as tion, as well as a new offering on modeling the elements of a Layout Design Elements for various New York harbor rail- farm. Here is the schedule of events. roads. 1:00–1:45 Modeling Farm Crops and Structures. 4:15-4:45 Business Meeting Ray Muntz conducts a table-top clinic illustrating techniques Nominations for Officers and Directors for creating realistic farm-related scenery and structures. (Sunrise Trail Division members only) 1:55–2:40 Train Detector Applications – Part II Directions to the Westbury Memorial Library are on page 11. Steve Perry concludes his treatise on these useful devices be- For more information contact Walter Wohleking at gun at the Annual Convention with a recommendation for (631)757-0580 or via email at [email protected]. children a similar experience with those Mixed Consist same . By then, however, the ta- editor’s commentary / WALTER WOHLEKING ble had become a collection of tables, EDITOR and PUBLISHER ‘TIS THE SEASON the track plan had grown in size and Walter G. Wohleking When we were kids, Thanksgiving complexity, and the equipment roster 5 Howard Drive weekend marked the beginning of the was corpulent. But everything ran just Huntington NY 11743-3032 train season for my brother, Jack, and fine, and, as before, the whole affair (631) 757-0580 (Phone) (775) 540-9743 (Fax) me. It was on Saturday that the went up Thanksgiving weekend and [email protected] benchwork—an old, one-piece, ping- came down at January's end, leaving ASSOCIATE EDITOR pong table that sagged slightly in the my kids, as it did Jack and me, still John MacGown middle—was moved from its storage wanting more. THE CANNON BALL space along the wall of the laundry Viewing those events now from what is published 5 times a year by Sunrise Trail Division, Inc. room into our knotty-pine paneled some regard as scale railroading’s loft- of the Northeastern Region of the National Model Railroad Association, Inc. for the benefit of the model basement and erected on somewhat ier perch, I am often struck by the railroading community. spindly legs, where it would stand thought that with all the preparation SUBSCRIPTIONS proudly until the end of January, when that had to take place before Christmas start with the first issue of a volume. Rates for the U.S. and possessions: $7.00 per year, $20.00 for three the trains would be put away until the Day, never once did we fail to have an years. Please make check or money order payable to next Thanksgiving. On its pockmarked, operating layoutat the time designated Sunrise Trail Division. Send requests for new subscriptions, renewals or address changes to Cannon green surface would eventually rest for it. We could always run trains. That Ball, c/o Walter G. Wohleking, at the above address. cardboard houses, arranged along what was what it was all about. CONTRIBUTIONS painted roads and illuminated by old, An informal poll taken at a recent Articles, photographs and artwork are welcome in pointy Christmas tree lights. Sunrise Trail Division clinic revealed, either hardcopy or as computer files. Copy is generally due at least one month prior to publication and should Serving this tiny community was a somewhat to the surprise of the pollster, be sent to the Editor at the above address. Submitted tinplate transportation system known as that well over half of the clinic atten- material will be returned upon request. “Lionel Lines” with a track plan that dees had layouts that “were in the plan- changed little each year. But that was ning stage”. In other words, they didn't an advantage, because that stamped have layouts. They didn't run trains. metal trackwork would remain screwed The pollster's surprise was more than a in place, ready for impatient kids to run little misplaced, by the way, because he trains almost as soon as they could get was one of those “planners” himself. them out of the box. We have so many ways to enjoy this SUNRISE TRAIL DIVISION, INC. That opportunity was fleeting, how- greatest of all hobbies that we seem Kevin Katta, President ever, for Jack and I were initially al- often to forget the most satisfying thing [email protected] lowed to operate the trains only until for a model railroader just might be Walter G. Wohleking, Secretary [email protected] the weekend was over. After that the model railroading. Kenneth Szekratar, Treasurer basement was off limits till Christmas Nowadays this wonderful time of the [email protected] morning, when we'd dash down the year provides us with a rare opportu- DIRECTORS John Jaklitsch stairs to see the miniature wonderland nity to see club layouts in operation. [email protected] our father and grandfather had made And who knows? That experience John MacGown of that bare tabletop. Each year it man- might convince at least a few of the [email protected] Michael Martin aged to be different in some way from “planners” among us to end our pro- [email protected] anything that had gone before. And crastination, set up our ping-pong ta- Steven E. Perry [email protected] each year it contained something new bles, lay track and realize our dreams. Michael H. Siegel my grandfather would scratch build for In other words, maybe it's time to start [email protected] Fernand Washington the occasion. playing with trains. After all, as model [email protected] A generation later I tried to give my railroaders, don’t we deserve it? Andrew Wasowicz [email protected] NER DIRECTOR for help in determining if you have Steven E. Perry enough points. ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM Achievement Michael H. Siegel If you are someone who has received Program a score of 87.5 or more in any NMRA PUBLICITY awards & certificates / MICHAEL SIEGEL John MacGown sanctioned contest and you have not Steven E. Perry IF YOU ARE AN NMRA MEMBER received an NMRA Merit Certificate, CONTESTS and a member of a modular club and please send me a copy of the judging Joseph Bux [email protected] have been present for most of your form (or your contest award certificate, WEBSITE group's set-ups over the last few years, if it contains the score you received). www.SunriseTrailDiv.org you may qualify for the Association The paperwork for Joe Bux's Author John Jaklitsch, Webmaster [email protected] Volunteer AP Certificate. Contact me AP Certificate is in thepipeline .

2 THE CANNON BALL reflections on a notable event / TOM & MARIA FELTEN Conway Convention Journal PHOTOS BY ANDREW WASOWICZ UNLESS NOTED UPON LEARNING THE NORTHEASTERN REGION glory, this ride would be positively breathtaking. We arrived was having this year’s Fall Convention in North Conway, in North Conway about 3PM and checked into the North New Hampshire, we thought we would turn it into a mini- Conway Grand Hotel, which was also Convention Head- vacation. TheCannon Ball's editor suggested we keep a jour- quarters. It was conveniently located in a rather large outlet nal of the affair for interested readers. Wat follows is our shopping complex called Settlers' Green. day–by–day account of a most unusual and very enjoyable Check-in with the host Hub Division of the NER yielded convention. information sheets, a bag of goodies and all our passes for Thursday, September 9, 2004 pre-registered activities. Everything was in order, and we an- 9AM found us on the Port Jefferson Ferry to Bridgeport, after ticipated a weekend of fun. After an early dinner at one of which we headed north on I-95 to I-91 to route 5, a local North Conway's many restaurants, we headed out for some road paralleling I-91 on the way to Greenfield, Massachu- home layout tours. setts. Two Boston and Maine cabooses on a with their famous black and blue paint jobs appeared out of nowhere. Soon after, we noticed a Guilford GP unit riding a rail line that we never even saw, paralleling our road. Alone without any obvious industries to service and seemingly out of place, it was as if the diesel and the cabooses emerged from the ground for our entertainment. A few miles later, approaching the outskirts of Greenfield, a substantial amount of railroad infrastructure appeared. The terrain had changed from rolling hills and farmland into more severe hills and valleys, and the rail line was now being sup- ported by massive steel trestles and cut stone supports. In Greenfield itself we noticed addoitional railroad presence as we negotiated through the village and back on to I-91. If it weren't for the intermittent heavy rainfall, this would have PHOTO BY PAUL DOLKOS been an interesting area to check out for model railroading The first one we saw was Master Model Railroader ideas. Dwight Smith's HO Northern Vermont Railway, featured in We ended the first leg of our trip as planned in the July 2002 issue ofModel Railroader . It is a modest, but Brattleboro, Vermont, where we ate and spent the night. beautifully done, railroad set in the late 1940 to early 1950 Friday, September 10, 2004 period and inspired by the Rutland Railroad. Dwight is also When we left Brattleboro at 10AM, it was still raining, but not very active with the Conway Scenic Railroad (CSRR) and the as bad as yesterday. On the overpass at White River Junc- North Conway Model Railroad Club. tion, Vermont, we were able to catch a glimpse of the railroad Our next stop was that very same North Conway Model yard, turntable and engine servicing facilities there. It was Railroad Club HO layout located in the freight house of the almost like looking down on someone's model railroad lay- CSRR station. This club's layout is a mixture of top-notch out. This would be another town to spend some time in for modeling with a “something-for-everyone” scheme. For exam- layout ideas, since the infrastructure that we saw was small ple, they run a Thomas the Tank Engine for the little ones enough to model. We heard on a local radio station that this and freight and passenger trains through a beautifully con- weekend was going to be a rail-fanning weekend, with train structed layout containing elements of a harbor, industries, rides and festivities centering around the “glory days of rail- and scenic mountains and terrain. roading”. We continued our drive up I-91 to Wells River, Vermont, where we finally left the interstate for Route 302 to Route 112, a two-lane, winding, scenic mountain road into the White Mountain National Forest. Situated in Lincoln, New Hampshire, at the intersection of Route 112 and I-93, is the northern terminus of the Hobo Railroad, part of the Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad in the Lakes Region around Meredith, New Hampshire. It offers scenic train rides and dinner trains out of this terminal. After lunch we continued our drive towards North Conway, New Hampshire, our final destination. The next 34 mile stretch of Route 112 through the mountains was a beau- tiful, picturesque ride, especially since the weather started to clear up. In three weeks time, with the fall foliage in its full

WINTER 2004 3 While visiting the model railroad, you pass by CSRR engine facilities, turntable, roundhouse and station depot, and rail cars and locomotives are there for everyone's enjoyment. Other Friday evening activities included a social hour in the Grand Hotel Lounge, with a Cab Ride Drawing and water aerobics for women in the hotel pool. One unexpected delight in our first evening in New Hampshire was the ability to see the stars! It's amazing how much you can see out there when there is no light pollution. Saturday, September 11, 2004 We awoke early and checked with the Registration desk for any last-minute changes in the schedule of events. After two days of almost continuous rain, the weather turned into a perfect “10”: temperature in the low 70s, bright sunshine, blue skies and some fluffy white clouds. Real postcard stuff and a perfect start for what was to be a truly unique conven- tion. For the morning, Maria had some shopping in mind, on track construction and maintenance. and Tom headed for the clinics, and it will be his narrative We then proceeded a little further down the line and that follows. halted at the Swift River Truss Bridge, a subdivided War- ren/Pratt through truss, short span, built in 1921 by Boston Bridge Works, Inc. With insight from architect Bill Barry, we studied its construction, stone abutments, weathering, effect of the river on the bridge, and other factors. Keep in mind that we had two nearly full coaches of model railroaders who at each stop had to climb down onto an active main line and proceed to the area designated for a particular clinic. Each stop lasted about 15 minutes CSRR personnel were in constant radio contact with the CSRR Dis- patcher to let him know our whereabouts and what we were up to and to learn where the scheduled trains were in relation to our location. At Conway, our switcher did a run-around and pushed our train away from the station to clear things for the arrival of a regularly scheduled train, which then also had to run From 9:00 to 9:45 in the morning clinics were held at the around its consist to prepare for subsequent departure back CSRR roundhouse, turntable and yard. Personnel from the to North Conway. A great photo-op for us! railroad showed attendees the inner workings of the facilities After the scheduled train departed, our Clinic Extra re- and the progress being made on their 0-6-0 switcher, which turned to the depot, picked us up and headed back to North was in the roundhouse for repairs and inspection. Conway and some more stops of our own. At 10AM the clinic “extra”, behind a GE 44 ton diesel First on the return tip agenda was Moat Brook Trestle, switcher complete with white flags, departed for Conway. which is a timber pile trestle. It rests on stone abutments, with This two-coach train would be our classroom for the day, as an open deck and there is no cross bracing from one bent to we rode the main line and made stops for various clinics held the next. We next stopped at the Saco River Bridge, a two- at right-of-way points of interest. span, skewed, through plate girder bridge with a center pier At the first stop Chief Railroad Engineer, Vincent Terrill, of cut stone, featuring a starkwater or cutwater design (stone who indicated that he was “sort of retired”, conducted a clinic work pointed towards water flow). The Clinic Train arrived back at North Conway at about 1:30PM. I picked up my box lunch and joined up with Maria, who was waiting for the departure of the Cider Mill tour train due to leave in about an hour. CSRR personnel coupled the morning Clinic Extra, locomotive and all, to the rear of a scheduled train headed for Bartlett, New Hampshire, the Ci- der Mill Tour group boarded and at 2:30PM began their ride behind a GP unit and a GE 44 tonner as a helper. Imagine! At Glen, New Hampshire, site of the Cider Mill, the trains were separated, the tour group disembarked and the sched- uled train continued on to Bartlett. The Clinic Extra then headed back toward North Conway and an afternoon round of clinics held along the right-of-way, leaving the Cider Mill

4 THE CANNON BALL Tour group to catch the return of the Bartlett train as the The Dinner Train, consisting of two dining cars refurbished means to make its way back to North Conway. for that old fashioned “varnish” car look, left the depot at The Clinic Train headed south and crossed the Ellis River 8:30 for the round trip to Bartlett. Service and food were Bridge, at which point we disembarked. Surrounded by na- great and the cars were fitted with spotlights to shine into the ture's scenery, Art Fahey of Bar Mills Models discussed scen- passing terrain so that we had something to see when we ery, colors, textures and how to incorporate them into our looked out the windows. Twentieth Century Limited eat your model railroad tracks, bridges, etc. heart out! We got back to the depot at about 10:30 p.m. The end of another great, but long, day! Sunday, September 12, 2004 From 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. a farewell breakfast buffet was held in a large white tent off the main dining room of the hotel. Dick Towle, Chairman of the Convention Committee, presided over the formalities of the closing of the convention with pre- sentations, acknowledgments and prize winners. We were fortunate to win a special drawing for breakfast participants a round-trip for two on the Crawford Notch train, good any- time in the 2005 season! The rest of the day was spent visiting the Hartman Mu- seum & Brass Caboose Hobby Shop and Armand Wood's N- scale “Carter Notch & Wildcat RR.” We took advantage of the special rates offered by the hotel for pre- and post-days of the convention and stayed over through Monday, when we headed for home. Our trip home, done in a more direct route than our trip up, was pleasant and uneventful, and we reached New London, Connecticut, just in time for the 4PM Back on the train again, we headed to Mountain Junc- ferry to Orient Point. tion, where switched onto the Quarry Branch and then got All in all this very unusual convention using a real railroad for off the train to prepare for a photo shoot of the returning our transportation, clinics and entertainment was very enjoy- Notch Train. This is the longest run train of the CSRR, and it able and educational. The CSRR went out of their way with did a nice slow pass-by as it continued its trip back to North old-fashioned hospitality, graciousness, and innovations Conway. which allowed our group to get the most out of our limited Following this, we headed a few miles up the Quarry time schedule. Who, in this day and age of litigations and law Branch to see the new construction elements of the railroad. suits at the drop of a hat, would allow a large group of model This is caused by the need to relocate the railroad to accom- railroaders to hop off and on a train in the middle of no- modate a new highway by-pass around the congested Main where, walk on railroad bridges and right-of-ways to hold Street area of North Conway. classes?! This is what made the whole idea of a convention On the way, we went through a series of roadway cross- like this next to impossible to even imagine. Hats off to all the ings, which were slow to activate as we approached them at a members of the HUB division and the CSRR for taking a normal speed. Then once they came down, they didn't go chance in making this event an unforgettable one! back up! As we passed and looked back, we saw all these bells, lights, etc. just flashing and the gates staying down caus- ing havoc to the local traffic. Fortunately for the area resi- dents, a mechanic for the CSRR and Dwight Smith were able to reset the signals, satisfying the police on the scene that at least we were not terrorists! Things settled down after that. While they were fixing the signals, Vin Terrill and Bill Barry pointed out special features of the new line including the heavier rail, new switch construction methods and the modern, steel deck truss bridge. After all this, we returned to Mountain , switched ourselves back onto the main line and returned to North Conway at approximately 5:30 (late, as usual) without a police escort. This gave us about an hour to return to the hotel, which was about 2-3 miles down the road, change into the re- quested attire and be back at the main passenger depot by 6:30 for a group photo (taken by Convention Photographer, Mrs. Terry Thomas), a cocktail hour in the depot hosted by the HUB Division of the NER (donations were accepted) and Editor’s note: After reading the Feltens’ account of this re- the Dinner Train (another “extra” just for us), which was markable convention, all of us who missed it can only hope scheduled to depart at 8:00 p.m. the Hub Division and CSRR will someday conduct a reprise.

WINTER 2004 5 STD CONVENTION (continued from page 1) sembled six for the education and enjoyment of attendees. Mike Siegel performed heroically in the face of difficulties with the computer projection system when he led things off with a discussion of the current use of Rail Diesel Cars (RDCs) in commuter service in the Syracuse, Dallas-Fort Worth and Cape May areas, as well as planned and projected future use of RDCs. He also described modifications to bring 50+ year old RDCs into the 21st century plus later incarna- tions of the RDC in the form of SPV2000 and Colorado Rail Car Diesel MUs. 3rd PlanIt, the computer aided design (CAD) program for layout planning, has many features, including Armstrong Squares, that ease the process from empty room to a finished track plan, which is more precise than what can normally be created by hand. In his clinic about that computer applica- tion, Bill Mahany illustrated the process of creating a layout plan with 3rd PlanIt, using the elements of tangents, curves, easements, turnouts and grades. He then provided a glimpse of the application's three dimensional (3-D) capabilities. In the conclusion of this clinic, which Bill will present at the Janu- ary Winter Meet, 3-D will be addressed in greater depth, and a train running on a finished demonstration layout will be Joe Bux displays a 92.67 point Merit Award smile. shown. Mike Siegel's nicely finished picture of a garden railway at the Riverhead Festival finished ahead of one other entry in the Model Photo - Color category. While Bux's model was the only entry in its class, the Structures Category also included a B&M crossing guard shanty built by prolific modeler and photographer Andy Wasowicz, which earned 73.5 points. In addition Andy col- lected 74.67 points in the Non-Revenue Car Category for his model of a work caboose in On30 scale, and if that wasn't enough, managed to enter photos in both the prototype and model categories, placing second in the latter. Dave Metal displayed his multi-tasking skills with entries in both the photo and modeling contest. “Rail Crossing on Bridge”, his first attempt at modeling in the Diorama cate- gory, was awarded 58.67 points. And Michael Wolford added to the collection of railroad scenes with a pair of pictures of LIRR traffic out Greenport way with D30AC power on the Going once! Going twice! John MacGown runs the auction. point. Walter Wohleking started his clinic by summarizing model The Convention did not lack for clinics. Steve Perry as- railroad switching layouts with regard to the latest layout trends. Moving to the prototype, he touched upon the way real railroads deliver freight, and discussed the manner in which trunk line freight railroads gained access to space- starved New York City using an assortment of New York har- bor railroads. Finally, he addressed what makes these harbor railroads ideal as prototypes for what could be considered the ultimate switching layout. Wohleking will also present the final part of his clinic at the 2005 Winter Meet, which will offer some switching layout track plans that emulate various New York harbor railroads. Clinic Coordinator, Steve Perry, began his clinic on model railroad train detectors by summarizing the different types of these useful devices and how they operate. He then discussed each detector's characteristics, introduced several model railroad applications, including train location and stag- ing yard position, and reviewed the suitability of each detec- Bill Mahany teaches model railroad layout CAD. tor for these and other applications. Part 2 of this clinic will also be presented at the 2005 Winter Meet and will describe 6 THE CANNON BALL complement of Convention related tasks. At the convention's close, John MacGown conducted an auction of White Ele- phant Table left-overs, as well as items designated specifically for the auction. After some rousing folk music by Mike Martin and Ed Neale, STD President, Kevin Katta, began the evening's for- mal festivities by asking John MacGown to provide an invo- cation. He then introduced Walter Wohleking as the banquet Master of Ceremonies. As the first order of business, Walter turned things over to Buzzy Washington who then made sure everyone went home happy with his patented program of prizes based on a banquet ticket lottery. Buzzy then made Ken Szekretar even happier by drawing his name as the win- Art Papayanopulos builds a T-Trak module. ner of the Raffle. After announcing the convention contest some unique applications for infrared detectors, as well as providing schematics and a parts list for a simple infrared detector. Art Papayanopulos constructed a finished module from scratch during this clinic on T-Trak, illustrating the ease by which this N scale modular system, ideal for shelf type lay- outs yet adaptable to almost any purpose, can be imple- mented. The clinic also described the T-Trak approach to N scale modular railroads, which originated four years ago in Japan for traction layouts, but quickly expanded and became more broad based. Buzzy Washington provided listeners with a brief history of the development of the coupler in model railroading from rather simple, manual configurations to those automatic de- signs currently available. He then discussed coupler types used on prototype railroads and finished up instruction on how to properly install and use Kadee delayed action auto- matic couplers. During the day Hiram Graves' White Elephant table was in full swing, and the ladies of the Sunrise Trail Division per- Buzzy Washington sends Raffle winner, Ken Szekretar, away happy. formed in their usual outstanding fashion by handling a full winners with the aid of Contest Chairman, Joe Bux, Wohleking then introduced the convention's guest speaker, Walter E. Zullig Jr., Regional Vice President for the Metropoli- tan Region of the National Railway Historical Society and recently retired Counsel to the Metro-North Railroad. Walter Zullig is acum laude graduate of New York Uni- versity with a major in Transportation and the recipient of a Juris Doctor degree from the NYU School of Law. Railroads have been his passion since he was a child and traveled fre- quently with his parents on the New Haven Railroad. He was involved with rail passenger service matters for his entire ca- reer and is the author of numerous articles on railroad law and rail passenger service. He recently finished a 6-year term as Chair of the Transportation Research Board's Committee on Commuter Rail Transportation. He was one of the incor- porators of the Metro-North Railroad in 1982 and was affili- ated with that company for over 20 years. Much of his time was devoted to handling legal matters with Amtrak, Connecti- cut DOT, New Jersey Transit and the six freight railroads oper- ating over Metro-North. He also handled legislative matters and issues before the Federal Regulatory Agency, Surface Transportation Board and other agencies. His presentation, entitled “Railfanning in the Hudson Valley”, included many views of the beautiful and famous Water Level Route. Mike Martin provides the entertainment.

WINTER 2004 7 Modeler’sNotebook

Baldwin Diesel Locomotive Production (Arranged chronologically from first month and year of production)

Type Model Amt Begin End Boxcab 1000hp A1A 1 Jun25 Jun25 Boxcab 1000hp B+B 1 May29 May29 Road Switcher 660hp 1 Jun29 Jun29 Boxcab 660hp 1 Apr37 Apr37 Boxcab 900hp 3 May37 May37 Road Switcher VO660 142 Jan39 Dec46 Road Switcher VO1000 548 Jan39 Dec46 Centipede 1 Jan43 Dec43 Cab (Babyface Centipede) DR-12-8-1500/2 54 Jan45 Dec48 Cab (A1A Sharks) DR-6-4-20 29 Jan45 Dec48 Road Switcher DS-4-4-6 139 Jan46 Dec49 Road Switcher DS-4-4-10 502 Jan46 Dec51 Road Switcher DRS-6-4-15 29 Jan46 Dec52 Transfer DT-6-6-20 46 Jan46 Jan50 Road Switcher DRS-4-4-15 32 Jan47 Dec50 Cab (Babyface A1A) DR-6-4-15 7 Jan47 Dec48 Cab DR-6-4-15B 2 Jan47 Dec48 Cab (Babyface B-B) DR-4-4-15 58 Jan47 Dec50 Cab DR-4-4-15B 47 Jan47 Dec50 Lt Road Switcher DRS-4-4-10 22 Jan48 Dec50 Road Switcher DRS-6-6-15 82 Jan48 Dec50 Cab DR-6-4-20B 9 Jan48 Dec48 Cab DR-6-2-10 1 Jan48 Dec48 Road Switcher DS-4-4-7.5 53 Jan49 Dec51 Road Switcher S-8 61 Jan50 Dec54 Road Switcher AS-16 127 Jan50 Dec55 Road Switcher AS-416 21 Jan50 Dec53 Road Switcher AS-616 168 Jan50 Dec54 Road Switcher DRS-6-6-15B 109 Jan50 Dec53 Cab (Babyface & Shark B-B) RF-16B 51 Jan50 Dec53 Road Switcher S-12 451 Jan51 Dec56 Cow, Calf Road Switcher S-8 9 Jan51 Dec52 Lt Road Switcher RS-12 46 Jan51 Dec56 Road Switcher AS-616B 7 Jan51 Dec51 Transfer RT-624 24 Jan51 Dec54 Cab X Train 3 Jan56 Dec57

8 THE CANNON BALL References Electric Railway Dictionary First Edition–1911 on Compact Disc. Digitized and Edited by Tim Lewis. Available from RailDriver, a Division of P. I. Engineer- ing, Inc., Williamston MI 48895, www.raildriver.com. $29.95. Available direct from RailDriver or on the internet at www.amazon.com. This is the fourth in the series of vintage publications Rail- Driver has released on CD. It joins the 1922 Locomotive Cyclopedia, 1922 Car Builders’ Cyclopedia and the 1921 Maintenance of Way Cyclopedia, all of which were reviewed in the Winter 2003 issue of theCannon Ball . Originally released by McGraw Publishing in 1911, the Electric Railway Dictionary–First Edition was last available 32 years ago in a republished version by Newton K. Gregg. As that purpose.) with the earlier RailDriver offerings, this CD version surpasses Organization is identical to previous RailDriver reference the utility of both the original publication and the Gregg works on CD and begins with the screen shown above, which republication in a number of ways and does so for a very provides overall access to the entire volume in an easy to reasonable price. The Gregg reprint sold for $19.95 when first understand format. Hyperlinks abound, allowing one to released in 1972. A search of the internet turned up one move quickly from one place in the publication to another. bookseller today with a copy for $155, and one of the origi- Each listing in the index has a link that will take you directly nal McGraw dictionaries recently sold at auction for $27 on to the first page of the reference! It couldn’t be easier. Ebay. There was no indication of the condition of either. Once again RailDriver has includedScalePrint, a very The RailDriverElectric Railway Dictionary on CD is a neat, modest, yet powerful utility aimed squarely at the mod- faithful reproduction of the original publication, containing eler. It allows the user to load any of the many drawings con- 347 pages of data and railway–related advertising from the tained in the dictionary and, by using the mouse to mark any era, as well as 1,987 photographs, figures and scale drawings. two points between which the distance is known (there are It employs hypertext markup language (HTML) as the numerous dimensioned places on most of the drawings suit- data format, meaning it may be read using an internet able for this), print a drawing to any scale. browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navi- To overcome the low resolution of most graphics on the gator, and is cross–platform capable. (It should be pointed internet and the coarse printouts they produce, RailDriver has out that access to the internet is not necessary to use this soft- scanned its images at resolutions of up to 600 dots per inch ware—only the application, itself, that is normally used for (graphics on the internet are normally about 70–90 dpi), which yields printed drawings of high qual- ity. In addition to the JPG files RailDriver uses for its pictures and drawings, ScalePrint will accept a wide range of other graphics file formats, meaning you could produce scale versions of just about anything, drawing or photo, as long as you know the distance between any two points somewhere in the graphic. The Electric Railway Dictionary–1911 contains a wealth of information, includ- ing individual drawings of traction–related air brake equipment, car body details, truck details, motors and just about any- thing you could imagine might have been current at the time. If you’ve never seen a railway cyclopedia or dictionary, you’ll become hooked as soon as you open one up, and a RailDriver CD is the way to do it. Next on the RailDriver agenda are cyclopedias from the mid to late 1940s—the postwar era when diesel engines began to replace steam seriously. – WGW

WINTER 2004 9 Around the Division near Tampa, he may be reached by mail at 1810 Bunker Hill Drive, Sun City Center FL 33573-5008. His phone number is Fully subscribed Participation Clinic defies weather (813)-633-1766, and his email address is Despite torrential rains that limited attendance, Walter [email protected]. Neumen’s fully subscribed participation clinic went on as STD members take part in Boy Scout Rail-O-Ree scheduled September 18th. Those unable to make it were Sunrise Trail Division members Ludwig Riemenschneider and mailed their B&M crossing guard shanty kits. Michael Martin spoke about model railroading to about 125 Herb Klein relocates Boy Scouts from between 12 and 15 troops at the October Sunrise Trail Division veteran, Herb Klein, has relocated to 3rd Rail-O-Ree in Riverhead. Steve Perry was on hand to The Plaza at Clover Lake, 838 Fair Street, Carmel, New York photograph some of the activities at the event, including N- 10512. He can be reached by phone at (845) 878-2735 ex- Trak and O-Trolley operating layouts. tension 135. Prior to the move, Herb generously donated portions of his layout to the Sunrise Trail Division for possible disposition as a fund raiser. Walthers Catalog features Carl Cascone photography The popular “Magic of Model Railroading” section of the Walthers HO 2005 Model Railroad Reference Book includes three photos by Carl Cascone, long a member of the Sunrise Trail Division and most recently editor of the Cannon Ball. The subjects are examples of Carl's modeling for the Kanawah Creek Railway, his home layout in Northport. The pictures appear on pages 624, 625 and 629 of the Walthers' catalog . An article about the Kanawah Creek appeared in the November, 2000 issue ofModel Railroader magazine. Rick Shoup requests Jamaica pictures 28 years ago Rick Shoup photographed the platforms at Ja- maica and the surrounding area only to subsequently lose the slides. Rick is interested in purchasing slides or pictures of Mike Martin at the Boy Scout Rail-O-Ree. the trackwork at that interchange. Now a Florida resident PHOTO BY STEVEN PERRY STD Offers Economical Bus Package to Amherst Show January 29th AS IT DID LAST YEAR, the Sunrise Trail Division will Huntington, exit of the Long Island Expressway. sponsor a bus trip to the largest train show in the east. The 7:00AM from the parking field opposite the Hicksville Post Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show in Spring- Office on West John Street. field, Massachusetts occupies more than five acres and pro- 7:30AM from the Stop 'n Shop parking lot on Hillside Ave- vides access to model railroad related manufacturers, retailers nue ¼ mile west of Lakeville Road. and displays. There are usually in excess of 35 operating lay- Costs include a ticket to the show and are $45 for NMRA outs in Z, N, HO, S, O and G scales, as well as a live steam members, $50 for non-members and $35 for children 12 display. A large flea market offers many bargains. years old or less. Deadline for reservations is January 20. A The date of the trip is January 29, 2005, and the bus will full refund is available if canceled before January 6, a 75% leave from the following locations: refund if canceled after January 6. Complete and submit the 6:30AM from the commuter parking lot north of the Rte110, form below with payment to secure your place on the bus. Send application & payment to: Michael Martin, 78 Barwick Street, Floral Park NY 11001 (516) 328-8764 [email protected] % Deadline Jan. 20th. Full refund if canceled before Jan. 6th. 75% refund if canceled thereafter. Name...... Phone ...... Address...... EMail ...... City ...... State...... Zip...... NMRA# ...... Name...... Phone ...... Address...... EMail ...... City ...... State...... Zip...... NMRA# ...... Depart from:qqq Huntington Hicksville New Hyde Park Amount enclosed: $...... (Make check payable toSunrise Trail Division, Inc. )

10 THE CANNON BALL DOWN THE TRACK VENUE KEYS

KEY LOCATION CONTACT ADMISSION NOTE AV18 141 Carleton Avenue, East Islip (631) 587-5183 Les Livingston 12 & up: $3 BRMR 28 Marine Ave. (basement), Brooklyn (718) 743-7759 Cono Bianco 13 & up: $3, $1 other COL-OH 90F Raynor Avenue, Ronkonkoma (1 block west of MacArthur Airport) (631) 472-3395 John Cardona COL-SM Bingo Hall, 1644 Locust Avenue, Bohemia (631) 314-6499 Michael Lorio 12 & up: $3 DHJ 679 Hawkins Ave., Lake Ronkonkoma (631) 366-5352 2 GSB Freeport Recreation Center, 130 West Merrick Rd., Freeport (516) 223-9357 Kevin McKay 12 & up: $5 1 GTTHS Hofstra University, Hempstead (630) 355-5029 [email protected] 8 & up: $7 LILS Gerrard Road, Southaven County Park, Shirley (631) 345-0499 Donation NG Bethpage High School, Stewart & Cherry Aves., Bethpage (516) 346-9071 Scott Williams NS Knights of Columbus, 400 South Broadway, Lindenhurst (631) 666-6855 Carmelo Sancetta 16 & up: $3 1 RRBS Railroad Museum of Long Island, Griffing Ave., Riverhead (516) 781-3534 Ludwig Riemenschneider [email protected] RRL VFW, 68 Lincoln Road., Franklin Square (516) 486-6658 [email protected] 12 & up: $3 1 RRRF Railroad Museum of Long Island, Griffing Ave., Riverhead (631) 727-7920 www.rmli.org/ SCG Railroad Museum of Long Island, Fourth St., Greenport (631) 477-0439 www.rmli.org/ No charge SJMR Mills Pond House, 660 Route 25A, Saint James (631) 862-8740 2 SVDP St. Vincent DePaul Auditorium, 1510 DePaul Street, Elmont (516) 352-2127 Frank Deorio 12 & up: $5 TAR Elks Club of Massapequa, 2162 Veterans Blvd., Massapequa (516) 766-4206 Steven Fletcher 12 & up: $3 TMB Knights of Columbus, 175 Park Avenue, Babylon (631) 587-4610 Joe Fraccalvieri 13 & up: $3 WIMR 188 Merritts Road, Farmingdale (516) 293-0994 Nick Guiffre [email protected] 13 & up: $4 2 NOTES 1) Accessible to handicapped. 2) Not recommended for handicapped access. 3) Non-NMRA members welcome NEXT CANNON BALL DEADLINE — DECEMBER 15TH The Sunrise Trail Division welcomes Michael Maioriello, The Bronx, Joseph Rio, Massapequa and Peter Willstein, Ridge

The blessings of this season N will be greater and mean more Exit Northern State Pkwy if we remember the men & women 32 in our armed forces.

ò

Post Ave Rockland StSchool St

Happy Holidays Linden Pl from the Sunrise Trail Division

WINTER MEET MAP 445 Jefferson St

SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWSLETTER OF THE SUNRISE TRAIL DIVISION

Name ______Regular Compact Disc

Address ______One year ____ $7.00 ____$10.00

City______State _____ Zip ______Two years ____$14.00 ____$20.00

Phone______Email ______Three years ____$20.00 ____$25.00

Please send a completed copy of this form and a check made payable to theSunrise Trail Division to: The Cannon Ball c/o Walter G. Wohleking 5 Howard Drive Huntington NY 11743–3032

WINTER 2004 11 DOWN THE TRACK NMRA Sunrise Trail Division (STD) and Northeastern Region (NER) Events Dec 5 2005 1:00PM STD Directors Meeting. 50 Nimitz St., Huntington 631-549-3446 Ken Szekretar [email protected] Jan 15 2005 12:30PM-5:00PM STD Winter Meet. Westbury Library, 445 Jefferson St., Westbury 631-757-0580 Walter Wohleking [email protected] Free Jan 29 2005 All Day STD Bus Trip to Amhurst Train Show in Springfield MA. Mike Martin 516-328-8764 [email protected] $50/$45/$35 Apr 16 2005 10:00AM-5:00PM STD Spring Meet. St. David’s Lutheran, 20 Clark Blvd., Massapequa Park 516-285-4712 John MacGown [email protected] $5 May 13-15 2005 10:00AM-5:00PM NER Spring Convention, Nashua NH. 603-332-8257 Rich Breton [email protected] Sep 17 2005 All Day Sunrise Trail Division Bus Trip to Strasburg RR. Mike Martin 516-328-8764 [email protected] Oct 7-9 2005 10:00AM-5:00PM NER Fall Convention - Stamford CT. 718-884-0261 Phil Monat [email protected] Nov 5 2005 8:30AM-1:00PM STD Annual Convention. United Methodist , 881 Merrick Rd., Baldwin 718-528-2308 Buzzy Washington [email protected]$5 May TBD, 2006 10:00AM-5:00PM NER Spring Convention, Location TBD. 802-434-3316 Glenn Glasstetter [email protected] Oct 22-24, 2006 10:00AM-5:00PM NER Fall Convention. Parsippany NJ 908-822-2839 Ralph Heiss [email protected] Regular Recurring Events 3rd Fri of month 8:00PM-10:00PM National Railway Historical Society (NRHA), L.I. Sunrise Trail Chapter. Christ Episcopal Church, Carll Ave. & Prospect St., Babylon. Area Events (explanation of Keys on Page 11) DATE TIME EVENT SCALE KEY Nov 26 7:30PM-10:00PM West Island Model Railroad Open House HO WIMR Nov 26-Nov 28 Noon-5:00PM Central Operating Lines Open House O (HiRail) COL-OH Nov 27-Nov 28 1:00PM-4:00PM West Island Model Railroad Open House HO WIMR Nov 27-Nov 28 Noon-5:00PM Wrong Island Railroad / Dollhouse Junction Open House O (HiRail) DHJ Nov 28 8:30AM-1:00PM Trainmasters of Babylon Train, Toy & Die Cast Collectors Meet TMB Dec 3 7:00PM-10:00PM St. James Model Railroad Club Open House O (HiRail) SJMR Dec 4-Dec 5 Noon & 3:30PM Santa Comes to Greenport Prototype SCG Dec 4-Dec 5 11:00AM-5:00PM St. James Model Railroad Club Open House O (HiRail) SJMR Dec 4-Dec 5 Noon-5:00PM Wrong Island Railroad / Dollhouse Junction Open House O (HiRail) DHJ Dec 5 10:00AM-3:00PM St. Vincent DePaul Train & Toy Collectibles Show SVDP Dec 11-Dec 12 Noon-5:00PM Wrong Island Railroad / Dollhouse Junction Open House O (HiRail) DHJ Dec 12 7:30AM-11:30AM Central Operating Lines Swap Meet All COL-SM Dec 18-Dec 19 Noon-5:00PM Wrong Island Railroad / Dollhouse Junction Open House O (HiRail) DHJ Dec 19 8:30AM-1:00PM Trainmasters of Babylon Train & Toy Meet TOB Dec 26 9:00AM-1:00PM Railroad Lines Train & Toy Show RRL Jan 2 8:30AM-1:00PM Northern Spur Train & Swap Meet NS Jan 9 10:00AM-4:00PM Great South Bay Model RR Club Train Show GSB Jan 9 10:00AM-3:00PM St. Vincent DePaul Train & Toy Collectibles Show SVDP Jan 16 7:30AM-11:30AM Central Operating Lines Swap Meet All COL-SM Feb 6 9:00AM-1:00PM Railroad Lines Train & Toy Show RRL Feb 20 8:30AM-1:00PM Northern Spur Train & Swap Meet NS At Rail-O-Ree STEVEN PERRY PHOTOS

Long Island Railroad DE30AC joins the Boy Scouts.

Photo Contest winner, Mike Siegel. STD Secretary, Walter Wohleking, and Merit Award winner, Joe Bux. Riverhead October 2nd At the Convention

STEVEN PERRY PHOTOS

CASUAL OBSERVERS CAN’T BE BLAMED for thinking the guys at the top might be Hair Club for Men clients, while the one at the left is its main supplier. Rumor has it, however, that Siegel, Wohleking and Bux got that way worrying about the Annual Convention, while Wasowicz doesn’t seem to worry about much except his name Andy Wasowicz received awards for getting spelled right on all the awards he The O-Trolley modular display layout just might be the modeling and photography. seems to get. only time these kids ever get a look at a trolley.

12 THE CANNON BALL