Newsletter of the Division, Northeastern Region, National Model Railroad Association

Volume 16, Issue 2 June 2015 - August 2015

Your portal to more fun in model Railroading

To promote Model Railroading and help educate modelers in the skills of Model Railroading

Volume 16, issue 3 of THE FLYER will be scheduled for publication by August 31, 2015.

If anyone has an article, story or anything else that they would like to have published in the next issue of THE FLYER please send it to Ron Pelletier at [email protected] as soon as possible.

Please visit our website at http://www.nutmegdivision.com

INDEX

Election OF Director results Page 2

From the Desk of the Superintendent and Treasurer, James Mayo Page 2

From the desk of the Clinic Chairperson Peter Luchini Page 3

From Communication Manager / Editor / Membership Promotion Manager Ronald Pelletier Page 3

Articles / Stories / Letters Page 4 Rockwell Retro Encabulator Southington Depot Museum Two Virtual/Binary Scale Railroad Programs Shoreline East Rail Service Out of New Haven Collecting Trains and or Finding Time to Work on My Layout Quonset Hut Making a Turnout Electrically Superior One Company’s All-American Success Hartford Division of the Railroad Enthusiasts Inc Great Day for A Run Trolley Museum 75th Anniversary Interested In the Restoration of Historic Railroad Equipment Wickham Park Garden Railway Club is Looking for Volunteers A Picture Review of the 2015 New England/Northeast Prototype Modelers Meet May 29 – 30 2015

New Members / Re-rail Members Page 21

Achievement Program – Certificates Awarded Page 21 -1- Birthday Announcements Page 23

Events of organizations in the Nutmeg Division and the Bordering Sister Divisions Page 23

Calendar of Local Events for the Nutmeg Division and its Bordering Sister Divisions Page 24

National / Regional Convention Events Page 25

General Information of the Nutmeg Division and the Other Divisions of the Northeastern Region Page 30

New Address for the NMRA Page 34

ELECTION OF DIRECTOR RESULTS

On April 11th an election for the position of Layout Visit Chairperson was conducted and Greg Lang was re-elected as Chairperson

The BOD then had a meeting and James Mayo was re-elected as Superintendent for the next year.

From the Desk of the Superintendent, James Mayo: [email protected]

May 2015

Now that winter has finally ended and moved straight to summer, we all get to go outside and watch trains! So bring a picture or two to a Nutmeg Division meeting and share your train watching spots. Or send a picture to Ron to add to the newsletter and have the rest of us guess where it was taken. Remember to be safe and stay on public property when train watching.

I will be taking picture submissions for the new Nutmeg Division promotional banner. The board would like pictures of “us” doing Nutmeg Division “stuff” and pictures from member’s layouts.

If you have a project that you have worked on or are planning, bring them along. Get some feedback and give the rest of us some ideas and incentive to move that project that has been sitting on the desk.

If you have an event that you deem noteworthy, forward the information to myself or Ron to be included into the announcements.

If you have not renewed your NMRA membership, please do so!

And remember to support your local hobby shop.

That is all I have for now, see you at the June meeting on the 13th.

James Mayo Superintendent Nutmeg Division

From the Treasurer:

Balance as of 5/31/15: $1723.26

Nutmeg Division’s 990-N was filed with the IRS on 15 May 2015.

The Pension Protection Act, passed in 2006, requires that small nonprofits, which in the past have not needed to file the IRS 990 Form, have to file the new IRS 990-N. Nonprofits who fail to do so for three years in a row may be stripped of their tax-exempt status beginning in May 2010.

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This form has to be done annually, but had not been done in a while. That would be why we had lost our not for profit status (not filing). We have since filed and have received our tax exempt status.

This form is to provide the following information:

1. Employer identification number (EIN), also known as Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)

2. Tax Year

3. Legal name and mailing address

4. Any other name the organization uses

5. Name and address of principal officer

6. Web site address if the organization has one

7. Confirmation that the organization’s annual gross receipts are normally $50,000.00, or less

8. If applicable, a statement that the organization has terminated or is terminating (going out of business) ______

From the Desk of Clinic Chairperson Peter Luchini [email protected]

Clinic Details for the June 13th 2015 membership meeting event of the Nutmeg Division

CLINICS FOR THE JUNE MEETING:

This month we’re going “retro”. No computers, no PowerPoint presentation – just the clinicians and their materials.

Clinic #1 – Pete Luchini will take you through the simple process for building a coal load for a hopper and a scrap load for a gondola. We’ll have a drawing for the finished products at the end of the clinic.

Clinic #2 – John Grosner will demonstrate how to construct a conifer tree using a bamboo skewer, a commercial scrubbing pad and Woodland Scenics Turf. ______

From Communication Manager, Newsletter Editor, Membership Manager, Ronald Pelletier [email protected]

I would like to thank everyone that supplied an article / story / or letter. It is greatly appreciated.

We are putting together marketing materials, and we would love to have a collection of photos from which to draw. We are looking for photos showing perspective visitors the best of our Division; the people, places and things that make the Nutmeg Division great. If you have pictures of your layout, pictures of local train watching spots, pictures of you and your buddies enjoying a train related activity, pictures of your models, please send them in.

Emphasis on the people!

Help us to promote the Nutmeg Division and our activities to a wider audience.

Send your pictures, stories or statements about how you see the Nutmeg Division to Ron Pelletier at [email protected]

-3- Unfortunately to date I haven’t received photos from anyone. Please send in your pictures. Don’t think that it may not be good enough. Sometimes the pictures that you think are no good are the best pictures around. The photographer is usually his own worst critic.

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.

James Mayo was re-elected as Director and Superintendent in April 2015.

James Mayo’s (second) term as director ends in April 2017 Greg Lang (first official) term as director ends in April 2018 Douglas Henley’s (second) term as director will end in April 2016

There will be another election for a director’s position in April 2016. If you are interested in being an officer of the Nutmeg Division or to volunteer for the Nutmeg Division, please contact Ron Pelletier at [email protected] ______

Articles / Stories /Letters

ROCKWELL RETRO ENCABULATOR

It’s retro all right! For those who don’t remember, or are younger than 40, Rockwell was a huge defense conglomerate during the 70s and 80s.

It swallowed up North American Aviation, the builder of a famous line of fighters (P-51, F-86, and F-100) and bombers.

My first hand-held digital calculator in grad school was a Rockwell.

It was state-of-the-art because it used miniaturized semiconductor integrated circuits “chips” which the company had developed for NASA's Moon program.

It could perform all kinds of calculations that were laborious by hand, or previously had required a mainframe computer to solve.

The following is a two-minute video classic, especially for the tech-oriented, nerds, computer geeks, systems operators and all the rest of us. Really well done! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXJKdh1KZ0w

The above was provided by the owner of the company that I work for. (Editor) ______

Southington Depot Museum To Open For Summer

By Bill Leukhardt

Copied from the May 26, 2015 issue of the Hartford Courant

http://www.courant.com/community/southington/hc-southington-depot-museum-0523-20150522-story.html

SOUTHINGTON — The Milldale Train Depot, which last served passenger trains in 1926 and freight trains in the 1960s, is opening this weekend for its third summer as a train and manufacturing exhibit.

The bright-red building at 447 Canal St., next to the former Clark's bolt factory and the Rails to Trails pathway, is owned by the town and was restored by volunteers.

-4- Its office section will be open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends this summer, with display cases of artifacts and information about the history of trains, transportation, the town's Milldale section and people who helped shape it during the last century.

The exhibits come from the Southington Historical Society and private collections. The idea is to give motorists driving past, or using the adjacent rail trail, an interesting place to stop, get a drink of water and learn a bit about the town's past. It's free.

"We added some new information on the Farmington Canal and the local trolley system," said Phil Wooding, a Southington Historical Society member and volunteer who helped restore the depot. "We hope eventually to restore the larger section, the old freight depot, and have exhibits there."

The rail lines were built in the 1850s on the path of the Farmington Canal, which closed in 1848 when railroads made canal shipping and travel obsolete. In turn, the trains eventually stopped coming through when the automobile and interstate highways undercut rail supremacy.

A 1908 rail schedule in the depot collection lists Milldale as the sixth stop on a route beginning in New Haven, 19.6 miles south. The train continued north another 80.4 miles to Shelbourne Falls, Vt.

"It's really important to have saved this building for the future," said Historical Society member Liz Kopec, who volunteered with other members to organize the society's collection.

"There used to be several other stations in town," she said Thursday. "We had a beautiful station in Plantsville. The main one was in downtown Southington. They're gone now, torn down. This one was a minor station, which probably worked to its advantage in remaining." ______

CALL FOR CLINICIANS AND VENDORS

The Technology Student Association at Conard High School in West Hartford Ct is hosting their annual Train Show on November 7 2015. Cathy Lukas who is the chairperson for the Technology Student Association is looking for anyone who could give a clinic directed toward high school students. This is great opportunity to get the youth introduced to the NMRA.

Cathy is also looking for vendors.

If you are interested in either being a clinician or a vendor please contact Cathy at [email protected]

______TWO VIRTUAL/BINARY SCALE RAILROAD PROGRAMS

By Bob Van Cleef

Model railroading is fun. It’s fun in any scale including binary and virtual scales and like traditional railroading many advances have been made since the early days of Railroad Tycoon by Sid Meier and Tracks (by Atlas). I believe that someday there will be a program to allow a Modeler to send his battery-powered engine equipped with its own nose- mounted camera across the nation and control it with a cell phone application. I have even written a clinic (Trains Run) on how this can be done. While this is still only a dream there are two programs which go a long way toward accomplishing this goal.

Train Fever (by Urban Games) like Railroad Tycoon is a business simulation game. Both span the years from about 1850 to present on a defined territory. Prospective Tycoons have to determine the best route and lay track between cities to connect customers.

Train Fever is like Railroad Tycoon on steroids. The user has the option to randomize the terrain complete with contour lines, land usage and other helpful information. Towns have properties roughly grouped in four areas, Residential, recreation, factories and manufacturing. Passengers can be moved within a town and/or between towns to make a profit.

-5- Sparsely placed between towns are resources such as lumber, coal, iron ore and so forth. These cargos are all shown to gradually find their way into towns and their final destinations. If a tycoon wishes to make a profit he must find a way to deliver the goods faster than they do on their own be it by wagon, truck or rail. Of course rails, signals, bridges, tunnels and rolling stock all cost money.

The game can seem quite complex, but there are plenty of “cheats” and shortcuts to make the game very easy to play and allow the slow buildup of knowledge of how everything comes together.

Railroad X is more of a layout visualizer and planner. In this game you plan everything. You can create contour lines OR raise and lower a grid to create the landscape. Trees, shrubs, houses and hundreds of scenic details are part of the game, but there are also thousands of “add-on” elements that can be added to the game. Think of going into your favorite hobby shop for that special model. These include animated people, animals, vegetation blown by the wind of a passing train and even localized weather patterns. Train operation includes coupling and de-coupling, control of switches and signals and even animations of filling a steam engine with water. Cameras can be static, automated or programed to move with the train. The engine can be run from controls inside the cab looking out the windows.

Both of these programs are available from http://store.steampowered.com and have a German Origin. This is no problem with Train Fever, but if you want to expand your Railroad X layout you might want a German to English dictionary (Use Google)

All in all these two programs can give hours of entertainment value if for some reason you can’t reach the basement.

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SHORELINE EAST RAIL SERVICE OUT OF NEW HAVEN

By Bert Sacco

The year was 1988. The I-95 Bridge over the Quinnipiac River in New Haven was exhibiting continuous problems including deck deterioration which threatened reduction in capacity as a minimum. The business community in New Haven and the region was concerned about continued access east of the CBD. The only alternate means of getting across the bridge was the former rail service called the which had stopped many years previous. Matt Nemerson the Chamber of Commerce President and his Chairman arranged a meeting with the Conn. Dept. of Transportation and met with Commissioner William Lazarek. Our concerns were met with similar ones and the Commissioner agreed on a Joint effort to reinstate rail service East of New Haven to Old Saybrook.

Much needed to be done: acquisition of locomotives, acquisition of Passenger cars, work on station facilities not the least of which was parking. Negotiations had to be completed with who owned the trackage east of the New Haven station. AMTRAK required a large insurance policy to protect its facilities. Conn DOT and the chamber were successful in securing funding for all of the above. The inaugural run began in Old Saybrook in May of 1990. Service was limited to few trains a day, but the demand increased rapidly.

Since the new service passed through the heart of the business community north of the Union Ave station it was decided to construct a new station along State Street and avoid bussing office workers from Union Ave back north to Elm Street.

The rest is very positive. Several of the shoreline towns have new stations, Old Saybrook, Guilford etc. Parking continues to be expanded increasing ridership. The number of trains has increased threefold and includes weekends. Service now runs to New London and Stamford on selected trains. And the Q Bridge continues to be a problem, yet to complete a 15 year reconstruction.

We would like to thank Bill Lazarek, for his foresight in changing the Connecticut Highway Department into the Department of Transportation.

Bert Sacco ______

-6- COLLECTING TRAINS AND OR FINDING TIME TO WORK ON MY LAYOUT???

By Peter Tierinni

I have been involved in model railroading since the middle sixties. Overall the hobby has remained the same. I find myself torn between working on my layout and collecting HO scale trains. I feel collecting is taking up more of my time. Even in the winter months, collecting is a bigger part of my life with the huge collection I have amassed over the last 50 years.

I really miss working on the layout. I miss the hands on part of model railroading. The designing and fabricating have always been a big part of who I am. Funny thing though, as soon as I pick up some tools, or just put in a few trees, etc. the old feeling returns, and I am back in the groove of all the hobbies I have had in my lifetime.

Model railroading has been my longest passion. I really don't know where I am going with this, but if I had to guess, I would say that I love model railroading more than anything I have ever done. ______

QUONSET HUT

By Dave Alter

I wanted to add a Quonset hut to the air field on my layout. I tried to scratch build one using plaster cloth and card board, but this technique did not work. The card board was to light to hold the curved shape and the plaster cloth did not dry hard enough.

I saw a post on one of my face book train pages by Rick Barry which included the website http://rickmills9.webs.com/mrr/index.html for his Cape Ann Rail System. On his website, Rick has instructions for scratch building a Quonset hut. I modified his technique by using styrene instead of a plastic bottle to form the curve. I reuse tooth paste tubes to simulate corrugated metal by running the tube through a paper crimper. I cut the tubing into scale four inch wide lengths and used a hot glue gun to attach them to the styrene.

The hardest part, in my opinion, was to make the curved end pieces. I used a thin veneer and cut the curve using a rotary cutter. After attaching the end pieces, I added a door and window from a left over paper building model. Then I sprayed painted the building olive drab. The last step was to add a piece of tubing as a chimney with a small piece of cotton for smoke.

One thing that I learned is that length measure must be long enough to be covered completed by the scale four foot width. On mine, I had to add two small strips at each end.

-7- MAKING A TURNOUT ELECTRICALLY SUPERIOR

Text and pictures by James Mayo

A friend keeps asking to explain how I modify insulated frog turnouts to improve the electrical continuity for operations. Here is what I do:

I like to do these modifications prior to installation on the layout. I will have many turnouts done at one time, as all the steps are the same regardless of the type of turnout.

First, I selected two victims for the demonstration, in this case two curved turnouts that will go into a not-yet built town on my layout.

Place the turnout bottom up (shiny side down) and select a tie to be removed from each turnout. Using a hobby saw, cut the tie and any connecting sprues free from the turnout. Remove any tarnish and oxides from the bottom of the rails and the top of the pc board replacement tie.

Place the turnout right side up on the cleaned side of the pc board tie and solder the rail to the tie. I solder on both sides of the rail, placing the tip of the soldering iron at the bottom of the web of the rail and touching the solder to the top of the pc board tie.

An electrical gap will need to be cut on the pc board tie between the two closure rails. This will ensure that the stock rail and the closure rails are electrically connected. After every step in this process, I check for electrical continuity and shorts.

Now I solder feeders to the rails past the frog and connect them to the corresponding side of the pc board tie on the closure rails.

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On the rails on the far side of the frog I ensure that the feeders are brought up through the turnout between different ties and are pointed in opposing directions. This is to reduce the possibility of a short through less than stellar workmanship and less than ideal handling during instillation on the layout.

The feeder wire is trimmed to size.

Then it is bent to be soldered to the pc board tie and soldered to the pc board tied between the stock and closure rail at the bottom of the rail (this will help hide it).

The wires on the bottom of the turnout are place so they do not cross or overlap, this will make installation easier.

Next is to connect the closure rails to the corresponding switch (this is the moving part of the turnout). This is the weakest part of the turnout, out of the box. When new, the connection is sufficient, but as time passes, the turnout is used or even gets weathered, the electrical connection gets compromised. I tin the areas to be soldered ensuring to get at the bottom of the web as we are working on the inside (gauge) of the rails here.

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Using a single strand of 20 gauge stranded wire, solder to one rail (I prefer the switch). Thread the strand of wire under the tie and solder to the closure rail.

This is what the bottom of the turnout should look like.

Now I clean the residual soldering residues off with a Kratex (a very fine abrasive polishing stick) and finish with a wipe down with a piece of an old t-shirt dampened with isopropyl alcohol. The turnout is ready to install on the layout and be electrically reliable for years to come. Hope this helps.

List of tools used: Razor (hobby) saw Wire cutters Wire strippers Needle nose pliers Blunt nosed pliers 40w soldering iron Multi meter

Materials used: Turnout of choice (victim) Pc board ties Fine rosin core solder 20 Ga solid wire 20 Ga stranded wire Kratex Isopropyl alcohol

-10- ONE COMPANY’S ALL-AMERICAN SUCCESS

By Maura Falk Associate Editor IMPO Magazine http://www.impomag.com/articles/2015/04/one-companys-all-american-success

This article originally appeared in IMPO's April 2015 print issue.

Nippon Sharyo is a Japanese manufacturer of rail cars that has expanded its reach in the U.S. market in order to accommodate growth, its transition to “Buy America” standards all while working with local agencies to facilitate expansion, job growth and a truly unique cultural work environment.

The company began in 1896 in Japan and has been doing business in the U.S. since 1982 after it received its first contract to supply 44 single-level EMU cars to the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District. Since then, the company has produced and delivered over 880 individual cars throughout the U.S. Traditionally, the shells of the railcars were manufactured in Japan, but that has been changing in recent years.

Nippon Sharyo’s facility is nearly impossible to miss upon entering Rochelle’s industrial park. Nippon Sharyo’s Manufacturing is made up of two buildings and dominants its surroundings. But it isn’t only Nippon Sharyo’s appearance that is impressive, the story of the company becoming an American company.

Buy America “We are a Japanese company, but our goal is to become 100 percent American and to establish our presences as an American manufacturer here for the American people,” says Akira Koyasu, the President and CEO of Nippon Sharyo U.S.A.

Prior to construction of the Illinois facility Nippon Sharyo had been doing business in the U.S. for over thirty years, however during this time the standards for “Buy America” were not as strict. For past contracts, “Buy America” mandated that 60 percent of all materials and parts be procured in the U.S. and that the final assembly of the rail car vehicles take place on American soil. Which Nippon Sharyo complied with using contractors for final assembly and switching locations depending on the client.

However, the “Buy America” standards changed for certain contracts recently and in order to remain competitive Nippon changed with it. It is now 100 percent American made, so everything from the raw materials, to the building, cutting, bending, forming and fabrication must be done in the U.S. Everything must be bought here as well,” explains Koyasu.

As a result of these standards, Nippon Sharyo chose to become an All-American operation by setting up a one-stop-shop in the U.S. in the community of Rochelle, Illinois.

Home Base Choosing Rochelle as the location for their American home base was not an accident. Instead it came as a result of negotiation, collaboration and a close relationship with the local community.

First, from the perspective of Nippon Sharyo the location had to be strategic based on clients. “We were thinking of the Midwest. It is a natural location for us to establish a North American facility,” says Koyasu. “Chicago Metra is one of our biggest customers and has been for many years. So it made sense for us to establish our production facility somewhere near Chicago.”

-11- From here the support of the surrounding community became crucial. “Nippon Sharyo came to Illinois because of our commitment to high-speed rail, strong transportation network and central location — all of which make our state the ideal choice for growing global companies,” explained former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn.

Koyasu explained that when making the transition to the U.S., Nippon Sharyo worked not only with the state government through the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, but also quite closely with the City of Rochelle. Each providing support and assistance in varying levels of the process. For example the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity played a crucial role in helping to find a specific location for the facility as well as provided the necessary support to establish the production facility once its location had been selected.

“We were working very closely,” says Koyasu when asked about the state and local governmental involvement.

Rochelle Investment The city of Rochelle also played a key role in securing Nippon Sharyo’s presence in their very own industrial park. Erwin Hartmann, the Vice President of Manufacturing, clarified that they helped with their own unique, equally important ways.

“They [City of Rochelle] helped us with more of the infrastructure,” said Hartmann. “They were very helpful with roads we needed to bring in, rails, accessing the necessary power and gas we needed. Those were the things the city helps us out with. Not just financially, but to get it done quickly as well because time was a factor.”

When it was all said and done, Nippon Sharyo received approximately $11 million in incentives to help transition to Illinois. This included $4.7 million from training funds, grants and corporate income tax credits accumulated over ten years. Another $5.5 million came from the Department of Transportation in the form of a rail spur from the BNSF Railway main line to the new facility. Finally, Rochelle also provided around $866,000 in incentives. But these investments were far from risky, as Nippon Sharyo has become an invaluable part of the community and economic infrastructure.

For example, Nippon Sharyo’s presence in Rochelle has created a significant amount of jobs for the community. “We have a brand new workforce here,” says Hartmann. “Two and a half years ago we had about twenty people and now we are 600 people.” The company is also benefiting from the location in Rochelle and the newly instated work force because as it offers them a new slate a room for improvement.

“We have been teaching them how to build railcars” explains Hartmann. “Any improvements we make the guys are working on right in the facility right now, looking at how we do things better, smarter, and making templates for those processes. There are a lot of guys out there working on the cars and looking at how to improve.”

The facility in Rochelle is also providing the company with key advantages within the rail car market. By creating a one- stop-shop, as Koyasu and Hartmann call it, Nippon has been able to gain a competitive advantage over other rail car manufacturers. “There are many passenger rail car manufacturers in this country, but as far as we know, we are the first company that has one-stop-shop capability,” comments Koyasu.

The advantages created by having all operations in one location are significant. Koyasu explains them in two parts, “One, of course, is from the point of publicity. We do everything here in Rochelle and the U.S., which is a big sales point. Second, it is also economical. We do everything here so it is easier for us to control the total cost and define schedules.”

-12- But that isn’t all. Hartmann adds, “There is also shipping to think about. Shipping all over the world can get expensive, and there are factors of time and control. But for us we have all the control because things are five hundred feet from us, making it easier.”

Nippon Sharyo’s Company Culture

Nippon Sharyo’s one stop-shop capabilities aren’t the only thing that sets them apart. Their company culture is also singularly unique. As a Japanese company, setting up a home base in the U.S. they have created a company culture and facility that is completely their own, blending aspects of Japanese and American culture to form Nippon Sharyo’s unique culture.

The first immersion of cultures came in the initial stages of company training. As many of the workers did not have significant prior experience with railcars the company sent more than 50 workers to Japan for almost three months to learn the many aspects of the business. “Seeing is believing,” says Koyasu when explaining just why the company chose to send so many workers to Japan.

Japanese workers were also brought to the U.S. to work and to teach the newly hired American workers. “They are called Sensei, which means teacher or instructor in Japanese. They spent a lot of time working with and helping the American workers,” says Koyasu.

The “Sensei” strategy carried on into how work teams were structured as well. In the Nippon Sharyo’s manufacturing department there are different departments and sections with different managers overseeing them who are American workers, but they also always have a technical supervisor that is Japanese. These two leaders then communicate on a daily basis to make decisions on how to best manage their people while incorporating both the Japanese and American perspective.

The process of blending two cultures into an efficient workforce is not without challenges though. By their own admission, there have been unique hurdles. For example, language barriers can create communication breakdowns. Hartmann and Koyasu described the situation using the common colloquial phrase, “maybe,” and “I’ll think about it.”

“To Americans, when you say ‘maybe’ it means maybe, but when a Japanese man says ‘maybe’ to you that probably means no, and that took the American guys a long time to figure out, “ says Hartmann. “When I say I will think about it, Americans take it as a very positive answer, but to a Japanese person this means that it probably won’t be easy to do so probably no,” adds Koyasu.

While these are challenges, the Nippon Sharyo team has been working hard to bridge the gap with amazing results. Through training programs like their Sensei concept and team structures they have created an environment infused with collaboration. They have also hired outside consultants with knowledge of both American and Japanese culture to talk with the workers with great success. “The lights went on for the guys after the class,” exclaims Hartmann.

Through all their efforts it is clear to see that not only did Nippon Sharyo succeed in creating a world-class manufacturing facility in Rochelle that adheres to “Buy America” standards, but they also created a one-of-a-kind community and company culture.

“There is a very unique bond between the Americans and the Japanese,” describes Hartmann. “You know the guys are playing baseball together, they are going golfing together, there are all kinds of things like that these guys are starting to do together, things that really go into forming a relationship, team and a good working environment.” -13- The Hartford Division of the Railroad Enthusiasts, Inc

By Robert Welk, Jr., Secretary

The Hartford Division of the Railroad Enthusiasts, Inc. is a group of railfans that are interested in all forms of railroading. Our monthly meetings feature a guest speaker or a video. Topics range from Civil War railroads to modern day railroading. Many of our guests are well known authors and photographers.

The Railroad Enthusiasts origins go back 80 years when what is now Mass Bay RRE ran the first railfan trip in the United States on the now abandoned Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington Railroad. Since then, Mass Bay RRE has run hundreds of trips, many over freight only tracks.

While the Hartford Division does not operate fantrips, we do enjoy a variety of events. From time to time we take trips to railroad oriented facilities. In May of 2014 we went to the Poughkeepsie Bridge to walk the rail trail now known as the Walkway “Over the Hudson”. Other trips have taken us to various museums or to ride trains to collect mileage. Our August meeting is a picnic at one of the railroad museums in the area. The December meeting is our annual Christmas Dinner at an area restaurant.

The Hartford Division currently normally meets the third Friday of each month at the Pitkin Community Center in Wethersfield, CT. Occasionally the meeting date must be changed based on the availability of the room. Meetings convene at 7:30 pm with a short business meeting.

The Hartford Division of the Railroad Enthusiasts invites all interested railfans to attend a meeting. The Pitkin Community Center is located at 30 Greenfield Street, Wethersfield, CT.

For further information contact Robert Welk, Secretary, at [email protected] or telephone 860-563-8243.

A GREAT DAY FOR A RUN N&W Class J 611™ completes a 110-mile roundtrip from Spencer, NC to Greensboro, NC

The Fire Up 611 mechanical crew completed a test run of the iconic locomotive round trip from the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina to Greensboro, North Carolina. The train consisted of No. 611, the auxiliary water car, tool car No. 1407, and eight Norfolk Southern passenger cars. This marks the first time No. 611 has operated under steam on the mainline in more than twenty years.

Check out the video clip: North Carolina Transportation Museum

-14- You've waited 20 years. Don't miss the train. Excursion Spotlight: The Powhatan Arrow Roanoke to Lynchburg July 3, July 4 and July 5

Riding from Roanoke to Lynchburg on the old Norfolk and Western takes you through some of Virginia's most beautiful views. Leaving Roanoke, on the left you will pass the famous East End Shops, where 611, her sisters, and the 1200s and 2100s were designed, built, and maintained. Further east in the shops complex in the former N&W Car Shops is the current site of Freight Car America's Roanoke Plant.

You will continue eastward through Vinton and down a long straightaway to Boaz siding in Bonsack, made famous in photographs by O. Winston Link.

Moving further up the grade, our train will pass the original plant of the Webster Brick Company, and a bit farther up on the left, the site of the Blue Ridge station and the quarry operations of Boxley Materials, the company that provided all the ballast to the N&W.

On the other side of the Blue Ridge Gap, prepare to take in spectacular views of the Peaks of Otter, one of the most scenic areas on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Leaving the Gap, we will pass through Bedford, home to the national D Day Memorial honoring those who served on the beaches of France on June 6, 1944.

After passing Bedford, the train passes through the village of Forest, home to Thomas Jefferson's summer home Poplar Forest. This is also where the newer "low-grade" line broke away from the old N&W main line to avoid congestion in downtown Lynchburg and a climb out of the James River valley.

Pulling into Lynchburg, the train will turn on the wye at Norfolk Southern's Montview Yard for the return trip to Roanoke.

It will be a trip you'll remember forever.

To buy tickets click on the following link https://www.dynamicticketsolutions.com/vmt/index.cfm

The above information was provided by Andrew Porter. ______

CONNECTICUT TROLLEY MUSEUM 75TH ANNIVERSARY

Our museum’s 75th Anniversary will be celebrated during the weekend of August 14 thru 16. Here is a short list the events:

Friday evening August 14 Movie Night in the CTM theatre featuring archival films of the early CTM years (open to everyone)

Saturday daytime August 15 Founders Recognition, Ceremony Guided Tours, Parade of Trolleys, Founders / Early Years Exhibits

Saturday evening August 15 Founders Dinner & archival presentation (reserved event)

Sunday daytime August 16 Period Presentation & Recreation Day Featuring period dress, artifacts and automobiles of 1900 thru 1930

As event draws near, we are in need of volunteers to help with multiple events that will be occurring during that weekend. These tasks include:

Parking Lot Attendants, Guided Tour Docents, Set Up and Tear Down, Ground & Trash Clean Up

Please contact the museum office by email ([email protected]) or phone 860 627 6540.

Motormen wishing to operate in the Saturday or Sunday events, please contact Mark Foley or Roger Pierson -15- Also, if any members or related businesses are interested in basic sponsorships, car cards are available at $100 and will be displayed during the balance of the 2015 season. Higher level sponsorships are also available. Please contact Sara Garthwait at [email protected] or call the office and leave a message for Sara.

Thank you Ted Coppola 75th Anniversary Chairman

Address responses to [email protected] or directly to person who sent the e-mail be sure to check the CT Trolley web site at www.ct-trolley.org ______

INTERESTED IN THE RESTORATION OF HISTORIC RAILROAD EQUIPMENT

If you are, here are some links for you to view Provided by John Gamm

http://www.rmne.org/ http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36581 http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?road_number=NH%202019 http://www.rypn.org The next link is in regards to steam locomotive #103 which for the last 38 years called Essex Connecticut its home. http://www.rypn.org/briefs/single.php?filename=090626211118.txt

WICKHAM PARK GARDEN RAILWAY CLUB IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS

To help run their G Scale garden railroad for the public weekends during the late spring and Summer in the Sensory Garden from 1-3PM each Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Checkout Wickham Park website www.wickhampark.org or contact Paul Buckley (Lifetime NMRA member) [email protected]

Checkout the video of the Model Garden Railroad at http://www.wickhampark.org/SensoryGarden.html ______

A PICTURE REVIEW OF THE 2015 NEW ENGLAND/NORTHEAST PROTOTYPE MODELERS MEET May 29 – 30 2015

Editor’s Note: at the time of publication of this newsletter no date has been set for 2016. Per Dave Owens the organization hopes to have a firm date around August 1st 2015.

Click on the following link to see a wide range of great photos captured by John McCluskey. http://www.pbase.com/jtunnel/2015_nene_rpm&page=all

Listed below is an additional set of wide range of pictures that were captured Ray Schofield. Editor’s note:

The following pictures (which were not available via a link,) had tags associated with each picture and In the process of transferring the photos into the newsletter the tags did not get transferred. I do apologize to Ray for this problem. Hopefully you will still enjoy the pictures and maybe you might even find yourself. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend due to many other responsibilities. One of them was this newsletter. It does take time.

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New Members: Robert Burt Amanda Davis Bob Murphy Martin Piech Re-Rail Members: John O’Connell Louis Papineau Wolf Schubler Howard Targonsky

Achievement Program: Certificates Awarded

ASSOCIATION VOLUNTEER Jeffrey Hanke Nutmeg Division John Doehring HUB Division

-21- Birthday Announcements

June Garry Bennett Charles Billmyer George Ekonen George Gardner John Knott Richard Paskiewicz Lee Ritchie Steven Samul Richard Slajda Timothy Sweeney Dan Ticson Chuck Trask James Trowbridge William Venmam

July Robert Burt James Covell Art Dutra Ken May Ed O’Brien Robert O’Brien John O’Connell David Owens Barbara Schubler David Townsend Neville Wardle Alexander Watson Donald Wright

August Sandy Alonzo Charles Beebe Larry Covey John Doolin Timothy Ferrarotti Ray Frick Joseph Grisetti Kenneth Hooker Lynn Klock Jay Knipe John Kreegar Bob Piccirillo Francis Richard Chas Sharrow David Smith James Smith Robert Smith Robert Van Cleef Chaz Zygmont

If you have a birthday during the above three months and it is not listed either I missed it or you have not renewed your membership. Please contact Ronald Pelletier to determine the problem.

EVENTS OF ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NUTMEG DIVISION AND THE BORDERING SISTER DIVISIONS

Please check http://www.nutmegdivision.com for the latest information.

FATHER’S DAY

Don’t forget that June 21st is Father’s Day and many of the organizations listed below will be having either free train rides for fathers or other special deals. Please consider visiting any of these great organizations on Father’s Day!!

The following organizations on listed below have so many activities and special events during the course of the year, that to list them all here would essentially be impossible. These activities and events are subject to change (and they do often). I strongly suggest that you click on any of the following links to get a wealth of possible activities for you to enjoy.

I would check on the individual links at least once a month to be kept up to date with their activities. They are listed in alphabetical order.

Amherst Railway Society in Amherst MA http://www.amherstrail.org and for their MAY 2015 Newsletter click on the following link http://www.amherstrail.org/ARS/newsletter-archive/ARS-2015.05.pdf New ON-LINE STORE INFORMATION, click on the following link. http://www.amherstrail-store.org/

Future meetings: June 16, 2015 Steel Wheels Photography presented by Kevin Burkholder then Annual Business Meeting

-22- Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum in Willimantic CT http://www.cteastrrmuseum.org/index.htm.

Connecticut Trolley Museum in East Windsor CT http://ct-trolley.org/visit/admission.php. For special events click on the following link http://www.ct-trolley.org/events/overview.php

Danbury Railway Museum in Danbury CT http://www.danbury.org/drm/index.htm . For special events click on the following link http://www.danbury.org/drm/events.htm

Essex Steam Train & Riverboat in Essex CT http://www.essexsteamtrain.com/

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! http://www.massbayrre.org/ for train excursions http://www.massbayrre.org/events.htm#excur such as Zoo trip, Fall Foliage shoppers special, Polar express and so much more

Mystic Valley Railway Society http://www.mysticvalleyrs.org/index.html we are a non-profit educational corporation that is dedicated to educating the public about transportation with an emphasis on railroads. Incorporated in 1970 with ten members, it has grown to have thousands of members.

The Naugatuck Railroad operated by the Railroad Museum of Connecticut in Thomaston CT http://rmne.org/

Providence & Worcester Railroad Excursions http://www.pwrfc.net

Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum in Shelburne Falls MA http://www.sftm.org

The Shore Line Trolley Museum in East Haven CT http://www.shorelinetrolley.org http://shorelinetrolley.org/events/

CALENDAR OF LOCAL EVENTS FOR THE NUTMEG DIVISION AND THE BORDERING DIVISIONS

The listings are in ascending order by date only locations are not in any order.

JUN 20 – 21 2015 Rochester New York Father’s Day Trains at Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum 282 Rush-Scottsville Road http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2147&sortBy=byDate

-23- JUL 12 2015 Kennebunkport Maine Moxie Day at Seashore Trolley Museum www.trolleymuseum.org

JUL 18 - 19 2015 Rochester New York Steel wheels and Classic Cars at Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum 282 Rush-Scottsville Road http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2148&sortBy=byDate

JUL 19 2015 Holliston Massachusetts HUB Division Annual Cookout Waushakum Live Steamers

AUG 1 2015 Hingham Massachusetts The South Shore Model Railway Club's annual Summer Model Railroad Show South Shore Model Railway Club http://www.ssmrc.org/Springflyer.pdf

SEP 12 – 13 2015 White River Junction Vermont 23rd Annual Glory Days Festival White River Junction Station 102 Railroad Row http://www.vtglorydaysfestival.com http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2068&sortBy=byDate

SEP 20 2015 Charlton Massachusetts Overlook Hotel & Reception Room http://pwrfc.net/

SEP 27 2015 Old Greenwich CT Southern Connecticut Model Train Show Greenwich Civic Center For more information e-mail [email protected] 914-967-7541

OCT 4 2015 Pepperell Massachusetts The Pepperell Siding Model Railroad Club Celebrating its 30th Anniversary at its annual Train Show and Open House Varnum Brook Elementary School 10 Hollis Street www.psmrc.org

OCT 18 2015 Pawtucket Little Rhody Second Annual Model Train Show Pawtucket Armory Contact Justin Maguire at [email protected].

OCT 24 - 25 2015 Hingham Massachusetts The South Shore Model Railway Club's annual Fall Model Railroad Show & Open House South Shore Model Railway Club http://www.ssmrc.org/Springflyer.pdf

NOV 7, 2015 West Hartford Connecticut Conard High School Technology Student Association is hosting their annual train show. Displays &Demonstrations, Train Simulator, Snack & Bake Sale 110 Beechwood Road

NOV 7 – 8 2015 Syracuse New York 41st Annual Great New York Model Train Fair Sponsored by CNY Chapter National Railway Historical Society State Fairgrounds www.modeltrainfair.com http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2117&sortBy=byDate

NOV 8 2015 Wallingford Connecticut Train and Toy Show http://classicshowsllc.com/

DEC 5 – 6 2015 Marlborough Massachusetts New England Model Train Expo http://www.hubdiv.org/fallshow/index.htm

-24- JAN 3 2016 Trumbull Connecticut Train and Toy Show http://classicshowsllc.com/

JAN 8 2016 Hingham Massachusetts The South Shore Model Railway Club's annual Model Railroad Show Family Open House and Scout Night South Shore Model Railway Club http://www.ssmrc.org/Springflyer.pdf

JAN 30 – 31 2016 West Springfield Massachusetts Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Modeling Clinics http://www.railroadhobbyshow.com/clinics.php

JAN 30 – 31 2016 West Springfield Massachusetts Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show http://www.railroadhobbyshow.com/

FEB 7 2016 Wallingford Connecticut Train and Toy Show http://classicshowsllc.com/

MAR 12 - 13 2016 Hingham Massachusetts The South Shore Model Railway Club's annual Spring Model Railroad Show & Open House South Shore Model Railway Club http://www.ssmrc.org/Springflyer.pdf

MAR 20 2016 Trumbull Connecticut Train and Toy Show http://classicshowsllc.com/

MAR 31 – Apr 2 2016 Danvers Massachusetts Fine Scale Model Railroader Expo http://www.modelrailroadexpo.com/schedule.html

AUG 6 2016 Hingham Massachusetts The South Shore Model Railway Club's annual Summer Model Railroad Show South Shore Model Railway Club http://www.ssmrc.org/Springflyer.pdf

SEP 15 – 18 2016 Albany New York NER Convention “The Pacemaker” A Taste of the Division and a Toast to the Region Desmond Hotel and Convention Center Hudson Berkshire Division will be hosting the 2016 NER Convention http://www.hudson-berkshire.org/ http://nernmra.org/convention.html http://www.hbdpacemaker.org/

OCT 29 – 30 2016 Hingham Massachusetts The South Shore Model Railway Club's annual Fall Model Railroad Show & Open House South Shore Model Railway Club http://www.ssmrc.org/Springflyer.pdf

NATIONAL / REGIONAL CONVENTIONS / EVENTS May or may not be NMRA sponsored

JUN 13 2015 Bradford Ohio Bradford Ohio Railroad Museum Railroad Festival Bradford Ohio Railroad Museum 200 N Miami Avenue http://www.bradfordrrmuseum.org

JUN 13 2015 Marion Ohio Annual Mid-Central Region Divisions 6 and 9 Marion Union Station www.div6-MCR-NMRA.org

-25- JUN 13 2015 Henderson Nevada Cajon Division Train Meet Hosting Southern Nevada “N” Trak club Henderson Convention Center 200 Water Street Contact Ed Hall 702-564-6176

JUN 13 2015 Greenville Illinois American Heritage Railroad Train Show American Farm Heritage Museum http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2110&sortBy=byDate

JUN 14 – 21 2015 Rutland Vermont National Railway Historical Society’s 2015 Convention The following railroads are headlining the event Vermont Railway System, Saratoga & North Creek Railroad http://www.nrhs.com/

JUN 20 2015 Overland Park Kansas 12th Annual KCNG Narrow Gauge Meet Blue Valley Branch, Johnson County Library 9000 w 151st street Contact Larry Alfred [email protected]

JUN 20 2015 Richmond California The San Francisco Bay Area Prototype Modelers Meet http://www.bayareaprototypemodelers.org/

JUN 20 2015 Bremerton Washington Bremerton Northern Model Railroad Club (100% NMRA Club) West Side Improvement Club Contact Bill Hupe 360-621-5041

JUN 20 – 21 2015 Rochester New York Father’s Day Trains at Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum 282 Rush-Scottsville Road http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2147&sortBy=byDate

JUN 24 – 25 2015 Mounds View Minnesota Friends of the Burlington Northern Railroad Annual Convention http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2111&sortBy=byDate

JUN 24 – 28 2015 Sacramento California National N Scale Convention Presented by the N Scale Enthusiast (NSE) Double Tree Hotel Sacramento http://nationalnscaleconvention.com/

JUN 27 2015 Scranton Pennsylvania Susquehanna Division Electric Railroads and Coal Outing Electric city Museum Contact John Wissinger (MMR) at 717-628-1767

JUN 27 – 28 2015 Sacramento California Open House Sacramento Model Railroad Historical Society http://smrhs.com/

JUN 27 – 28 2015 Dayton Ohio The Carillon Park Rail & Steam Society in Partnership with Dayton History Present 10th Annual Miami Valley Rail Festival www.railfestival.com

JUL 5 – 11 2015 Denver Colorado National Garden Railway Convention http://ngrc2015.com/

JUL 5 – 11 2015 Wilmington Delaware NHRS RailCamp East Unique program for High School Students http://nrhs.com/program/railcamp -26- JUL 12 2015 Kennebunkport Maine Moxie Day at Seashore Trolley Museum www.trolleymuseum.org

JUL 18 – 19 2015 Union Illinois Diesel Days at Illinois Railway Museum 7000 Olson Road www.irm.org

JUL 18 - 19 2015 Rochester New York Steel wheels and Classic Cars at Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum 282 Rush-Scottsville Road http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2148&sortBy=byDate

JUL 22 – 25 2015 Beaumont Texas Tex-La Doodlebug 2015 NMRA Region Convention Holiday Inn Plaza 3950 I-10 South Walden Road http://lsr2015.com/

JUL 25 – 26 2015 San Carlos California European Train Enthusiasts EuroWest Hiller Aviation Museum San Carlos Airport http://www.ete.org

JUL 27 – 28 2015 Dayton Ohio Miami Valley Rail Festival at carillon Historical Park 1000 Carillon Blvd www.railfestival.com

AUG 1 2015 Southern New Jersey Layout Tour Contact Jeff Z for details [email protected]

AUG 1 2015 Pueblo Colorado 5th Annual Colorado Rail Fair http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2163&sortBy=byDate

AUG 2 – 9 2015 Tacoma Washington NHRS RailCamp Northwest Unique program for High School Students http://nrhs.com/program/railcamp

AUG 4 – 8 2015 Kansas City Missouri The 2015 National Association of S Gaugers The Ramada Kansa City Hotel and Conference Center 1601 N. Universal Ave. http://nasg.org

AUG 7 – 8 2015 Collinsville Illinois 9th Annual St. Louis Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2167&sortBy=byDate

AUG 13 – 16 2015 Big Valley Alberta Canada 12th Annual Alberta Freemo [email protected]

AUG 23 – 30 2015 Portland Oregon NMRA National Convention and National Train Show Portland Daylight Express DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Portland Expo Center http://www.nmra2015portland.org/

SEP 2 – 5 2015 Houston Texas 35th National Narrow Gauge Convention http://nngc-2015.com/ http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2126&sortBy=byDate

SEP 3 – 5 2015 Wheeling West Virginia 2015 Steel Mill Modelers Meet www.smmsig.org

-27- SEP 3 – 10 2015 Skagway Alaska White Pass & Yukon Railroad Photo Freights White Pass & Yukon Railroad http://www.extra2200south.com http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=1871&sortBy=byDate

SEP 11 – 12 2015 South Bend Indiana NMRA Michiana Division Education and Training Conference Comfort Suites University Area http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2144&sortBy=byDate

SEP 12 – 13 2015 White River Junction Vermont 23rd Annual Glory Days Festival White River Junction Station 102 Railroad Row http://www.vtglorydaysfestival.com http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2068&sortBy=byDate

SEP 16 – 20 2015 Scottsdale Arizona Scottsdale Express PSR 2015 The McCormick Scottsdale at Scottsdale McCormick Ranch http://www.psrconvention.org/PHX2015/

SEP 18 – 19 2015 Kennesaw Georgia Atlanta Railroads Prototype Modelers Meet Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History 2829 Cherokee Street http://www.srha.net/

SEP 18 – 20 2015 Australasian Region Ettalong Diggers Ettalong Beach NSW http://www.nmra.org.au/Convention15/convention15.html

SEP 19 2015 Columbia South Carolina Model Train Show and Sale National Guard Armory http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2094&sortBy=byDate

SEP 19 – 20 2015 Virginia Beach Virginia Tidewater Division 26th Annual Train Show and Sale Virginia Beach Convention Center http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2113&sortBy=byDate

SEP 25 – 26 2015 Fredericksburg Virginia 3rd Annual Mid-Atlantic RPM Meet Wingate by Wyndham Fredericksburg 20 Sanford Drive http://www.marpm.org/ http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2136&sortBy=byDate

OCT 3 2015 St. Catharines Ontario Canada NMRA-CRHA Joint Fall Event Lock 3 Museum http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2166&sortBy=byDate

OCT 3 – 4 2015 Brampton Ontario Canada Brampton Model Railway Show Brampton Fairgrounds 12942 Heart Lake Road http://www.bramptonmodelrailwayshow.com

OCT 10 – 11 2015 Chehalis Washington Lewis County Model Railroad Club Annual Fall Train Show & Swap Meet http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2155&sortBy=byDate

-28- OCT 16 – 17 2015 Fort Worth Texas Southwest O Scale Meet www.oscalesw.com http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2114&sortBy=byDate

OCT 17 2015 Painesville Ohio Rail Fanning Day at Painesville Depot www.painesvillerailroadmuseum.org

OCT 22 – 24 2015 Naperville Illinois 22nd Annual Naperville RPM Conference hosted by Joe D’elia Sheraton Lisle-Chicago Hotel http://www.railroadprototypemodelers.org/naper_meet.htm

OCT 22 – 25 2015 Jacksonville Florida Sunshine Regional Convention Jacksonville Marriott 4670 Salisbury Road http://www.nmra.org/events/sunshine-region-convention

OCT 22 - 25 2015 Mount Laurel New Jersey Mid-Eastern Region (MER) fall 2015 Convention ML Hotel and Conference Center http://www.delawarevalleyturn.org/

OCT 23 – 25 2015 British Region The Derby Convention 2015 NMRA BR Convention http://www.nmraconvention.org.uk/

OCT 29 – Nov 1 2015 Ft Wayne Indiana Ft Wayne Rails 2015 http://fortwaynerails2015.ncr-nmra.org/

NOV 7 – 8 2015 Dayton Ohio 40th Annual Dayton Train Show http://daytontrainshow.com/

NOV 7 – 8 2015 Syracuse New York 41st Annual Great New York Model Train Fair Sponsored by CNY Chapter National Railway Historical Society State Fairgrounds www.modeltrainfair.com http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2117&sortBy=byDate

NOV 15 2015 Batavia New York The Great Batavia Train Show Genesee Society of Model Engineers http://www.gsme.org/

NOV 21 2015 Northampton Pennsylvania Second Annual Fall Railroad Symposium Sponsored by the Railroad Historians of the Lehigh Valley http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/timetable/cm_timetable_details.php?id=2120&sortBy=byDate

JUN 15 – 19 2016 Salmon Arm British Columbia 2016 PNR Regional Convention – Selkirk Express 2016 http://www.selkirkexpress2016.ca/

JUL 3 – 10 2016 Indianapolis Indiana NMRA National Convention and Train Show http://www.nmra2016.org

SEP 7 – 10 2016 Augusta Maine 36th National Narrow Gauge Convention http://nngc2016.org/

SEP 15 – 18 2016 Albany New York “The Pacemaker” A Taste of the Division and a Toast to the Region Desmond Hotel and Convention Center Hudson Berkshire Division will be hosting the 2016 NER Convention http://www.hudson-berkshire.org/ http://nernmra.org/convention.html http://www.hbdpacemaker.org/

-29- JUL 30 – Aug 6 2017 Orlando Florida NMRA 2017 Orlando The Rosen Plaza Hotel International Drive http://www.nmra2017orlando.org/

JUL 2019 Salt Lake City Utah NMRA National Convention and National Train Show

GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE NUTMEG DIVISION AND THE OTHER DIVISIONS OF THE NORTHEASTERN REGION

Newsletter for the Northeast Region “The Coupler” http://nernmra.org/newsletter.html

Nutmeg Division

Our membership gathering events will generally be on the second Saturday of every other month. These Saturday meetings will usually also include clinics, a layout visit or two, or other some other activity.

These gathering events 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 gathering event and before the layout tour(s) 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 gathering events is as follows:

June 13, 2015

CLINICS FOR THE JUNE EVENT:

This month we’re going “retro”. No computers, no PowerPoint presentation – just the clinicians and their materials.

It’s just in, no matter how you look at it, just about everyone is coming into the present. At least one of the clinics if not both will now use a computer and PowerPoint presentation.

Clinic #1 – Pete Luchini will take you through the simple process for building a coal load for a hopper and a scrap load for a gondola. We’ll have a drawing for the finished products at the end of the clinic.

Clinic #2 – John Grosner will demonstrate how to construct a conifer tree using a bamboo skewer, a commercial scrubbing pad and Woodland Scenics Turf. August 8, 2015 October 10, 2015 December 12, 2015

NMRA Nutmeg Division Brass Hats:

Superintendent, James Mayo [email protected] Director, Douglas Henley [email protected] Director, Greg Lang [email protected]

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HUB Division http://www.hubdiv.org

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

JUN 12 2015 Marlborough Massachusetts HUB Board of Directors meeting By Request Communications 398 Cedar Hill Road

JUN 20 2015 HUB Railfun Meeting Field Trip to Fine Scale Miniatures in Peabody Massachusetts

JUL 19 2015 Holliston Massachusetts HUB Division Annual Cookout Waushakum Live Steamers

AUG 23 – 30 2015 Portland Oregon NMRA National Convention and National Train Show Portland Daylight Express

SEP 18 2015 Weston Massachusetts Digital Command Control (DCC) 101 & 201 Presented by David “Shack” Haralambou & Dick Johannes Cambridge School of Weston

OCT 22 – 25 2015 Mount Laurel New Jersey Joint MER and NER Convention http://www.delawarevalleyturn.org

DEC 5 – 6 2015 Marlborough Massachusetts New England Model Train Expo http://www.hubdiv.org/fallshow/index.htm

-31- Little Rhody Division http://www.littlerhodydiv.org/ For the latest issue of the newsletter of the Little Rhody Division click on the following link http://www.littlerhodydiv.org/Temp/Rhode%20Rail%20Newsletter.htm

The December, January, and February meetings will be held on Saturdays to be able to extend the activities and make them more accessible for those that have trouble driving to Pawtucket at night in the winter. The time and location are still to be determined.

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.

MEETING SCHEDULE

June 10 2015 Our annual meeting and banquet: this year will be at Richard’s Pub in East Greenwich. We will have a full meal, election of officers, presentation of awards, as well as contests and displays. We will have a one square foot contest (new and experienced categories) as well as a display table for your latest work. We will also have our N-scale modular layout on display. Reservations must be made before June 6, 2015 For more information please contact [email protected]

Summer 2015 Summer Picnic at David Kiley’s house and his garden railroad display and a trip to live Steam Country! More details to follow.

September 2015 Welcome back from summer, show and tell, and an exciting new program!

OCT 18 2015 Pawtucket Rhode Island Little Rhody Second Annual Model Train Show Pawtucket Armory Contact Justin Maguire at [email protected].

If you have any questions please contact Linda Bergemann Membership Chair Little Rhody Division 401-322-9946 [email protected]

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

Website for the 2016 Convention

http://www.hbdpacemaker.org/

Hudson Valley Division http://www.hudsonvalleydivision.org/ -32- Metro-North Division http://www.metronorthnmra.org

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 Jeff Zeleny [email protected]

MEETING SCHEDULE

SEP 2 2015 Location TBD

NOV 14 2015 Location TBD

JAN 16 2016 Union Savings Bank – Danbury

MAR 12 2016 Location TBD

MAY 14 2016 Location TBD

ALLOUETTE DIVISION

CENTRAL NEW YORK DIVISION http://www.cnynmra.org/Home.html

For the current version of the newsletter “RED MARKERS” 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/

June 7th, 2015 Bob & Marie Loran’s Garden Railroad Layout, Central Square, NY

June 17th, 2015 CNY NRHS Chapter Meeting, Art & Home Center, NYS Fairgrounds Shohola Train Wreck on the Erie RR in 1864 as related to the Civil War Presented by John Goodnough

August 7th, 2015 Division Picnic hosted by Bill & Judy Brown, Clinic by Jim Heidt

September 20th, 2015 Oswego Valley Railway Museum

November 1st, 2015 Gary Frost Model Showcase

December 12th, Auction at the Camillus Senior Center

January 9th, 2016 Division Banquet, Rusty Rail, Canastota, New York

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.

-33- GREEN MOUNTAIN DIVISION http://www.greenmountainnmra.com/

This link http://greenmountainnmra.us5.list- manage.com/subscribe?u=22e87ca352533feab1c167ed0&id=38a7a97101 will get you to their request page for their newsletter “THE GREEN MOUNTAIN PASS”.

MARITIME DIVISION

SEACOAST DIVISION http://www.seacoastnmra.org/wordpress/

To get the latest copy of the newsletter “THE SWTCH TOWER”, click on the following link: http://seacoastnmra.org/index.php/the-switch-tower

SUNRISE TRAIL DIVISION http://www.sunrisetraildiv.com/

New Address for the NMRA

National Model Railroad Association, Inc P.O. Box 1328 Soddy Daisy TN 37384-1328 Phone: (423) 892-2846 Fax: (423) 899-4869 [email protected]

Respectfully submitted,

Ronald J. Pelletier [email protected] Communication Manager / Membership Promotion Manager / Newsletter Editor

Please call 860-977-5573 any evening between 7:30 PM and 11:00 PM. This is the time period that I am usually near my computer. If you are unable to call during this time period please send me an e-mail so that we can arrange some other form of communication.

Nutmeg Division http://www.nutmegdivision.com Northeastern Region http://www.nernmra.org NMRA http://www.nmra.org

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