The Monthly Newsletter of The

ROUNDHOUSE REVIEW

The Monthly Newsletter of the

BOEING EMPLOYEES’ RAILROAD CLUB – ST. LOUIS

VOL. XXXI No. 11____ NOVEMBER 2008 _Editor:_Ron_Hardy_

External Website - [www.berrc-stl.com]

2007 Christmas Party January 31, 2009 – Great St. Louis It is the responsibility of the members Christmas After Train Show, Swap to report any change in their address, December 6th meet and food drive; Immanuel either home or work, to the Lutheran School, 9733 Olive Blvd. Secretary. Roberto’s Trattoria #### February 14, 2009 – The Dupo Train 145 Concord Plaza Shopping Show, Dupo, IL High School Gym *** Center The N scale modules will be February 15, 2009 – Peoria Trainfair, displayed at the St. Louis Zoo before 5:30 – cocktails Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Christmas. Set up will be December 6:00 – Dinner IL 17th and 18th from 5:30 to 8 :30 in the classrooms on the lower level on February 21, 2009 – Alton Train the Living Center. They will operate Show; Franklin Masonic Lodge Next Meeting for the public from 5:30 to 8:30, December 19th – 23rd. Sign up sheet March 14, 2009 – Boeing Employees’ January 13, 2009 is enclosed. Contact Bob Keeler with Railroad Club – St. Louis Spring the dates you will be able to attend. Swap Meet, Queeny Park 7:00 p.m. April 5, 2009 – Springfield Train Bridgeton Trails Branch of the Show; Orr Building, Illinois State Minutes of the November Fairgrounds St. Louis County Library, Meeting

April 18 and 19, 2009 – Decatur The regular monthly meeting of the 3455 McKelvey Rd. Train Fair 2009, Decatur Civic Center Boeing Employees’ Railroad Club – ______St. Louis was called to order by President Bob Keeler on November Club Officers 11, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Thirty-eight members were present at the Prairie COMING EVENTS Commons Branch of the St. Louis th President Bob Keeler - work 233- December 6 – TCA’s Ozark County Library 1013, home - 314-434-8640; . Division ‘Great St. Louis Christmas Train Show”; Life Christian Center, Vice President Wayne Schimmel – OFFICERS’ REPORTS 13001 Gravois Rd., 9 – 3 work 233-6407 - home 636-668- 6451; Secretary – Ron Hardy – The minutes of the October meeting were th rd December 19 – 23 – Ntrak Secretary Ron Hardy - work 232- approved as amended to include the displayed at the St. Louis Zoo – 5744, home 314-739-7285; Library report which stated the club Living Center – 5:30 to 8:30 purchased of two books at the swap Treasurer Bruce Ketts - work 233- meet: The Best of Mainline Modelers , January 17 2009 – St Charles Model 0737, home 314-741-0711; Bridges – Vol. I and 34 New Railroad Club Swap Meet; HO Electronic Projects for Model Councilor Mark Rudy - work 777- modules will display Railroaders. Motion to accept by 7175, home 636-447-7566

1 Don Landschoot, Second by George men’s XL). Six white sweatshirts bill and will have to buy licenses for Shindel. ( three large, two XL and one XXL) all three trailers in January. and two large green sweatshirts. Treasurer – Bruce Ketts – The Trips – Bill Dowdy – Bill is still Treasurer’s report for October was Programs – We will show a DVD waiting on one possible rebate received as presented. tonight. before he closes the books but will do so at the end of the year. Councilor – Mark Rudy – No report. Magazines – Dale Schuk – Much thanks to George Rees for donating Web Site – Mark Rudy – Mark is CONDUCTORS’ REPORTS 3 Passenger train magazines. I’ll get starting a page featuring home those out soon. layouts. Tom Kempland’s is now Swap Meet – Wayne Schimmel – I The following magazines have available to view. Contact Mark to have started mailing the magazine been missing for quite some time. have your layout added. All libraries ads for the spring swap meet. Please continue to look for them as have had inventories updated. I took the flyer masters to a new some previous lost issues have been printer. I should have them back found. Mainline Modeler – Nov ’04, Museum Volunteers – Bob Leight – before Thanksgiving. I want to take Feb ’06; N-Scale – Nov/Dec ’05; Trolleys are down for the season. several hundred to the Great Train Trains – Dec ’04, Sep ’05. Plans are to refurbish a PSC car and Expo in Collinsville on the 29th of Overdue magazines – Trains - are beginning track work. November. July ’08, Sep ’08; Classic Trains – Fall I also have two people signed up ’08; NMRA (Scale Rails) – Jul ’08, OLD BUSINESS for 4 tables so far. Sep ’08. Thirty-two people have signed up for Roundhouse Review – Ron Hardy – Videos – Dale Schuk – Dale made a the 2008 Christmas party at Any items you wish to have included motion to add $22.20 to the Video Roberto’s in the November newsletter no later budget so he may purchase one than November 25th. Items for the additional video. The motion was NEW BUSINESS December newsletter no later than passed by the members in December 28th. attendance. Bruce Ketts made a motion to take $100 each from the N scale module Library – George Rees – No report. HO Modules – Jim McClain/Kevin and General module budgets and Brown – HO modules will set up transfer it to the HO scale module Club Contest - Contest to be judged Saturday, January 17, 2009 for the budget to cover the cost of the new in January will be to scratch build, St. Charles Model Railroad Club’s power supplies. Don Landschoot kitbash or make from a kit, a railroad annual swap meet. Set up will begin seconded the motion. The motion station. Any scale, passenger or at 7 AM and we have to be ready to was passed by the members in freight, just do a station. Same operate when the doors open at 9 attendance. rules, same prizes apply. AM. Tear down will begin at 3 PM. The club purchased four new ANNOUNCEMENTS Tools – Bob Keeler – No report. power supplies. Don Landschoot caution us about Freight Agent – Vic Dunajcik – N Modules – Tom Mallien/Bob Keeler Scalecoat stripper in a plastic bottle. Winter is arriving and I have some – Bob has heard from the zoo It will attack the plastic. winter club wear left. I am not sure concerning this year’s Christmas Rosters are available. I can order the same items any more season. We will display between and if I can, the prices will be much December 19th and 23rd in the Living A door prize was awarded to Phil higher. Based on an attempt to get Center and operate between 5:30 Johnson. a polo shirt for Pail Medlin, the prices and 8:30 each night. Set up will be went from $21 to $40. on Wednesday and Thursday, The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 Therefore, I am going to offer December 17th and 18th, from 5:30 to p.m. my remaining jackets and 8:30. sweatshirts at 50% off the original We are planning to travel again Respectfully submitted price. That means jackets are $26 to Decatur for their train show, April and sweatshirts are $7. 18th and 19th. Ron Hardy, Secretary I have left, first come, first Boeing Employees’ Railroad Club – serve, Nine jackets (one ladies Trailer – Bob Leight – We have St. Louis medium, one ladies large, two men’s received the personal property tax medium, three men’s large and two 2 3