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The SETOFF The Official Publication of NARCOA North American Railcar Operators Association Sept. / Oct. 2010 Volume 24 No. 5 Turntable on an S2 Olds Gas Engine Works Slick Rails and Motorcar Traction The NNAARRCCOOAA OOffffiicciiaallss SETOFF President: Warren Froese Nominations, Elections Volume 24 - No 5 Vice-President: Mark Springer Carl Anderson Secretary: Mark Hudson 1330 Rosedale Lane Treasurer: Tom Norman Hoffman Estates, IL 60195 The SETOFF is the official publication of [email protected] the North American Railcar Operators Associ - Area 1 Director ation (NARCOA) and is published bimonthly (ME, NH, VT, NY, MA, CT, RI) NARCOA Insurance Administrator to promote safe legal operation of railroad mo - Warren Riccitelli (401) 232-0992 Tom Norman (406) 722-3012 torcars, and to encourage fellowship and ex - [email protected] 1047 Terrace View Drive change of information among motorcar Alberton, MT 59820 enthusiasts. Membership in NARCOA, which Area 2 Director [email protected] includes a subscription to The SETOFF, is $30 (NJ, PA, DE, MD) per year, and is available from Secretary Mark John Gonder (724) 244-7538 Rule Book CertificationTest Hudson. Please send your check made out to [email protected] Al McCracken 2916 Taper Avenue NARCOA to: Area 3 Director Santa Clara, CA 95051 Mark Hudson, Membership (IN, Lower MI, OH) [email protected] P.O. Box 321, Dry Ridge, KY 41035. Dave Verzi (216) 941-5273 [email protected] [email protected] The SETOFF Editor Brian Davis (330) 554-4480 Brian Davis, SETOFF Editor Area 4 Director [email protected] 5626 Chadwell Circle (WV, VA, KY, NC, SC, TN) Ravenna, Ohio 44266 Tom Falicon (828) 488-8063 NARCOA Webmaster [email protected] [email protected] Keith Mackey (352) 347-0770 [email protected] Leon Sapp, Assistant Editor Area 5 Director Jan Taylor, Assistant Editor (MS, AL, GA, FL) NARCOA Forum Moderator Jamie Haislip, Contributor Bobby Moreman (770) 457-6212 Rich Stivers (408) 264-1048 [email protected] [email protected] The SETOFF is printed by Greg Kightlinger, GEK Printing Area 6 Director (MN, WI, IL, Upper MI) Committee Chairs All subscriptions and address changes Bob Knight (815) 786-3096 must go to the Secretary. All materials for pub - [email protected] Judiciary Chair lication must go to the Editor. Jim Spicer (541) 344-3079 Materials received by the 15th of even Area 7 Director 91375 Coburg Rd numbered months will appear on the 1st of the (ND, SD, NE, IA) Eugene OR 97408 next odd numbered month subject to editing Carl Schneider (515) 967-5181 [email protected] and available space. Please include your e-mail [email protected] Safety Chair address and phone number. Electronic submis - Area 8 Director Bob Knight (815) 786-3096 sions are preferred. Text files must have either (Canada, World outside U.S.) [email protected] .doc or .txt extensions. Photo files must be high Warren Froese (204) 668-8311 resolution with .jpg extensions. All materials [email protected] Rules Chair are archived and not returned. We cannot Jim McKeel (316) 721-4378 reprint copyrighted material without written au - Area 9 Director [email protected] thorization or proper attribution. (AR, CO, KS, LA, MO, OK, TX) Letters to the Editor must be signed and Mark Springer (316) 721-4804 Operations Chair include an e-mail address or phone number for [email protected] Bill Taylor (406) 721-2351 authentication. All such letters will be printed [email protected] as discussed in the NARCOA policy book. Area 10 Director Committee Chairs For more information about NARCOA, (WA, OR, ID, MT, AK, WY) Jim Spicer (541) 344-3079 the safe legal operation of motorcars, or to find [email protected] Affiliates ................................... Dave Verzi NARCOA affiliates located in Canada, the Custom-Built Motorcars ........ Tom Falicon United States, and Mexico, please see: Area 11 Director Communications ..……..…. Bernie Leadon www.narcoa.org (CA, NV, UT, AZ, NM, HI) Data and Computer ................ Pat Coleman © Copyright 2010 - NARCOA. All rights Pat Coleman (925) 979-1030 FRA ........................................ Ron Zammit reserved. Reproduction, by any means, in [email protected] Legal Forms ......................... Mark Springer whole or part, by any party, is strictly prohib - ited. Director-at-Large (non–voting) Margaret Hope (604) 320-7613 S [email protected] On The Cover: Shirley and Craig Hart - NARCOA Licensed Radio Call Sign WPH T745 man pilot their TMC-2 across a wet and Director-at-Large (non–voting) slippery bridge over the Keuka Lake Bernie Leadon (615) 478-3660 Channe l 1 – 151.625 MHz Channel 2 – 151.505 MHz canal on the Finger Lakes Railroad. [email protected] Channel 3 – 158.400 MHz Photo by Jamie Haislip. Page 2 The SETOFF SEPT / OCT 2010 PPrreessiiddeenntt’’ss MMeessssaaggee 2001100 Warren Froese NARCOA Many have participated in excursions [email protected] in order to ac - Annual over the last two months. This is what cess this. Please take a moment to pass this association is all about – the planning, along this info. As well the email list on Meeting preparation and execution of safe and en - the members only section of the website joyable motorcar excursions on railroads is NOT the same list at the moment. We that we have developed relationships with are working to unify multiple email lists Sept 30 - Oct 4 through many hard working excursion co - into one master list. We will continue to ordinators. I hope that you learned new provide paper access to renewal as long Sheraton Gateway things about your motorcar, the country - as it is needed. Suites side you traveled in, and met new people I have let the board know that I am will - at the same time. The helpful and friendly ing to serve as president for a second year. 6501 North Mannheim Road people who are Narcoa are one of the Their response has been positive so we Rosemont, IL 60018 most inviting attributes of our hobby. are proceeding down that path subject to This meeting is open to all paid Turning a worried moment of mechanical the vote at the board meeting. I am com - breakdown into a successful restart with mitted to a change in our function so that NARCOA members. helping hands and minds all around is one the president for the year to come is Any member wishing to address of the defining moments for many as they known ahead of time. It is highly unpro - the board, or add items to the begin their Narcoa experience. ductive to have this question worked on agenda, must contact Warren We will be meeting as a board October the night before, or the breakfast of the Froese at ( 204 ) 668-8311 or 1 and 2 in Chicago and the preliminary meeting day. The smooth and orderly [email protected] agenda is attached elsewhere in the transition of responsibility is something Setoff. You are welcome and we look for - that will help our entire organization year To secure a hotel reservation at ward to as many members being present to year. This will take the form of a pro - the NARCOA rate, contact as possible. In my few years on the board gression from vice president to president, Carl Anderson at (847) 882-5329 I have spoken to many members who or possibly a president elect. It has been or [email protected] have been pleasantly surprised by their extremely helpful to work with Mark Cut off date is August 28, 2010 visit to a board meeting. I encourage you Springer this past year in both the day to to take a moment and communicate with day responsibilities and the experience he Room rate will be $122 per night, your area director or the committee chair brings to the table. plus taxes. of an area that you have an interest in. New area directors have been elected in Now is the time to speak up and be a part areas 3, 9, and 11 and they are announced In This Issue of the discussion. by Carl Anderson elsewhere in this Setoff. We have been working on converting On behalf of each Narcoa member I want Masthead ........................................... 2 our database to an online format with ac - to thank Dave Verzi, Mark Springer, and NARCOA Officials .......................... 2 cess to all members to update personal in - Pat Coleman for their skilled and tireless President’s Message ......................... 3 formation and make payments at the same efforts on our behalf. It has been a pleas - time. We have been running our previous ure to work with each of them and I am NARCOA Election Results ............... 4 spreadsheet type database with the online thankful that they are not going far. Directors’ Messages ......................... 4 From The Editor ............................... 5 format simultaneously over the last three In closing I want to remind you that we months and look forward to going live all function well with a word of encour - Olds Gasoline EngineWorks ............. 6 with this for all on November 1. Pat agement. A hobby association is no dif - Grain Elevators and Torrential Rain 8 Coleman and Mark Springer have done ferent. Have you taken the time to thank Three Days in Quebec ..................... 12 the initial work to get us going, and Dan your run coordinators for their efforts? Slick Rail and Traction .................... 14 Page, Bob Hastings and Mark Hudson of The people who helped you load or un - Annual Meeting Agenda ................. 15 the membership team have come on load your car? The people who helped re - A Step Back In Time ....................... 16 board to provide ownership to this proj - pair your car? The new friends you made EC Tech...........................................18 ect. Recently Keith Mackey our web - at a run? Never let an opportunity to en - Riding With Joe ..............................
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