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HE LION® ROAR MAGAZINE OF THE LIONEL COLLECTORS CLUB OF AMERICA T Volume 41, No. 5, June, 2012 S LCCA’s Very Special Texas Special Train Set Deadline Imminent 51 Lights for Liberty June 30th Digital image provided by Lionel LLC Digital image provided To celebrate our annual Convention and the locale, the club • Modern camo décor with a military-style insignia presents a unique car made by Lionel®. The 2012 Convention including slogans used by NS on their boxcar Car will be a Norfolk Southern boxcar with a patriotic theme • Interior box load images, opening doors and spectacular lighting effects. • Die-cast sprung metal trucks The car is a PS-1 O-scale boxcar (11-1/4 inches long) that • Metal operating couplers celebrates a military presence with five branches of the armed • Hand-applied details forces. It includes these important features: • Detailed metal underframe • EOT device • A LED is placed in every star of the U.S. flag and another • Estimated shipping date – late December 2012. LED in the eye of the eagle – on both sides of the car $99.95 plus $9.95 S&H Order deadline: June 30, 2012 MAIL THIS ORDER FORM OR PLACE YOUR ORDER ONLINE Once submitted, LCCA will consider this a firm order and not refundable. Limit: two cars per member. DO THE MATH SEND YOUR PAYMENT [ ] ___ 2012 Convention Car Car(s) @ $99.95 each $__________ [ ] My check or money order for the total amount of this order is enclosed and made payable to “LCCA” with “CC12” written on the memo line. Subtotal: $__________ [ ] Charge the total amount of this order to my credit card as shown below. [ ] Illinois residents only: add sales tax — 7.5% of subtotal $__________ [ ] Shipping & Handling — add $9.95 per car $__________ Estimated shipping date – late December, 2012. Total (in U.S. funds): $__________ Credit Card Account No.: ________________________________________ Exp.: ____________ [ ] Discover [ ] MasterCard [ ] Visa Code: ____________ (3 digits on back of card) Signature: ___________________________________________________________________________ By my signature, I authorize LCCA to charge my account for the amount due according to the terms and conditions cited herein. Name: ________________________________________________________________________________________ LCCA Member No.: ____________________ Shipping Address: ______________________________________________ City: ______________________________ State: ______ Zip + 4: ________________ Phone: ( ) ___________________________ e-mail: ____________________________________________________________________________________ [ ] Check this box if any part of your address is new. Mail this order form (or a photocopy) to the best toy train club on the planet: LCCA Business Office • Dept CC12/TLR-6-12 • P.O. Box 529 • Peru, IL 61354-0529 Order online at: www.lionelcollectors.org — go to “LCCA Store.” To submit an order by fax: 815-223-0791. Deadline Imminent 51 Lights for Liberty June 30th Contents LCCA Services, Notices, and Leadership Business Office Officers Appointees Special LCCA Business Office services are limited to provid- Dennis DeVito, President Mike Battaglia ing or processing changes of address, changes of 570 Brookside Avenue Liaison to LCCA Business Office Events Are phone number, “make good” copies of The Lion Algonquin, IL 60102-6824 Roars 1361 Deerfield Street Special , applications for membership, replacement 847-658-8776 or 574-870-0391 St. Joseph, MI 49085 membership cards, reinstatements, death notices, Con- [email protected] [email protected] Page 10 vention registration, and orders for club collectibles at the club’s website at www.lionelcollectors.org, by e-mail at: Al Kolis, Immed. Past President Larry A. Black [email protected], by fax at 815-223-0791, or by 4315 Saint Andrews Drive IT and Web Manager mail at: P.O. Box 529, Peru, IL 61354-0529. Howell, MI 48843-7469 209 Denison Way 248-709-4137 Frankfort, KY 40601-0003 TLR Copyright Notice [email protected] 502-695-4355 The LCCA is an Illinois not-for-profit corporation. Louis J. Caponi, President-elect [email protected] LN&V: © Copyright 2012, Lionel Collectors Club of America. 610 Andrew Road Barrie W. Braden the ZW-L All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be Springfield, PA 19064-3816 Editor, eTrack & Interchange Track Page 24 reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, 484-431-8529 10607 Serenity Sound electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and [email protected] Magnolia, TX 77354-3244 recording for any purpose. Kenneth J. Kelley, Treasurer 281-252-8153 USPS Notices 10390 S. Sierrita Mtn Road, [email protected] The Lion Roars (USPS 11-994) and (ISSN No. 1079- PMB 71 John R. (Bob) Carter, Jr. Tucson, AZ 85736-1442 President’s Report 2 0993) is published 5x/year in February, April, June, Co-manager, 2012 Convention October and December by the Lionel Collectors Club of 520-299-3243 2205 Westridge Drive Product Development Shop 4 America, P.O. Box 529, Peru, IL 61354-0529. Subscription [email protected] Plano, TX 75075-8314 972-424-0678 Toy Trunk Railroad 5 rate of $15 per year is paid through membership dues. Mark Kempfer, Secretary Periodical postage paid at Peru, IL 61354-9801 and ad- 3901 Vida Drive [email protected] Texas Special Train Set 6 ditional mailing offices. Ft. Wayne, IN 46815-5767 Dominic Caponi 260-485-8058 Secretary’s Report, 7-28-11 8 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Coordinator, Jr. Member Program LCCA The Lion Roars [email protected] 56 West 39th Street, Apt. 5 Module Committee Report 9 P.O. Box 529 New York, NY 10018 484-432-8580 Special Events Are Special 10 Peru, IL 61354-0529. Directors LCCA and Lionel Roger Farkash [email protected] Secretary’s Report, 10-22-11 14 Lionel L.L.C. is a registered trademark. Lionel copy- c/o T W TrainWorx Louis J. Caponi 2808 McGowan Street 2012 Convention Overview 16 righted materials, including Lenny the Lion (a company Manager, Product Development trademark), are used with its permission. The LCCA is Dallas, TX 75203-4110 Co-manager, 2012 Convention Lionel News & Views 24 not affiliated with Lionel or Lionel L.L.C. Opinions and 214-634-2965 610 Andrew Road [email protected] Springfield, PA 19064-3816 The Tinplate Cannonball 28 comments made in by-lined columns in this publication do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Board Sal Gambino, Jr. 484-431-8529 An REA Presence on our Layout 32 of Directors or the views of officers and appointed of- 4135 Knorr Street [email protected] ficials; nor do they indicate a club endorsement of any Philadelphia, PA 19135-2133 A Lionel Puzzlement IBC Barry Findley products mentioned. 215-708-1504 Chair, Constitution Committee LCCA Election Results OBC [email protected] Chair, Finance Committee People to Contact 3414 Old Cantrell Road Secretary Ed Richter On the Cover – Inquiries about membership lapses and admin- 2008 Paprika Drive Little Rock, AR 72202-1860 istrative support. Orlando, FL 32837-8506 501-664-8525 Membership Chair – Joining LCCA and membership HE LION® ROAR MAGAZINE OF THE LIONEL COLLECTORS CLUB OF AMERICA [email protected] T Volume 41, No. 5, June, 2012 S 407-851-8382 questions. [email protected] Immediate Past President – Complaint against another Al Kolis, Manager, Special Events member. Bill Schmeelk Membership Chair President – Always available and as a last resort. 15 Birchwood Lane 4315 Saint Andrews Drive Hillsdale, NJ 07642-1303 Howell, MI 48843-7469 201-497-8179 248-709-4137 LCCA’s [email protected] [email protected] Very Special Texas Special Mike H. Mottler Train Set Editor, The Lion Roars Visit our website for 22 Water Oak Drive timely club news: Conway, AR 72034-3430 LCCA offers a new train set 501-327-8747 www.lionelcollectors.org [email protected] with Texas Special décor. Terrific Toy Trains Junior Member Star by Mike H. Mottler RM 12394 Senior-age LCCA members can recall with clarity the for a look-see. When offered ® memories from their boyhood of playing with Lionel trains, a turn with a CAB-1 or CAB-2 the toy of choice in the 1940s and ‘50s. The prevailing view of controller, they are eager to learn the toys favored by kids in today’s generation usually includes how to operate the trains as the computer-enabled games, some of which glorify the dark side junior engineer in charge. of human nature and seem inappropriate for youngsters. Perhaps you’ve overheard a A visit to a train show may reveal to thoughtful senior hobbyists comment by a grandfather, “Jeremy can operate TMCC- a sometimes-obscured truism about the hobby we love. Today’s equipped trains better than I can.” Perhaps that comment is kids are just as fascinated by toy trains as we were when we just one manifestation of the ubiquity of technology in our were younger, albeit decades ago. The amazing detail, realistic lives, but it’s also an example of the staying power inherent sound systems, and “gee whiz” technology incorporated into in having fun with trains – then and now. today’s trains draws youngsters to the perimeter of a layout The Lion Roars 1 Dennis DeVito RM 6758 Report from our President s this June issue goes to press, I’m The NYC Tinplate Train Set was a wonderful pleased to report that your club is in success. Those who ordered this set will be A good shape. We have a full schedule pleased to own the set and will be delighted of locally focused Special Events, to receive a personalized billboard frame and HIGHLIGHT: we are only weeks away from the annual two billboard inserts. I had an opportunity Convention, we have just completed the to see the pre-press sample and appreciate “As Convention sale of our first Tinplate Train Set, we have its uniqueness. I have asked the Convention moved the LCCA module specs along committee to provide one set for the events come to near-completion, and the LCCA has silent auction.