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September 2017 September 2017 Starting them young! Hudson guides train #432 towards Blue Springs on the Monashee Pacific Railway at the Edmonton Model Railroad Association’s recent Open Operating Session. (photo by Peter Ulvestad) 6th Division Officers Superintendent Treasurer Ed Molenkamp [email protected] Rick Walker [email protected] Phone: 780-455-1479 Achievement Program Assistant Superintendent Doug Wingfield, MMR [email protected] Peter Ulvestad [email protected] Convention Coordinator Phone: 780-410-0788 Doug Burton [email protected] Secretary Highball! Editor Doug Johnson [email protected] Rob Badmington [email protected] Superintendent’s Report - Ed Molenkamp, Superintendent 6th Division It’s hard to believe that summer is almost gone Speaking of meets and planning, please welcome but that also means we will be getting back into aboard Doug Burton from Camrose as our new our basements to get some of our unfinished Convention Coordinator. Thanks for your projects completed. willingness and enthusiasm Doug. Close to 50 registrants were in Red Deer for the I was able to attend the AGM in Spokane. The Division Meet. It was nice to get together again meet was great as always A few things that came and meet up with old friends and make new out in the meeting were that the PNR is looking friendships. Many people commented on how into ways of streamlining the membership forms folks were kept quite busy with clinics that were as currently it can take up to 3 months for a new well attended. The prototype tours were member to get his/her membership card. The fantastic! Thanks again to Paul Pettypiece for PNR is also looking into using election buddy to setting them up. The layout tours took us replace paper ballots. NMRA Canada used this in throughout the countryside from Red Deer to the recent elections and the response was much Olds and were well done. The Meet finished with higher from the membership compared to paper. a wonderful banquet. We all ate too much and The 6th Division is responsible for the Regional in we were able to witness Dale Sproule receiving 2019 and we have come up with something very his MMR. Congratulations Dale! different. With help from our friends in the 7th Next year’s Meet is being planned for Division we will be hosting the meet in Cranbrook spring/early summer in the South. More B.C. We will be requiring some help from the information to follow very soon as plans come Division so stay tuned for more info soon and if together. you would like to help out then send me an email. Remember many hands make light work! From the Editor – Rob Badmington This issue of Highball! will likely break all records anymore. Most of the 6th Division has for size, but I have received so much input from experienced record setting hot weather for much our faithful contributors that I have to publish it of the summer, and a cool basement is a great all. Luckily, with the majority of Highball! place to beat the heat and get some modelling subscribers now receiving their issues on line, done. For others there have been numerous printing and postage costs have been reduced model railroad meets, conventions, open houses, substantially, and we won’t break the bank. museums, and operating sessions to attend, not to mention real trains to ride and photograph. While the traditional model railroad season Read about some of them in this issue. Thank you typically takes a break for summer and gets going to everyone who sent me a report and some again in September, that just isn’t the case photos of the activities you experienced. 2 Also in this issue are articles on track cleaning, a paragraphs and some photos to share with busy prototype facility in Northern Alberta, and a Highball! readers. I’ll take care of editing the visit to the railway museum in Squamish BC. words and cropping the pictures. The next issue will be coming out at the end of November. If you have something going on in your neck of the woods, please send me a couple of Achievement Program Report – Doug Wingfield, MMR #484, 6th Division, PNR AP Chair Another summer is almost gone. Fortunately I So far 3 locomotives and my turntable motor have have a cool basement to get away from the heat decoders installed and they even work! we have had in the south. There have been a number of inquiries this The highlight for me this summer was a birthday summer from different places in the 6th Division gift of a trip on the 'Rupert Rocket' from Jasper to for information and requests for assessment of Prince Rupert. Our dome car was the Banff Park, layouts, structures and cars. The Calgary Freemo a significant car in that I believe it was on CPR’s Group have a wonderful number of modules set first The Canadian train that left Montreal for up near Balzac that they intend to take to Big Vancouver in the mid 50's. Wonderful trip and I Valley later in August. They will team up with the highly recommend it to those that have never Edmonton Freemo Group to create one of the been on it. Photo below shows Banff Park at largest modular layouts ever. Over 1,000 feet of Prince Rupert Harbour. running will be on display in the hockey arena in Big Valley. Dale Sproule, Greg Orme and I spent time assessing a number of their modules for the Golden Spike Certificate at their Balzac facility. Now is the time to think of winter projects as in cars, buildings and even locomotives for assessment in the AP program. At the Mini Meet in Calgary October 15th I will be giving my Scratchbuilding Structures clinic. This is the same one I did in Vancouver this past May. See the schedule notes in this issue of Highball for time and location. Have a great remainder of the summer and we I have also entered the world of DCC as I will see some of you in Calgary in October. purchased and installed a system on my layout. Area Reports Edmonton – Mark Johnson The summer started out with a great Sixth Perhaps the most fascinating for me was the Division Meet in Red Deer – the city that held the "definitely out-of-the-box" tour of the incredible first Meet in 1965! Does anyone know where in shop of the equally incredible live steam Red Deer the meet was held? Inquiring, but locomotive builder, Ernie Beskowiney. aging, minds want to know! There were clinics, He showed us in-progress construction of a pair layout tours, historical tours, and lots of of CN Mountains at 1.593 inches to the foot (7.5" fellowship, new and old. gauge). 3 See the picture of our illustrious Assistant Community Hall on the CN mainline just east of Superintendent at the cab and backhead of one of Sherwood Park. The CN provided 9 trains for the the engines. entertrainment of the crowd. We get a chance to meet new people in the area and catch up on what our old friends are up to. The EMRA hosted its quarterly Open Operating Session on August 26, with members and non- members who want a taste of TT&TO operation on a large model railroad. This time we had out- of-town visitors coming from Spirit River, Balzac, and Saskatoon, as well as the contingent from the Edmonton area. We operate for 12 scale hours on a 4-to-1 fast clock, then retire for a recap at a local eatery. See some photos on page 12. Others are welcome to join future sessions, contact Peter Ulvestad at [email protected] for more info. Based on a set of plans found in a CN shop, he is recreating the locomotive, building ALL parts from scratch. The second picture shows Ernie at a tray of parts in various stages of development. Most parts start from a shiny block of steel, usually stainless steel, like the one on the tray near the handle of the cart, and are milled into We're also looking forward to the Greater whatever part he needs. No need to worry about Edmonton Model Train Show (GETS), to be held a supplier running out of that last part you need! in Sherwood Park in Millennium Place again on September 16 and 17. All tables have been sold, He makes everything himself - wheels, side rods, with new exhibitors to enjoy. air tanks, even electricity - he converts the single phase power coming into the shop into the three The MMRF's Fall Swap meet is coming up on phase power some of his huge machines require. Saturday, October 28, in the usual place at the Amazing! Central Lions' Centre. The tables are selling fast, so there will be a great opportunity to stock up on On June 23, a group of about 41 modellers, project material for the winter modelling season. railfans, and friends gathered at the annual Meet and Greet BBQ in the Deville/North Cooking Lake 4 Calgary – Rob Badmington In early June, the Calgary Model Railway Society photos of Alberta Railway Museum’s CNR #1392 conducted a three day bus tour to numerous rail- teamed up with APR’s #41 on the run to Big oriented attractions in BC. A total of 35 of us Valley and back. enjoyed the Three Valley Gap Ghost Town, CP’s Canada 150 Train made a stop in Calgary on Revelstoke Railway Museum, Cranbrook, July 30.
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