Official Publication of Northeastern Region THE SUNRISE TRAIL DIVISION, INC. National Model Railroad Association VOLUME 35 NUMBER 2 SUMMER 2005

MODELING MINEOLA PART II THE PREVIOUS ISSUE of theCannon Ball proposed traffic Timelines are also useful in determining the service periods for density as one of the important factors in settling upon an era to locomotives and rolling stock and, therefore, can be an excellent model Mineola. Historical timelines for Railroad tool for choosing an era to model. The LIRR equipment timeline (LIRR) branches with trains that passed through Mineola at one chart on page 5 includes many of the steam and diesel locomotive time or another showed that the potential for the greatest variety types employed by the railroad between 1945 and 1977. In addition and density of traffic existed from the late 1890s through the mid it includes timelines for the railroad's Budd rail diesel cars (RDCs) 1960s, when trains could have passed through Mineola on their and MP70 multiple unit (MU) cars, as well as the P-54 and P-72 way to or from destinations on the mainline and five branches. class passenger cars. Note that these timelines do not reflect how After that period service on the original Hempstead Branch was many of the various pieces of equipment that the railroad owned discontinued, the tracks from Mineola south were removed and (e.g. the LIRR rostered just one Baldwin VO660 and a single routing possibilities were reduced to the four that exist today. Baldwin DS44-1000). Paint scheme timelines are at the top of the Those seventy-odd years provide a wide window for modeling chart.Diesels of the Sunrise Trail provides an excellent pictorial purposes and greatly facilitate the other consideration for era: the reference for those. availability of scale motive power and rolling stock appropriate for Of course everyone has different reasons for selecting an era to the time period to be modeled. model. But if wanting the greatest variety of locomotives and continued on page 3 JOE KAVANAGH BUILDS A BIG RAILROAD IT IS NO SECRET that Joe Kavanagh likes really large scale Since making that trip, Joe, a long-time member of the Sunrise model trains—the kind you can ride on. His account of a visit to the Trail Division, and his wife, Daisy, have moved from White Plains Wimberly, Blanco & Southern, a 7½ inch gauge railroad created by to Lake Luzerne, New York, where he has begun creating a a really Nick Edwards and Bob Hornsby on Edwards’ 40 acre ranch in large scale railroad of his own. The pictures on this and subsequent Wimberly, Texas, appeared in three issues of the Cannon Ball pages will give you an idea of Joe’s progress. between the Summer, 2001, and Spring, 2002 issues. more photos on page 4 Mixed Consist the Mailbag editor’s notes / WALTER WOHLEKING contributions may be edited for clarity

EDITOR and PUBLISHER SUMMER DOLDRUMS Walter G. Wohleking A seemingly endless parade of contrac- Dear Walter, 5 Howard Drive tors bent on sprucing up our 50+ year old The front page photo in the Spring 2005 Huntington NY 11743-3032 home has redefined normalcy around here Cannon Ball intrigued me. As I sat there (631) 757-0580 (Phone) since early March, when it all began. studying it I made two observations. First, (775) 540-9743 (Fax) Doldrums due to the inability to use places the Alco diesel is spewing as much smoke [email protected] and things we ordinarily employed in our as the "steamer" coming towards it. They ASSOCIATE EDITOR day-to-day lives set in. Limited, sporadic were notorious for that, and a photo in one John MacGown access to my office, where this noble rag is of my books points out that the Mineola THE CANNON BALL assembled, effectively laid waste to the Blvd. overpass actually had more smoke is published quarterly by Sunrise Trail Division, Inc. of the Northeastern Region of the National Model Railroad Cannon Ball’s schedule and content, as the stains on it after the road was 100% Association, Inc. for the benefit of the model railroading scandalously late arrival of this issue bears dieselized than before. Lastly, I think the community. SUBSCRIPTIONS witness. With almost everything done for diesel noted as an S-1 is probably really an start with the first issue of a volume. Rates for the U.S. the time being and only the rug merchant RS-1. If you study the photo you will notice and possessions are $7.00 per year. Please make check left to deal with, model railroading affairs a short handrail aft of the cab.(parallel to the or money order payable toSunrise Trail Division . Send requests for new subscriptions, renewals or address can begin anew, or at least until one of the long front one). The S-1 had no rear/short changes toCannon Ball, c/o Walter G. Wohleking , at the contractors has to return to fix something he hood aft of the cab as did the RS-1. above address. CONTRIBUTIONS didn’t get right the first time. Ken Szekretar, via email Articles, photographs and artwork are welcome in either Model railroaders should be able to em- hardcopy or as computer files. Copy is due by the 1st of Ken’s right. Itis an RS-1. February, May, August, and November and should be pathize with people who don’t get things sent to the Editor at the above address. Submitted right the first time. While it’s pretty much Dear Mr. Wohleking, material will be returned upon request. the modeler’s modus operandi, it shouldn’t Just finished reading the Cannon Ball be for the editor of a model railroading re- Spring 2005 issue and your commentary lated newsletter. In other words, me. "Alice in NMRA Land". For a Division While regularly striving for clarity and officer to write a critical review of a correctness in the printed word, there’s an- National Organization action is refreshing. other side of me that hopes readers regard Thank you for stating the obvious and not the more than occasional error and vague- continuing the practice of defending the ness as the output of an aging, editing ec- NMRA right or wrong. Couldn't agree SUNRISE TRAIL DIVISION, INC. centric—someone who really enjoys sitting more with your reasoning regarding the Kevin Katta, President on the depot baggage cart spinning yarns dues increase and the total lack of regard for [email protected] and then writing them in letters to a guy Walter G. Wohleking, Secretary the membership by those in charge. Bob named, “Clem”. [email protected] Hundman, writing in Mainline Modeler, Kenneth Szekratar, Treasurer On occasion, however, some things de- January 2004, stated about 35% of NMRA [email protected] mand clarification, and such is the case for a members opted not to receiveScale Rails . DIRECTORS portion of last issue’sMixed Consist . In it, I The dues increase, applied only to the group John Jaklitsch wrote in regard to the fact that relatively few [email protected] not receivingScale Rails , is a blatant people attend national or regional conven- John MacGown attempt by the NMRA to force one third of [email protected] tions when their own division is not the the membership to subsidize the continued Michael Martin host, “at the NER 2003 Fall Convention in [email protected] publication of a magazine they choose not Islandia, attendance from outside the STD Steven E. Perry to receive. [email protected] was less than 3%.” I'm a former NMRA member and Michael H. Siegel That made it sound like only 3% of the [email protected] responded to a commentary by Tony attendees were not from the Sunrise Trail Fernand Washington Capato in theCannon Ball back in 2003. No Division. What I should have said was “at [email protected] need to rehash my comments here and the Andrew Wasowicz the NER 2003 Fall Convention in Islandia, rebuttal that followed. This latest action [email protected] attendance from outside the STD was less confirms to me, that despite the LRP and NER DIRECTOR than 3% of those residing in the Steven E. Perry new bylaws, the attitude at the national Northeastern Region.” This in fact was ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM level has not changed since I left the what was originally written, but while try- Michael H. Siegel organization. ing to squeeze a lot of long-winded prose PUBLICITY The membership of the STD owe you a into the space available, some valuable John MacGown debt of gratitude for speaking out in their Steven E. Perry words were excised. My apologies to all. behalf against NMRA officials protecting CONTESTS The omission from thisCannon Ball of a their "turf" with another destructive dues Joseph Bux plan that could turn the tide of decreasing [email protected] increase. NMRA membership and thus increase WEBSITE Matt Herson, Oceanside NY, via email www.SunriseTrailDiv.org National’s revenues while reducing the John Jaklitsch, Webmaster dues of individual members wasn’t the re- Stay tuned. The Fall, 2005 Cannon Ball will [email protected] sult of editing (it will be in the next issue). It include a proposal for increasing NMRA MEMBERSHIP was the summer / house repair doldrums. membership and annual revenue, while Walter G. Wohleking Which is where we came in. reducing member dues. 2 THE CANNON BALL Modeling Mineola continued from page 1

LIRR Equipment Timelines

Tichy Orange Nose Dashing Dan logo World’s Fair

Baldwin VO-660 Baldwin DS44-660 Baldwin DS44-1000 Alco S-1 Alco S-2 Alco RS-1 Alco RS-2 Alco RS-3 Alco C420

FM H16-44 FM CPA20-5 FM CPA24-5

GM GP38 Budd RDC-2 MP70B,C

H-10 [2-8-0] G-5 [4-6-0] K-4 [4-6-2]

P-54

P-72

1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975

rolling stock passing through Mineola as frequently as possible is steam for good. Furthermore, 1955 falls within the time period of the primary goal, then equipment and historical timelines point to the largest route options for traffic passing through Mineola. Trains 1955 as the year to choose. As shown on the timeline chart, the might have been coming from or heading to locations along the following collection of diesel motive power was active to one mainline to Greenport, as well as branches to Oyster Bay, Port degree or another: Jefferson, Montauk, Hempstead and ValleyStream. Baldwin VO660, DS44-600 and DS44-1000 switchers Other notable timeline-related years were 1964, when Alco Alco S-1 and S-2 switchers 420s replaced all the Fairbanks Morse equipment, and 1976, when Alco RS-1 and RS-3 road switchers GP38s replaced all Alco road units. Because the FM units were Fairbanks Morse H16-44 road switcher used as credit toward the Alco 420s, no operational overlap would Fairbanks Morse CPA20-5 and CPA24-5 cab units (the only have existed where the both FM and Alco 420s were in service CPA20-5 engines FM ever built). together, even briefly. The LIRR had disposed of a third of its Alco While steam was essentially gone, a few G5 Ten-Wheelers, K4 420 fleet by March of 1976, and the remainder by year's end, so it is Pacifics and H10 Consolidations were still active. The railroad's possible that a few 420s continued to operate after the arrival of the Budd RDCs were in operation in 1955, as well as MP70 MU self- GP38s. By 1976, however, the more cost effective equipment propelled passenger equipment. The diesel and steam locomotives makeup of the LIRR had made it less interesting from a modeling were on the point of trains made up of venerable P-54 “ping-pong” standpoint, and the branches to Hempstead and points southwest and spanking new P-72 coaches. were gone. No other year offers such variety. A year earlier and no Alco A goodly number of LIRR models are currently available for RS-3s or Budd RDCs were in service, nor were the P-72 coaches. A the 1955 time period. A listing of some, along with information year later and the year-old Alco RS-3s had signaled the end of sources for modeling Mineola, are provided on page 7.

SUMMER 2005 3 Joe Kavanagh Builds a Railroad continued from page 1

NMRABulletin is available on the Internet IN A LITTLE PUBLICIZED EVENT, the National Model the beginning of the year. The publication is in PDF format. Railroad association (NMRA) has had theBulletin portion of its Bulletins from January, 2005 on can be found at Scale Rails magazine available for download on the internet since http://www.nmra.org/bulletin.html.

4 THE CANNON BALL Play John Allen’s Timesaver Win a DCC System Celebrate Model Railroad Month all at the 38TH ANNUAL CONVENTION of the SUNRISE TRAIL DIVISION, INC. Northeastern Region National Model Railroad Association Saturday, November 5, 2005 – 10 AM to 5 PM First Church Baldwin United Methodist Church – 881 Merrick Road, Baldwin, N.Y.

Banquet at 6PM LIVE CLINICS with entertainment by MODEL CONTEST Mike Martin NMRA Merit Award judging PHOTO CONTEST OPEN TO EVERYONE Bring your favorite model & prototype pics TIMESAVER SWITCHING GAME ADMISSION $5 Children under 12 & Scouts in uniform OPERATING MODULAR admitted free with paid adult LAYOUTS (does not include banquet) O, HO and N scales BANQUET WHITE ELEPHANT TABLE $25 at the door (limited availability) Lots of real model railroad bargains $20 in advance RAFFLE (prior to October 22nd) Advance reservation form on back. NCE Digital Command Control System DOOR PRIZES Directions on back. For more information AUCTION (718) 528-2308 www.sunrisetraildiv.com If you only have time for one train show this season, make it this one!

SUMMER 2005 5 NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY EXIT 31A

GETTING TO THE SUNRISE TRAIL DIVISION CONVENTION

ARKWAY First Church Baldwin United Methodist Church 881 Merrick Road Baldwin NY 11510

FROM THE WEST Southern State Pkwy. east to Exit 20, Grand Ave.

Grand Ave. south about 2½ miles to Merrick Rd. Turn left. MEADOWBROOK P Church is about 2 blocks down on the left (north).

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FROM THE NORTH & EAST Meadowbrook Pkwy. south to Exit M9, Merrick Rd West. Merrick Rd. west about 2½ milesthrough Freeport to Baldwin . Church is on the right (north).

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Please make checks payable to: Sunrise Trail Division and send to: Fernand Washington STD Convention Registrar 179-65 Selover Road 2005Jamaica NY 11434–3411 DEADLINE FOR REDUCED PRICEBANQUET PRE-REGISTRATION IS OCTOBER 22, 2005

6 THE CANNON BALL Train Show season nears Modeling Mineola continued from page 3 FALL MARKS THE TRADITIONAL BEGINNING of the train REFERENCES show season, and the next issue of the Cannon Ball will include a Diesels of the Sunrise Trail listing of open houses and shows in our area. In the meantime, here by John J. Scala (Weekend Chief, 1984) are two notices we received recently. Steel Rails to the Sunrise THE ONTARIO & WESTERN RAILWAY Historical Society by Ron Ziel & George Foster (Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1965) will be hosting its 42nd Annual Convention on November 13th at The Long Island Railroad 1925-1975 the Orange County Community College Dining Hall, South St. & by John Keller & Steven Lynch (Arcadia Publishing, 2004) East Conkling Ave. in Middletown NY. Local tours of remaining The Long Island Railroad O&W Ry. sites will start at 10:00AM from the Society's Archives by Frederick Kramer & John Krause (Carstens Publications) Center at 20 Cottage St. Convention registration starts at 1:30PM. Victorian Railroad Stations of Long Island Model, collectible and prototype displays will be featured, along by Ron Ziel & Richard Wettereau (Sunrise Special Ltd., 1988) with dinner in the evening. Admission is $30 including dinner or MTA- - An All Time Roster $27 without. For more information contact Charles Van Der Eems, by Dan Dover (Extra 2200 South , Jul-Aug-Sep 1978) 333 Van Winkle Ave., Hawthorne NJ 07506-1036. The Long Island Railroad Comes Back THE GREAT SOUTH BAY MODEL RAILROAD CLUB, by William D. Middleton (Trains , Dec 1957) Inc. will hold its Fifteenth annual Winter Train Show and Parlor Car East Exhibition between 10:00AM and 4:00PM, Sunday, January 8, by H. Stafford Bryant (Trains , May 1968) 2006, at the Freeport Recreation Center, 130 East Merrick Rd., Long Island: Back from Loonyville? (Part 1) Freeport. Admission will be $5.00. Children under 12 years of age by William D. Middleton (Trains , Jan & Feb 1971) will be admitted free when accompanied by an adult. For further Modeling [New Haven’s] CPA-24-5 passenger locomotive information contact the show coordinator, Kevin R. McKay, by Robert Gross (Railroad Model Craftsman , Oct 2001) 66 Van Buren St. Freeport NY 11520. He can be reached by phone Long Island’s Oyster Bay branch at 516-223-9357 or via fax at 516-608-9268. by Steve Lynch (Model Railroad Planning 2004 ) SELECTED MODELS Cannon Ball G-5, K-4, H-10 steam locomotives back issues sought Bowser kits without decals AN EFFORT IS UNDERWAY to build up the Cannon Ball K-4 steam locomotives not in LIRR livery archives. If you have back issues that you've thought about Bachmann Spectrum, Broadway Limited discarding or are willing to part with, please review the list of Alco S1 diesel switcher missing issues below. If anything on that list matches what you Life Like (Walthers) Proto 2000 not in LIRR livery have, please get in touch with Walter Wohleking, editor of the Baldwin VO660, Baldwin DS44-1000 diesel switchers Cannon Ball. Contact information is on the masthead. Stewart (Bowser) not in LIRR livery Cannon Ball Archives Missing Issues Alco RS-1, Alco RS-3, FM H16-44 diesel road switchers Year Vol. Issue(s) Year Vol. Issue(s) Atlas LIRR livery with orange nose & Dashing Dan logo 2000 30 4 1981 11 1,3,4 Budd RDC-1, RDC-2 rail diesel cars, Alco RS-2 diesel switcher 1989 19 3 1980 10 2,3,4 Life Like (Walthers) Proto 1000 not in LIRR livery 1987 17 1,2,3 1979 9 2,3 P-54Ping Pong coach, P-72 coach 1986 16 1,2,3,4 1978 8 2,4 Images Replica kit with decals & trucks 1985 15 1,2,3,4 1977 7 2,3,5 P-54Ping Pong coach 1984 14 1,2,3,4 1976 6 2,5 Funaro & Camerlengo kit with decals without trucks 1983 13 1,2,3,4 1975 and prior: All N52A caboose original & rebuilt 1982 12 1,2,4 Funaro & Camerlengo kit with decals without trucks Just an hour of your time can help the STD THE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES of the Sunrise Trail during each quarter of the calendar year to some STD activity or Division (STD) are formed by the boroughs of Manhattan, the another. It doesn't have to be as an officer or director (although the Bronx, , and , and Nassau and Suffolk Counties STD is always looking for fresh blood for those roles). It doesn't on Long Island. At last count, the National Model Railroad have to be as a clinician at a meet or as an author for a Cannon Ball Association (NMRA) identified about 270 members living within item or article (although those are great ways to help other those areas, which, therefore, is the number of members that make modelers directly). Instead, it can be for one hour of work at a meet up the STD. Like many, if not most, organizations only a small or other event, helping to setup, to collect admissions, to sit in percentage of the membership involves itself directly in carrying temporarily for someone else for an hour, or just to be a jack-of-all- out the aims and objectives the organization. In the STD's case that trades for one of the hours during the event. Because STD events number is somewhere between 6% and 10%. The STD Board of occur quarterly at most, joining the One-Hour Club would Directors (BOD) would like to see that change and not simply to generally mean a commitment of less than four hours a year toward ease the burden on those that do participate. Broader participation making the division better serve its members. To join the One-Hour by the membership in the affairs of the division will guarantee that Club and help serve the New York metro area modeling more and varied ideas will be aired and implemented to the benefit community, contact STD Membership Coordinator, Walter of everyone. Wohleking, using address, email or phone information provided in In an effort to encourage participation, while making it as this newsletter's masthead. He will discuss with you when and painless as possible, the Division has created the “One-Hour how the STD might best use the valuable hour your participation Club”, which asks anyone and everyone to pledge at least one hour represents.

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