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Puget Sound September 2021 Garden Railroading Official Newsletter of the Puget Sound Garden Railway Society Puget Sound September 2021 Garden Railroading www.PSGRS.org Official Newsletter of the Puget Sound Garden Railway Society Tuesday was a pleasant day with temperatures in the low 70’s but come Wednesday high 80’s and 90’s for the rest of the show. Our module layout is housed in the back of the hobby building “D”. There is no air conditioning and hav- ing to wear a mask I thought wow this is going to be un- bearable considering the show was from 10 AM to 9 PM. We had a full crew show up at 10 Wednesday morning and most stayed on when I arrived for my 2 o’clock shift. For some reason, I had one car on my train that kept derailing on the curve by the green house. David had the same expe- rience with one of his cars. Fortunately we had a track ex- pert Mike Phillips who found the problem; the rail jointers at two locations needed a slight adjust. Why that only affect- ed two cars and no one else’s trains – Murphy! August host and hostess Bill & Kathy Thurston with some of Bill's dahlias. Photo by Mark Jennings On the Right Track Wrong Train Article and Photos by Chuck Carlson, President On the right track but wrong train; took off to Mount Vernon in the 5th wheel RV for the Skagit County Fair. For all the years the club has been displaying our module layout, this was the first time that Sharon and I have managed to Alex’s Green House attend all four days and take down on the 5th day. We actu- ally stayed at the KOA in Burlington Tuesday through Mon- day. Continued on next page. INSIDE THIS ISSUE A 2nd report on the Skagit Fair on pages 3-5. Report on the August club meeting on pages 5- 9. Steamup at Emerald Heights on page 10. “View From the Club Car” on page 11. “ So What Is It?” on page 11. Map, directions, and description of the Emerald Heights railroad, site of September 18 club meeting, on page 12. Club events schedule on page 13. Other events of possible interest on page 14. Local sources of G gauge stuff on page 15. Contact info on page 15. Page 1 Puget Sound Garden Railroading September 2021 Continued from previous page. Member turn out for running trains was great and a good number showed up Sunday for take down. (So many I can’t We continued to have full crews showing up Thursday, list them all) Friday & Saturday. I ran a Southern Pacific GP9 and U25B, The next module display is the Lynden Train Show Oct 2 at times each pulling eight triple dome multi oil company -3. Setup will be in the morning of Oct 1st and take down tank cars plus a work caboose. There was a variety trains will be after the show closes at 4 pm Sunday. Hope to see a including but not limited to; a Big Boy, Challenger, SD40, 4- lot of members there. After setup, Sharon and I will again 6-0, FA1 A-B-A, GP9, S-4. host the Friday evening BBQ at the Hidden Village RV Park party house. Keep ‘em running Mark Howe’s GP9 Jerry’s passenger train Norm’s train Continued on next page. September 2021 Puget Sound Garden Railroading Page 2 Continued from previous page. More on the Modules the event. And Alex and all members of the module group have done an excellent job of adding well placed and good Article and photos by Bill Thurston looking accessories that add to the interest of seeing the It was a welcome sight to see the electric modules set up trains make their way around. for the public after more than a year of not being able to I did not see any railroad accidents. There was one curve have indoor events. I was not there for the setup on July that was causing problems with some cars. It was interesting 28th, but was advised that 15 or 16 members made short that Chuck Carlson and David Drake had long consists and work of it and had the modules all set up in about 2 hours. I only one car in each consist would derail at one point in the arrived Wednesday afternoon, August 11, the first day of curve. Mike Phillips was able to identify a rail joiner slightly the fair and several trains were running with fair patrons misaligned and made an adjustment that seemed to resolve looking on. the problem. Lots of speculation as to why it only affected Signs were posted requiring the wearing of masks and all one car in each of two consists. club members I saw were doing so at first. But with the Several club application forms were handed out during combination of heat, uncrowded space inside the modules, the short time I was there and assume more were during the and a very large building with all the large doors open for remainder of the fair. I talked with one guy who wanted an ventilation, several of us including myself, removed our application after he found out that we actually run trains masks except when meeting with fair patrons. outdoors – he thought we were a club that just had a large During my visit staffing was generally adequate with a indoor layout until we started talking. He had an indoor bit of shortage during the second day lunch period. I found layout and had always wanted to set up outdoors. He was it necessary to run my small rail truck just so we had more excited to hear most of us had outdoor layouts. Another than one piece of equipment running on the huge layout. It woman wondered if this was our club’s permanent layout is a terrific layout for showcasing the very long trains with where we held our meetings. That suggest that we may want big engines that many of our members are able to bring to Continued on next page. Page 3 Puget Sound Garden Railroading September 2021 Continued from previous page. to find a way to make it more obvious that we are indeed a “garden” railroad club and not just an indoor HO club on steroids! Maybe a large screen with continuous videos of trains running on our outdoor layouts? Apparently not eve- ryone reads our banner, or doesn’t really know what it means if they do read it. Now I am looking forward to the Lynden Train show in Oct. I have not been to that show before, but am hoping to make it this year. All I talk with say it is a good one. Hope to see you there. Alex Osenbach’s mixed freight with several cars covered with graffiti was a big hit with the kids. Rae Mitchell's logging train passes by a green house that adds interest to the layout. Terry Lattin puts a railroad pin on a potential new member while another (below) looks quite interested. Chuck Carlson’s tank car train with the prominent club sign in the background. Not all fair patrons saw it! More photos on next page. September 2021 Puget Sound Garden Railroading Page 4 Continued from previous page. Mike Phillips’ consolidation pulls a mixed freight load. The staging yards are enormous on the new modules. And it was easy to maintain social distancing within the module boundaries while I was there. Rae Mitchell’s unique salt train (or did he say it was Mary’s train ?) Bud Harrington ran one of the few passenger trains I saw. More photos taken by members can be found on the club’s Facebook page and the GRnews page. Page 5 Puget Sound Garden Railroading September 2021 August 21, 2021 Club Meeting By Jack Kowitt, Secretary All photos by Mark Jennings The August 2021 meeting of the PSGRS was held at the home and railroad of Bill and Kathy Thurston in Gig Har- bor, WA. It was a potluck, again. Bill had requested that we wear masks when appropriate and only vaccinated members attend as there might be small children present. Bill and Kathy have hosted several times before, but it is always in- teresting to both run trains on his classic setup and see what he has added between each visit. As Bill explained after Chuck opened the meeting and asked him to say a few words on the railroad, the railroad has grown through the years, first track having been put in place in 2001. Track is varied (“whatever I found on sale!”), A beautiful summer day and a beautiful yard. A fine time the buildings are mostly scratch built and there are water for the club ladies to take it easy. L to R : Bev Melrose, features and animation galore. It is a true master class in Gale Baullinger, Sharon Carlson, Rosemary Zook, and “how to.” To an observer, one can stand and wonder if Kathy Thurston anything is running one moment and be surrounded by trains coming from everywhere the next due to the size and landscape, both natural and built. Even the native wildlife enjoys the railroad as proved by deer tracks to be seen here and there! Bill also followed a wise adage by inviting his neighbors a bit later in the afternoon to join us. The adage, to paraphrase, is that if you invite them, they can’t complain about the cars or the noise! We weren’t that noisy, but we did fill the street with our transportation! Though there were no new members at the meeting, there were some friends we hadn’t seen in a while - Don Rose and Don and Patsy Harris.
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