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Vol. 20 No. 4 Oct.‐Dec. 2019 Editor ‐ Paul Pullen [email protected] www.facebook.com/wba.chaptertca WB&A Board of Directors Officers: President: Vice Pres: Arnold (Arne) Meyrow Treasurer: Tom Salen Message from your WB&A Board Secretary: Nada Boswell We hope you all had a great summer and found me to do the things Past President: Colleen Hall you enjoy. As you all know, for the past 2 years we have not had a Presi- Directors: dent leading the WB&A Chapter. This has made it very difficult on our Michael Ackerman board members taking on these responsibilies. Addionally, next year John Buxton we will be without a Vice President as their term limits are up. Please Bob Gray consider joining the board as our future requires these two important Robert Heine elected officers. Elecons will again be held this October. Skip Lee Thanks all those who joined us for July 6th BaySox minor league William (Bill) Moss baseball game at the Prince George’s stadium. Although the game was cut short in the 5th inning due to weather, the BaySox won the game Eastern Division Representave: against the Harrisburg Senators. Mother nature provided the fireworks David Eadie with thunder and lightning and tremendous downpours. We plan on do- Key Contacts: ing it again next year. Thanks to Bill Moss and Bob Gray for leading this Secretary: Phone: 571-445-3662 oung. E:Mail: [email protected] The Naonal Christmas Tree Railroad (NCTRR) which displays Membership: Phone: 301-322-9080 around the Naonal Christmas Tree in Washington DC between Thanks- Train Shows: giving and New Years needs our help. If you are interested in helping Annapolis: 443-618-6866 with setup and/or take down as well as helping during the season, please Virginia: 571-445-3662 contact Clem Clement 703-830-5597; [email protected] or Dave Eadie 703-451-4149; [email protected] More informaon about this can be found within this newsleer. Please join us in this fun holiday ac- In This Issue Page vity !! Message from your WB&A Board 1 We have decided to not connue our annual Vienna Firehouse Treasurer’s Report 2 Show. During the last couple of years, we have experienced a drop off of member parcipants and public aendance. It was felt that there General Business Meeng Minues 2 were too many other acvies going on in Vienna which distracted from Naonal Christmas Tree 3 our show. The elevator made it increasingly more difficult geng up and Excing News about Bowie! 4 down to the second floor. We thank the Vienna Firehouse staff for allow- ing us use of their hall the past 4 years. And lets not forget those egg Membership Moments 5 sandwiches we enjoyed in the morning!! Thanks to all the members who Historian’s Corner 5 helped us in the past. View from the Observaon Car 7 **NOW SOME GOOD NEWS: One of our members has arranged to The George Bennie Railplane 9 have a new public show at the Bowie Knights of Columbus Lodge just out- side the Washington beltway off Route 50. Mark your calendar for Satur- WB&A at the Ballpark 11 day, November 2nd, 2019. Please mark your calendar and join us for this Berryville 2019 12 new show. A flyer and table request form are in this newsleer. **IMPORTANT: Elecons are coming up. The current openings are: Upcoming Events 13 President and Vice President (you must have previously or currently serve on the BOD); There are three Board of Directors posions that will be up for the October elecon with terms expiring at the end of 2021. Ballots will be mailed out separately the 1st of October and must be 1 Treasurer’s Report TOP TEN WB&A as of Aug. 31, 2019 BENEFITS By Tom Salen 1 Fun and Fellowship with your Train Friends The Chapter’s financial acvies for Jan. 1, 2019-Aug. 31, 2 Wealth of informaon available from 2019 are summarized below. If you have any other ques- other collectors, operators and layout ons or comments feel free to contact me at 703-242- builders. 7839 or [email protected]. 3 A wonderful opportunity to parcipate at the local level in the world’s greatest Check Book Balance – Jan. 1, 2019 $30,052.38 hobby. Check Book Balance - Aug. 31, 2019 $30,332.31 4 Free admission to local WB&A Train Shows. (Show adversed in local news- papers). Significant Acvies Jan. 1, 2019 thru Aug. 31, 2019 5 Free admission at Members Only WB&A Expenses Revenue Swap Meets. Annapolis Show 2019 3080 3451 6 Receive quarterly the WB&A Newsleer Membership Dues 2018 428 3210 7 Access to the chapter facebook page- Membership Dues 2019 100 2670 www.facebook.com/wba.chaptertca Membership Dues 2020 45 8 Share in the excitement of the Toy Train Membership Donaons 770 9 Serving as a commiee member or Bowie Baysox Game 187 99 officer at the local level is very reward- ing. Newsleer 2019 612 10 Buy, Sell, Trade with local train enthusi- Mini Meets 295 asts. Kids Korner 281 281 WB&A GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES Web Site/Facebook 680 Sunday November 11, 2018 Train Set for Drawing 811 385 Balmore Streetcar Museum Miscellaneous Expenses 713 1901 Falls Road, (BoD Message Cont’d) returned by October 28th. Your Balmore, Maryland vote is important; so please take a moment to fill out Meeng Start Time: 10:30 am your ballot and mail it in. Meeng End Time: 12.30 pm This newsleer is our main medium we use to Present reach out to all our members and parcularly those who A quorum being determined, the meeng was called are no longer able to join us at our club's funcons. Paul to order by Tom Salen WB&A treasurer. is always looking for arcles and pictures. If you have a OLD BUSINESS story to tell or pictures of your layout or visited an inter- Secretary’s report –Tom Salen updated the group on esng place, please do contact Paul at pul- Nada Boswell’s condion. There was a moon to accept [email protected]. the minutes made to accept the minutes as wrien, se- Thanks again for being part of WB&A and parci- conded and unanimously approved. pang in our club's acvies. Treasurer’s Report – Tom Salen Tom presented the Treasurer’s Report and reviewed recent WB&A events including the Bowie Baysox oung, Vienna Mini Meet, and Walkersville Train Ride. He report- ed on our newsleer cost and the train set drawing, Veterans’ Day Observance – John Buxton The meeng was interrupted exactly at 11:00 am to observe Veterans Day (originally known as Armisce Day) honoring military veterans who served in the United States 2 Armed Forces. It coincides with other holidays including Show included expanding N-Scale and HO-Scale presence, Armisce Day and Remembrance Day which are celebrat- creang of a digital lisng of items for sale at the show, ed in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end consideraon of short-term and/or junior memberships in of World War I. Major hoslies of World War I were for- TCA, increased collaboraon with other train clubs and mally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th clubs dedicated to the collecon of things other than month of 1918, when the Armisce with Germany went trains such as model cars. Another suggeson was to pro- into effect. Thanks to John Buxton for leading the group in vide vendors with an extra table for a mini-layout so that this observance. there would be more train acon for aendees. These Membership Report – Bill Moss mini layouts might compete for prizes with the winners Bill Moss presented the membership report. As of this selected by show aendees. Bob Gray requested that date there are 236 WB&A members. members go to the WB&A website and provide comments Eastern Report – Dave Eadie regarding content and format. Dave Eadie reported that the TCA York show is draw- A moon was made, seconded to adjourn the ing between 10,000 and 11,500 aendees but show is los- meeng, and unanimously approved, the meeng ad- ing money. A number of changes are being considered by journed at 12:30pm. the TCA Board including entry fee adjustments and show NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE RR format. A major adversing iniave is under considera- RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS on by TCA. Since 1994 the unpaid volunteers of the Naonal NEW BUSINESS Vienna Meet – Tom Salen Christmas Tree Railroad (NCTRR) construct and operate a The Vienna Meet was held on October 6 at the Vienna Large-Scale model train display around the base of the Na- Firehall. The Board is considering a new locaon since the onal Christmas Tree. The current display is comprised of Vienna locaon presents challenges with parking and gen- over a thousand feet of track and features trains, trolleys eral congeson in the area. and villages.” The Naonal Christmas Tree is located on Annapolis Meet – Skip Lee the Ellipse, just south of the White House. For 2018, the Skip Lee reported that the Naonal Capital Trackers trains ran daily during park hours following the tree model railroad organizaon will parcipate in the 2019 lighng ceremony on November 28th through New Year’s Annapolis meet to be held on February 24. He reported Day. Operaons may be suspended in the event of severe that he show is presently 44% sold without any advers- weather. ing. The Annapolis Capital newspaper will cover the event We are recruing new younger members! Working again this year.