NMRA BULLETIN DEPARTMENT & PROGRAM MANAGERS Have You Changed Your Address Or Chief Administrative Officer — Jenny Hendricks Other Membership Information? P.O
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NMRA BULLETIN DEPARTMENT & PROGRAM MANAGERS Have you changed your address or Chief Administrative Officer — Jenny Hendricks other membership information? P.O. Box 1328 Soddy Daisy, TN 37384-1328 Notify Headquarters O: 423-892-2846 Fax: 423-899-4869 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Library - 423-892-2846 or [email protected] Phone: 423-892-2846 (8am–4pm ET) Mail: P.O. Box 1328 Education Department Manager — Bruce De Young Soddy Daisy TN 37384-1328 23 Holiday Lane West Milford, NJ 07480 H: 973-697-8098 C: 201-803-9766 NMRA Communications Director VACANT Midwest Region—Paul Mangan e-mail: [email protected] 6187 Sun Valley Pkwy, Oregon, WI 53574 H: (608) 835-9577 e-mail: [email protected] Education Department Assistant Manager — Standards and Conformance Department Manager—Didrik A. Voss, MMR (HO) Nobby Clarke (HO, N) Niagara Frontier Region—Richard Hatton 34 Hopmeadow Court 15226 12th Dr SE 205 Country Lane, Stayner ON L0M 1S0 Northampton, England, NN3 8QG Mill Creek, WA 98012-3082 705-428-9997 +44-1604-415020 O: 425-337-5222 H: 425-337-7084 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Howell Day Museum Committee Chair — REGION PRESIDENTS North Central Region—Dave McMullian (HO) Allen Pollock 279 S. River Rd., Waterville, OH 43566 PO Box 243 Australasian Region—David O’Hearn H: (419) 878-4888 e-mail: [email protected] PO Box 4590, Lake Haven NSW 2263 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0243 Northeastern Region—George ‘Scooter’ Youst H: 573-619-8532 H: 61 2 4393 9564 M: 61 407 811 577 e-mail [email protected] 104 Bent Tree Lane, Baldwinsville, NY 13027 e-mail: [email protected] H: (315) 303-0100 e-mail: [email protected] British Region—Mike Arnold Information Technology Department — 3 Boxgate, Crowborough Pacific Coast Region—Pat LaTorres Ben Sevier East Sussex, UK TN6 1SF 2081 Horne St., San Leandro, CA 94578 12793 War Horse St. H: +44 1892 459967 H: (510) 317-7456 e-mail: [email protected] San Diego, CA 92129-2219 C: +44 07808 323094 (858) 538-9863 e-mail: [email protected]. Pacific Northwest Region—Mike Highsmith e-mail: [email protected] 32931 174th Place SE Auburn WA 98092 European Region—Alain KAP, MMR (HO, H: (253) 381-3636 e-mail: [email protected] Development & Fund Raising Department HOn3, On3/30) Kammerforststrasse 3a Pacific Southwest Region—Carl Heimberger Manager — Alan Anderson 1256 Old Hickory Road, Corona, CA 92882 D-54439 SAARBURG, Germany 4744 Colander Dr. H: (951) 256-1319 e-mail: [email protected] West Jordan, UT 84088 H: 801-613-0801 Phone: +49 6581-603045 e-mail: [email protected] Mobile: +352 691-325089 Rocky Mountain Region—Gary Myers e-mail: [email protected]. 3717 S. Walden St. Aurora, CO 80013-3517 Marketing Department — Director VACANT H: (720) 837-4393 e-mail: [email protected] Marketing Department — VP Lone Star Region—Steven Barkley, MMR 2060 Belvedere Drive, Beaumont, TX 77708 Page Martin Southeastern Region—Glen Hall, MMR e-mail: [email protected] 609 Phyllis Street, Pensacola, FL 32503 PO Box 14789 H: (409) 898-4403 Long Beach, CA 90853 H: 714-234-4488 H: (850) 982-2795 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Mid-Central Region—Steve Kaplan Sunshine Region—Gilbert Thomas, Jr. e-mail: [email protected] 8119 Woodvine Cir., Lakeland, FL 33810 Meetings and Trade Show Department (863) 412-3090 Manager — Bob Amsler Mid-Continent Region—Whit Johnson e-mail: [email protected] 514 Dover Place 1117 E 16th St S Newton, IA 50208-5076 Saint Louis, MO 63111-2338 H: (641) 792-0712 Thousand Lakes Region—Dennis Rietze H: 314-606-6118 e-mail: [email protected] 39 Shelagh Crescent Fax: 314-754-2688 Winnipeg MB R2G 1Z6 e-mail: [email protected] Mid-Eastern Region— P.J. Mattson, MMR (204) 663-2302 129 East Ave., Swedesboro, NJ, 08085 e-mail: [email protected] 856-467-0421. Publications Department Manager — e-mail: [email protected] Don Phillips 5381 Heather Cir. Mason, Ohio 45040-2269 2015 NMRA National Convention Dates and National Train Show Reservations: 513 226-2233 2015—Portland, Oregon • August 23–30 • www.nmra2015portland.org e-mail: [email protected] Train Show Booth Reservations—Susan Straub, Registrar - P.O. Box 1328, Soddy Daisy, TN 37384-1328 423-892-2846 • [email protected] rev 5-31-15 • 2016—Indianapolis, IN • 2017—Orlando, FL • 2018—Kansas City, MO 50 NMRA Magazine ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM NMRA AP Certificate Report March 2015 Mid-Continent Region Northeastern Region Golden Spike William Scheerer, Lee’s Summit, Missouri Robert Dennis, Staten Island, New York Northeastern Region Van Fehr, Avon, Connecticut Robert Dennis, Staten Island, New York Rocky Mountain Region David Kiley, Swansea, Massachusetts Donald Bailey, Colorado Springs, Colorado Southeastern Region Stephen Funsten, Roswell, Georgia Pacific Coast Region Model Railroad Engineer — Eric Moe, Walnut Creek, California Electrical Model Railroad Author Mid-Continent Region Pacific Southwest Region Mid-Central Region Gene Coffman, St. Louis, Missouri Dale Minard, Vista, California John Crellin, Wexford, Pennsylvania Joe Parrino, Whittier, California Midwest Region Midwest Region Minton Dings, Havema, Illinois Rocky Mountain Region Gary Baker, Pekin, Illinois John Chase, Salt Lake City, Utah Kenneth Hojnacki, Madison, Wisconsin Northeastern Region Justin Maguire, Barrington, Rhode Island Master Builder — Cars Northeastern Region Master Model Railroader Mid-Central Region Robert Dennis, Staten Island, New York Craig Symington, Thunder Bay, Ontario, John Retterer, Prospect Heights, Ohio MMR 553 Pacific Northwest Region AP QUESTIONS Mid-Continent Region Mark Dance, Vancouver, British Columbia If you have questions about the Thomas Persoon, Coralville, Iowa Achievement Program or requirements, Rocky Mountain Region start with your local or Region AP manager. Thousand Lakes Region Donald Bailey, Colorado Springs, Colorado If you still have questions, contact Frank Craig Symington, Thunder Bay, Ontario Koch at [email protected] If you prefer Chief Dispatcher to write, contact Frank at 4769 Silverwood Master Builder — Structures Mid-Continent Region Drive, Batavia, OH 45103. North Central Region William Scheerer, Lee’s Summit, Missouri William Piercy, Ft. Wayne, Indiana MMR GROUP Mid-Eastern Region All Master Model Railroaders (MMR) Northeastern Region Paul Hutchins, Waldorf, Maryland are invited to work with other MMRs by Fred Dellaiacono, Oakland, New Jersey contacting C.J. Riley, MMR, at cjriley42@ Susan Osberg, Coventry, Rhode Island Association Official yahoo.com. Midwest Region MMRs: Master Model Railroader Pacific Northwest Region David Leider, Prospect Heights, Illinois shirts and extra patches are available by Mark Dance, Vancouver, British Columbia contacting HQ in Soddy Daily, TN Association Volunteer Master Builder — Scenery Mid-Eastern Region North Central Region William Grosse, Yardville, New Jersey Bruce VanHuis, Byron Center, Michigan Pacific Northwest Region Mark Dance, Vancouver, British Columbia ANNUAL MEETINGS Rocky Mountain Region Donald Bailey, Colorado Springs, Colorado The public observation part of the Board of Directors meeting is on Saturday, August 22, starting at 9am and going all day. Master Builder — Prototype Models The BOD will also meet on Sunday if needed. Any member Thousand Lakes Region is welcome to attend and will likely be asked to sit around the Craig Symington, Thunder Bay, Ontario room, as there will be room at the table only for the BOD mem- Model Railroad Engineer — Civil bers. The Annual NMRA Business Meeting will be Thursday, Lone Star Region Gert Muller, Murphy, Texas August 27, from 8.30–9:30pm in the Weidler Room. Check the convention timetable for updates. July 2015 51 MMR EARNED nothing remains of my original Varney Aero Train, I have several of the Varney pieces that were slated for construction until the Con- Cor units came out. We know how that goes. In my later teen years, my model rail- road hobby took a second seat (or third or fourth) to other interests of the time, notably cars and girls, although not necessarily in that order! This is a natural phenomenon I learned, which plays out in the lives of many budding model railroaders. There is a genera- tion gap. You have trains as a kid, you grow up and attention is diverted. You go to col- lege or you go into the service, but eventually you get married, have children, spend those intervening years tending to them, and, at some point, they leave the “nest.” If you have done your job well as a parent, you now find yourself with disposable time and income and in search of somewhere to apply it. You remember that hobby of model railroading and remind yourself of how much fun it was when you were a kid, and there you go! As it turned out, my marriage to my wife Stella interrupted this phenomenon. I had mentioned to my father-in-law that I liked trains, and he gave me a Tyco “Chattanooga Choo-Choo” for Christmas in 1975. What started out as a joke backfired, big time. After Christmas, I started looking for a model rail- Howard Goodwin Earns MMR #556 bly required” meant. Now we know how a road club in my hometown, Fort Lauderdale, three-year-old reacts to a train set — “How Florida, and found the Lauderdale Shore y involvement with the hobby start- fast will it go?” Factor in the attention span Line Model Railroad Club. One of my Med at a very early stage in my life, of a three-year-old on Christmas morning neighbors, who was also in model trains, you might even say embryonic. My father, and you begin to get the picture. GI Joe and went with me. We both joined the club at God rest his soul, a returning Word War II Tiger Joe tanks were the big attraction, not a the same time in 1976.