March 20, 2015 Dear
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March 20, 2015 Dear All: Mother Nature has a grip on us and just won’t let us welcome in the first day of Spring without playing a little havoc with the weather! While we didn’t have snow last Saturday for the Annapolis Train Show we did have a day of rain, however, it didn’t stop folks from coming out and having a funfill day with us. For those that were able to join us, I thank you for coming out, for those that couldn’t I hope you can make the next event. Our first ever Elephant Table manned by Nada had a flow of folks stopping to take a look and a few folks walked away with an item or two. Nada will again set up the table at the May 9 VTC/WB&A Train Show in Fredericksburg. Talking about the Show, I hope you’re planning on supporting this event by getting a table and/or by coming out and supporting the table holders. This event is that of two Clubs and we hope to see you all there. As we are all getting ready for April York, take some time to read Clem Clement’s Primer, thank you Clem for all your hard work on this. On a more serious note, please watch this video which discusses a recent theft at English Model Railroad Supply in Montoursville, hopefully those involved will be caught so be on the lookout and report anything you are suspicious of: http://wnep.com/2015/03/17/hundreds‐of‐model‐ trains‐worth‐thousands‐stolen/ As a reminder, the eblasts and attachments will be placed on the WB&A website under the “About” tab for your viewing/sharing pleasure http://www.wbachapter.org/2015%20eblasts.htm along with the WB&A Facebook page. The attachments are contained in the one PDF attached to this email in an effort to streamline the sending of this email and to ensure the attachments are able to be received. Click on the Ribbon on the Left and you will see an “index” of the documents and you can click on them to go to them. If you need a PDF viewer to read the document which can be downloaded free at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrviewer/acrvdnld.html. To retain a copy you may want to save the file to a folder different from your temporary files (downloading and use is in your discretion). UPCOMING WB&A EVENTS May 9, 2015 – Joint VTC & WB&A (aka NORTH MEETS SOUTH) Great Train Show and Sale at the Eagles Lodge at 21 Cool Spring Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22405 contact Colleen Hall [email protected] for more information, it’s never too early to start planning. We are pleased to announce that Allen Crotts will be the Train Doctor at the show. May 16, 2015 ‐ Baltimore Streetcar Museum – FREE to WB&A members and family/significant other, contact John Buxton. As your BoD did last year and due to the 2 great time we had along with the welcoming we had, we are again this year gathering to ride Trolleys and visiting their Museum. For those that bring items to put out for sale or show & tell there are a few tables available to do so. This is a “give back/thank you” to the WB&A membership. Hope you can join us. For more information contact John Buxton: [email protected]. October 31, 2015 – WB&A Vienna VFD Train Show, contact Dan Danielson [email protected] or David Eadie [email protected] 2015 WB&A Drawing Item Premier Set 20‐3574‐11 4‐6‐8 J Class Norfolk & Western Passenger Set: MSRP $1,349.95. Drawing to be held January 2016 (1 Ticket for $5 or 6 for $25) if interested the tickets will be at Annapolis Train Show, the York WB&A Table, VTC/WB&A Train Show, the June and November General Membership Meeting, and the Vienna Train Show. You can also send your check to Glenn MacKinnon and he will send you back your ticket(s). Please send your request to: 6908 Trillium Lane, Springfield, VA 22152 REMINDERS: 2015 TCA CONVENTION See http://tcaconvention.org/ 3 WB&A MEMBERSHIP Please click on the link and forward your dues to Dave Eadie. It’s never too early to pay and if you pay your 2016 dues (yup 2016), you’ll be eligible for the end of the year gift certificate for $100! (http://www.wbachapter.org/wbna%20stuff/wba_ap plication_2014.pdf) WEBSITES/LINKS OF INTEREST/THINGS TO DO/BOOKS Newsletters courtesy of the VTC and Norris Deyerle: The Gateway Railletter; Potomac Rail News; The Highball; Coal Bucket; The Green Block; and Gulf Coast Railroading; Article and pictures courtesy of Jim Rowland attached. Courtesy of: Aubrey Wiley: I am pleased to announce an addition to the Virginian Railway Heritage Trail, the Deepwater Building in downtown Beckley. This beautiful, four story, stone building was built by the Deepwater Railroad to house the sales offices for subsidiary, Loup Creek Coal Company. A press conference and brief ceremony for the unveiling of the building's VHT historical marker sign will be Friday, March 27th at 11:00 am. 4 On Saturday, March 28th at 2:30 pm, there will be a program and Power Point show on the Virginian Railway Heritage Trail in the Coal Camp Church at Beckley's Exhibition Mine. Both events are free and open to the public. For more information on the building and the program, use the links below. VIRGINIAN RAILWAY HERITAGE TRAIL : http://virginianrailwayheritagetrail.blogspot.com / VHT NEWS : http://vhtprogram.blogspot.com/ WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEO This is the actual video of a Camry being totaled during a CSX grade crossing accident. Two people were killed instantly! Please keep the families of the folks in the Camry and the CSX crew in your thoughts and prayers. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=616_1426435652 Check out Historic Locomotive No. 765: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2mU6jVcv4w Civilization in Winchester: http://wmrrc.org/ For the Civil War buff: Greg Eanes has released a revised edition of his book on the battles at Sailor’s Creek, see: http://www.amazon.com/Sailors‐Creek‐ Black‐Day‐ 5 Army/dp/1508707065/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=142 6457713&sr=8‐6&keywords=Greg+Eanes The 2015 Lincoln Funeral Re‐enactment: http://lincolnfuneraltrain.org/2015_event.php ChessieShop.com needs your orders for the Chesapeake & Ohio Allegheny 2‐6‐6‐6‐: A Retrospective, check it out at: http://www.chessieshop.com/index.php?main_page= product_info&cPath=51&products_id=3175 https://www.facebook.com/wba.chaptertca?f ref=ts&ref=br_tf UPCOMING CALENDAR EVENTS (please send me items to include on the calendar) – if you like to see some other dates from around the country, check out: 1. Check out: http://modelshopsusa.com/ (one of the places we’re promoting the Annapolis and VTC/WB&A Train shows). Contact Adrian Hall with any questions that you may have at: [email protected] 6 2. Check out trains.com calendar of events at: http://trc.trains.com/events.aspx?page=list&type =1&cat= 3. 2015 Schedule for Trackers can be found at: www.nattrackers.org 4. Atlantic Coast "S" Gaugers ‐ keep up with what is happening with all of the clubs at http://www.trainweb.org/acsg/ 5. 2015 Schedule for World’s Greatest Hobby can be found at: http://www.wghshow.com/index.html 6. 2015 Schedule for Greenberg’s Train & Toy Show can be found at: http://www.greenbergshows.com/schedule.html 7. Link for various train shows can be found at: http://www.greattrainexpo.com/ and http://trainshowinc.com and also http://www.modeltrainshows.com/ 8. March 20‐22, 2015 ‐ 3rd Annual M.A.G.M.A. Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show at Camp Stephens, Asheville, NC www.wncrocks.com/magma/fieldtrips3.htm 9. March 22, 2015 – Arbutus Shows from 9‐1 10. March 27/28, 2015 AACA Sugarloaf Car parts show, Westminster Fairgrounds, MD http://chesapeakeaaca.org/pages/activities/flyer s/2015smrfleamarket.pdf 7 11. March 29, 2015: AACA south jersey Car Parts meet (COWTOWN) 12. March 29, 2015 – 9:30‐3:30 p.m. Great Batavia/Clarion Hotel Train Show in Batavia, New York www.gsme.org 13. March 28‐29, 2015 ‐ WGH in Edison, NJ visit www.wghshow.com 14. April 10‐12, 2015: Cabin Fever Expo, York Fairgrounds, York, PA http://www.cabinfeverexpo.com/exibitor.html 15. April 11, 2015 – Railroadiana Consignment Auction at Brookline Auction Gallery in Brookline, NJ www.tagtown.net 16. April 11, 2015 – Florida Rail Fair at Volusia County Fairgrounds in DeLand, FL www.gserr.com 17. April 11‐12, 2015 – The Great Scale Model Train Show Makin’ Tracks! Cow Palace – Times Sat. 9‐ 5/Sun. 10‐4 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Road, Timonium, MD 21093 http://gsmts.com/ 18. April 11, 2015 – Arkansas RR Museum Railroadiana Show & Sale in Pine Bluff, AR www.arkansasrailroadmuseum.org 19. April 16‐18, 2015 – NRHS & ATRRM Joint Conferences in York, PA www.atrrm.org 20. April 18, 2015 – Model Railroading Clinics Day and miniconvention cochaired by: South Mountain 8 Division of the National Model RR Association and Mainline Hobby Supply from 9‐3 see: http://www.smdnmra.org/miniconvention.html or http://www.mainlinehobby.net/ 21. April 18‐19, 2015 – Super Train RR Show at Genesis Centre in Calgary, AB www.supertrain.ca 22. April 22‐2015 – TTP&M Group from 6‐8 p.m. at The Liberty Fire Company (aka North York Fire Department) Call Todd at 248‐214‐8186 or www.ttpandm.com 23.