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The Switch Tower TheVol. Switch 19 No. 4Tower October 2012 THE SEACOAST DIVISION OF THE N.M.R.A. The Switch Tower Chartered on November 17, 1968 Tracks to Lakeport 2013 NER NMRA Convention by Erich Whitney The Seacoast Division will be hosting the Northeast- out. We need help on: ern Region’s Convention at the Margate Hotel in Laconia, New Hampshire, October 17-20, 2013. Publicity—Includes writing articles and an- This is just a year away and planning has been in nouncements for advertising, helping create web process for nearly a year already. The convention content, and coordinating communications. hotel is on the shore of Paugus Bay which is the Non-Rail Activities—We need help coordinating southern tip of Lake Winnipesaukee. This section of non-rail activities such as a Winnipesaukee Lake Laconia was the location of the Lakeport station tour on the US Mail Boat Sophie. There are SO shown in our convention logo. Weirs Beach, the MS many things to do in the lakes region but a little Mount Washington, and the Win- time on the web and the nipesaukee Railroad are close to “beautiful fall getaway for you and phone and we could have a the hotel and we’ll be taking ad- really nice package to offer vantage of this proximity in our your spouse” people. convention planning. The hotel offers rooms with lake views and the con- Staffing—We will need people to help staff the vention facilities are comfortable and well-lit. various activities inside and outside the hotel. There’s an indoor pool and open lounge areas. This Breaking up the work amongst many people time of the year should be a beautiful fall getaway for leaves plenty of time for you to enjoy the conven- you and your spouse to enjoy. We are currently tion! planning to have on-site modular layouts so we can offer clinics on model railroad operations. You Raffle—Organizing a good raffle is a very impor- should start making plans to submit your models for tant part of the convention. ALL of the proceeds assessment in the contest room! of the raffle goes straight to the Seacoast Divi- Our guest speaker at the banquet will be noted au- sion bank account! This is our ONLY fundraising thor, photographer, and lifelong railroader, George source! Melvin. He and his wife Kathy own Melvin Photos. George has a personal connection with the Laconia Modular Operations Planning—Our inside ac- area and he will give a narrative slide show from his tivities includes modular operations but we need vast photo collection. George has also offered to help planning the spaces, groups, and sched- give clinics on other topics from his collection ules. throughout the convention. We are preparing train ride packages with the Win- These are just a sample of the kinds of things we nipesaukee Railroad as well as area non-rail activi- need help with. If you have participated in ties. Laconia is home to many outlet malls and NMRA conventions in the past then you know Meredith is a short trip to places like Annalee Dolls. how much fun they are to attend. You can have North Conway and Lincoln are both about an hour a direct impact on making our convention a truly away where there are plenty of attractions for rail memorable one! fans and non-rail interests alike! Please contact: one of us: Erich Whitney, Con- We are working on the convention web site. See vention Chair, (603) 537-1120, direc- many photos at http://www.seacoastnmra.org/ [email protected] Convention/Lakeport2013/Welcome.html. We will Rich Breton, Outside Activities Chair, (603) 332- provide more details as they get firmed up. We’ve 8257, [email protected] got some other exciting things in the works. But we Larry Cannon, Inside Activities Chair, (207) 786- REALLY need members to step up and start helping 3929 [email protected] The Switch Tower President’s Corner by Bruce Robinson The convention is coming! The con- Empire Junction NER convention that was held in vention is coming! Syracuse, NY. Seven Division directors and three members attended the four days of great hap- In the last issue, I wrote this paragraph in my col- penings. There were three members that I know umn: “There are some exciting happenings ap- of attending. If there were more they did not iden- pearing on the horizon that will need support. The tify themselves and I missed the opportunity to first and foremost event is the Northeastern Re- connect with them. I am sorry. Convention activi- gion convention hosted by Seacoast Division in ties began within the first three minutes of arriving Laconia, NH. A convention is a great way to see at the hotel. A few steps away from the hotel a lot of quality modeling, meet some terrific peo- check-in desk and the first of so many encoun- ple and otherwise have a great time with this ters with old friends began. It was like Old Home hobby of ours. A convention doesn’t happen on Week when fellow modelers came up to greet me its own. It takes a lot of people pulling together to with a big smile and a firm handshake. It didn’t carry this event off. It is time to look over what matter what Division you belonged to. We were you can add to the event and contact the conven- all friends sharing great experiences. It wasn’t tion chairman Erich Whitney and volunteer to long before Little Rhodie, Nutmeg, HUB and pitch in and help. The Publications Chairman po- Green Mountain Division people shared that wel- sition for the convention is in real need to be filled coming hand shake with me. The convention was so if you have a knack for advertising please con- off to a great start! I got in six clinics, an operat- tact Erich. The rewards are in knowing you made ing session (the part I enjoy the most), the bus a difference and contributed to the convention’s tour to the Finger Lakes Railroad, spent time ad- success.” miring the models in the contest room, attended the banquet and on Sunday attended the NER We need help on several fronts to make this con- Board of Directors meeting before heading out to vention a success. I will not give up asking until visit a great hobby shop and three home layouts. every position, every task, every job has been It was another great convention and a bench filled with a member that really wants this Division mark for Seacoast Division to meet in our efforts to be successful. It’s as easy as saying “I can of bringing off a convention as good. help out. What do you need?” You will not regret it and the rewards are many. Who do you ap- Derry Model Railroading Night meetings resumed proach to offer to pitch in? That is easy. Contact in September. Erich Whitney has more on this me or any Director by phone, e-mail, US mail or great program. Keep the second Friday night of just come up to one of us at the many shows we the month on your calendar and I hope to see attend with the Division display table. Come to you there. Fun Model Railroading Night in Derry, NH or the Quarterly Membership Meetings. Contact infor- I am delighted we have Bill Hodges stepping up mation is in the newsletter and on the web site as the new Editor of the Switch Tower. Please http://www.seacoastnmra.org. I will be hearing consider writing an article and submit it to Bill. from you soon, right? There is an immediate The next Division Quarterly Members’ Meeting need for a convention publicity chairman. Please th contact Erich Whitney if you can fill this critical will be October 13 in Derry, NH. I hope to catch position. you there as well. I began writing this column (yes, I am over my And, always……..Share the fun of model rail- deadline date!) the day after returning from the roading! Page 2 The Switch Tower Summer Meeting of Seacoast Division by Peter McKenney Approximately 30 Seacoast Division members and their graders, loaders, guests met at the Great Falls Model Railroad Club in etc., that would Auburn, Maine on Saturday, July 14, 2012. They were complement treated to great clinics and the hospitality of the host many HO scale club. railroad layouts. •Bob Willard and Greg Ouellette of the Maine Narrow Before he starts, Gauge Modelers Group, a 100% NMRA club, though, he does demonstrated a six-foot module with On30 track. his research so It contained wonderful New England scenery in- that he can fit his cluding realistic trees and a painted backdrop so equipment into well-coordinated that one could not discern which the era he is fo- visions were three dimensional (modeled) trees cused on. and which were painted. The module is very light, •Larry Cannon dem- taking advantage of Styrofoam and thin plywood onstrated a construction. Then they demonstrated how they “perspective” use HO scale trucks and mechanisms within their building he would be adding to a layout. Its scale is between HO and N and would be placed in a background scene, looking decep- tively farther away than it really will be. Larry used a sheet of “paper shingles” for the roof of this barn. •Peter McKenney gave a “book review” of a recently published anthology by Richard Sprague. Mr. Sprague for 39 years helped produce the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad’s Maine Line, a bi- monthly magazine distributed to railroad employ- ees and friends of the railroad (1952-1991).
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