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This Month's Activities May 2018 Bay Area Garden Railway Society This Month’s Activities BAGRS Open House tour: Diablo Valley District, May 12-13 BAGRS Open House Tour: Golden Gate District, May 26-27 Native Garden Tour, May 6 Maker Faire, May 19, 2018, https://makerfaire.com/ O & S Scale West convention, May 24-26, 2018, Santa Clara, http://www.oscalewest.com/ Please email comments and submissions on the newsletter to [email protected] May 2018 Copyright © 2018, Bay Area Garden Railway Society 1 The Prez Says . Hello BAGRS! As I work to make sure next year's annual meet Hello Members, is top notch, I am hoping to give some of you Thank you all who the opportunity to help be involved in it! came to the Spring I have some projects where I need some expert Swap Meet! I know help and volunteers to delegate some tasks to. there were some really great deals This way, you can have a hand in the planning, made! If you didn’t and you can help me make this best annual stick around, there meet yet! was a great clinic If you are interested or know anyone who might about rubber mold be interested in volunteering to Lead or work making. My father under any of the following categories please told me that this email me ASAP so I can sign you up and give clinic made him you more details! feel more comfortable about making scenery, molding rocks, tunnel portals, etc! Russ was able to -Clinics/Presenters: I need someone to help me help members determine the cost difference of find 3 excellent presenters for our clinics. materials when applying the mold making methods (Ideally this person knows a lot of people and and how it does save money! My father was blown specific expertise out there that would be of away with how easy the process is and was really interest to our club members) exited to get started making rubber molds on his -Raffle: Looking for someone who is involved own! Thank you again Russ! in the community who can secure some I am looking forward to the Diablo Valley District awesome raffle prizes for our members to win! kicking off our first weekend of open houses on (This can definitely be a team of people who May 11&12 for our 30th year! Following the Diablo Valley District, the Golden Gate District can find prizes from all different areas of will be open on Memorial Day weekend May 26 & interest) 27! For those of you in the Diablo Valley and -Security: It was a big red flag for me this past Golden Gate Districts, thank you in advance for annual meet when I noticed all sorts of outside being open. I can’t wait to see you again as well as people walking around our "private" event. I potentially see some new homes I haven’t seen yet! would need at least 3 members to volunteer to Our T-Shirt/ Polo Shirt vendor had a snag in their watch the front door, back door, and then one production of our pre-ordered shirts and we were more person to relieve the other 2 to allow unable to distribute the orders during the April swap each member an adequate amount of time to meet. I sincerely apologize for that. Russ Miller will take a break and enjoy the food, presentations, have them available (for those that pre-ordered) at swap meet and other aspects of the meet. all of our May events: Diablo Valley open houses, Maker Faire, and Golden Gate open houses. There will be more to come but these are the As always, I’m looking forward to seeing you all most important ones to get started on early! and meeting any of you whom I haven’t met! Please email me at [email protected]. Thank you! Happy railroading! -- Sarah Hammond See you on the tours! Colin Camarillo, President May 2018 Copyright © 2018, Bay Area Garden Railway Society 2 John Cushman sends this:. North Pacific Coast ≠≠≠ Engine #71 poses for the camera sporting a nice rack of elk antlers. Train photography is often an Porcupine Springs - Gateway To Western exercise in depth of field control using small Family Fun! apertures and careful focus. Some days are better A new village has sprung up in the desert just than others. outside of Porcupine Gulch. Porcupine Springs is a growing community of motels, diners and roadside attractions positioned to take advantage of the growing number of visitors entering the popular western theme park. Porcupine Springs is also where you catch the Porcupine Gulch Railbus to take you into the park and to the many family attractions and rides including the Porcupine Gulch Railroad Circle Tour, Claim Jumper Expedition, Old Smoky Caverns and the thrilling Ore Buckets. 28 square feet of new desert “real estate” has been annexed to Bill and Jim Ralph’s Porcupine Gulch Railroad to accommodate the growing gateway community. Jim has built more than a dozen new unique classic 1950’s roadside attraction structures and scenes. Be sure to visit Dinoland and play a I’ve reinstalled lots of track this spring, and built a round of Pee Wee Golf, grab a bite at Dew Drop In trestle connecting the deck to the fence line loop. or Sombrero Tacos, explore Reptile Gardens or the But the intermittent rains have kept the buildings Big Foot Museum. You can spend the night at the and structures inside the barn. So I hope the Wigwam Motel or Motor Court Cabins, ride a burro rainbow signals some good train operating weather or purchase authentic Indian crafts. There’s plenty ahead. The Santa Rosa & Pacific will be operating of fun awaiting you at Porcupine Springs and there both Saturday and Sunday, May 26 and 27 as part is always acres of free parking! of the North Bay tours. If you can make it up to Don’t miss Porcupine Springs Gold Rush Days on Santa Rosa, please bring a favorite short to medium June 23 and 24 as part of BAGRS East Bay Region sized train for a “Cavalcade of Trains” video for annual open house weekend.Height Restriction. Garden Railways Magazine. You must be no taller than 3 inches. Porcupine Gulch Railroad was selected 2016 Best Small Railroad by Garden Railways Magazine. May 2018 Copyright © 2018, Bay Area Garden Railway Society 3 Sounding Off ≠≠≠ On Christmas Day, my son (Michael) gave me a remote controller and invited me to discover what it These from Mick Spilsbury: Railroad Sunscreen controlled. A few minutes later, the ‘Last Resort Hotel’ was alive with the sounds of a raucous bar - By the end of April, twenty refurbished passenger music, men and women conversing loudly, glasses and freight cars will appear on my railroad. All are clinking, a brief fist fight, even a drunk patron 25 years old and all have been customized with new stepping outside to discharge some of his excessive livery and signage to reflect Baron Spilsbury’s consumption. It was a GREAT gift, which Michael expanding business empire, also new lighting. had managed to install with help from Steve Smith They need to last another 25 years, so they need be without me having an inkling that my hotel was protected from the ravages of the summer sun on being enhanced. my southern exposure line. The magical gift got me thinking how neat it would I will NOT store them inside because moving them be to add more sounds to my railroad, but how? on/off the tracks before/after each operating session After all, I do not possess the sound mixing/editing would compromise the ‘instant garden railroading’ skills of my tech-savvy, 30 year-old-son. When I in which I have invested much time and expense. I mentioned this dilemma to Steve Smith, he don’t have the space to build a track-linked shed introduced me to ambient-mixer.com and to the and locomotives already occupy the tunnels and types of components I would need. engine house on my layout. So, another solution Fast forward to today and 8 more sounds are being was required. installed up and down my line. Four livestock cars New shade ‘tunnels’ like the one pictured below fit will come alive with the moos, grunts, whinnies & over two tracks and shade the refurbished cars. The bleats of cows, pigs, horses & sheep. The Black shade ‘tunnels’ are easily moved on and off the Canyon mine will echo with the sounds of drilling, tracks because they are light. If the single layer of rock striking, a steam pump and occasional shade fabric does not provide enough protection, it explosions. My engine shed will come alive with will be easy to add a second level, and I will still be machine shop sounds. A railroad workers’ able to run my railroad on request or a whim! recreation car will feature bar sounds including a piano and the clicking of balls on a pool table. Last but not least, Baron Spilsbury’s nefarious ‘Baronial Club’ car will emit sounds that will solidify its status as a car that is only operated when broad- minded adults are around! Over the past 2 months, I have learned how to produce 30-minute custom sounds on Ambient- Mixer, which I download to to my PC and then to micro SD cards, which go in soundboards after they have been extended to 2 hours (car sounds) or 4 hours (building sounds) by Michael. I have sourced May 2018 Copyright © 2018, Bay Area Garden Railway Society 4 amplified sound boards that pair with small 20 W speakers (a combination that produces more than enough volume) and I venture to say that the resulting sounds are a step above the limited number of commercially available sound board/speaker packages, at least the ones that I have tried.
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