October – December 2016 Volume 36 Issue 4 ***Highlights from the North Jersey METCA Show *** Metropolitan Division Waybill Train Collectors Association Vol. 36 Issue 4 Board of Directors 2016-2017 President~ Kevin Quinn Vice President~ Stuart Rankin Inside This Paper Issue: Secretary~ Robert Amling Photo layout of the new NJ METCA show! A tribute to Treasurer~ Jeffery Corrick Arno Baars. Larry’s Long Island sound and much more! Director~ Larry Laskowski Director~ Sam Deo Director~ Doug Schembs Inside This E-Issue: Director~ Rem Hunnewell All of the features of the paper issue plus the another edition of Lionel Oddities and the history of Ives! TCA MISSION STATEMENT To develop an appreciation of and to preserve an important segment of history~ Tinplate Toy Trains~ through research, Coming in the next Waybill: education, community outreach, fellowship, establishment of NYSME O gauge layout, Updates from the 4H kids club collecting standards, and to promote the growth and enjoyment of and much more! collecting and operating toy, model, and scale trains. CONTACT METCA Asking for your help! Website: www.METCA.org …This is your Waybill Folks! We want to hear from our Jeffery Corrick: [email protected] MIGS about what they are doing it this hobby. Send us Discussion: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/METCA/ news, a photo(s), or a story. I want to see your name in Facebook: the byline! Send your info to [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/METCA-128942873789498/ On The Cover: Correspondence, membership and mail issues: NYSW SU-100 with WS-2 at the controls by METCA Secretary 5 East Warwick Ct, Farmingdale, NJ 07727 Phone: 718-541-8619 Newfoundland Station just after sunrise by Michael Fax: 732-938-2024 William Sullivan Email: mailto:[email protected] Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sullivan1985/ Train Collectors Association Application Answer to Abandoned in METCA’s previous cover: https://traincollectors.site- The old Newfoundland Station in West Milford NJ ym.com/general/register_member_type.asp? Source: Metropolitan Division (METCA) Application http://www.rt23.com/Scenery/newfoundland_station// http://www.metca.org/documents/2017%20application 100_0966.jpg .pdf This Waybill is dedicated to the memory of George Train Collectors Association National Officers Wybenga and Arno Baars. President Charles R. Anyan, #69-2511 President-Elect Joseph Fanara, #82-17381 Has your contact information changed? Vice President Rupert C. Campbell, Jr., #94-9537 Secretary Christie M. Wilson, #91-32878 Please submit any changes, or pending changes in E- Treasurer Rick McKenny, #92-35064 Mail, Phone, or Physical Address to the METCA Past President Wayne S. Sheriff, #99-49818 Secretary at secretary.metca.org (Please include your full name when emailing) TCA National Website or http://www.traincollectors.org METCA Secretary The views expressed by the contributors to this publication are their 5 East Warwick Ct own and not necessarily those of the Waybill editor or of the Train Farmingdale NJ 07727 Collectors Association 2 November 2016 “From the Tower”……………K.J. Quinn So I left the tower…… on October 15th to start a week vacation. YORK. Yes, this was my very first time to the Eastern Division’s York train show. Renee and I started our York experience at the National Toy Train Museum & TCA HQ in Strasburg on Wednesday the 19th. The museum looked great with all updated displays and new lighting. The new Lego display was very cool. Bob Lubonski and the museum committee did nice work. The entrance hall was set up for the presentations that were scheduled for the day. Some of the presenters included Lionel, Bachmann, MTH and the Fort Pitt Division. George Starz & Chris Di Cianna gave a very informative presentation about the convention in Pittsburgh. Check out the convention website and “Get your caboose to Pittsburgh”. I highly recommend a trip to the museum. (Which gives me an idea for a possible future trip Hhhmmm.) The national office also had a tent set up with extra inventory for sale to TCA members. By 9:30AM there was a line to get at goodies. The sale went very well. Whatever was left over went to York. A great job was done by Tammy, Amy, Melody, Carol, Tim and all of the staff & volunteers to make the open house a success. METCA President Kevin Quinn with TCA Member services coordinator Amy Fry The York experience was great for us. We met many friends there and made new ones. I made one great purchase which you will read about later. As great as it was for us I must pass along some sad news. METCA member George Wybenga suffered a heart attack at the show and passed away at the hospital in York PA. Our thoughts, prayers & condolences go out to his wife Betty and his family. He will be missed by all. 3 While at the TCA’s executive board meeting on Wednesday night I made a proposal to the board regarding the endowment fund. This fund is designed to lock in the TCA’s financial future. My proposal was that each of the other 19 divisions contributes $1000 and national contributes $25,000. Once the $44,000 dollars is collected METCA will contribute $25,000 to the fund. It’s a challenge that has been done in the past for other projects. This challenge is for TCA’s financial future. On October 29th, 2016 METCA ran its first joint train show with the New York Society of Engineers with much success. A lot of logistics went into this being it was a first time for both clubs to co-host a show. There were 90+ tables filled with trains. The people who attended were buying because boxes and bags of trains were going out the door as long as you priced them right. Many thanks to Andy Brusgard & Bob Lavezzi from NYSME for their hard work in help putting this together. From the METCA side, thanks go out to Bob Amling, Rem Hunnewell, Stu Rankin, Doug & Lois Schembs, Jeff Corrick, & Sam Deo for putting in a lot of time to make this show successful. We plan on having another joint show with NYSME in 2017. We are always looking for members to get involved and have fun in the process while putting together a successful show. To our members on the NY side of the river, METCA wants to run another show on that side but needs volunteers to run it. If interested, please contact me. Now that train show season is upon us see you at the shows. It’s that time of year again. METCA Division dues are due. How do you know whether you owe dues? Look at your address label or your membership card. If it indicates paid through 2016, you owe dues. Please remit $5 per year or $25 for six years in advance in a check made payable to METCA. Mail checks to Robert Amling, METCA Secretary 5 East Warwick Ct, Farmingdale, NJ 07727 on or before 12/31/2016. Please insure that all your personal information including phone numbers and email address are correct as that will help us create the METCA roster and membership cards. Paper Waybills are a separate subscription; they cost $10 per year or $50 for six years. Emailed Waybills are free. 4 The METCA show returns to NJ! After a long hiatus, METCA in conjunction with The New York Society of Model Engineers (NYSME) had our first ever North Jersey Train show in East Rutherford NJ. The show took place on October 29 2016 and we had a great turnout. With over 90 tables sold and in excess of 150 people through the door, we had a great turnout. To top it all off, the NYSME had their layouts running so after you hit the show, you could walk down the street and see some fantastic model railroads in action! We’ll be doing an article in the next Waybill about the O gauge layout at the NYSME. Now what’s an article on a show without pictures! 5 As you can see, the isles were filled! 6 Need a light? How about a trolley? 7 Even a couple of unique Lionel pieces could be found, like this Lionel Naval Compass from WWII! Or this ultra-rare Lionel 5C test set (the e-Waybill has a nice write up on this) 8 There was a little something for everyone, ranging from HO… Vintage catalogs… 9 And plenty of parts to keep your railroad running. And this show wasn’t just a scale model meet, here are some great vintage windups! 10 And what’s a METCA show without the board. From L to R Jeffery Corrick, Rem Hunnewell, Robert Amling, Sam Deo, Doug Schembs, Kevin Quinn and Stuart Rankin A special thanks to METCA and the NYSME, great show! 11 LONG ISLAND SOUNDS Larry Laskowski Toy trains and the Christmas Season……. A celebration of happiness and joy and model railroading. Our Long Island clubs welcome you to share their layouts during this time of the year at their open houses. So come with family and visit our clubs for a fun experience. The Railroad Museum of Long Island. Has two weekend events and Santa arrives promptly at noon so don’t miss Santa. Check their website. The organization is raising funds to restore LIRR G5s 39 to operation. You can help them with a donation. Club Info at http://www.rmli.us/RMLI/Riverhead_Site.html . Open House events are as follows: Visit these clubs and tell members what a great job they are doing on their layouts. Date Club open House Address Hours Nov 19-20th Central Operating Lines Toys for Tots 50A Carlough rd Bohemia NY 11AM - 4PM Nov 26-27th Trainm3-4thasters of Babylon 120 Schmitt Blvd Farmingdale NY 12--4PM Dec 3-4th Nassau Lionel Engrs 2953 Hempstead Tpk Levittown NY 1 – 4 PM Dec 3-4th Railroad Museum LI Greenport RTE 25 at LIRR station Greenport NY 11:30AM -3PM Dec 3-4th St James Model RR RTE 25A & Mills Pond Rd St James NY 11Am - 5PM Dec 10-11th Railroad Museum LI Riverhead 416 Griffing Ave Riverhead NY 11:30AM-3PM Dec 10-11th Nassau Lionel Op.