April 10, 2015 Dear All: Tick Tock time is running out to sign up for a table for the Joint VTC/WB&A Train Show, I hope you will be one of the vendors participating and/or patron. There are still some tables available, but they’re going fast, so hurry up and reserve yours (form attached). If you missed it, check out Clem’s Primer updates at: http://tcaetrain.org/ 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 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 2 ticket(s). Please send your request to: 6908 Trillium Lane, Springfield, VA 22152 REMINDERS: 2015 TCA CONVENTION See http://tcaconvention.org/ 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: Interchange; Shortline; Appomattox Court House National Historical Park; The Feedwater Heater; The Green Block; The Trainmaster; In my ongoing effort to connect and to help with other train groups, etc., please see the below that Douglas Harvey sent for help on a railroad exhibit: “We are going to do a railroad exhibit in 2016. All this is in the very formative stage but we hope to get a 3 functional model railroad display, will talk to Roanoke about photos including O. Winston Link, and will see what the Transportation Museum might help with. We have some artifacts and images here and my family has railroad china from the N&W. Can you put us in touch with any model groups or people that might help out? Douglas K. Harvey Museum Director The Lynchburg Museum System Box 529 Lynchburg, VA 24505 (434) 455‐6226 Courtesy of Bill Novak’s free magazine link: Here's the March issue of Railway Age: http://issuu.com/railwayage/docs/march_2015_railw ay_age One of the more unique additions to sports facilities is the 40‐foot caboose that will be placed in right field of the Liberty Baseball stadium this year. The “Flametrain” will be painted red and have the logo placed on the side. It will also feature a patio for seating and viewing the game and will sit on train tracks. 4 https://www.liberty.edu/champion/2014/12/flames‐ set‐for‐upgrade/ If anyone knows the details about the recent movement of the N&W Caboose in Hurt, Va. to Liberty University please reply back to all. I would like to put the story about this is our BRC, NRHS newsletter that Garland Harper and I are working on this weekend. Garland's email address is [email protected] Courtesy of David Johnson: The 611 was under steam on March 31 testing. I am including links to the WDBJ‐ 9 story and to fireup611.org media release. http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/Restoration‐ fires‐up‐611‐for‐the‐first‐time‐in‐20‐years/32106710 and http://fireup611.org/2015/03/31/fire‐and‐ steam‐first‐time‐in‐20‐years/ Fire Up 611 http://fireup611.org/?utm_source=Fire+Up+611%21 +March+30%2C+2015&utm_campaign=February+201 5&utm_medium=email The Norfolk and Western Historical Society: http://www.nwhs.org/index.php 5 SVRHS member Sam Botts has uploaded hundreds of more photos to the JJ Young, Jr. flickrsite over the past few weeks. Their website at http://www.trainweb.org/SVRHS/ has a link to the page about John. Included on that page is a link to the flickrsite with the most recently added photos first and a link to the flickrsite organized by railroad. There is also a link to a 30‐minute YouTube interview with John. It seems track is hitting a high on Ebay! world's most expensive 4 pieces of lionel 027 track http://www.ebay.com/itm/LIONEL‐VERY‐SCARCE‐ B1018‐STRAIGHT‐TRACK‐ON‐BLISTER‐PACK‐NEW‐ TK‐ /311327036840?nma=true&si=lJ8YN%252Bm07My8l QrPerZwFgasfmk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trks id=p2047675.l2557 A little cross‐hobby reading attached NVRG April Valve Clatter and The Ford Scrip and Packard Club to visit the NTTM check out: News Reports And For those who like to attend a theatrical performance now and then, check out the 5th Annual Dramathon sponsored by the D.C.’s The Theatre Lab and if interested they can use help with sending a child to 6 camp: (donation link http://theatrelab.org/?q=content/dramathon‐ fundraisers)… 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] 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/ 7 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. April 10‐12, 2015: Cabin Fever Expo, York Fairgrounds, York, PA http://www.cabinfeverexpo.com/exibitor.html 9. April 11, 2015 – Railroadiana Consignment Auction at Brookline Auction Gallery in Brookline, NJ www.tagtown.net 10. April 11, 2015 – Florida Rail Fair at Volusia County Fairgrounds in DeLand, FL www.gserr.com 11. 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/ 12. April 11, 2015 – Arkansas RR Museum Railroadiana Show & Sale in Pine Bluff, AR www.arkansasrailroadmuseum.org 13. April 16‐18, 2015 – NRHS & ATRRM Joint Conferences in York, PA www.atrrm.org 8 14. April 18, 2015 – Model Railroading Clinics Day and miniconvention cochaired by: South Mountain 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/ 15. April 18, 2015 – Northern Virginia Model Railroaders Open House in Vienna, VA from 1‐5 p.m. www.nvmr.org 16. April 18‐19, 2015 – Super Train RR Show at Genesis Centre in Calgary, AB www.supertrain.ca 17. 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 18. April 23‐26, 2015 – Katy RR Historical Society Convention in Dalls/Ft.