May 19, 2015 Dear All: The next few weeks will be busy ones for me due to work obligations so the e‐blast may not be so regular, but I’ll do my best. I trust you were able to make it out to the Baltimore Streetcar Museum and take part in a day of fun, comrade, and riding the Trolleys and bringing back days of yesteryears. We wish to thank the Baltimore Streetcar Museum for again welcoming the WB&A to their wonderful museum. I hope you will visit often and tell others. Our next get together is Sunday, June 7 from 9‐12 at our semi‐annual Membership and swap meet at the Macon Lodge. I hope you will be able to attend and hear what the Board has been doing over the last six months and where we are going in the next six months. Due to a variety of activities taking place the weekend of our meeting, we are moving our next “How To” Session which will be on scenery! We will be providing more details soon, so watch for the information or reach out to Nada [email protected] if you’d like more information or would like to present on this subject. Paul Pullen, Editor of the Trolley is calling for your stories and hopes you’ll write something to share with the membership for the next Trolley. Paul would love to hear from you, please contact him at [email protected] The WB&A and its members are lucky in that we have many friends and Tiny Tim’s Toys & Trains is offering a Limited Edition Williams 40399 Norfolk and Western 4‐8‐4 Steam Engine & Tender #611 “j” Spirit of Roanoke with Customer Color and Letter to the WB&A – check out the flyer. 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). 2 UPCOMING WB&A EVENTS June 7, 2015 ‐ WB&A mini‐meet from 9‐12 p.m. Kemper – Macon Lodge, 4110 Little Falls, Falls Church, VA contact Dan Danielson [email protected] for more information October 31, 2015 – WB&A Vienna VFD Train Show, contact Dan Danielson [email protected] or David Eadie [email protected] TWO yes TWO 2015 WB&A Drawing Items Drawings to be held January 2016 If interested in either or both, the tickets will be at the May 9th VTC/WB&A Train Show, the June 7 and November 7 General Membership Meeting, and the October 31 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 1. Premier Set 20‐3574‐1 4‐8‐4 J Class Norfolk & Western Passenger Set: MSRP $1,349.95. (1 Ticket for $5 or 6 for $25). 2. Standard Gauge Set ‐ NO BOXES #38 Locomotive, #112 Gondola, #113 Cattle Car; #116 Ballast Car and #117 Caboose; All Lionel with TCA Stickers for the Restoration Work; APPROX. VALUE $300. (1 Ticket for $5 or 6 for $20). 3 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 Norris Deyerle: Leaky Valley; The Green Block; The Automatic Block; Blue Ridge Dispatcher; The Highball; and The Timetable Courtesy of A. Thomas Riddle, Jr. Although not "S" gauge here is a video that made our local news last night, very nice http://www.13newsnow.com/story/money/workplac e/joes‐job/2015/05/06/joes‐job‐model‐train‐ operator/70904312/ 4 Thanks to Dan Kois for sharing a time in history that was again the location of a terrible accident: http://nrhs1.org/images/Dispatcher_Sep_09.pdf Enjoy the wonderful picture shared by Ken of the 2156. EXTRA EXTRA READ ABOUT IT AND LET US KNOW Dave Eadie would like to know, would you be interested in a Club trip on the famous N&W #611? If so, Dave would like to hear from you, so please email him at [email protected]. If you haven’t read about it, check out: http://www.nctrans.org/Home.aspx and also see: http://trn.trains.com/news/news‐ wire/2015/04/norfolk‐‐western‐no‐611‐inaugural‐ excursion‐set‐for‐may‐30 Every now and then I wonder have we really reached an age in society where we have moved beyond humanity? Is the age of technology come to a point that we no longer know how to communicate face‐to‐ face? Will the future fool us to think we are in charge while we sit back and look at a computer screen and care nothing for what we write for what we say to the person on the other end. Will we forget how to look into the eyes of those most important in our lives, will we forget what tears are and how words are powerful, 5 will we hide behind a monitor and not see what we’ve done to each other? Will we long for the days when seeing an old friend brought a smile to our face and warmth to our heart, will we forget that mankind needs to learn to look at others to see truly what lies behind the words being spoken? I hope you will reach out and touch someone and take them on a journey, sharing of your memories and your love of this hobby, share it, what has been shared with me over the years has touched me in many ways and I thank you for looking me in my eyes and leaving a part of you with me. The next time you are sitting and need a little paper, this should make you think: https://www.youtube.com/embed/V_gOZDWQj3Q?rel =0 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Track‐NW‐ 2156/927422067280073?fref=ts 6 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/ 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/ 7 8. May 23‐24, 2015 – Northern Virginia Model Railroaders Open House in Vienna, VA from 1‐5 p.m. www.nvmr.org 9. May 30, 2015 – Virginia Museum of Transportation Announces Triumphant Return of Norfolk & Western Class J 611 Steam Passenger Locomotive http://fireup611.org/ 10. May 30 – 31, 2015 ‐ TCA Southeastern Division Train Show at the NC State Fairgrounds Kerr Scott Building, 1025 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh, NC 27607, http://www.se‐tca.org/ 11. June 4‐7, 2015 – Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, 2015 R&LHS Convention in Altoona, PA 12. June 5‐7, 2015 ‐ Key, Lock & Lantern 2015 Annual Convention. Railroad History Expo & special train excursions. Utica, NY. Visit www.klnl.org for details. 13. June 6, 2015 – 10‐3 p.m. Historic Downtown Manassas, Manassas Rail Festival, Manassas, VA http://visitmanassas.org/event/20th‐annual‐ manassas‐heritage‐railway‐festival/?instance_id= 14. June 6, 2015 – Alleghany Highlands Heritage Dat and C&O Railway Heritage Festival & Train Show http://www.virginia.org/Listings/EventsAndExhi bits/AlleghanyHighlandsHeritageDayCOHeritageF estivalTrainFestival/ 8 15. June 6, 2015 – 2015 C&O Heritage Festival & Train Show from 10‐5 at The Mill at the Clifton Forge School of the Arts at 518 Church Street, Clifton Forge, VA 24422 16. June 7, 2015 ‐ WB&A mini‐meet from 9‐12 p.m. Kemper – Macon Lodge, 4110 Little Falls, Falls Church, VA contact Dan Danielson [email protected] for more information 17. June 7, 2015 – 9‐1 p.m. Spring Hamburg Dutch Train Meet at the Hamburg Fire Co, File House – Pine Street, Hamburg, PA June 20‐28, 2015 TCA 2015 National Convention http://www.metca.org/2015convention.html 18.