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FREE - April 2009 - Walthers Model Railroad Flyer

Walthers offers a FREE update to its comprehensive catalog for April 2009. The flyer offers Engines, freight cars, accessories, scenery items, books and videos for the model railroad enthusiast. The April 2009 April Catalog flyer has more than 60 colorful pages of updated equipment and supplies in HO scale, N scale, O scale and more.

Walthers is also a wholesale supplier to many model railroad and hobby shops. If you find something that you want in their catalog or catalog update flyers nake sure to ask you local retailer if they can get it for you. That way you support your local retail store and find the products you want from Walthers. Saving a few pennies is not worth losing the resource that a local shop represents. Make sure to support local retailers every time you can. The future of model railroading is often fostered by a visit to the local hobby shop. If the hobby shop has gone out of business due to price wars, there will be no model railroad industry or next generation of modelers.

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Trainguy

FREE - Model Railroad Magazine

Model Railroad Hobbyist has released its second issue. Download the FREE online model railroad magazine here. This high quality, tech-heavy magazine format downloadable hobby magazine is well worth the wait. It is produced by a firm that specializes in video productions and writers that are in love with model railroading. It is rich in features and experience. Articles and photos are the equal of any glossy national hobby magazine.

The presentation relies on all the power that your computer and various support software can deliver. In some cases it may overwhelm an older computer. In the event that the magazine takes too long to download, the publishers make the magazine available in a somewhat smaller file size. The smaller file trims some of the more tech-heavy and file intensive features. My patient and computer power was able to handle both file sizes. The larger file is made of compressed information too.

The menu system is built into the publication. It did throw me off briefly because it does NOT use the conventional Windows-type controls. Once I found it and figured it out, it was very simply and made sense for a page by page magazine.

Usually we try to avoid the advertisements. With this publication I did the opposite for every product I had the mildest interest in. Make sure to run all the ads and hover over various feature points. You will be rewarded with closeup photos, moving videos, and additional details. This is the web proving its worth. You may have to download and install some free third-party software to see all the features. After the first run, you will be all set for future editions. The publishers go far beyond brochure-ware or recreating a print magazine on your computer or laptop.

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Trainguy

2009 National Model Railroad Association Convention

The 2009 National Model Railroad Association National Convention is coming and there’s plenty of plans shaping up. This is the world’s fair for model railroaders.

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Hartford National Convention 2009

National Model Railroad Association

 

Click here to download the the FULL  Registration Packet HN2009Registration4-10-09a.pdf

RAIL CLINICS  Seven (7) clinic rooms with diverse, experienced, presenters who are authors, craftsman modelers, master model railroaders, railroad employees and rail historians.

PROTOTYPE TOURS  Tours include Riding the Naugatuck Railroad, the Central New England on the Griffin Line, the Acela from Boston, MA to Providence, RI, the Danbury Railway Museum, The Valley Railroad and the Providence & Worcester from Worcester,MA to Gardner, MA and back.

MODEL TOURS  Over two dozen layouts featured in the hobby press, plus many, many more of equal quality.

NON-RAIL ACTIVITIES  A short rail or auto trip to two of the worlds’ great cultural centers : NEW YORK and BOSTON. General interest clinics will be presented.

NEW ENGLANDVisit one of the country’s great recreational destinations, complete with the ocean, mountains, antiques and a cultural heritage tracing back to the Mayflower.

FAN TRIPS Ride the many tourist and common carrier lines in the region. Including steam, diesel and electric powered trains.

CONTESTS  A full slate of NMRA sanctioned contests. Also popular vote and youth contests.

SIG ACTIVITIES The OPSIG, LDSIG, JMRI user group, the Steel SIG and the Rail Marine group have firm plans to deliver clinics and forums, they will be listed within the clinic program. If your group hasn’t already jumped in then contact us.

NATIONAL TRAIN SHOW  Over 140,000 square feet of exhibition space, featuring high quality operating layouts, national and regional manufacturers and vendors. Private openings for the HN2009 attendees and their families.

WHEN:July 5 - 11, 2009

WHERE:
Hartford, CT

CONVENTION FACILITIES:

The Connecticut Convention Center

HOTELS:

Marriott-Hartford Downtown

Sheraton Hartford

Crowne Plaza Hartford

Click here for a short pre-view video tour of the HN2009 Convention

Please check the Updates page for any changes in tour and clinic info!

Last Updated

April 10, 2009 4:03 PM

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Trainguy

NEWS - 2009 East Coast O Scale Convention

East Coast O Scalers will be meeting at their annual convention. Convention Details:

The Convention dates are June 18th through June 20th, 2009. Convention organizers have talked to many of the vendors and attendees at various O scale shows across the country and have constructed this convention based on the input they received.

The convention will be held at Towson University, 8000 York Road, Baltimore, Maryland, 21204. The O scale Convention will have exclusive use of the Student Union Building providing a spacious venue for vendor tables, displays, clinics, dining, and informal chats.

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Trainguy

2009 National Train Day

31 days to National Train Day. It will be celebrated on May 9, 2009.  This can be a fun event that gets people interested and excited about riding full-sized trains. Last year I participated in the National Train Day celebration in New York  City. It included a running scale model train display, celebrity autographs, Harlem Globe Trotters, free gifts including T-shirts, goodie bags, and lots of information booths and displays for the whole family.

The organizers of 2009 National Train Day includes Amtrak which has issued a general press release:

Amtrak will celebrate America’s love for rail travel with events across the country at its second annual National Train Day, May 9, 2009. Marking 140 years of connecting travelers from coast to coast, National Train Day commemorates the day the first transcontinental railroad was created and looks toward the future of rail travel with large scale events in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles, and many more locally organized events in communities nationwide.
“Train travel is deeply rooted in American culture and it shows great promise to become a growing part of our country’s transportation future,” said Emmett Fremaux, vice president marketing and product management, Amtrak. “National Train Day gives the public a glimpse into how the train shaped the country and how it will continue to do so through exhibits showcasing how train travel provides greener travel options with clean technology and greater efficiency through high-speed rail travel.”
On May 9, Amtrak will host complimentary events in four of its gateway stations across the U.S., Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles from 10am to 3pm. An experience for the whole family, National Train Day allows Americans to Discover the Rail Way while enjoying live musical entertainment, interactive green exhibits, VIP appearances, a Kids Corner, and train exhibits from the past, present and future. In addition to the four major market events, communities across the country are encouraged to develop and host their own National Train Day events, which nearly 100 local sponsors participated in hosting for the first National Train Day in 2008.
In honor of National Train Day, Amtrak is offering members of its loyalty program, Amtrak Guest Rewards, the ability to earn double points for any trip taken between March 16 and May 8, triple points after their fifth trip taken during this timeframe, and quadruple points for
any trip taken on National Train Day, May 9. Amtrak Guest Rewards enables frequent train travelers to earn points redeemable for free Amtrak travel year round in addition to a variety of other rewards.
For more information about National Train Day events, promotions and information about the opportunity to host a National Train Day event in your city, visit www.nationaltrainday.com.
About Amtrak
Amtrak has posted six consecutive years of growth in ridership and revenue, carrying more than 28.7 million passengers in the last fiscal year. Amtrak provides intercity passenger rail service to more than 500 destinations in 46 states on a 21,000-mile route system. For schedules, fares and information, passengers may call 800-USA-RAIL or visit Amtrak.com.

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Trainguy

FREE - March 2009 Product News from Kadee

Kadee is known worldwide for their high quality replacement couplers. They also manufacture ready to run (RTR) and kit freight cars and accessories in several scales including HO scale and N scale. Kadee’s latest offerings are announced in the FREE March 2009 flyer here.

Kadee continues their popular Sam the Answer Man column. 2009 March flyer has installment #29:

“New Products & Accucraft AMS Conversion”
This series is to help answer the many questions about Kadee® products and to provide “Helpful Hints” to modelers using our products. This month we are announcing the first official release of our kit cars, yes I said “KIT”. These are our 40 and 50 foot PS-1 box cars in an unpainted undecorated kit form. Painting and decaling (decals not included) are left up to the modeler. The kits are #4100 a 40 foot box car, #4105 a 50 foot with 9 foot door, #4110 a 50 foot with double door, and #4115 a 50 foot with the H-40 cushion underframe. They assemble “without” glue or adhesives of any kind. Every part is either friction or press fit, hooks, or snaps in place just like our RTR cars. See our web site at www.kadee.com for more information. Also, we are releasing our Whisker® #146 long centerset standard shank coupler in the continuing #148 series of couplers. Last month we released the medium underset #147 Whisker® coupler.
I recently finish a coupler conversion on an Accucraft AMS (American Model Supply) On30 box car from their 3000 series. Generally speaking, this is a very nice
model with very nice detail work on the body. However, I thought the trucks could have be done better. There are two issues concerning the couplers. First their
knuckle coupler is the absolutely worst I have ever seen. It’s a sort of an imitation of our #803 On3 coupler. It’s interesting that they’d even thought that any modeler
could ever use such a bad coupler. The centering and knuckle springs are so stiff that you have to use a hammer and a pry bar to get them to couple up. The trip pin
is at the HO coupler length for an On3 coupler and isn’t even ferrous metal to be magnetically uncoupled, although the spring stiffness prevents this anyway.
The best point of this is their coupler mounting platform. They were actually thinking ahead on this feature. They have provided two coupler mounting heights,
one for the common HO coupler height and one for the On3 coupler height. There is a spacer block for our standard HO #5 coupler and by removing the spacer the
platform is now near the correct On3 coupler mounting height for our #803. Since Bachmann made their popular On30 models with HO scale couplers and other
factory and scratch built On30 models use the On3 size of couplers, AMS has accommodated both those who wish to or have to use HO scale couplers and those
that wish to use the On3 couplers. So we recommend using our #5 coupler at the HO coupler height or our #803 black and #807 brown at the On3 coupler height.
Fortunately, our #5 and #803/807 (and S scale #802) draft gear boxes use the same screw hole pattern so there is no needed alterations or drilling and tapping
new holes. Also if the coupler heights are a bit off it’s rather easy to add shim washers (#208 and #209) between the truck and body to raise the coupler height or
a thin shim under the draft gear box to lower the coupler. Use our #205 or #206 HO coupler height gauge or our #815 On30 coupler height gauge with a #803 On3
coupler.
Sam the Answer Man will only be available after 1:00 p.m. PST Mon-Thu to answer your Kadee® related questions.

This column is typical of Kadee’s much cherished attention to customers and details. Their product line continues to meet customer demand and services like Sam the Answer Man help the modeler through the sometimes tricky coupler conversion process.

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Trainguy

News - Atlas Model Railroad Co Announces Products

March, 2009 Atlas Model Railroad Company has announced new N scale products:

March 2009

Atlas Model Railroad Company Has announced HO products:

• N GP-30/35 Locomotives
• N 1932 40′ ARA Box Car
• N 20,700 Gallon Tank Car
• N Trainman® 90 Ton Hoppers

Just added - March 19, 2009!

• N SD-35 Locomotives
• Atlas describes the SD-35 as “Between 1964 and 1966, EMD built a total of 360 six-axle 2,500hp SD35 locomotives. An additional 35 steam generator-equipped SDP35 locomotives were also built during this period. These were all part of EMD’s “35-Series” which also featured the four-axle, 2,250hp GP35 locomotive. All locomotives included the standard EMD 567-series prime mover. A stock model weighed 360,000 pounds, but many roads chose to add weight to increase the locomotive’s tractive effort. From the mid-1960s through the 1980s, the SD-35 could be found in road service on both large and mid-sized roads across the US. Today the number of active units has dwindled to a select few, including those operated by regional railroad Montana Rail Link.”
• N 5701 Hoppers
• N Kaolin Tank Cars
• N Trainman® 40′ Plug Door Box Cars
• N Trainman® 4750 Thrall Hopper 3-Packs

March 2009

• HO 1932 40′ ARA Box Car
• HO 48′ AP Well Car
• HO Trinity 25,500 Gallon Tank Car
• HO Trainman® 50′ 6″ Box Car

Just added - March 19, 2009!

• HO C420 Locomotive
• Atlas reports: “This release of the C420 is a low-nose “phase 2” model. All Phase 2 versions will feature the low/vertical mounted engine air intake located ahead of the radiator area on the long hood. Early phase 2 locomotives feature phase 1-style walkways/sills with stanchions mounted into the top walkway deck (referred to as “Phase 2a” models). Later phase 2 locomotives feature a revised configuration where the stanchions are mounted to the sides of the sill (referred to as “Phase 2b” models). Phase 2a production ran from December 1964 through September 1965. Phase 2b units were produced from December 1965 through the end of C420 locomotive production in August 1968.”The Atlas Master™ Series Gold versions of these locomotives are able to use all of the QSI® Quantum System™ sound features on DC layouts with use of the Atlas Quantum Engineer™. For more information on this product, click here or visit our online store for ordering info.
• HO RS-3 & RSD-4/5 Locomotives
• HO 5701 Plastics Hoppers
• HO Trainman® 70 Ton Hoppers

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Trainguy

April 2009 Calendar of Model Railroad Events, Shows, Displays, Meets

The number  and variety of model railroad events usually starts to drop in early Spring. There are still plenty of events, shows, displays, and meets to satisfy the interest of the model railroader. Make sure to talk with club members and fellow modelers. They may know of some of the hidden gems in your local area. These events have many purposes and are significant to the modeler whether they are new and shopping for ideas and tips, or a veteran looking for models and equipment to build out their railroad empire. Everyone can use accessories and supplies from vendors and inspiration or guidance from other modelers. Here’s a sampling of events around the country for the second and third weekend of April, 2009:

California, San Diego — The San Diego Model Railroad Museum will be having its Wild West Family Day on April 19th. Everyone will be able to revisit some of the worst train wrecks and disasters of all time. Participate in making a sheriffs badge, learn how to square dance, and pan for real gold. Sarsaparilla floats will be available at the saloon. Enjoy the old Wild West scenery, and a performance by the San Diego Square Dance Association. All activities are included in admission price. Museum hours are: Tuesday - Friday, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission: $6.00, adults; discounts are available for seniors, active military personnel, and students; children under 15 admitted free. For more information, contact the San Diego Model Railroad Museum, 1649 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101; (619) 696-0199; fax: (619) 696-0239; e-mail: Aparra@sdmrm.org; or visit www.sdmrm.org

Illinois, Mount Zion — The Decatur Mt. Zion & Southern Railroad Club will be co-sponsoring the Decatur Train Fair 2009 with the Decatur Civic Center on April 18-19th, at the Decatur Civic Center, located at the corner of Eldorado and Franklin Streets. Hours will be from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, and from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. Attractions to include: a swap meet, vendors, clinics, layouts, and door prizes. Admission: $4.00, adults; children 12 and under admitted free with an adult. For more information, contact: Steven Bricker, 4926 Kruse Rd., Mt. Zion, IL 62549; (217) 864-4397 home; (217) 454-2528 cell; e-mail: sabricker@comcast.net

Iowa, Spencer — The Prairie Lakes Division Spring Meet will be held on April 18th, at the Clay County Fairgrounds Depot Building. Hours will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with business meeting at 2:30 p.m. Attractions will include contests for diesel engines, steam engines, rolling stock revenue and non-revenue; and photo-contests for models and prototypes, with a new open class category- anything railroad. Entries need to be registered by 10:30 a.m. For more information, contact: Ron Peterson, 604 W. Willow, Cherokee, IA 51012; (712) 225-4780; e-mail: pete31545@yahoo.com

Nebraska, North Platte — The Nebraska West-Central Division of the NMRA’s 15th Annual Train Show will be held on April 18-19th, at the D&N Event Center, 501 East Walker Road. Show hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, and from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. Union Pacific tours will be available as an extra fare item on Saturday the 18th only. Admission: $3.00, adults; $1.00, children under 12; children under 5 admitted free with paid adult. For more information, contact: Gene Tacey, P.O. Box 485, Sutherland, NE 69165; (308) 386-2489; e-mail: taceys@gpcom.net

New York, Massapequa Park, L.I. — The Sunrise Trail Division, NER, NMRA will be holding their Spring Meet on April 11th, at Saint David’s Lutheran Church, 20 Clark Blvd. Hours will be from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Attractions to include modeling clinics, a model contest, NMRA Merit Award judging, a white elephant table, and swearing in of new officers and directors. Admission: $2.00, NMRA/STD members; $3.00, others. For more information, contact: John Mac Gown, 32 Liberty Blvd., Valley Stream, NY 11580; (516) 285-0876; e-mail: burlyjohn@verizon.net

Ohio, Olmsted Falls — The Cuyahoga Valley & West Shore Model Railroad Club’s Annual Spring Open House will be held April 18-19th, at the Olmsted Falls Depot, 25802 Garfield Boulevard. Hours will be from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. Attractions to include Lionel, HO-, and N-scale layouts. Admission: $2.00, adults; children admitted free. For more information, contact: Bill Cramer, (440) 572-3714; e-mail: wmhcramer@yahoo.com

South Dakota, Rapid City — The Black Hills Railway Society will be holding their Spring Open House on April 18th, in the basement of the South Dakota Stock Grower’s Association, 426 Saint Joseph Street. Hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Attractions will include three operating layouts in HO-scale and N-gauge, along with videos, seminars, a swap meet, and more. See and hear the benefits of DCC operation. Admission: $2.00, adults or $1.00 with a can of food; children under 12 admitted free with an adult. For more information, contact: Bob Fewel, (605)-721-7716; e-mail: zzloconutzz@rushmore.com 

Wisconsin, Menomonie — The Barron Company Model Railroad Club will be co-sponsoring the 8th Annual Happy Grandparents Model Train Show to be held April 18-19th, at Menomonie Middle School, 921 21st Street. Hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, and from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. Attractions to include 49 operating layouts, over 15 vendors, door prizes for adults and children, a small riding Thomas the Tank, and speakers on local railroads. Admission: $5.00, adults; $3.00, students (ages 6 to 14); children under 6 admitted free; $13.00, family admission (2 adults and 2 students). For more information, contact: J. Hinrichs, N5489 870th St., Elk Mound, WI 54739; (715) 505-4044 (calls will be returned after 7:00 p.m.); email: janelle_hirichs@msd.k12.wi.us

Canada, Alberta, Calgary — Calgary Model Railway Society will be presenting SUPERTRAIN 2009, on April 18-19th, at Calgary Soccer Centre, 7000 48th Street SE. Hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. both days. Show to feature over 60,000 square feet of operating model railroad layouts, displays, Lionel, Lego trains, Thomas and Friends, Garden Railways, photo exhibits, merchandise for sale, live demos and clinics, and a children’s play area. Admission: $10.00, adults; $5.00, children 6-12; children under 6 admitted free. $1.00 off admission with donation of non-perishable food item to Calgary Food Bank. Parking is free. For more information, e-mail: info@supertrain.ca; or visit: www.supertrain.ca

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News -  FREE Spring 2009 Catalog from Atlas Model Railroad Co.

Atlas Model Railroad Company has been busy this Spring of 2009. Atlas has recently issued their Atlas Spring 2009 Catalog. It is available for FREE download here. The catalog lists numerous products being released between April, 2009 and August, 2009 in N scale, HO scale, and O scale. Check this FREE catalog for new engines, railroad freight cars, accessories, and equipment in your favorite scale and road name.

These new and limited run products are being offered for pre-manufacture orders. Don’t wait for final release dates. Get your orders in now so that the Company knows how many of each item to produce.

Unlike most product manufacturers, model train manufacturers set the size of their production runs based largely on the number of pre-orders received months before release. If you don’t want to be disappointed later, you need to show your interest at this stage of the process. Otherwise Atlas, and most other model train companies, will either cancel the production of certain models and paint schemes or make fewer of them.

This keeps costs for modelers lower than if manufacturers took a greater risk (by not seeking pre-orders) and had many unsold trains that had to be paid for or financially justified by very small sales. On the other hand, if they didn’t take pre-orders, the manufacturer’s limited capital could be tied up in unsold inventory and other new products would have to wait even longer until the manufacturer has sold out all of the unwanted stock that their money was spent on.

This process is a little out of the ordinary (when compared to massive merchandising of a very few models of a product distributed through big box stores), but it creates more variety in a shorter cycle, at lower prices, for modelers from companies that are financially viable year after year in a small, specialized, yet quality and price sensitive market.

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Trainguy

Early April, 2009 Calendar of Model Railroad Events

There are many scale model railroad shows, conventions, club open houses, museums and train meets available to visit on the first weekend of April, 2009. Check with your local hobby shop, clubs, and newspapers for offerings closer to home. Check out e-mail lists, groups, web sites, forums, and blogs that concentrate on your favorite scale, railroad, era, or geographic area. Museums are great. Make sure to track down knowledgable volunteers and staff. Their in depth knowledge and enthusiasm for the subject matter is often unmatched.

California, Los Angeles, (Hawthorne) — The Los Angeles Model Railroad Society will be holding Open House on April 4-5th, at 14005 S. Crenshaw Blvd. Hours will be from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. both days. Their 2,000 square foot HO standard and narrow gauge layout features DCC control. You are welcome to run one of their trains for 30 minutes for $10.00. Admission is free. For more information, call: (310) 675-3361 (please leave a phone number slowly); e-mail: info.lamrs@verizon.net; or visit: www.lamrs.orgx

Florida, Deerfield Beach — The Deerfield Beach Railroad Museum will be sponsoring a Swap Meet to be held on April 4th, located on the freight deck of the Deerfield Beach Amtrak Station, 1300 W. Hillsborough Blvd. Hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Admission is free; there will be plenty of parking either east or west of the tracks. For more information, contact: Richard Linquist, (954) 448 8935; or, Butch Tanis, (954) 974 6798.

Illinois, Wheaton — The Great Midwest Train Show will be held on April 5th, and May 3rd, at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 W. Manchester Road. Show hours will be from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Admission: $7.00, adults; children under 12 admitted free. For more information, contact: Great Midwest Train Show, P.O. Box 34, Elmhurst, IL 60126; (630) 290-1962; fax (240) 597-4482; www.greatmidwesttrainshow.com

Maryland, Timonium — The “Great Scale Model Train Show” plus the “Hi-Rail & Collectors Train Show” will be held April 4-5th, at the Maryland State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Road. Show hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, and from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. Attractions will include 25,000 square feet of beautifully detailed display layouts in all scales; free train movies; clinics and demonstrations; and over 800 tables of model trains, equipment, and related items for sale. Refreshments will be available; parking is free. Admission: $9.00, adults; children under 15 admitted free; $18.00, family. Good for both days. For more information, contact: Howard Zane, 5236 Thunder Hill Road, Columbia, MD 21045; (410) 730-1036; e-mail: hzane1@comcast.net; www.gsmts.com

New York, Massapequa Park, L.I. — The Sunrise Trail Division, NER, NMRA will be holding their Spring Meet on April 11th, at Saint David’s Lutheran Church, 20 Clark Blvd. Hours will be from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Attractions to include modeling clinics, a model contest, NMRA Merit Award judging, a white elephant table, and swearing in of new officers and directors. Admission: $2.00, NMRA/STD members; $3.00, others. For more information, contact: John Mac Gown, 32 Liberty Blvd., Valley Stream, NY 11580; (516) 285-0876; e-mail: burlyjohn@verizon.net

Pennsylvania, Grove City — NMRA MRC Division 11’s Second Annual Train Show and Jamboree will be held on April 4th, at Grove City Masonic Lodge, 1340 W. Main Street. Hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Attractions to include how-to clinics, train displays, videos, a flea market, and a white elephant table. Admission: $5.00, adults; children 12 and under admitted free. For more information, contact: Robert Hartle, 851 Reed Rd., Clarion, PA 16214; (814) 223-9699; e-mail: cmrproducts@yahoo.com

West Virginia, Huntington — The Collis P. Huntington Model Railroad Club’s 4th Annual Show will be held April 3-5th, at the Dunbar Parks & Recreation Community Center, 2601 Fairlawn Avenue. Hours will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, and from 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday. Attractions to include: many operating layouts, collections of railroad memorabilia, a hands-on Geo trax, and Thomas The Tank merchandise and collectibles for sale. Refreshments will be available. For more information, call (866) 639-7487; or e-mail: cphmodelrailroad@aol.com

Wisconsin, Madison — The NMRA, Midwest Region, South Central Wisconsin Division will be holding their Monthly Meeting on April 5th, at Fitchburg Community Center, 5510 Lacy Road (1/4 mile east of Fish Hatchery Road). Meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. Program to include live clinics, model and photo contests, door prizes, and home layout viewing. Admission is free. For more information, contact: Radleigh Becker, (608) 231-1817; e-mail: rbecker@merr.com; www.nmra-scwd.org

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