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1 Lightning Slinger VOL 24 NO. 8 For all gauges and all ages August 2010 MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE TURKEY CREEK DIVISION OF THE MID-CONTINENT REGION, NMRA Turkey Creek Divisional Meeting August 24,2010 Johnson Country Northeast Offices 6000 Lamar, Mission, Kansas At 7 PM Clinic by Miles Hale and Mike Porter on signals between the brakeman and the engineer. EtflhC Lightning Slinger August 2010 Page 1

2 From THE SUPER S DESK. April 2010 Newsletter Turkey Creek Division The 25 th Anniversary Turkey Creek Division s annual meet was a great success with attending and 30+ venders. Our thanks to a show Chair, Louis Seibel and all those that volunteered their time and services. Clinic attendance was sparse and any feedback you supply why clinic attendance was low would be appreciated and guide us to do better next year. Visits to the 11 layouts on the tour showed a preference for those sites close to the meet site. Other details of the meet appear elsewhere in the lightning Slinger. Earlier this year I asked our NMRA treasurer (CFO) for a report on the activities and accomplishments of the Heart of America fund (HofA) that Turkey Creek Div., Gateway Div. and Mid-Continent Region each furnished $15,000 to NMRA. The purpose of the fund was to provide a permanent source of seed money for any project that would promote the NMRA and provide an opportunity to raise funds for the organization. Each project is to restore the fund with the initial net sales from the project. This past month I received a report of activities since 2005 from Frank Koch, NMRA CFO, Each report covered the previous 6 month period. 2/1/ no activity 8/1/ no activity 2/1/ funded the 2006 Calendar for $17,000 and repaid in full 8/1/ funded the 2006 Convention Clinic Book and two Books for $9,000 and repaid in full 2/1/ no activity 8/1/ funded Living Legend #7 and Heritage Car #17 for $14, and repaid in full 2/1/ funded the 2008 Calendar for $18, and repaid in full 8/1/ funded Heritage Car #18 and the Postwar Freight Car Fleet Book for $8, and repaid in full 2/1/ funded Logging Book and more Postwar Freight Car Fleet Books for $17, and repaid in full 8/1/ no activity 2/1/ funded down payment of $ on 75th Anniversary Print Project. (Prints will be delivered and paid for in the second half of 2010.) (Note: I'm not sure Mr. Feeney was aware of this specific funding as it was done by his predecessor at the time of transition. It was reported in the NMRA 2009 Financial Reports.) 8/1/ funded the Lumber Book for $ Books received at end of period and sales are just starting. There are at least two more books in development. We will do a 75th Anniversary car project this fall. We have just paid for the limited edition prints that were first offered at Milwaukee (reported next time). We will order replacement HO gauges either late this year or early next year as we supply both Micro mark and Walthers. The funds are in a restricted fund. The fund is like an internal rotating line of credit for the various projects. When funds are needed for a project that meets the criteria, the CFO creates journal entries that move the money from HofA to the specific project and the project then "owes" the fund. When sales create enough net income, the journals entries are reversed and the fund is restored. We have always repaid the fund in lump sums rather than on an individual sale or a dollar at a time. This month Miles Hale and Mike Porter will give the clinic on signals between the brakeman and the engineer. Miles worked as a switchman for the Southern Pacific Railroad for several years. He takes us back to the time when hand signals and lanterns were the sign language for the railroad crew and Mike Porter is an engineer. Come back in time and relive the glory days of railroading and learn a new way to communicate with your fellow operators. This clinic includes both slides and live demonstrations. I look forward to seeing you at the August meeting. Shelly 2 Page August 2010 Lightning Slinger opbd

3 Short Recap of the Turkey Creek Division Train Show I would like to thank everyone how helped on the train show for the division. There was plenty of help for those who helped carry in mdse for the vendors to those who opened up their homes on the layout tours. As special thanks goes out to the members of the different committee chairman s that pulled the whole show together. Here are some facts from the show. The show had our largest turn out in the last 5 years over 300 came through the door. There were more tables sold than ever before. The layouts that were open were great. The door prizes only had two items left for over 150. Clinics did very well. Contest room was busy with some great models and photo graphs. The Boy Scouts from Troop 92 did a wonderful job in keeping us feed. Thank you to all of Heartland N-Trax members for having their layout again. It looks like we made a profit even after paying sales tax on everything. There are a lot of questions about next year s 2011 meet and 2012 meet that needs to be addressed by the members of Turkey Creek. These will be addressed in the next Lightning Slinger. Again Thanks to everyone who helped of just came to the meet. Louis Seibel Meet Chairman OFFICERS Superintendent Sheldon Levy shellylevy@everestkc.net Paymaster Jack Boren HP: jbcmd1@me.com Clerk Louis O Seibel HP: C: L-seibel@comcast.net Division Director Brad Morneau HP: bmorneau@kc.rr.com Train Show Chairman 2010 Louis O Seibel HP: C: L-seibel@comcast.net Membership Chair Jack Rosenfield rosenfieldjack@gmail.com L S Editor Ted Tschirhart HP: tedtschi@kc.rr.com AP Merit Awards & Achievement Joe B. Robertson, MMR HP: piperva@aol.com Past Superintendent Larry Diehl HP: ldiehl@aci-boland.com Web Master Paul Myers, MMR HP: paulwmyers@kc.rr.com Web Turkey Creek Division IS A 501(C) (3) ORGANIZATION EtflhC Lightning Slinger August 2010 Page 3

4 I can understand the reasoning, Mike, and have no problem with it, but might it not be a good idea to put the same information in an upcoming copy of the NMRA Magaziine for the many members who don't/didn't attend the National Convention, and who also aren't part of this discussion group? I got my copy today, and thought it was a bit odd to be "after the fact", so was glad to see the explanation in this group. And BTW - kudos to the name change and what appears to be a focus change towards the membership rather than the Scale Rails approach, which always struck me as being an attempt at competing with the commercial mags. Matt Furze Life Member # 4871 On 7/23/2010 8:33 PM, Mike Brestel wrote: Yes, it happens every year because the economics have been the same every year. We investigate this each year with the printer and the shipper, and as long as it9s cheaper to do it this way, this is the way we9ll do it. We can9t print it in an earlier month because there would be no place to store all the extra copies until we needed them at the NTS. We would have to rent storage space at the show site, or else pay to ship them twice. We do it this way to save the members money, pure and simple. This is not the only year this has taken place. Off -hand I can remember receiving the Bulletin with the information for St. Louis a week after the convention. Can't the placement of the insert be moved up to the July or June issue. To be removed from this list, send a message with a body of ``unsubscribe'' (without the quotes) to general-request@lists.nmra.org searchable web based archives at lists.nmra.org Send complaints to generalmonitor@lists.nmra.org Our Constitution needs to be used less as a shield for the guilty and more as a sword for the victim. -- To be removed from this list, send a message with a body of ``unsubscribe'' (without the quotes) to generalrequest@lists.nmra.org searchable web based archives at lists.nmra.org Send complaints to generalmonitor@lists.nmra.org Now let me ask you a question, because this puzzles me: why does it matter? If you9re not coming to the show, why would you care whether it9s in there or not? Maybe you9ll even want to take a look to see who was at the show and who wasn9t. And if you are coming to the show, you don9t need to receive it at home before you leave--you9ll get one at the show. If you feel you9re wasting a copy, just turn it in at the booth on the way out the door, and our crack recruitment team will put it to use. Or take it home and use it in your division recruitment booth. Mike On 7/23/10 11:14 PM, "Randy Williamson" <pennsy@centurytel.net> wrote: Mike, 4 Page August 2010 Lightning Slinger opbd

Regarding the Turkey Creek Meet August 7 th, the following is a summary of the Door Prizes Committee s efforts: 26 Manufacturers/Suppliers/Individuals provided products 108 Product Prizes 17 Gift

5 Regarding the Turkey Creek Meet August 7 th, the following is a summary of the Door Prizes Committee s efforts: 26 Manufacturers/Suppliers/Individuals provided products 108 Product Prizes 17 Gift Certificates Our grand prize was a 2 unit EMD F diesel set with DCC sound decoder worth $330, provide by Walthers. Very nice! Other great prizes were a Digitrax Sound Decoder, an EMD SW1500 diesel from Athearn, a very nice book from White River Products, cars from Inter Mountain, Kadee, Athearn, Accurail, Micro-Trains and gift certificates from almost all of our local hobby shops. We had a successful table that ran with the help of volunteers, Bill Humenczuk, Jack Rosenfield and Kerry Lindenbaum. I was absent at least half the time and they made our part work. Thank you Bill, Jack, and Kerry. Larry W. Diehl Door Prize Chairman DECAL SALE ALL HO SCALE DECALS 50% OFF TILL AUG PRINT INTERNET SPECIAL ON YOUR ORDER BLANK Tom Stolte EtflhC Lightning Slinger August 2010 Page 5

6 2010 Turkey Creek Division Modeling Challenge Photos B y Jack Rosenfield 6 Page August 2010 Lightning Slinger opbd

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2010 Turkey Creek Division Modeling Challenge Results Entry No.

Fish First Place 4 Miles Hale Structure with Turbines Fan & Turbine movement 5 Miles Hale Boy on Swing Swinging Boy 6 Fred Hulen Cherry River

Spinning Tornado Most Whimsical 10 Howard Gillespie Passenger Train 11 Dave Jacobs Modified Structure Kit 12 Robert Spurgat Two Work Flatcars

16 Claude McCubbins Lift-out Port Section 17 Marty Vaughn 1880 Ore Car 18 Marty Vaughn C&S Tie & Rail Car 19 Larry Alfred RGS Ridgway Sand House 20

21 2010 Turkey Creek Division Modeling Challenge Results Entry No. Name Entry Animation Award 1 Ron Morse Snow Scene Second Place & Most Creative 2 Jack Ferris Stock Pen Cow Sounds 3 Larry Diehl Ethan & Ella s Fresh Fish First Place 4 Miles Hale Structure with Turbines Fan & Turbine movement 5 Miles Hale Boy on Swing Swinging Boy 6 Fred Hulen Cherry River Caboose 7 Joe Robertson Campbell Farm House Lights 8 Fran Hale Mobile Gas Station Lights & Revolving Sign 9 Donald Bronec Leaning Silo with Tornado Spinning Tornado Most Whimsical 10 Howard Gillespie Passenger Train 11 Dave Jacobs Modified Structure Kit 12 Robert Spurgat Two Work Flatcars Honorable Mention 13 Claude McCubbins Point of Rocks Station Third Place 14 Pat Harriman Hankins Book Bindery 15 Pat Harriman Patrick Publishing Co. 16 Claude McCubbins Lift-out Port Section 17 Marty Vaughn 1880 Ore Car 18 Marty Vaughn C&S Tie & Rail Car 19 Larry Alfred RGS Ridgway Sand House 20 Jim Ballinger Circus & Playground Animation Revolving Carousel & Other Best Animation 21 Michael Borkon UP Depot 22 Michael Borkon C&S Depot Honorable Mention 23 Jim & Jacque Gameson Diorama with Reefer EtflhC Lightning Slinger August 2010 Page 21

1031 Vermont Street - Lawrence - Kansas - 66044 - USA info@tototrains.com - phone: (785) 766-0467 - fax: (785) 843-2151 www.tototrains.com SUMMER IS HERE The summer has arrived!

22 1031 Vermont Street - Lawrence - Kansas USA info@tototrains.com - phone: (785) fax: (785) SUMMER IS HERE The summer has arrived! Some of our Train Connoisseurs close the basement, garage or attic door for a few months until it gets cooler again. But for those of you who don t ToToTrains is having a big sale! For a lot of our G-scale friends it s of course the other way around. They work on their garden (translation: layout). And for them there are some great LGB deals to be had! WALTHERS SALE: During the months of July and August ToToTrains is offering a 25% discount on all catalog/website prices! Any items ordered during these two months receive this 25% discount. There s one exception; Märklin, Trix and LGB items do not receive this discount unless you would like to pay the higher 25% off prices. LGB SALE: For all of our G-Scale friends I have come up with a nice sale. The following items are on sale; first come first served so be quick! All used items are in excellent condition! (new); starter set with diesel engine, 2 cars, figures, track and transformer: $ (new); track set with a switch and complimentary curve, 6 straight tracks and bumper: $ (used); Rio Grande caboose: $ (used); Postal car: $ (used); Jahreswagen 1982: $ B (used); BP tank car: $ Page August 2010 Lightning Slinger opbd 1205 (used); electric switch, right: $ (used); electric switch, left: $ (used); crossing: $ (used); bumper: $ (new); $ (new); bumper; $8.00 New track; (straight), & (curve): the more you buy the lower the price! Used track; large variety: the more you buy the lower the price! ToToTrains Business Hours: Wednesday through Saturday, 10:00 am 4:00 pm (or anytime by appointment) Location: ToToTrains is located one block west of Massachusetts Street between 10th and 11th Street. Parking: Two hour free parking across the street in the city lot. If you would like to receive ToToTrains newsletters please send an to: info@tototrains.com Hope to see you at the store but give me a call or send me an if you have any questions. Trainfully yours, Jan Bröcker

23 Survey for establishing a Railroad Resource Library and Museum Many persons and organizations in the railroad community of Greater Kansas City have collections of Railroad printed material like books, magazines, timetables, drawings, photos, artifacts and the likes. We would like to establish a nonprofit resource library and museum where these people can donate their collections when the time comes for them to do so. We have many questions that we need to answer before we can proceed in establishing this library. Do you believe that a railroad resource library and museum should be established? Yes No If No, Why? Should the resource library and museum be completely independent of other organizations? Yes No If no, how should it be related to another organization and what organization? What should this library and museum include? Books, magazines, photos, films, videos, artifacts What should the focus of the library/museum be? How much geographic area to cover, streetcars and interurban railways, model railroading? What type of services should the library and museum have? Please make comments on any item below. Research Center Volunteers doing research work for fees Non lending library Lending of duplicate material Gift shop Be able to sell duplicate material Speakers bureau Sell copies of scanned material Museum of artifacts Web page On-line resource pages Other Would you be able to volunteer to help run this library? Yes No How much time would you be able to provide hrs per How would you like to help? Would you be able to contribute material and financial assistance to this library and museum? Yes No If so, what type and when How much and what type of material do you have. Cubic Feet, Feet of shelves, etc. Do you know of a greater Kansas City area where the library and museum could be located? EtflhC Lightning Slinger August 2010 Page 23

24 How should this library be organized and run? Comments What type of security should this library have? Examples - Background checks for staff and volunteers, visitors limited to pencil and notepads when using material Additional comments Feel free to use additional pages to write out your comments. If you are considering contributing to or volunteering to help the library please enter your name and address and we will contact you when the library is ready to open and accept donations. The following information is optional, but please enter your City and State. If you want to receive s on the progress of establishing the library, please give us your address. Your Name Address City/St/zip Phone Send or completed survey to Jimmie Williams North Charlotte Kansas City, MO Jwilliams119@kc.rr.com Please send survey back by July 31 KCN 24 Page August 2010 Lightning Slinger opbd

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26 THE SWITCHING LIST *=new since last issue The Switching List contains all known Mid-Continent Region, NMRA, train shows and Division meetings. It also lists all known club shows and swap meets in the Mid-Continent Region (IA, IL, MO, AR, NE, KS, and OK). To list your event, send it to: or Gary Hemmingway, 3201 SW Stone Ave., Topeka, KS To subscribe, or unsubscribe, to The Switching List send an to the above link. Look for us on the MCoR web site: Put me on your newsletter list. DIVISION MEETINGS KANSAS CENTRAL DIVISION Meetings are at 1:00 pm. For the full schedule check the MCoR website or The next meeting is * August 14, 2010 Emporia City Library: 110 East 6 th, Emporia, KS. Coming in on interstate turn East on Highway 50, go to Commercial Street (main street going North/South.) Continue east about one block, Library is on your left; the parking lot for library is behind the Museum. Clinic: converting a CN F-7 to a Frisco F- 7, Gary Hemmingway. GATEWAY DIV. (ST. LOUIS, MO) meets 3rd Monday each month, 7:00 P.M. Odd numbered months: Trinity Lutheran Church, Clayton Road at Woods Mill Rd (Hwy 141), Ballwin, MO; Even numbered months: VFW Hall, O Fallon, IL TURKEY CREEK DIV. (KANSAS CITY, MO & KS) monthly meetings 4th Tuesday, 7:00 P.M. Johnson County Offices, NE Branch, 6000 Lamar, Shawnee Mission, KS (DMV Building on SW corner of Lamar and Martway). WESTERN HERITAGE DIVISION (OMAHA, NE / COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA) meets second Saturday (except June and December) at noon. Sump Memorial Library, corner of Washington and Second Streets in Papillion (across from Runza). Visit for more info and a map. EASTERN IOWA DIVISION The Eastern Iowa Division is proudly hosting the 2010 Mid- Continent Regional Convention in mid-june. For more information, see below, or point your web browser to eid.mcor -nmr.org. KATE SHELLEY DIVISION now meets the 4 th Thursday at the Ames Public Library in Ames, Iowa. Time is 7 Pm to 8:45 PM. Due to Thanksgiving being the 4th Thursday we usually try to meet on the 3rd Thursday. Call Superintendent from NMRA web sight for latest information. All are welcome to attend the meetings. The library is located at 515 Douglas Ave. We meet in the upstairs meeting rooms. December we have NO meetings due to the holidays. PLATTE VALLEY DIV. (HASTINGS, GRAND ISLAND, KEARNEY, NE) meets 2 nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in members homes on a rotating basis. Info: John O Neill, MMR, Div. Dir., or jponeill@computerconcepts.com. WESTERN KANSAS DIVISION (GARDEN CITY, KS) Meets every Monday evening from 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at 4091/2 N. Main St. (second floor above Stage department store) 7 layouts on display (2-HO, 5-N) Operating sessions available Info: Robert Simmons, Division Director (620) or ras@odsgc.net. INDIAN NATIONS DIVISION Meets 5 times a year, remaining 2009 meetings: May 2, Theme - Steam Locomotives; September 19, Theme - Freight Cars; November 14, Theme - Structures/Dioramas. Meet from 9:30am-12:30pm at the Hardesty Library, 8316 E. 93rd St, Tulsa, Oklahoma. After the meeting we visit one of the local layouts. Web page: Superintendent - Dave Salamon (918) or drs_rr@yahoo.com Division Directors, Train Show Chairs, or Club Show Chairs: Let s get the word out about your 2010 or 2011 event! Get your information to Gary at any of the above addresses. The Switching List is a service of Mid-Continent Region, NMRA. TRAIN SHOWS & MEETS *SEP 12, 19, and 26 TOM STOLTE MISSOURI PACIFIC OPEN HOUSE, th St., McLouth 1 pm-3 pm. Free food. SEP 11, 2010 BOEING EMPLOYEES RAILROAD CLUB-ST LOUIS RAILROAD SWAP MEET Greensfelder Recreation Complex at Queeny Park 550 Wiedman Rd., St. Louis, MO 63011; 10 am 3 pm, Tables $15 each, Adm: $3.00 children under 12 free w/pd adult; doors open for sellers setup at 8 am, Info: Wayne Schimmel after 6:30 pm Central Time (636) or 733 Hwy Y, Winfield, MO , wmschimmel@gmail.com *SEP 11-12, ND ANNUAL FRISCO CONVENTION, Crown Plaza Kansas City-Overland Park, th St., Lenexa, KS 66215, (913) , $72/night; Convention Advanced Registration $30/After Sept 1 $35; Schedule: Friday: Registration, social time, limited operating session; Saturday: clinics, show & tell, swap tables, 3-7 guided tour of Frisco sites, 7-11 slides; Sunday: 10-2 ride old Frisco Highline from Belton, MO; registration and other forms/info at SEP 18, 2010 CENTRAL ARKANSAS MODEL RR CLUB OPEN HOUSE, McGee Sports Center, 3800 College Ave., Conway, AR, 9 am 3 pm, FREE; Info: Daniel Gladstone, , ca_mrc@yahoo.com, *SEP18,2010 NW ARKANSAS FALL MODEL TRAIN SHOW, Clarion Hotel & Convention Center, 211 SE Walton Blvd., Bentonville, AR, Adm: adults $ 7, children under 12 free w/pd adult, $1 off admission w/donation of canned goods valued at $1 or more for the NW Arkansas Food Bank; drawings each half-hour for a train set or a locomotive, for children 12 & under, view operating model train layouts, for vendor information, or to possibly display your Layout please before , (webbfamily5@cox.net), or call (479) Page August 2010 Lightning Slinger opbd

27 *OCT 2-3,2010 SMALL RAIL GROUP SHOW & SWAP MEET, Great Mall of the Great Plains, W. 151 st St., Olathe, KS, 9 am-4 pm both days, Adm: $5, Tables $25, 30,000 sq ft of operating layouts, vendors, clinics, Giant G scale club layout next door is open free to the public, Info: David Roberts: gscaleisfun@hotmail.com, (913) *OCT 7-9, 2010 MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY CONVENTION, Sedalia, MO, Info: OCT TWO DEPOT TRAIN SHOW & SWAP MEET, Kingman Activity Center, 101 S. Main, Santa Fe Depot 201 E Sherman and Missouri Pacific Depot 201 S. Main Kingman, KS, Sat. 9:00-5:00, Sun. noon-4:00, Setup Fri. 3-11, Sat. 6 am 9 am; Tear Down Sun. 4-6:30, Tables $20 each concession stand available at the Armory (next door to Kingman Co. Activity Center) with displays also at the Santa Fe depot and the Missouri Pacific depot (hopefully the restaurant in the MoPac will be in operation then). There will be an art and crafts show on Saturday in the Kingman Armory which is next door to the Activity Center. Information: Anita Cheatum sfdepot@sbcglobal.net or (mornings). OCT 16, 2010 CENTRAL ARKANSAS MODEL RR CLUB OPEN HOUSE, McGee Sports Center, 3800 College Ave., Conway, AR, 9 am 3 pm, FREE; Info: Daniel Gladstone, , ca_mrc@yahoo.com, OCT 23, The Ozarks Model Railroad Association's Fall Train Show, Springfield Catholic HS, 2340 S. Eastgate, Springfield, MO 9am to 3pm, Tables are $20. Admission is $5 adults, children under 12 are free with a paid adult and a family is $10. Info: Ron Williams, MMR, rjwilliams1@mchsi.com. OCT 23 24, rd WESTERN KANSAS TRAIN SHOW, Ellis County Fairgrounds, 1343 Fairground Rd., Exit 157 on I-70, Hays, KS, Sat: 9 am 5 pm, Sun: 11 am 4 pm, Adm: $5 adults, 12 and under free w/pd adult, 100 $25 each, large operating layouts, food vendor on site, door prizes, KND Collectibles sponsor, Info: Kevin Keeler klk@mchsi.com. information or table rental call Rick Gardner at or rickgardner@sofnet.com. Tables rent for $15 each. On the web at DEC 6, 2010 SANTA S ARRIVAL BY UNION PACIFIC TRAIN, Great Overland Station, 701 N. Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS, more info later DEC 11-12, 2010 MACTRAX SHOW & SWAP MEET, McPherson Community Bldg., 122 E Marlin, McPherson, KS, Sat: 10-5, Sun 11-4, Adm: $4 adults, 10 and under free w/pd adult, Tables $10 each, Info: Jerry Bruce skytracker@ksusa.net. FEB 5-6, 2011 WICHITA TRAIN SHOW & SWAP MEET, CHISHOLM TRAIL DIV., NMRA & ENGINE HOUSE HOBBIES, Cessna Activity Center, 2744 George Washington Blvd., Wichita, KS, Sat: 9-5, Sun: 11-4, Swap tables, Modular Layouts, Switching Contest, Model Contest, Photo Contest, Live Clinics & much more; Adm: $6.00 for both days, Advance Table Registration includes 2 admission tickets, Before 12/31/2008 take off 10%, 8 foot tables are $25 each, Info: Phil Aylward or Jon LaRoe, , mail registration to 603 Chestnut, Halstead, KS or aylward1@cox.net MAR 12, 2011 BOEING EMPLOYEES RAILROAD CLUB-ST LOUIS RAILROAD SWAP MEET Greensfelder Recreation Complex at Queeny Park 550 Wiedman Rd., St. Louis, MO 63011; 10 am 3 pm, Tables $15 each, Adm: $3.00 children under 12 free w/pd adult; doors open for sellers setup at 8 am, Info: Wayne Schimmel after 6:30 pm Central Time (636) or 733 Hwy Y, Winfield, MO , wmschimmel@gmail.com The Switching List is a service of Mid-Continent Region, NMRA. NOV 6-7, 2010 MIDCONTINENT PROTOTYPE MODELERS, Lions Activity Center, 150 S. Main, Benton, KS, Sat: 9 5, Sun: Admission for this event is $10 if preregistered by Oct 22, 2010, $15 not preregistered and at the door. Admission includes all clinics, display space for your models and a great time. Please note that space is limited and priority will be given to preregistrants to display. Contact mcpmmeet@hotmail.com for more information or visit us at our website NOV 27, 2010 JOPLIN MUSEUM COMPLEX TRAIN SHOW AND SWAP MEET, Schifferdecker Park, 7th and Schifferdecker Streets, Joplin, MO; 9am to 3pm, Included will be several operating model railroad layouts along with over 65 tables of items for sale or trade. Admission is $3 adult, children 12 and under admitted free w/pd adult. All proceeds at the door go to benefit the Joplin Museum Complex. For further EtflhC Lightning Slinger August 2010 Page 27

TURKEY CREEK DIVISION 4954 Marsh Avenue Kansas City, MO 64129-2111 FIRST CLASS MAIL ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED 4955 mcor-nmra.

28 TURKEY CREEK DIVISION 4954 Marsh Avenue Kansas City, MO FIRST CLASS MAIL ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED 4955 mcor-nmra.org/divisions/turkeycreek/ TURKEY CREEK DIVISION MEETING Meeting and Show Dates for Turkey Creek Division 2010 Meeting August 24 Meeting September 28 Meeting October 26 Meeting November 23 Meeting December Page August 2010 Lightning Slinger opbd

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Lightning Slinger VOL 25 NO. 5 For all gauges and all ages May 2011 MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE TURKEY CREEK DIVISION OF THE MID-CONTINENT REGION, NMRA Meeting Tuesday May 24, 2011 Turkey Creek Mee ng May