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1 Holiday & Winter Train Show Issue Official Publication of the SUNRISE TRAIL DIVISION Northeastern Region National Model Railroad Association VOLUME 40 ISSUE 4 WINTER 2010 *********************************************** WINTER MEET - JANUARY 8, WESTBURY NY THE HISTORY OF THE CENTRAL RAILROAD OF LONG ISLAND THE HISTORY OF THE CENTRAL RAILROAD OF LONG ISLAND From the 1870s to Present Day A Presentation of Photos, Maps, & Graphics With Ideas & Revelations for Modeling Exit 32 Post Ave Northern State Pkwy Rockland St N January 8, :00PM 4:30PM Westbury Memorial Library 445 Jefferson Street, Westbury (Exit 32 of Northern State Parkway (Post Road)) Linden Pl School St 445 Jefferson St Admission is free Light refreshments available For more information go to: *********************************************** WINTER

2 EDITOR & PUBLISHER George J. Loy Jr th Street West Babylon NY (631) CIRCULATION MANAGER Walter G. Wohleking 5 Howard Drive Huntington NY (631) wgw5hd@gmail.com is published quarterly by the Sunrise Trail Division of the National Model Railroad Association, Inc. for the benefit of the model railroading community. SUBSCRIPTIONS U.S. and possessions: $7.00 per year. Please make check or money order payable to Sunrise Trail Division. Send requests for new subscriptions, renewals or address changes to the Subscription & Circulation Manager at the above address. CONTRIBUTIONS Articles, photographs and artwork are welcome in either hardcopy or as computer files. Copy is due by the 1st of February, May, August, and November and should be sent to the Editor at the above address. Submitted material will be returned upon request. Fernand Washington, President buzzyfernand@aol.com Edmund Neale, Vice President vermontrailroad@optonline.net Howard Dwyer, Secretary dhdwyer@optonline.net Steven Perry, Treasurer seperry@optonline.net DIRECTORS John Jaklitsch (2011) johnjay1@optonline.net Kevin Katta (NER) boxcarny@yahoo.com George Loy (2012) georgejloy@gmail.com John MacGown ( 2011) burlyjohn@verizon.net Michael Martin (2012) mikeymart1@gmail.com Michael Siegel (2011) viamdlr@hotmail.com ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM Michael Siegel CONTESTS Howard Dwyer PUBLICITY John MacGown Steven Perry MEMBERSHIP Walter Wohleking WEBSITE John Jaklitsch, Webmaster commentary / WALTER WOHLEKING Welcome back West Island The West Island Model Railroad Club s first open house in its new location this holiday season brings the number of HO clubs that make their facilities available to the public in our area back to three. And not a moment too soon. Many of us can remember when four, and perhaps five, HO scale model railroad clubs welcomed the public during the holiday season. The demise of the Montauk Valley model railroad located in Williston Park and the trailer-based Smithtown Model Railroad Club a dozen or so years ago left us with the Rockville Centre Model Railroad Club, the Long Island Model Railroad Engineers (LIMRRE) in Medford, and West Island, which left its Farmingdale facility sometime after its prior holiday open house in 2006 and relocated to Hicksville. We are fortunate to have these three clubs in our area, and the fact that they all successfully addressed issues related to their facilities and survived, while the other two area clubs did not, is a testament to their memberships. Earlier in the decade just past, Rockville Centre had to discontinue open houses while it remodeled its facilities to meet changing regulations related to public access for such events. But they persevered and again began holding holiday open houses in December of The last open house the Long Island Model Railroad Engineers held before it had to vacate its facility in Farmingville took place the weekend of September in Five years later they had their first holiday open house in a new Medford facility, showing off their layout under construction. Now West Island is the latest model railroading Phoenix to rise again from the ashes of its past. All of these clubs deserve a visit, not only for the enjoyment they provide, but for what a model railroader can learn from them. But just as LIMRRE offered a unique experience when it first made its new, far from finished layout available to the public in 2005, this holiday season offers West Island a turn to provide an exceptional and not to be missed model railroading opportunity. What you ll see is scenery some finished, but most just begun or in process. Consequently, you ll be able to examine trackwork without scenic distractions. Similarly, the extensive benchwork, some of it double-decked, is more open for inspection than will be the case later on. And the electrics oh my! Along one wall across an aisle from the layout proper are a slew of open-front compartments or large cubbies painted white, each holding what appears to be a North Coast Engineering (NCE) Power Pro booster for the layout s digital command control system, and each with its power supply (transformer) encased in an aluminum box on a shelf beneath. Each booster probably feeds an electrical block in the layout, so that a short circuit or other electrical problem in one area won t affect another. Gone, or at least minimized, is crawling around under the benchwork to find and repair recalcitrant circuitry. You ve guessed it, good readers, it s Layouts 101 all the latest techniques and approaches to layout construction you ve read about and seen in magazines, but up close, real and simply better than any picture or printed word. But if you think you ll be bored with all the instructional stuff, there will be trains running some or most of them pretty long. That s because the first thing club members did after getting up the necessary benchwork was construct a double track mainline almost 11 scale miles long. It s 650 feet of what looks like code 83 or in some places code 70 rail. They ve got 5,600 square feet of area to work with (that s equivalent to a room about 75 feet square) and they ve made the most of it. West Island has always welcomed open houses as a serious revenue producer for the club, and many people, particularly non-modelers, want to see trains moving. But a railroad modeler will take more than a passing interest in the layout s staging, which is also in place So, please use what opportunities that might present themselves to see West Island in this, its early stages. And bring something to take notes. Then go home and apply what you ve learned. Finally, meet me at the Rockville Centre Model Railroaders and Long Island Model Railroad Engineers open houses to see a couple of top flight, more finished products. You can bring your notebook there, also, because there is always something to learn. Now where could I have put my NCE Command Station, its Power Booster, the transformer and all that wood and white paint? I ve got plans for them. 2

3 2010 NER Champlain Flyer Convention Contributed by Ed Neale Steve Perry presents Sunrise's prize to NER member Hank Boisselle Wood Chip Power Plant and the Vermont System Burlington roundhouse. I did a photo chase of the convention passenger extra down to New Haven, VT. I did two layout tours on Friday night and following the NER annual meeting. Ed Neale Howard Dwyer received first place in the Model Color Print category Now that we are home from our adventure on the High Seas I can again pursue my railroading career as with this submission of three photos taken doing the NER Burlington Convention dinner. Sunrise Trail Division members present for the weekend were: Steve Perry, Ed Neale- Howard Dwyer, and Rick Mazzola. I attended a few clinics, [all were] very good too. I did two of the four tours: the McNeil WINTER

4 Holiday Train Guide ONCE AGAIN WE BRING YOU OUR GUIDE TO TRAIN DISPLAYS AND EVENTS, which usually take place only during the Holiday Season. This year we ve left off swap meets and similar shows (they are carried instead in Down the Track on the back page) and limited the guide to events that involve trains that operate, whether scale or full size. As always, use any contact information listed to check for last minute changes to the schedule of an event. Seasonal Most Days except Mondays November 20, 2010 to January 9,2011 (closed Christmas day) November 26,27,28 December 4,5,11,12,18,19 November 27,28,29 December 1 to 13, 15 to 20, 16 to 20, 22, 23, 26, & 27 s & Sundays November 27 to December 19 Now - January 18, 2011 s & Sundays November 27 to January 30 10:00AM-6:00PM (see website for tickets, pricing & holiday hours) 1:00PM & 2:30PM 5:00PM & 7:00PM 10:30AM - 4:30PM 6:00PM - 9:00PM The New York Transit Museum's Gallery Annex hours are: Monday Friday 8:00AM to 8 :00PM & Sunday 10:00AM to 6:00PM. NOON-5:00PM THE STATION AT CITIGROUP CENTER NO LONGER SPONSERED BY CITIGROUP / CHECK WEBSITE FOR POSSIBLE LAST MINUTE SPONSOR N.Y. BOTANICAL GARDEN HOLIDAY TRAIN SHOW Large scale operating model railroad with historical buildings. New York Botanical Garden Bronx River Parkway & Fordham Road, The Bronx (718) ESSEX STEAM TRAIN SANTA SPECIAL A 1 hour-15 min long ride in festive cars adorned with vintage decorations and pulled by a steam locomotive. Kids get to meet Santa, Mrs. Claus, Rudolph & the Christmas Penguin, while Elves hand out a small gift to each child. One Railroad Avenue, Essex, Connecticut Tickets: $17 Coach; $34 Parlor Car (860) ESSEX STEAM TRAIN NORTH POLE EXPRESS A 1 hour-15 min long ride in festive cars adorned with vintage decorations and pulled by a steam locomotive. Event highlights include a trip to the North Pole to pick up Santa and Mrs. Claus, trackside displays, sugar cookies and hot chocolate, and each child will meet Santa to receive a small Christmas gift. Tickets: $25 Coach; $50 Parlor Car ( northpole.html) SHORE TROLLEY LINE MUSEUM HOLIDAY RIDES Trolley rides with Santa Claus throughout the day 10:30AM - 4:30PM Adults: $8; Seniors: $6; Children: $5 Illuminated night trolley rides on and Sunday evenings (NO Santa) 17 River Street, East Haven, Connecticut regular fair (6PM - 9PM) - (203) th ANNUAL GRAND CENTRAL HOLIDAY TRAIN SHOW New York's regional commuter rail network is on track and ready to roll - in miniature - at the New York Transit Museum's 8th Annual Holiday Train show in Grand Central Terminal next to the Station Master's Office. For the first time, the MTA's regional rolling stock of Metro-North, Long Island Rail Road, commuter trains and New York City Subway cars will operate on the same bilevel 34-foot long layout, traveling through a Manhattan cityscape towards Santa's workshop at the North Pole. These model railroad commuter and subway cars represent the latest in the growing fleet of MTA-licensed, Lionel manufactured rolling stock complete with illuminated interiors, station announcements, end route destination signs, and doors that open and close. As an added bonus, New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad railcars will also be included in the layout's rolling stock. Offering a close up look at classic trains, Lionel Trains from the Museum's Lawrence Scripps Collection of Vintage Trains will also be on static display in Plexiglas cases lining the gallery walls.. WRONG ISLAND RAILROAD OPEN HOUSE O Hi-Rail operating model railroad with spectator activated accessories 679 Hawkins Avenue, Lake Ronkonkoma Adults: $5; under 12: $4 (631) (continued on next page) 4

5 Holiday Train Guide (continued from previous page) November 20 Sunday November 21 Friday November 26 November 27 Sunday November 28 Friday December 3 1:00PM-6:00PM ROCKVILLE CENTRE MODEL RAILROAD CLUB The HO scale Sheepshead Bay Connecting Lines 200 Sunrise Highway, Rockville Centre (516) Noon-4:00PM YONKERS MODEL RAILROAD CLUB OPEN HOUSE HO scale layout based on the NY Central's Putnam Line Tibbets Brook Park Adm. Bldg. 2nd Floor, 1 Midland Ave., Yonkers Admission free; Parking free Possibly the last open house dates before the club moves 12 Noon-4:00PM YONKERS MODEL RAILROAD CLUB OPEN HOUSE 7:00PM-9:30PM WEST ISLAND MODEL RAILROAD CLUB 485 South Broadway, Unit 22A, Hicksville, NY Donations are Appreciated Noon-5:00PM CENTRAL OPERATING LINES CLUB OPEN HOUSE O Hi-Rail operating model railroad 90F Raynor Avenue, Ronkonkama Admission Free (631) Noon-4:00PM TMB TRAIN CLUB OPEN HOUSE O Hi-Rail operating layout (Viewing Platform for Youngsters) 1110A Route 109, Lindenhurst (behind Intercounty Bakers building) Admission Free (516) WEST ISLAND MODEL RAILROAD CLUB 12 Noon-5:00PM CENTRAL OPERATING LINES CLUB OPEN HOUSE 12 Noon-4:00PM TMB TRAIN CLUB OPEN HOUSE WEST ISLAND MODEL RAILROAD CLUB 12 Noon-5:00PM CENTRAL OPERATING LINES CLUB OPEN HOUSE 8:00PM-10:00PM NASSAU LIONEL OPERATING ENGINEERS Wantagh Parkway, to Hempstead Turnpike (RT. 24) east. Left at the 4th traffic light (Division Ave) Park behind the fitness dub. You will see the sign for the billiards hall at the end of the stores. (Viewing Platform for Youngsters) Our entrance is located to the right of the door to the pool room :00PM-9:00PM ST JAMES MODEL RAILROAD OPEN HOUSE For more information call , , or sjtrains@hotmail.com :00PM-10:00PM BAY RIDGE MODEL RAILROAD CLUB Admission: Adults; $3.00, Children 6-12 years, $ for information call: Cono , (after 6 pm only) - The Club is located at: 28 Marine Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y bayridgemodelrailroadclub.html Noon-8:00PM PORT JEFFERSON CHARLES DICKEN'S FESTIVAL Toys for Tots Model Railroad Exhibit Belle Terre Community Center 55 Cliff Road, Belle Terre NY 7:00PM-9:30PM WEST ISLAND MODEL RAILROAD CLUB WINTER 2010 (continued on next page) 5

6 Holiday Train Guide (continued from previous page) December 4 11:30AM-3:30PM 11:00AM-5:00PM 2:00PM-5:00PM Noon-8:00PM RAILROAD MUSEUM OF LONG ISLAND HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE Santa arrives on the noon train and departs for the North Pole at 3PM HO scale steam era diorama of Greenport terminal Railroad Museum of Long Island 4th Street at the tracks near the railroad station, Greenport Admission free NASSAU LIONEL OPERATING ENGINEERS ST JAMES MODEL RAILROAD OPEN HOUSE BAY RIDGE MODEL RAILROAD CLUB PORT JEFFERSON CHARLES DICKEN'S FESTIVAL WEST ISLAND MODEL RAILROAD CLUB Sunday December 5 10:00AM-4:00PM 11:30AM-3:30PM 11:00AM-5:00PM 2:00PM-5:00PM Noon-8:00PM GREAT TRAIN EXTRAVAGANZA EMPIRE STATE CONVENTION CENTER - Adults $ under 12 free Sponsored in part by NMRA NER Hudson Berkshire Division RAILROAD MUSEUM OF LONG ISLAND HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE NASSAU LIONEL OPERATING ENGINEERS ST JAMES MODEL RAILROAD OPEN HOUSE BAY RIDGE MODEL RAILROAD CLUB PORT JEFFERSON CHARLES DICKEN'S FESTIVAL WEST ISLAND MODEL RAILROAD CLUB Friday December 10 8:00PM-10:00PM 7:00PM-9:30PM NASSAU LIONEL OPERATING ENGINEERS WEST ISLAND MODEL RAILROAD CLUB December 11 10:00AM-4:00PM 9:00AM-6:45PM CRADLE OF AVIATION MUSEUM - HOTRACK of The STDivision Meadowbrook Parkway to Exit M-4, follow signs to Charles Lindbergh Blvd. NEW YORK RAILROAD ENTHUSIASTS HOLIDAY EXCURSION Time again for our traditional holiday trip. This year we visit the Shore Line Trolley Museum in East Haven, Conn. Metro-North and our Charter Coach deliver us to the door. We step back to the turn of the century (20th, that is) for a day of trolley riding, Trolley Barn exploring of their collection. and, of course our trip Luncheon. We try something new at the Cracker Barrel Restaurant & Country Store. Each trip participant will receive an $18 Gift Card to order any meal, side dish, dessert or beverage you wish. Individuals may exceed the $18 Balance by paying the difference. Unused balances can be used at Country Store or on a future restaurant visit. The Club will cover the gratuity based On the $18 amount. Regular or Senior Fare $74 (516) (continued on next page)

7 Holiday Train Guide (continued from previous page) December 11 10:00AM-4:00PM 12 Noon-4:00PM 12 Noon-5:00PM CRADLE OF AVIATION MUSEUM - HOTRACK of The STDivision. NASSAU LIONEL OPERATING ENGINEERS TMB TRAIN CLUB OPEN HOUSE O Hi-Rail operating layout (Viewing Platform for Youngsters) 1110A Route 109, Lindenhurst (behind Intercounty Bakers building) Admission Free (516) CENTRAL OPERATING LINES CLUB OPEN HOUSE WEST ISLAND MODEL RAILROAD CLUB Sunday December 12 10:00AM-3:00PM 12 Noon-4:00PM 12 Noon-5:00PM LONG ISLAND MODEL RAIL ROAD ENGINEERS OPEN HOUSE See N and HO layouts 3661 Horseblock Road, Unit P Medford, NY For information about Club Open House Events call us at (631) NASSAU LIONEL OPERATING ENGINEERS TMB TRAIN CLUB OPEN HOUSE CENTRAL OPERATING LINES CLUB OPEN HOUSE WEST ISLAND MODEL RAILROAD CLUB January 1 12 Noon-4:00PM TMB TRAIN CLUB OPEN HOUSE January 8 Sunday January 9 January 15 1PM-4:30PM 12 Noon-4:00PM 12 Noon-5:00PM 12 Noon-4:00PM 12 Noon-5:00PM 10:00AM-4:00PM 11:00AM-3:30PM WINTER MEET - SUNRISE TRAIL DIVISION - NMRA - NER Westbury Memorial Library Jefferson Street, Westbury TMB TRAIN CLUB OPEN HOUSE CENTRAL OPERATING LINES CLUB OPEN HOUSE TMB TRAIN CLUB OPEN HOUSE CENTRAL OPERATING LINES CLUB OPEN HOUSE 20th ANNUAL WINTER MODEL TRAIN SHOW AND EXHIBITION SPONSORED BY - The Great South Bay Model Railroad Club Operating Model RR Layouts in all Major Scales. Door Prizes & Raffle Prizes Freeport Recreation Center E. Merrick Road Freeport, NY Kevin McKay GRUMMAN MODEL RAILROAD SHOW Bethpage High School, 10 Cherry Avenue Bethpage, New York Bethpage HS PTSA (continued on next page) WINTER

8 Holiday Train Guide (continued from previous page) January 29 & Sunday January 30 January 29 9:00AM 5:00PM 10:00AM 5:00PM ALL DAY Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds, Memorial Ave, W Springfield MA. Adults: $10 per day Children 15 and under: FREE Accompanied by an Adult EASTERN STATES PARKING: $5.00 per day BUS TRIP from Long Island to Amherst Railway Society Train Show Round Trip Couch, Entry to Train Show, 3 Pick Up Locations Stephen Williams Stephen.Williams@ngc.com January Noon-5:00PM CENTRAL OPERATING LINES CLUB OPEN HOUSE Super Bowl February 5, Noon-5:00PM CENTRAL OPERATING LINES CLUB OPEN HOUSE (details above Super Bowl Sunday February 6, Noon-4:00PM TMB TRAIN CLUB OPEN HOUSE March Noon-5:00PM CENTRAL OPERATING LINES CLUB OPEN HOUSE March Noon-5:00PM CENTRAL OPERATING LINES CLUB OPEN HOUSE Best wishes for the Holidays to those who love trains and to all who love those who love trains from the Sunrise Trail Division. During this joyous season and always, remember those in our Service who go daily into harm s way. May God bless them all. 8

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10 BUILD YOUR OWN SEARCH LIGHT SIGNALS David Metal Search light signals can be made for a fraction of the cost of commercially built units for your layout. These instructions are for an HO scale signal assembly but you can change the dimensions for your scale. Using low cost materials a very believable searchlight signal can be assembled with these simple parts. Parts required: #10 S.A.E. steel-zinc washers T-1 size bi-color LED (red/green with two leads) 7/32" O.D. brass tubing 5/32" O.D. brass tubing 1/8" O.D. brass tubing #36 gauge telephone wire.080" styrene plastic.020" styrene plastic Walther s signal ladder stock Tenax-7R styrene glue Purple super glue 180 ohm, 1/4-watt resistors Following these instructions you will build the signal base cabinet, then the signal head and finally add the details to complete the signal assembly. These procedures are suitable for building the signals in small batches so that after you build the first signal assembly you can use it for a sample and build large groups of the sub assemblies. Build the signal base by cutting 6 by 8 piece of styrene. Then cut, stack and cement 4'x6' pieces of styrene until they are 6' high. Finish this stack with one 3' square piece of.080" styrene that is beveled on all four edges. Sand or otherwise smooth the sides of the stack of styrene before gluing it to the base. Cement the completed stack to the base, be sure to center the stack on the base. Cut a door from a piece of.020" styrene 4'x5' and glue it to the side of the signal base that will be facing away from the track. Add small pieces of styrene for hinges, and a piece of.015" brass wire for a door latch. Mark the center of the stack and using a #22 drill with the drill motor running slowly so no heat is created, drill a hole through the entire stack from top to bottom. Install the 1/8 brass tube about a 1\4 inside the 5/32" brass tube and solder them together. Then cut the 1/8 tube to 20' long from the solder joint. After the 5/32 tube is inserted thru the base stack it can be cut to a length that will allow it to fit through the base stack and protrude out the bottom of the stack far enough to pass thru your bench work. After this is done, install the tubing into the base so that just a small amount of the larger tube shows above the styrene base, making it look like a base ring for the mast. After this is properly positioned, super glue the brass tubing to the base. You can fabricate or buy a small styrene point to add to the top of the 20'mast and super glue it in place. Build the signal head by cutting a piece of 7/32" brass tubing at an angle of 30 to 45 degrees, for the sun shield, and cut the tubing about 1/4" long. Then fit the square-cut end of the tube into the center of the #10 washer so it is flush and super glue them together. Install the LED into the tubing from the rear. You may need to file the circumference of the LED down slightly so that it fits into the tubing. Super-glue everything together from the back side of the signal head be very careful not to get glue on the front of the LED. Decide where you want to mount your signal head(s) on the mast and mark the spot, check your prototype railroad. Then using a round file cut a notch in the back side of the mast large enough for the LED wires to go into the mast. Then use superglue to install the signal head(s) to the front of the mast. Connect a different color (Continued on page 11) 10

11 (Continued from page 10) wire wrap wire to each of the two LED wires by wrapping the leads around the LED leads and carefully soldering each lead. Cut off the excess lead and wire wrap wire close to the LED body. Install the wire wrap wires into the notch and down the mast to the base. In series with one of the two wires coming from a signal head add a 180 ohm current limiting resistor for use with 5 volt TTL signal logic. If you are using 12 volt logic, substitute a 510 ohm current limiting resistor. To complete the signal assembly, install the Walther s signal bridge ladder stock to the back side of the signal mast using super glue. Many, but not all, masts have a letter "A" or number board attached to the mast, this can be cut from styrene, a decal attached and then super glued to the mast to complete the signal assembly. The signal head is painted flat black and the mast, base cabinet assembly are painted silver to finish your new searchlight signal. Be very careful no to get paint on the face of the LED. Be sure you completely cover the back of the LED so light does not show. You will need a circuit that reverses the voltage polarity to have the signal display red or green. If you want to be able to display yellow as well, the circuit needs to be able to supply a rapidly reversing voltage check the internet for circuits that can do this. The completed signal assembly is slightly large for exact HO scale, but it is close enough that you won't notice it, because the other proportions are correct. You total cost for each of the signals should be less than five dollars instead of the twenty dollars or more for prefabricated signals. SPRING MEET APRIL 9, 2011 IN MASSAPEQUA PARK CLINICS CONTESTS PHOTO CONTESTS AP MERIT CONTESTS MODULAR LAYOUTS LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WHITE ELEPHANT TABLE *Date & Location Tentative (Check Spring Cannonball or website) welcomes... new to the Division since the last issue Eric Soencksen Robert Gordon Nancy Killen Carl Rotolo William Hodkinson Brooklyn Brooklyn Cutchogue Lindenhurst Mt. Sinai WINTER

12 5 HOWARD DRIVE HUNTINGTON NY FIRST CLASS MAIL PLACE STAMP HERE IN THIS ISSUE STDIV WINTER MEET NMRA DIAMOND CLUB BUILD YOUR OWN SIGNALS 2010 CHAMPLAIN FLYER RECAP / PHOTOS WELCOME BACK WEST ISLAND MRR CLUB HOLIDAY / WINTER MRR TRAIN EVENT GUIDE PLACE MAILING LABEL HERE SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER OF THE SUNRISE TRAIL DIVISION Name Scale(s) Address City State Zip Phone 1 year $ years $14.00 Please send a completed copy of this form and a check made payable to the Sunrise Trail Division to: Walter Wohleking, 5 Howard Drive, Huntington NY DOWN THE TRACK LOCAL Dec 5 2:30PM-5:00PM STDiv Board of Directors meeting 42 Indian Drive Sayville NY Ed Neale escape3@optonline.net Jan PM-4:30PM STDiv Winter Meet, Westbury Library Jefferson Ave, Westbury NY - George Loy georgejloy@gmail.com Jan All-Day Bus Trip from LI to Amherst Railway Society Train Show - W. Springfield MA - Stephen Williams Stephen.Williams@ngc.com Apr 9, AM-5:00PM Tentative - STDiv Spring Meet, St. David s Lutheran Church, 20 Clark Blvd, Massapequa Park NY - Nov :00AM-5:00PM Tentative - STDiv Fall Convention, - United Methodist Church, 881 Merrick Rd, Baldwin NY - Nov :00PM-9:00PM Tentative - STDiv Banquet / Awards Dinner, At above location NORTH EAST REGIONAL / NATIONAL July 3-9, National Model Railroad Association National Convention - Sacramento, CA - October 13-16, NER Convention - Crowne Plaza at the Crossings - Warwick, Rhode Island RECURRING (NMW means new members welcome ) 3rd Fri of each month, Sep-Jun, NRHS L.I. Sunrise Trail Chapter (NMW) meets 8:00PM-10:00PM at Christ Episcopal, Carll Ave & Prospect St, Babylon 3rd Fri of each month, Sunrise Trail Model RR Club (NMW) meets at its HO scale layout in Farmingdale, Mark Conca st Tue of each month, Long Island Model RR Engineers (NMW) meets at its multi-scale layouts at 3661 Horseblock Rd, Farmingville Each Wed, Rockville Centre Model RR Club (NMW) meets 8:00PM-10:00PM at its HO scale layout, 200 Sunrise Hwy, Rockville Centre, Duane Yorke st Mon, 2nd Tues, 3rd Wed, 4th Thurs 8:00PM (NMW) The Great South Bay Model Railroad Club (HO Scale) - 9 North Long Beach Ave Freeport - Kevin McKay (516)