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1 RED MARKERS Newsletter of the Central New York Division of the Northeastern Region, National Model Railroad Association, Inc. SERVING MODEL RAILROADERS IN AND AROUND CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE NEXT MEETING... November 1, 2015 Meeting Cancelled Central New York Division, NRHS Train Fair Tractor Supply Exhibit Center,NYS Fairgrounds Saturday November 7-10:00 5:00 and Sunday November 8-10:00 4:00 CNY Division Model Railroad Auction Saturday December 12, :00 AM to 4:00 PM Camillus Senior Center At this Meeting and in this Issue... Calling All Modelers! It will be all auction all the time at this meeting. The last auction we held in 2013 had an impressive array of model railroad and prototype railroad material. SELLERS REGISTRATION: 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM Please have your Seller Registration Sheet (found on page 7) & Lot Tags (pg8) filled out prior to arrival, Better yet, print & fill out the registration sheet now and mail it to Bill Bender TODAY!! BUYER REGISTRATION & PREVIEW: 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM AUCTION: 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM PAGE 1

Loose Spikes (Notes from the Ashpit ) The Brass Hats Central New York Division - ELECTED Superintendent Bernard Messenger 9388 Paris Hill Rd. Sauquoit, NY 13456 (315) 737-7437 bernardmessenger@gmail.

com Chief Clerk Ed O Rourke 36 Nursery Lane Syracuse, NY 13210 315-425-9224 eorourke@twcny.rr.com Paymaster Charlie Albee 215 Falls Blvd Chittenango, NY 13037 315-687-3282 calbee1@verizon.

2 Loose Spikes (Notes from the Ashpit ) The Brass Hats Central New York Division - ELECTED Superintendent Bernard Messenger 9388 Paris Hill Rd. Sauquoit, NY (315) bernardmessenger@gmail.com Asst. Superintendent Ken Cameron 8462 Poolsbrook Road Kirkville, NY (315) kcameron@twcny.rr.com Chief Clerk Ed O Rourke 36 Nursery Lane Syracuse, NY eorourke@twcny.rr.com Paymaster Charlie Albee 215 Falls Blvd Chittenango, NY calbee1@verizon.net - APPOINTED NMRA Achievement Program Representative Dave Martini 6943 Shannon Way Liverpool, NY (315) kmartin1@twcny.rr.com NMRA Member Aid Chairman Jim Heidt, P.O. Box 25 Clockville, NY (315) jimheidt@hotmail.com Division Clinic Coordinator Bill Brown, 6002 Singletree Lane Jamesville, NY (315) larcproducts@yahoo.com Train Show Coordinator Lenn Amrhein, 6306 Meadow Drive Rome, NY (315) lamrhein@twcny.rr.com Division Storekeeper Ed Olszewski (315) eolszew1@twcny.rr.com Red Markers Co-Editors Ed Olszewski and Ed O Rourke 36 Nursery Lane Syracuse, NY (315) eolszew1@twcny.rr.com eorourke@twcny.rr.com Distributed through our web site at domestic US Mail Delivery available, 2015 CNY Division, NMRA, All Rights Reserved. Printed in USA. Don t Get Left at the Station... To stay onboard and keep receiving Red Markers notices, you need to come to this meeting (or at least every third meeting). If you absolutely can t attend and want to continue to receive a mailed issue, send $3.00 to Charlie Albee (see left), make the check payable to CNY Division, NER. Of course you are always welcome to pick up the latest issue on-line at But money is a poor substitute. Come to the meeting because your check book won t have half the fun you will!! We continue to grow and plan exciting things. So don t miss out!! Thanks. PAYMASTERS REPORT Paymaster s Report Balance, $2, Expenses Bank fee - $ Bank fee - $6.50 Income Total Expenses $ Raffle - $ NMRA/NER rebate - $85.20 Total Income $ Balance, $2, Respectfully submitted, Charles Albee, Paymaster Division Name Badges are available from Jim Heidt for $7.00. Price includes postage to mail your badge to you by First Class Mail. No more of this holding onto them or giving them to buddies to pass on. The $7.00 covers all costs. REMEMBER - Contact our Chief Clerk if you ever have trouble receiving your Red Markers. Also, if you need to change your address or post office address drop the Clerk a line. The Division Chief Clerk s contact information is listed in The Brass Hats sidebar to the left. Please have your articles and any items for Loose Spikes to us by the date listed below. Remember, EARLIER IS ALWAYS BETTER! Thanks for your support, Ed & Ed. 11/15/2015 PAGE 2

Vice President John Doehring has agreed to fill out Scooter's remaining term and announced to the Board an immediate initiative.

3 From The Freight Shed From The Dispatcher's Desk "A CALL FOR HELP" Your Northeastern Region of the NMRA needs you! As some of you might know, our own Scooter Youst has resigned his post as Region President for personal reasons that have nothing to do with the Region. Scooter leaves with great reluctance. Vice President John Doehring has agreed to fill out Scooter's remaining term and announced to the Board an immediate initiative. John has called on each of us Board members, and on all Division Superintendents to scour their division for good, able-bodied folks that might want to get involved at the Region level.. First off, let's thank the people of the Oswego Valley Model Railroad Club and the Oswego Railroad Museum for hosting our meeting and making this on a fun day. Also, thanks to Keith Kostoroski for opening his layout for our enjoyment. We are in the planning stages for this year's Auction at the Senior Center in Camillus. I hope you have a few items to bring to Auction off. Get your paperwork done and send it to Bill Bender as soon as possible. Two years ago we had a successful Auction and this one I'm looking forward to as well. I personally volunteered at the Region level a few years back and have found it to be an exciting and enjoyable endeavor. President Doehring is creating groups of individuals for each position and committee to make involvement easy and less time consuming. GREAT IDEA! Much of the involvement is by computer or phone conferencing with very little travel and time requirements. We here in the CNY Division have many great individuals that could help advance our Region organization. PLEASE consider volunteering. Shoot me off an at larcproducts@yahoo.com or give me a call ( ) if you would like more info. Leave me a message if I don't answer and I will get back to you shortly. Bill Brown Work and family commitments prevented Gary Frost from hosting the November meeting at his layout, so the November 1 meeting is cancelled. Perhaps we will be able to visit his wonderful layout next year. Speaking of which, the board will be meeting soon to set up next year s meeting schedule. If you have a layout in some stage of development we d love to pay you a visit and see your work. Remember, it doesn t have to be finished sometimes we can learn more from an in-progress layout than a completed one. Let one of the board members know if you would like to host a meeting. I hope to see all of you at the Central New York Chapter, NRHS Train Fair November 7 and 8 at the Fairgrounds. Stop by the NER/NMRA/CNY Division booth and say hello. Regards, Bernie Messenger This comes under the heading of A Prototype for Everything. This tunnel is on the Alaska Railroad between Anchorage and Whittier. One lane accommodates both rail and road traffic. Signals control entry from either direction. I'll have more of railroads in Alaska to show you in a future Red Markers. Ed O'Rourke photo PAGE 3

(Loose Spikes, continued from page 2) Note that the Division Auction date is Saturday December 12. Auction seller registration forms and Lot Tags are elsewhere in this edition.

The 2016 NMRA National convention is in Indianapolis, IN, July 3 10, 2016. This one is a LOOOONG days drive, or a fairly easy 2 day excursion. Ed O'Rourke receives the MOW Award from Asst. Supt.

Bill Brown photo CNY Division NER/NMRA Meeting Oswego Valley Railroad Museum Sunday September 20, 2015 Call to order by Supt.

4 (Loose Spikes, continued from page 2) Note that the Division Auction date is Saturday December 12. Auction seller registration forms and Lot Tags are elsewhere in this edition. Fill out a lot tag for each item you wish to auction and attach it to the item. Complete the seller registration form and Send it to Bill Bender! The 2016 NMRA National convention is in Indianapolis, IN, July 3 10, This one is a LOOOONG days drive, or a fairly easy 2 day excursion. Ed O'Rourke receives the MOW Award from Asst. Supt. Ken Cameron and previous winner Bill Brown at the Train Watching event. A great event. Trains came out eventually. Bill Brown photo CNY Division NER/NMRA Meeting Oswego Valley Railroad Museum Sunday September 20, 2015 Call to order by Supt. 2:20 PM Thank you to our hosts No Paymaster s Report See Red Markers Question regarding address of James Domser Utica Area Red Markers returned unable to forward. Ed will check with Jim Heidt. Drew James Layout in September NMRA Magazine. Issue of NMRA Insurance and membership requirements. Considerable discussion. Need to find out what the policy really covers Moved Ed Olszewski, second Angel Bernard That the Board discuss and consider cover half the cost of a Rail-Pass membership to encourage NMRA membership PASSED UNANIMOUSLY Chief clerk to provide member/non-member lists to next board meeting. Next BOD meeting - Friday October 16, 2015, 6:00 PM Denny s Oneida restaurant Bill Brown reminded members of joint NER/MER convention in New Jersey October Bill also discussed Region Leadership needs anyone willing to serve at the Region Level let Bill know. Considering idea of trip on Adirondack Railroad October 10. Raffle income $ $10.00 donated to Oswego Valley Museum Meeting adjourned 3:15 PM Respectfully submitted Edward J. O Rourke, Clerk Scene on Keith Kostoroski s garden railway. The bridge was built out of wood by Keith and his neighbor. Keith is a retired Marine which explains his U.S. Marine Corp train. Ed Olszewski photo Division meeting, Ed Olszewski photo PAGE 4

A CASE FOR BUILDING MOCKUPS By Ed Olszewski Photos by the Author Why are you settling for a plywood prairie when you could have the beginnings of some buildings and begin to see how well your

All you need is an evening, some foam core and some wood scraps along with building photos you have printed out.

5 A CASE FOR BUILDING MOCKUPS By Ed Olszewski Photos by the Author Why are you settling for a plywood prairie when you could have the beginnings of some buildings and begin to see how well your railroad will operate? Adding mock-ups, even 2 dimensional ones, to your layout is easy to do. All you need is an evening, some foam core and some wood scraps along with building photos you have printed out. While traveling around the country I have had the pleasure of meeting a number of model railroaders and viewed their layouts. One of my favorite stops is in Las Cruces, NM, the home of the NMRA Road Runner Division. A few years back I was fortunate enough to attend one of the Road Runner s division meetings in the Las Cruces Railroad Museum. The members of the division welcomed me in and I have become friends with several of the members. Recently, I was back in Las Cruces and met up with friend and division member Mike Weiss. Mike invited me over to see his layout improvements since my last visit and an impromptu operating session. Mike has added an entire peninsula with a yard and a city industrial area since my last visit. Rather than leave the bare plywood Mike took a lesson learned from fellow division member Eric Hansmann and painted the plywood base a medium grey. This alone would have been a good improvement over the bare plywood but Mike went a step further and has added mock-ups to the industrial area and along the back side of the yard. The mockups in the yard are a combination of 2D flats and what might be called 2D+ flats. He has also placed a couple of completed models into the mix. He did the same thing over in the city industrial area using 2D flats and some cardboard boxes. No completed models here yet as he is making sure the track arrangement will work. Side note; based on my experience switching the industrial area I think he has nothing to worry about with his track arrangement. Figure 1: Mike has used 2D mock-ups in his York industrial area to check-out the track arrangement.. I want to talk about the 2D and 2D+ flats Mike has created and placed around his layout. His 2D flats are building photos mounted to foam core supported by blocks of wood or small cardboard boxes. His 2D+ flats are building photos mounted to foam core with the photo wrapped around the side for an inch or two. In one evening you could take your printed photos and make your own mockup flats. How would you make a 2D flat? Along with your photos get some foam core illustration board, some spray adhesive and a sharp utility knife. Sit down at your workbench and get to work. Figure 2 : A couple of Mike's 2D photo mockups The photos should be printed on heavy weight paper. The thin 20 pound copy paper is too thin and might wrinkle when sprayed with the adhesive and mounted to the foam core. Using heavier paper, i.e. photo paper, will result in a better finish to the photo and should (Continued on Page 6) PAGE 5

The Case for Building Mock-ups (cont.. from pg.5) eliminate wrinkling of the photo when mounted. I recommend you leave your photo uncut at this point.

It will not be as noticeable. If you can only find white foam core take a black marker and color the edge to hide the white.

You can create your own building photos if you have a camera and some ability to use a photo editor to straighten out the lines of the building photos you take.

Figure 3: Notice how the black foam core is not as noticeable on this flat compared to the white foam core of the back support.

6 The Case for Building Mock-ups (cont.. from pg.5) eliminate wrinkling of the photo when mounted. I recommend you leave your photo uncut at this point. Spray the back of the photo with adhesive and place it on a piece of foam core precut to the approximate size of the photo. Taking a hint from sign makers, use a black foam core. It will not be as noticeable. If you can only find white foam core take a black marker and color the edge to hide the white. Figure 4: Mike had the space behind this mockup so he used an old cardboard box as a support. source who is no longer in business but fear not. You can create your own building photos if you have a camera and some ability to use a photo editor to straighten out the lines of the building photos you take. You can also make use of other commercial sources of building photos. All you need to do is get your photos and other supplies together and get building. What s stopping you? Figure 3: Notice how the black foam core is not as noticeable on this flat compared to the white foam core of the back support. With the photo mounted use the utility knife and a steel straight edge to cut along the outline of the building. The utility knife is stronger than a hobby knife and will cut through the foam core easier with less chance of breaking. When you have finished cutting out the building flat use a #2 pencil to darken the edge of the photo paper to get rid of the thin white edge. You can support your mockup with a scrap of wood, a cardboard box or a piece of foam core. Choose your support to fit the space available. I would suggest you use a piece of wood if there is a narrow space. Figure 5 : Here are three types of structure models. On the left is a 3D City Classics warehouse model, in the center is a 2D+ mockup and on the right is a 2D mockup. You can easily see how each will add depth to a scene. Below: Here we see these 3D and 2D flats along the back of York yard on Mike's Kingston Southern layout. Mike used a number of these mockup flats to give his industrial area a number of customers quickly. Some of the mockups Mike created are what I refer to as 2D+. You can see one of these at the right end of the industrial area in figure 1. These mockups are not going to replace a 3D model, but they will add depth to your scene and give you a better feel of how the finished scene will look Mike used building photos from a commercial PAGE 6

7 CNY Division NER-NMRA: SELLER INFORMATION SHEET [ of page(s)] (Please Print Everything...if we can t read it, you ve wasted your time as well!) (Leave Blank for Auction Clerk) Name: Phone:( ) Seller # Mailing Address (w/ Zip) (Send to Bill Bender, Jr., 1112 County Route 37, Central Square, NY 13036) Item Lot Number 001 Item Lot Description If more than 22, strike out pre-printed lot numbers on next sheet(s) and renumber from 023 onward. PAGE 7 Min. Bid Amt.

8 CNY Division Auction SELLER S LOT TAG Print these forms as needed, cut them apart, PRINT Clearly all the information needed INCLUDING your own lot numbers in the SELLER LOT NUMBER Box after the dash. Please number your lots in consecutive order starting with 01 and have them taped to your lots prior to arrival at the auction. This Lot No. Office use only Seller's Lot Number No. of Min. Pieces Bid $ Seller s Name (PRINT) is a reserved auction, you may set a minimum Lot Description (PRINT) bid amount for any lot you wish. You can also Donate a lot(s) to the CNY Division. Just write Donate on the Min. Bid line. Buyer Pad. # CNY Division Auction SELLER S LOT TAG Lot No. Office use only Seller's Lot No. Sold at $ CNY Division Auction SELLER S LOT TAG Office use only Seller's Lot Number Lot No. No. of Min. Pieces Bid $ Seller s Name (PRINT) No. of Min. Pieces Bid $ Seller s Name (PRINT) Lot Description (PRINT) Lot Description (PRINT) Buyer Pad. # Buyer Pad. # Sold at $ Sold at $ CNY Division Auction Saturday December 12 Camillus Senior Center Print these seller lot tags to attach to your sales lots Seller Registration: 8:00 AM 10:00 AM Buyer Registration & Preview: 10:00 AM 11:00 AM AUCTION: 11:00 AM 4:00 PM PAGE 8

9 Area Model Railroad Groups: The Central New York Model Railroad Club: The CNY Model Railroad Club & Historical Society, Inc. Fri., 7:30pm. Operations 1st and 2nd Fri./month. New members and visitors always welcome. Info and directions at The Syracuse Model Railroad Club: Wed. 7p at the layout in the Eastwood American Legion, James St., Syracuse. One business meeting monthly, others are work sessions. Info: Jim Beach at Salt City N-Trak, Ltd.: Meeting schedule / location t/b/a as the club is no longer located at the Eastwood American Legion. Operating 14' x 42' N-Trak modular layout which often tours. Info: Rich Petitto at FUNTRAK: The Frankfort United N-Trak Model Railroad Club, Inc. meets at members homes, meetings are scheduled and posted in FUNTRAK's newsletter each month about two months ahead of the actual meeting date. Info: Brian King at or Clayt Farrall at Cayuga Valley Model Railroaders: Thur. 7:00p and on most Saturdays at 9:00a at the club at 3 East Genesee Street, Auburn, over Speno Music Store. Info: Call Bernard Watkins Oswego Valley Railroad Association: The group operates the Oswego Railroad Museum dedicated to the historic preservation of railroad history in the Oswego County area. Open Memori-al Day to Labor Day on Sat, Sun and holidays Noon - 5pm. The museum is located in the city of Oswego at 56 West First St. The Oswego Railroad Museum Offers a 1950 s era 24' x 36' operating layout of the southern Oswego County area and an extensive railroad library. Contact Bill Nickolas at Central New York Modelers: The CNYMOD group has moved to new quarters in the Museum of Sci-ence & Technology (The MOST) in Downtown Syracuse. Info: at or by contacting President Andy Rezsnyak at or cny187@gmail.com. Central New York Large-Scale Railway Society: Meets at Driver s Village (the former Penn Can Mall), with a major layout under construction, Info: Bob Loran at rloran@windstream.net. The Bullthistle Model Railroad Society: Third Wed. of the month, 7:00 p.m. at their headquarters at 33 Rexford Street, Norwich, NY, and open Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and on special events... all in creating visual and operable multi-scale displays of historic railroading in Chenango County. Info: Elton and Anethma Ire-land at (607) or club President, Philip Fairchild at (607) , lpfair@frontiernet.net CNYNRHS Model Railroad Group This group maintains O gauge and HO Scale modular layouts. Currently meeting 7 to 9 PM Thursday evenings at the warehouse behind JR Junction Train & Hobby, 2716 Erie Blvd. East, Syracuse. It is recommended that you call ahead at Info at or to modelrr@cnynrhs.org European Train Enthusiasts, CNY Chapter Round robin meetings. 'N' scale modular layout, Info: Gordon H. Davis at or , gdavis4@twcny.rr.com PAGE CNY Division Schedule Sunday, Feb 22nd 2-4 PM SMRRC Show and Open House, Syracuse, NY Sunday, April PM Len Amrhein Model & Photo Contest Sunday, June 7 2-4PM Bob Loran Saturday, August PM, Division Picnic hosted by Bill & Judy Brown clinic by Jim Heidt Sunday, September 20 12:00 4:00 PM Keith Kostoroski/ Oswego Valley Railway Museum Model Showcase Sunday, Nov PM, MEETING CANCELLED! Saturday, Dec. 12 Auction at the Camillus Senior Center Details in This Issue! Saturday, Jan. 9, :00 4:00 PM Division Banquet Rusty Rail, Canastota, Sunday, February 28, :00 4:00 PM SMRC Train Show, Eastwood American Legion Sunday April 3, :00 4:00 PM This could be at your layout!

10 Camillus Senior Center, 25 1st St. Camillus, NY Central New York Division, NMRA Red Markers News Letter 36 Nursery Lane Syracuse, NY PAGE 10

CNY Division Model Railroad Auction

CNY Division Model Railroad Auction RED MARKERS Newsletter of the Central New York Division of the Northeastern Region, National Model Railroad Association, Inc. SERVING MODEL RAILROADERS IN AND AROUND CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE NEXT MEETING...