October December 2016 Volume 36 Issue 4

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1 October December 2016 Volume 36 Issue 4 ***Highlights from the North Jersey METCA Show ***

2 Metropolitan Division Waybill Train Collectors Association Vol. 36 Issue 4 Board of Directors President~ Kevin Quinn Vice President~ Stuart Rankin Secretary~ Robert Amling Treasurer~ Jeffery Corrick Director~ Larry Laskowski Director~ Sam Deo Director~ Doug Schembs Director~ Rem Hunnewell TCA MISSION STATEMENT To develop an appreciation of and to preserve an important segment of history~ Tinplate Toy Trains~ through research, education, community outreach, fellowship, establishment of collecting standards, and to promote the growth and enjoyment of collecting and operating toy, model, and scale trains. CONTACT METCA Website: Jeffery Corrick: clint@clintjefferies.com Discussion: Facebook: Correspondence, membership and mail issues: METCA Secretary 5 East Warwick Ct, Farmingdale, NJ Phone: Fax: mailto:secretary@metca.org Train Collectors Association Application Metropolitan Division (METCA) Application Train Collectors Association National Officers President Charles R. Anyan, # President-Elect Joseph Fanara, # Vice President Rupert C. Campbell, Jr., # Secretary Christie M. Wilson, # Treasurer Rick McKenny, # Past President Wayne S. Sheriff, # TCA National Website The views expressed by the contributors to this publication are their own and not necessarily those of the Waybill editor or of the Train Collectors Association 2 Inside This Paper Issue: Photo layout of the new NJ METCA show! A tribute to Arno Baars. Larry s Long Island sound and much more! Inside This E-Issue: All of the features of the paper issue plus the another edition of Lionel Oddities and the history of Ives! Coming in the next Waybill: NYSME O gauge layout, Updates from the 4H kids club and much more! Asking for your help! This is your Waybill Folks! We want to hear from our MIGS about what they are doing it this hobby. Send us news, a photo(s), or a story. I want to see your name in the byline! Send your info to eusdesa@yahoo.com On The Cover: NYSW SU-100 with WS-2 at the controls by Newfoundland Station just after sunrise by Michael William Sullivan Credit: Answer to Abandoned in METCA s previous cover: The old Newfoundland Station in West Milford NJ Source: 100_0966.jpg This Waybill is dedicated to the memory of George Wybenga and Arno Baars. Has your contact information changed? Please submit any changes, or pending changes in E- Mail, Phone, or Physical Address to the METCA Secretary at secretary.metca.org (Please include your full name when ing) or METCA Secretary 5 East Warwick Ct Farmingdale NJ 07727

3 November 2016 From the Tower K.J. Quinn So I left the tower on October 15 th to start a week vacation. YORK. Yes, this was my very first time to the Eastern Division s York train show. Renee and I started our York experience at the National Toy Train Museum & TCA HQ in Strasburg on Wednesday the 19 th. The museum looked great with all updated displays and new lighting. The new Lego display was very cool. Bob Lubonski and the museum committee did nice work. The entrance hall was set up for the presentations that were scheduled for the day. Some of the presenters included Lionel, Bachmann, MTH and the Fort Pitt Division. George Starz & Chris Di Cianna gave a very informative presentation about the convention in Pittsburgh. Check out the convention website and Get your caboose to Pittsburgh. I highly recommend a trip to the museum. (Which gives me an idea for a possible future trip Hhhmmm.) The national office also had a tent set up with extra inventory for sale to TCA members. By 9:30AM there was a line to get at goodies. The sale went very well. Whatever was left over went to York. A great job was done by Tammy, Amy, Melody, Carol, Tim and all of the staff & volunteers to make the open house a success. METCA President Kevin Quinn with TCA Member services coordinator Amy Fry The York experience was great for us. We met many friends there and made new ones. I made one great purchase which you will read about later. As great as it was for us I must pass along some sad news. METCA member George Wybenga suffered a heart attack at the show and passed away at the hospital in York PA. Our thoughts, prayers & condolences go out to his wife Betty and his family. He will be missed by all. 3

4 While at the TCA s executive board meeting on Wednesday night I made a proposal to the board regarding the endowment fund. This fund is designed to lock in the TCA s financial future. My proposal was that each of the other 19 divisions contributes $1000 and national contributes $25,000. Once the $44,000 dollars is collected METCA will contribute $25,000 to the fund. It s a challenge that has been done in the past for other projects. This challenge is for TCA s financial future. On October 29 th, 2016 METCA ran its first joint train show with the New York Society of Engineers with much success. A lot of logistics went into this being it was a first time for both clubs to co-host a show. There were 90+ tables filled with trains. The people who attended were buying because boxes and bags of trains were going out the door as long as you priced them right. Many thanks to Andy Brusgard & Bob Lavezzi from NYSME for their hard work in help putting this together. From the METCA side, thanks go out to Bob Amling, Rem Hunnewell, Stu Rankin, Doug & Lois Schembs, Jeff Corrick, & Sam Deo for putting in a lot of time to make this show successful. We plan on having another joint show with NYSME in We are always looking for members to get involved and have fun in the process while putting together a successful show. To our members on the NY side of the river, METCA wants to run another show on that side but needs volunteers to run it. If interested, please contact me. Now that train show season is upon us see you at the shows. It s that time of year again. METCA Division dues are due. How do you know whether you owe dues? Look at your address label or your membership card. If it indicates paid through 2016, you owe dues. Please remit $5 per year or $25 for six years in advance in a check made payable to METCA. Mail checks to Robert Amling, METCA Secretary 5 East Warwick Ct, Farmingdale, NJ on or before 12/31/2016. Please insure that all your personal information including phone numbers and address are correct as that will help us create the METCA roster and membership cards. Paper Waybills are a separate subscription; they cost $10 per year or $50 for six years. ed Waybills are free. 4

5 The METCA show returns to NJ! After a long hiatus, METCA in conjunction with The New York Society of Model Engineers (NYSME) had our first ever North Jersey Train show in East Rutherford NJ. The show took place on October and we had a great turnout. With over 90 tables sold and in excess of 150 people through the door, we had a great turnout. To top it all off, the NYSME had their layouts running so after you hit the show, you could walk down the street and see some fantastic model railroads in action! We ll be doing an article in the next Waybill about the O gauge layout at the NYSME. Now what s an article on a show without pictures! 5

6 As you can see, the isles were filled! 6

7 Need a light? How about a trolley? 7

8 Even a couple of unique Lionel pieces could be found, like this Lionel Naval Compass from WWII! Or this ultra-rare Lionel 5C test set (the e-waybill has a nice write up on this) 8

9 There was a little something for everyone, ranging from HO Vintage catalogs 9

10 And plenty of parts to keep your railroad running. And this show wasn t just a scale model meet, here are some great vintage windups! 10

11 And what s a METCA show without the board. From L to R Jeffery Corrick, Rem Hunnewell, Robert Amling, Sam Deo, Doug Schembs, Kevin Quinn and Stuart Rankin A special thanks to METCA and the NYSME, great show! 11

12 LONG ISLAND SOUNDS Larry Laskowski Toy trains and the Christmas Season. A celebration of happiness and joy and model railroading. Our Long Island clubs welcome you to share their layouts during this time of the year at their open houses. So come with family and visit our clubs for a fun experience. The Railroad Museum of Long Island. Has two weekend events and Santa arrives promptly at noon so don t miss Santa. Check their website. The organization is raising funds to restore LIRR G5s 39 to operation. You can help them with a donation. Club Info at Open House events are as follows: Visit these clubs and tell members what a great job they are doing on their layouts. Date Club open House Address Hours Nov th Central Operating Lines Toys for Tots 50A Carlough rd Bohemia NY 11AM - 4PM Nov th Dec 3-4 th Trainm3-4thasters of Babylon Nassau Lionel Engrs 120 Schmitt Blvd Farmingdale NY 2953 Hempstead Tpk Levittown NY 12--4PM 1 4 PM Dec 3-4 th Railroad Museum LI Greenport RTE 25 at LIRR station Greenport NY 11:30AM -3PM Dec 3-4 th St James Model RR RTE 25A & Mills Pond Rd St James NY 11Am - 5PM Dec th Railroad Museum LI Riverhead 416 Griffing Ave Riverhead NY 11:30AM-3PM Dec th Nassau Lionel Op. Engrs 2953 Hempstead Tpk Levittown NY 1-4PM Dec 11 th Central Operating Lines 50A Carlough Rd Bohemia NY 11AM-4PM Dec th Trainmasters of Babylon 120 Schmitt Blvd Farmingdale NY 12-4PM Central Operating Lines now has an additional layout built specially for younger model railroaders with lots of interaction and play. COL s open house in November is in conjunction with the US Marine Corps Toys for Tots Drive. So please remember to bring a wrapped sealed toy for a needy child.at Christmas. Good Events to see the club so check them out at 50A Carlough Road in Bohemia NY, just off Johnson Ave and South of the Long Island MacArthur airport..the club is looking for New Members so sign up if you like what you see. Info at The Nassau Lionel Operating Engineers layout will be on view during the club s December 2016 open House. When you visit, ask about the club s Lionel car offerings including a Lionel car celebrating the 100 th anniversary of Nathans Famous of Coney Island. Ask about becoming a member. The club is at 2953 Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown NY. Club info at The St James Model Railroad Club has had holiday open houses since 1984.New for 2016 are new switches, track and completion of a reversing loop along with enhanced scenic features. The club layout is 38 by 48 with mains, yards and subway. New members welcome. They are at the Mills Pond House, 660 Route 25A, and Saint James, NY. Club info at The Trainmasters of Babylon has added a new drive in theater. Remember those? It s a great layout with lots of great trains and scenes to see. The club also recruiting new members. Info at. 12

13 A Tribute to Arno Baars By Sam Deo On September 16, 2016 we lost one of the greats in the standard gauge world, Arno Baars. For those of you who don t know, Arno was instrumental in modern standard gauge trains and the collecting of them. If it wasn t for Arno I wouldn t know anything about McCoy, MEW, CMT and many others. Arno was a great guy and he will surely be missed. With permission from Marc Kuffler from the Standard Gauge Blog, Here are a couple photos of Arno s incredible and extensive collection. 13

14 Homemade Ferris wheel Chase Brickman Somerset County 4H Trainmaster & METCA Kids Club member The train Ferris wheel started out more as a practical idea than something for entertainment. My father and I wanted to put a HO track around the living room, but soon realized that putting a shelf around the edge of the room was not the best thing to do. So we tossed around the idea of one shelf, but couldn t figure out how to make a train, stop and reverse by itself. Not to be deterred we somehow came up with the idea of a Ferris wheel. After finding an old bike wheel and an old erector set the idea of a Ferris wheel began to take shape. We bent some HO flex track to the radius of the spokes. Now to make this wheel spin, after a little digging through a junk box for more parts, my father and I did a little reverse engineering. The power source is an old Tranpack transformer. The wiring runs from the transformer up one leg of the wheel and to a commutator that s made with an old remote control car motor and scrap copper pipe. After a few tests we manage to make our first generation wheel. The time it took to make this project was about 2 months of on and off work. Figure 1 Chase Brickman with custom Ferris wheel 2016 photo: METCA 14

15 Figure 2 admirers of the wheel at Somerset County 4H Trainmasters show June 2016 photo: METCA I ended up bringing it to a few train shows and surprisingly people were fascinated by it. They asked a lot of questions once they realized that the center was an old bike wheel. So learning from the first wheel we built a second and even a third generation wheel. With the latest having cars made from old metal table legs. We even have plans in the works on making an O scale version. Stay tuned. Figure 3 custom Ferris wheel working the 2015 TCA Convention Somerset NJ photo: METCA 15

16 Abandoned in METCA So here s a good one for the last edition of the year, can you guess where it is?