Cartersville Convention Special Edition

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1 The Official Publication of the Southeastern Region of the National Model Railroad Association E-SouthErneR 2007

2 N Peachtree Ind. Blvd. BUFORD HWY Pleasant Hill Road EXIT #104 Southeastern Railway Museum TM CC I-85 I-85 SR Buford Hwy. Duluth, GA am 7pm Tues. Wed. Thurs., 11am 6pm Friday Saturday, 1pm 6pm Sunday, Closed Monday Directions from I-85: Take Exit #104 - Pleasant Hill Rd. (Northbound turn left; Southbound turn right) Go past Gwinnett Place Mall to Buford Hwy (3 miles). Turn right and go 1/3 mile. Store is on the right next to Cherokee Closeouts and across from the Southeastern Railway Museum. Kennesaw Trains & Hobbies 2844 South Main Street KEVIN MILLS Across CSX Tracks from the Depot in Downtown Kennesaw 2 E-SouthErneR 2007

3 WAYBILL 2007 Special Edition E-SouthErneR TABLE OF CONTENTS The SouthErneR The Official Publication of the Southeastern Region of the National Model Railroad Association EDITOR Paul V. Voelker 6438 Paradise Point Road Flowery Branch, GA (770) [Leave message] STAFF Asst. Editor - Advertising: Bob McIntyre Robert.L.McIntyre@ge.com Asst. Editor - Division Events: Merrill Compton Jr bhambones@aol.com VP s Keyboard The Cartersville Convention The Non Rail Trax To The Max Leslie Eaton s Nano Clinic The Train Show The Contests Contest Scores by Category Merit Award Winners Pictures of Entries The Private Car Theme Contest The Photo Contest The Banquet ON THE FRONT COVER: Asst. Editor - Feature Articles: Joe Gelmini Papagel1@aol.com Deadlines For Submission Summer 2007 (Jul) - June 1, 2007 Fall 2007 (Oct) - Sept. 1, 2007 Winter 2008 (Jan) - Dec. 1, 2007 Spring 2008 (Apr) - Mar. 1, 2008 Four issues of the paper version of The South- ErneR is mailed to all members of the Southeastern Region who have paid the $10.00 annual subscription price. Material for publication is welcomed! Please send materials to the proper Assistant Editor. All submissions become the property of The SouthErneR unless otherwise contracted. Please do not send previously printed materials. The Cartersville Depot was the site of the banquet Saturday night and the Komatsu Training Facility was the site of all of the rest of the convention activities including the Train Show on Friday & Saturday. ADVERTISING RATES Page Size Full 3/4 1/2 1/4 1/8 1/12 Crawler Number of Issues $120 $240 $360 $400 $ 90 $180 $270 $300 $ 60 $120 $180 $200 $ 30 $ 60 $ 90 $100 $ 15 $ 30 $ 45 $ 60 $ 10 $ 20 $ 30 $ 40 $ 10 $ 20 $ 30 $ 40 Pike Registry : $16 for 4 issues ADVERTISING: Rates are for electronic-format or scannerready ads. Prefered formats are MS Word or MS Publisher and JPG ( KB). Text & Text+JPG ads can be done by the editor, tell me what you want, I may be able to do it for you. Include the company name, address, address and/or a day-time phone number (I prefer ). All ads must be prepaid before publication. Make checks payable to: SER-NMRA E-SouthErneR

4 The VP s Keyboard Joe Gelmini It takes a great deal of effort from many people to keep the Southeastern Region progressing. Many folks regularly volunteer quite a bit of their time to assure we get the most from our NMRA investment. There is no better example of this spirit of volunteerism than the many hours of time donated by 60 Piedmont Division members in hosting the 2007 Trax To The Max SER Convention at Cartersville May If you were there you know what an outstanding convention it was. If you missed it well, you missed one of the best regional conventions ever. The convention clinics, trainshow, prototype tours, trackside banquet, home layout tours everything was just great. My thanks to the convention planning committee and all those who volunteered in providing us with such a wonderful event Something that greatly impressed me at Cartersville was the outstanding non-rail program. It was the best I ve seen at any convention regional or national. Many, many thanks to Lynn Nichols, Diana Watson, Kathy Gelmini and all the ladies that assisted in putting this splendid series of activities together. I now see more clearly the important connection a strong non-rail program has to a successful model train convention. It transforms the event from just another gathering of train freaks to an affair that families can look forward to attending together year after year. Take note future convention planning committees! And speaking of future conventions, our next SER convention will be hosted by Land-O-Sky Division at Lake Junaluska, NC, over Memorial Day weekend, Division super Fred Coleman gave us a look at what s in store for us next year in the Asheville area during our trackside banquet at Cartersville. There will be much more about this in upcoming SouthErneR issues, but it will certainly be a don t miss event. Earlier I mentioned the spirit of volunteerism that is the driving force behind all NMRA, SER and divisional activities. The region has been looking for someone to take over superintendent duties for the Palmetto Division. And sure enough, someone came through. Please join me in welcoming Bob Roof as the new Palmetto superintendent. Bob is a lifelong resident of Columbia, SC and is president of AM- ROC, Associated Model Railroads of Columbia. Recently I had the opportunity to meet Bob and take a tour of the AMROC club layouts. It was quite satisfying to see the work being done there and their efforts to promote model railroading in the Columbia area. I m sure Bob will bring the same level of enthusiasm to the entire Palmetto Division. Thanks, Bob, for stepping up! Until next time, may all your signals be green! $16 / 4 ISSUES 1/18th PAGE 3/10 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 6/08 Ashland, Huntington and Hinton Divisions Modeled in N Scale Mike and Kathy Devaney - Owners 4 E-SouthErneR 2007 Keheley Lake Southern Connecting Routes with Rex & Clayton Southern and Shamrock Southern Len Polinsky Mike Callahn, MMR lenpolinsky@bellsouth.net General Manager Design Engineer 3/08

5 People Photos by Ron Gough, MMR Model Photos By Paul Voelker Captions by the Editor Trax To The Max Convention attendees wave to a passing CSX Freight Train on its way south to Atlanta. Mid-May in Cartersville presented us with three glorious days of sunshine and cool temperatures that made for a memorable convention and an equally memorable banquet. The tents were almost unnecessary to enjoy the banquet, which was good as the banquet was oversold and several people including the Editor chose to eat outside the tent. For an added treat, a crescent moon marched across the sky with the planet Venus seemingly in-tow. Photo by Ron Gough, MMR E-SouthErneR

6 Left NMRA Director Tony Koester and model builder Mike Tylic enjoying a visit to the layout of Dr. Joe Nichols Sr., MMR. Below Dr. Joe Sr. explains how he was able to shrink a cameraman with his video camera down to HO scale and Seriously, Dr. Joe is showing everyone his onboard train camera. Shown listening to Joe intently are (standing left to right) Rob Dodds, Convention Chair Howard Horn Goodwin, Clinician Bob Jahns (dark shirt), Perry Lamb and Keynote Speaker Leslie Eaton, MMR (crouched by Joe s right elbow). Right Clinicians Tony Koester, Bob Jahns & Allen McClelland, MMR at the pre-convention open house of SER member Joe Nichols Sr., MMR. 6 E-SouthErneR 2007

7 Photo By Paul Voelker Above Rob Dodds, Convention Chair Howard Goodwin and committee members Bob McIntyre (Piedmont Division Superintendent) listening intently to fellow committee member Bill Zawacki at Dr. Joe s layout open house on the Thursday night prior to the start of the Trax To The Max convention the following day. Behind the guys is Dr. Joe s very intricate city scene with trackage running to various industries within the city, part of which is seen in the photo at left taken by the Editor at last year s Piedmont Pilgrimage. Below Ron Patzer (left) and Bob Jahns. Bob started Model Railroad StoneWorks, a supplier of HO scale stone arch bridge kits based on PRR and ERIE prototypes. S OUTHE ASTERN R EGION of the NMRA presents: CLINICS ON DVD The first clinic in this ongoing series by the Southeastern Region is entitled: "Building a Timber Trestle" Look for more titles coming in the future! These DVDs sell for $10 each (Free shipping) and you may order them by sending a check made out to: Southeastern Region Order from: George Bloodworth 245 Hidden Meadow Dr. Alpharetta, GA E-SouthErneR

8 The Komatsu Train Facility (above) located in Cartersville, GA was the location for the main activities of the convention activities on Friday and Saturday including the train show. However the Cartersville Depot (below) took the spotlight on Saturday night as the site of the Banquet and again on Sunday morning for the region s Business Meeting and Breakfast. 8 E-SouthErneR 2007

9 Above The Registration Desk opened Friday morning for early arrivals and the setup crew. Here we see Randall Watson directing traffic while your Editor stands in line awaiting his turn to get his registration materials and then start setting up the contest room. Also seen (at left) is Jean Nichols, wife of Dr. Joe Sr. and Mike Devaney (black shirt) of Trainmaster Models. Below At registration there was a small gathering of the Non-Rail committee members and clinicians. Non- Rail Committee members (from left) Lynn Nichols, Kathy Devaney (partially hidden) and Jean Nichols. At right is Gordon Tuenge, President of Tri-State Model Railroaders of Mineral Bluff, GA. Tri-State club serves the north Georgia, southeast Tennessee and western North Carolina area in the SouthEastern Region, NMRA. E-SouthErneR

10 Above & Below On Friday night, a Round Table question and answer forum was held in the auditorium with all of the clinicians from outside of the region participating. A large crowd of conventioneers was present for this event and the discussion was lively E-SouthErneR 2007 Friday Night s Round Table Guests 1 Convention Chairman Howard Goodwin 2 Ron Patzer 7 Loy Spurlock 3 Leslie Eaton, MMR 8 Mike Tylick 4 Bob Jahns 9 John Roberts, MMR 5 Allen McClelland, MMR 10 John Wilkes, MMR 6 Tony Koester 11 Paul Locher, MMR

11 Bob Jahns starts his clinic on using hidden track in conjunction with staging yards when designing a layout for operations. Ron Patzer shows us some of his rock molding materials used in his clinic. Bottom Right Now this is a well attended clinic the way all SER clinics should be attended. The decision by the Piedmont Division crew to bring in outside clinicians coupled with moving layout tours to before and after the convention really paid off in clinic room attendance. No one likes to give a clinic to an empty room as has happened in the past! (Hint) E-SouthErneR

12 Left A. J. Ireland, owner of convention sponsor Digitrax, maker of DCC control systems, is seen testing out his equipment prior to giving his clinic on DCC. Below Right Convention Chairman Howard Goodwin sits in a sea of attendees at one of the many clinics. Bottom Loy Spurlock owner of Loy's Toys, the DCC specialists, gave two clinics on how DCC works, one on Command stations and the other on Decoders. 12 E-SouthErneR 2007

13 Above Clinicians Allen McClelland, MMR of Virginia & Ohio fame, and NMRA Director and Model Railroad Planning Editor Tony Koester. Right Weathering clinician Paul Locher, MMR, owner of SignsGalore, maker of signs, windows and interiors for all scales. Paul moved up from Florida several years ago. Below Right SunShine Region member and clinician John Wilkes, MMR at his clinic on Building the Louisville and Nashville Western Virginia Division. Below SER member and former president Joe Gamble having a discussion with clinician Loy Spurlock of Loy s Toys. E-SouthErneR

14 Above The Convention Trainshow at Komatsu was well attended by both conventioneers & the public. The Piedmont Division s new NMRA membership booth is at right. Below Piedmont Division members SER VP Joe Gelmini, Mike Devaney of Trainmaster Models and fellow Krista Gridley (left to right) man the Company Store at the Convention Trainshow. 14 E-SouthErneR 2007

15 The Piedmont Division s Kid s Operating Layout was set up at the Trainshow to both keep the kids entertained and serve to introduce the next and future generation of modelers to the hobby. Perry Lamb (yellow shirt) is in charge of maintaining the layout that was designed and built by Piedmont members Paul Voelker, John Travis, Ivan Jenkins and Ed Faser. E-SouthErneR

16 SOUTHEASTERN REGION of the NMRA presents: CLINICS ON DVD The first clinic in this ongoing series by the Southeastern Region is entitled: "Building a Timber Trestle" These DVDs sell for $10 each (Free shipping) and you may order them by sending a check made out to: Southeastern Region Order from: George Bloodworth 245 Hidden Meadow Dr. Alpharetta, GA The trestle shown here is the centerpiece of the SER s first Clinics On DVD series - Building a Timber Trestle that debuted at this convention. 16 E-SouthErneR 2007 All photos on this page by Paul Voelker

17 The Non-rail Trax to the Max By Lynn Nichols What a nice convention! A record number of women attended the Trax to the Max SER Convention in Cartersville, Georgia May We were educated and entertained by special non-rail guests including Brenda Cusker who presented a fantastic clinic on Antique Collectibles, Lorraine Garner who patiently taught us to make wonderful yo yo crafts, Carol Beaty who wowed us with her absolutely professional, hands-on Rediscovering the Gourd clinic, and Derrie Hodge who masterfully and hilariously conducted a blind auction. We also visited local antique shops, the Booth Western Museum, Barnsley Gardens, the William Weinman Mineral Museum and more! The weather was perfect, the railroaders were happy, and the local volunteers were great. We reveled in old friendships and began some new ones, which of course, is the ultimate outcome of any good SER convention! All photos on this page by Ron Gough, MMR Top & Left A large number of non-rails attended this year s convention and they were treated to an outstanding non-rail clinic and tour program which was very successful. Here we see the Gourd painting clinic that was put on by Carol Beaty. The weather was perfect for outdoor events such as this and the banquet later that night. Cool temperatures and picture perfect cloudless skies graced us all weekend. E-SouthErneR

18 MMR Leslie Eaton s Hands On Nano Clinic 18 E-SouthErneR 2007 All photos on this page by Paul Voelker

19 All photos on this page by Paul Voelker E-SouthErneR

20 THE TRAIN SHOW 20 E-SouthErneR 2007 All photos on this page by Paul Voelker

21 All photos on this page by Paul Voelker E-SouthErneR

22 2007 SER Contest Report By SER Contest Chairman Joe Nichols, Jr. Last year I was appointed as the Contest Chairman for the SER after many years of fine leadership by Carey Jenkins. My role in Memphis was only possible with the support of Dean Belowich, the Education Chairman, and George Gilbert, the Achievement Program Chairman, and Paul Voelker, the tireless Photo Contest Chairman who sat through the entire convention in the contest room. This year I had more time to prepare but only slightly more experience. The NMRA Contest is an excellent education tool for the contest modelers. The convention attendees can learn a great deal in the contest room but never as much as the entrants. The NMRA Contest is a labor of love for the judges who get very little credit for their hours of work. I would like to express special thanks this year to Dean Belowich, MMR, Howard Garner, George Gilbert, Glen Hall, Bob Beaty, MMR, Joe Nichols, Sr., MMR, Sam Swanson, Scott Matherly, Paul Voelker (Photo contest), and Rhonda Povlot/Carol Beaty/Lorraine Garner/Kathy Gelmini (Arts and Crafts). The statistics for this year s SER contest are: 40 entries in the NMRA judged Model Contest 25 entries in the Photo Contest 3 entries in Arts & Crafts 7 entries for Display only 7 entries for AP judging 6 in the Private Car Theme Contest 3 in the Favorite Train Contest 95 Total entries There were 25 Merit Awards earned from the 41 entries. My plans as Contest Chairman now are: 1. A short group of articles for The SouthErneR describing each SER Award, its criteria and all previous winners. 2. To arrange with all future region conventions to have the contest rooms open for registration by noon Friday and closed by 9AM on Saturday. All contest entries will remain in the Contest Room until the end of breakfast Sunday morning to allow viewing of the judges scoring. 3. To work with the AP Chairman to present all Merit Awards during the convention. 4. To clarify the credentialing for region level judging with the help of the AP and Education Chairman as well as the National Contest Chairman. I would like to thank the region for the opportunity to serve as Contest Chairman, for the wonderful modelers who make the contests rewarding, and always, for the expertise of our judges. I hope that every member will consider entering a model in the contest during the Smokey Mountain Rails 2008 Convention! 22 E-SouthErneR 2007

23 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Honorable Mentions Color Print Prototype photo contest winning photos (which here appear in black & white, see them in color online). First & Second Place went to J. Allen Hicks. Third Place & two Honorable Mentions went to John A. Williams. The Winners by Category Model Contest Steam 1 st Robert Bell 2 nd John Sadler 3 rd Robert Beaty, MMR Diesel 1 st Robert Wheeler 2 nd John Sadler Freight Cars 1 st Sam Swanson 2 nd Sam Swanson 3 rd Glen Hall Passenger Cars 1 st Robert Hoenes 2 nd Revis Butler 3 rd Jesse Bill Griffith Non-Revenue Cars 1 st James Schall 2 nd James Schall 3 rd James Schall Caboose 1 st Robert Hoenes Online Structures 1 st Dean Belowich, MMR 2 nd Charlie Crawford 3 rd Ben Bartlett Offline Structures 1 st Revis Butler 2 nd Scott Povlot Online Display 1 st Michael Smith Offline Display 1 st Danny Head 2 nd Dan Berman Photo Contest Color Print Model 1 st Michael Smith 2 nd Glen Hall Color Print Prototype 1 st J. Allen Hicks 2 nd J. Allen Hicks 3 rd John A. Williams plus John A. Williams got 2 Honorable Mentions Slide Prototype 1 st J. Allen Hicks 2 nd Robert Hoenes 3 rd Robert Hoenes plus J. Allen Hicks got 1 Honorable Mention Arts & Crafts Contest General Original General Pattern Needlework Pattern Kathi Varadi Shirley Womble Jan Bartlett Popular Vote Contests Theme Contest Favorite Train Joe Nichols, Sr., MMR Robert Hoenes SER Awards presented Mack Craig Best in Show Gold Level Dean Belowich, MMR Avery Art Deco Station Will Miller Best in Show Silver Level Robert Hoenes B&O C.T. C-1895 Caboose Gold Spike Best in Show Narrow Gauge Robert Bell On30 Shay Callahan 101 Award Robert Bell On30 Shay E-SouthErneR

24 Top Left The Contest Room was a beehive of activity with the total entry count actually exceeding (slightly) the number of contest entries at the 2002 NMRA National Convention! Here (L to R) Sam Swanson, SER Editor Paul Voelker & Dean Belowich, MMR work on judging contest entries. Top Right Contest Chairman Dr. Joe Nichols Jr. fielding questions from members. The photos at Left and both bottom photos show the well populated contest room. To my knowledge, this may have been the largest turnout of judged contest entries ever at a SouthEastern Region convention. It did make judging a challenge given the contest hours available but the format worked well enough to use for future conventions. 24 E-SouthErneR 2007 All photos on this page by Ron Gough, MMR

25 Left & Top SER Contest Chair Joe Nichols Jr. works at filling out awards info on each place ribbon. On the screen behind Joe is the MS Excel contest database that has been used by national since 2000 and by us since This program helps us by computing the scores and placing for each of the contest entries. Middle Left The popular vote Favorite Train contest was well attended this year with six entries. Below Mike & Julie Deaton looking over the Door Prize listing in the contest room. Right Both B&W and color photos entered in the Photo Contest. Next use of this display rack was at the Detroit national convention in July. Below Scott Matherly works at judging one of the many model entries. All photos on this page by Paul Voelker E-SouthErneR

26 SCORES IN JUDGED CATEGORIES OF CONTEST STEAM LOCOMOTIVES # Name Div. Description A B C D E Total Place MA? 61 Robert Bell 15 On30 Shay Y 59 John Sadler 6 L&N Class H29a Y 52 Bob Beaty, MMR 2 Kitbash HOn O.H.& W.I. RR N 31 Russell Childs Locomotive N DIESEL & OTHER LOCOMOTIVES # Name Div. Description A B C D E Total Place MA? 29 Robert Wheeler 5 Heart of Georgia GP-9m # Y 60 John Sadler 6 L&N Brill Railcar # N FREIGHT CARS # Name Div. Description A B C D E Total Place MA? 16 Sam Swanson MCR 20 Ton Wood Hopper No Y 15 Sam Swanson MCR 20 Ton Wood Hopper No Y 9 Glen Hall 4 40 Flat Car Y 18 Joseph Norris s Stock Car HOn Y 42 Larry Smith 2 ET&WNC Hopper Car # N 32 Russell Childs Freight Car N 53 Jeff Duncan Drop End Gondola CB&Q # N 55 Jeff Duncan Drop End Gondola CB&Q # N 54 Jeff Duncan Drop End Gondola PB&R # N NON REVENUE # Name Div. Description A B C D E Total Place MA? 69 James Schall 12 Lehigh & New England Plow # Y 68 James Schall 12 Lehigh & New England Tool Car # Y 70 James Schall 12 Lehigh & New England 150 Ton Crane # N CABOOSE # Name Div. Description A B C D E Total Place MA? 65 Robert Hoenes 5 B&O C.T.C. C-1895 Caboose Y PASSENGER CARS # Name Div. Description A B C D E Total Place MA? 66 Robert Hoenes 5 Redwood Valley Railway Excursion Car Y 10 Revis Butler 5 Open End LaBelle 50 Combine N 51 Jesse Bill Griffith 10 Tenn Central Office Car TC N 26 E-SouthErneR 2007

27 STRUCTURES ONLINE # Name Div. Description A B C D E Total Place MA? 56 Dean Belowich 8 Avery, Idaho Art Deco Station Y 1 Charlie Crawford 5 Sand House Tower Y 4 Ben Bartlett 15 Erie Railroad Station at Akron, Indiana Y 28 John Travis 5 Stenzel Valley Freight Station Y 30 Frederick Platt 8 Olde Conway Train Depot Y 67 Scott Matherly 2 Miami FEC Train Station Y 2 Charlie Crawford 5 NYO&W Ice House Y 6 Howard Goodwin 5 Wooden Trestle Crossing Hatowe Y 43 William Smith 5 C&O Railroad Cabin Huntington, West Virginia Y 11 Revis Butler 5 Seaboard Union Station at Live Oak, Florida Y 71 James Schall 12 Lehigh & New England Tower N 5 Howard Goodwin 5 Stevenson Mine Number N 13 Michael Smith 15 Sandy Flats Depot N STRUCTURES OFFLINE # Name Div. Description A B C D E Total Place MA? 12 Revis Butler 5 Tobacco Warehouse #4 at Live Oak, Florida Y 47 Scott Povlot 5 Atlanta Terminal Station Railroad Grill Y DISPLAY ONLINE # Name Div. Description A B C D E Total Place 14 Michael Smith 15 Wanda s Pleasure Palace DISPLAY OFFLINE # Name Div. Description A B C D E Total Place 19 Danny Head 2 Giley s Store Dan Berman 5 Platform ARTS & CRAFTS # Name Div. Description W X Y Z Total Place 3 Jan Bartlett 15 Knit - Kids T-Top Sweater Shirley Womble 2 Counted Cross Stitch - Country Garden Kathy Varadi 7 Watercolor Painting of Ships SCORING FOR MODELS AND ARTS & CRAFTS CONTESTS A B C D E Construction Detail Conformity Finish & Lettering Scratchbuilding W X Y Z Execution Difficulty Finishing Neatness E-SouthErneR

28 Merit Award Winners Category Entrant Name City State Points Description of entry Online Structure Dean Belowich Myrtle Beach SC 120 Avery, ID Art Deco Station Caboose Robert Hoenes Marietta GA 118 B&O C.T. C-1895 Caboose Freight Car Sam Swanson Cincinnati OH Ton Wood Hopper No. 4 Freight Car Sam Swanson Cincinnati OH Ton Wood Hopper No. 6 Online Structure Charlie Crawford Marietta GA 115 Sand House Tower Online Structure Ben Bartlett Brevard NC 114 Erie RR Station at Akron, Indiana Steam Robert Bell Waynesville NC 114 On30 Shay Offline Display Danny Head Guntersville AL 112 Gilley's Store Offline Structure Revis Butler Atlanta GA 108 Tobacco Warehouse #4, Live Oak, FL Offline Structure Scott Povlot Alpharetta GA 106 Atlanta Terminal Station RR Grill Freight Car Glen Hall Pensacola FL ' Flat Car Online Structure Frederick Platt Myrtle Beach SC 103 Olde Conway Train Depot Online Structure John Travis Norcross GA 103 Stenzel Valley Freight Station Passenger Car Robert Hoenes Marietta GA 101 Redwood Valley Rwy Excursion Car Online Structure Scott Matherly Birmingham AL 99 Miami Train Station Online Structure Charlie Crawford Marietta GA 97 NYO&W Ice House Freight Car Joseph Norris Bakersville NC 's Stock Car, HOn30 Online Structure Howard Goodwin Acworth GA 95 Wooden Trestle Crossing Hatowe Online Structure William Smith Atlanta GA 93 C&O RR Cabin Huntington, WV Online Structure Revis Butler Atlanta GA 92 Seaboard Union Station, Live Oak, FL Online Structure James Schall Harriman TN 91 Lehigh & New England Tower Non-Revenue James Schall Harriman TN 88 Lehigh& New EnglandTool Car #685 Non-Revenue James Schall Harriman TN 88 Lehigh & New England Plow #603 Diesel Robert Wheeler Suwanee GA 88 Heart of GA GP-9rm #1309 Steam John Sadler Columbus GA 88 L&N Class H29a Scott Matherly s Florida East Coast Downtown Miami Railroad Station scored 99 points. Of interest to the Editor is the fact that my uncle, Walter G. Voelker, Sr. worked as a ticket agent at this very same station during the late 1940 s and 1950 s until he retired. Photo by Paul V. Voelker 28 E-SouthErneR 2007

29 Dean Belowich s Avery Art Deco Station scored 120 points, enough for the Mack Craig Award for Best in Show - Gold Level. Robert Hoenes Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Co. C-1895 Caboose scored 118 points netting him a Merit Award and First Place in the Caboose category. Sam Swanson, formerly of the SER, now lives in Cincinnati (MCR) but continues to attend SER conventions and enter models. Here we have two nearly identical hopper cars, one with a coal load (#4) and one without (#6). Both scored 118 points earning both Merit Awards and First & Second Place in the Freight Car category. Here we see the First Place Freight Car winning side dump hopper car #6 built Sam Swanson. Sam later took both cars together with a third near-identical sister, to the Detroit national convention where all three tied for Second Place with identical 107 point scores. E-SouthErneR

30 Above Frederick Platt s Olde Conway Train Depot scored 103 points giving him 5th Place in Structures Online and a Merit Award. Left 2 Photos Danny Head s Gilley s Store scored 112 points, good enough for First Place in Display Offline. Bottom 2 Photos Revis Butler s model of the Seaboard s Union Station in Live Oak, Florida scored 92 points earning him a Merit Award and an Honorable Mention in Structures Online. 30 E-SouthErneR 2007

31 Howard Goodwin s Stevenson s Mine #2 got 81 points in Structures Online. Above Scott Povlot s Atlanta Terminal Station RR Grill got Second Place in Structures Offline with 106 points. Right Charlie Crawford s NYO&W Ice House got 97 points, good enough for an Honorable Mention and a Merit Award in Structures Online. Below Michael Smith s Sandy Flats Depot picked up 79 points in Structures Online, a very popular category in this year s contest. E-SouthErneR

32 Charlie Crawford s Sand House Tower gets 115 points and Second Place in Structures Online Michael Smith s Wanda s Pleasure Palace got 77 points and First Place in Display Online 32 E-SouthErneR 2007 Howard Goodwin s Wooden Trestle got 95 points which was good enough for an Honorable Mention and a Merit Award.

33 Jerry Michnewicz s Wood Bridge in Display Only Above & Left Ben Bartlett s Akron, IN Erie Railroad Station gets Third Place with 114 points & a Merit Award in Structures Online. Robert Wheeler s Heart of Georgia GP-9m #1309 got First Place & a Merit Award with 88 points in the Diesel & Other Locomotive category. McKinley Brook s Zeke s Cabin in the Display Only category E-SouthErneR

34 John Travis Stenzel Valley Freight Station got a Merit Award and an Honorable Mention with 103 points in Structures Online. James Schall s Lehigh & New England Tower gets a Merit Award and on Honorable Mention with 91 points in Structures Online. Joseph Norris HOn s Stock Car gets a Merit Award and an Honorable Mention with 96 points in the Freight Car category. 34 E-SouthErneR 2007

35 Above & Left Revis Butler s Tobacco Warehouse #4 scored 108 points earning him First Place in Structures Offline and a Merit Award. Below Jerry Michnewicz s Distribution Center in the Display Only category. E-SouthErneR

36 All Photos This Page John Sadler s Louisville & Nashville Brill Railcar #3600 got Second Place with 75 points in the Diesel & Other Locomotive category. 36 E-SouthErneR 2007

37 Robert Bell from the Land O Sky Division won First Place in the Steam Locomotive category & also the Callahan 101 Award for this exquisite On30 Shay locomotive lettered for his Respite & Rountuit Railroad. E-SouthErneR

38 Left & Below James Schall s Lehigh & New England 150 Ton Crane #700 scored 88 points earning Third Place in Non Revenue and a Merit Award. Above Photos James Schall s Lehigh & New England Tool Car #685 earned 88 points which was good enough for Second Place in Non Revenue and a Merit Award. Photos Below & at Right James Schall s Lehigh & New England Plow #603 earned 88 points which was good enough for First Place in Non Revenue and a Merit Award. 38 E-SouthErneR 2007

39 Left & Above Polinsky, Piddle, Driball & Drippe Faucet Works. Left 3 Photos Jerry Michnewicz s 3 Loaded Gondolas which scored 68, 68, & 74 points (top to bottom). Below Another view of Frederick Platt s Olde Conway Train Depot showing the covered end platform. Above Jean Nichols Santa Fe Locomotive Puzzle in the Display Only category Above With the help of magnifying glasses supplied by Contest Chair Dr. Joe Nichols Jr., SER Prez Bob Beaty, MMR scrutinizes the working brakes on Glen Hall s HO scale Flat Car model. E-SouthErneR

40 Left and Bottom Photos James Schall s Lehigh & New England Tower scored 81 points at the Cartersville convention contest. Above and Top Photos Williams Smith s C&O Railroad Cabin HO at Huntington, West Virginia scored 93 points earning him a Merit Award and an Honorable Mention. 40 E-SouthErneR 2007

41 Above & Left John Sadler s L&N Class H29a scored 88 points giving him Second Place in Steam and a Merit Award. Above & Right Glen Hall s Union Pacific Flat Car with working brakes picked up Third Place in Freight Cars with 103 points also earning him a Merit Award. E-SouthErneR

42 Editor s Note: For some reason it appears that I took no photos of the First Place winner s car in the Passenger Car category. The winner was Robert Hoenes Redwood Valley Railway Excursion Car (sorry Robert). Robert s car scored 101 points which was more than enough points to earn a Merit Award in addition to First Place. Above & Top Jesse Bill Griffith s Tennessee Central Office Car TC-103 scored Third Place with 82 points in the Passenger Car category. Below & Right Revis Butler s Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Combine Car took Second Place in the Passenger Car category with 82 points. 42 E-SouthErneR 2007

43 POPULAR VOTE CATEGORIES OF CONTEST FAVORITE TRAIN # Name Div. Description Place 7 J. Allen Hicks 11 L&N #98 with Scottsville Branch Train 37 Jerry Michnewicz 10 Scrap Train 44 Perry Baker Tracks in the Sand Train 45 Phil Hutchinson 3 CPR Freight Train 46 Phil Hutchinson 3 TH&B Freight Train 64 Robert Hoenes 5 B&O Mill Train FIRST DISPLAY ONLY # Name Div. Description 17 Sam Swanson MCR 20 Ton Wood Hopper No 5 24 McKinley Brooks 5 Zeke s Cabin 36 Jerry Michnewicz 10 Wood Bridge 38 Jerry Michnewicz 10 Distribution Center 39 Jerry Michnewicz 10 Road Signal 57 Gene Nichols 5 Santa Fe Steam Loco Puzzle 58 Thomas Hanson SSR Campbell Kiowa Junction Signal Tower Bob Beaty, MMR scored 68 points with his Kitbashed HOn3 OH&WI RR in the Steam Locomotive category. E-SouthErneR

44 THEME CONTEST - PRIVATE CAR # Name Div. Description Place 34 Bob Wheeler 5 Old Work Train Business Car ESX2 35 John Travis 5 Johnstown & Gerryville Business Car 40 Jerry Michnewicz 10 Private Passenger Cars 48 Joe Nichols Sr. 5 Delta Southern DS-1 President s Car 49 Joe Nichols Sr. 5 Delta Southern Business Car FIRST 50 Joe Nichols Sr. 5 Union Pacific Private Car Cheyenne 62 Paul Voelker 5 Union Pacific Southern President s Car 63 Paul Voelker 5 Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Private Car ANNA Below The well-attended Favorite Train Popular Vote contest had 6 entries. Robert Hoenes B&O Mill Train (Bottom) got the B&O Mill Train 44 E-SouthErneR 2007

45 PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS FIRST SECOND THIRD HONORABLE MENTIONS WINNERS FIRST PLACE J. Allen Hicks SECOND PLACE J. Allen Hicks THIRD PLACE John A. Williams HONORABLE MENTION John A. Williams DISPLAY ONLY HONORABLE MENTION John A. Williams E-SouthErneR

46 Above The Cartersville Depot, site of the Saturday night banquet as seen from the highway bridge just north of the station. Left The tents covering the banquet seating area just south of the station on Saturday morning. As the weather was outstanding all weekend, the tents almost were unneeded but they did give a festive atmosphere to the event. Right Another view of the huge number of people attending the banquet Saturday night. Your Editor chose to sit next to the steps seen in the far back center (behind the twin tent poles) of this photo and under the stars. Seated with me was old friend Tom Hansen, MMR from the SunShine Region (Florida) who elected to attend our convention rather than the SSR s which was held over the same weekend. 46 E-SouthErneR 2007

47 Above A view of some of the almost 290 attendees that were at the banquet making this one of the largest attended banquets in the history of the South- Eastern Region. Smiling at the cameraman are two former SER Directors - Mike Ferry (white shirt) and Mike Braunstein. Two tables back is Gulf Division Superintendent Glen Hall wearing his vest and hat. Your Editor isn t the only one in the region that wears a real hat! Above - A spectacular view of the Moon & Venus. Ron got a better photo of this spectacular site than I did. It really was something to see. Right - Mike Deaton conducted a special raffle for an unclaimed door prize, a Digitrax DCC Zephyr power pack, held by Zana Ireland of Digitrax, cosponsor of this year s convention. Believe it or not, this prize was unknowingly avoided by all who picked their own door prizes because of the category it was placed in! E-SouthErneR

48 Above Convention Chair Howard Horn Goodwin kicks off the festivities at the banquet. Seated at the table from left are: Keynote Speaker Leslie Eaton, MMR, Carol & SER Prez Bob Beaty, MMR, Piedmont Div. Super. Bob & Connie McIntyre. Right The evening was capped off with the usual region auction with Horn Goodwin conducting the bidding as the auctioneer. In the background are his helpers, SER Vice President Joe Gelmini (white shirt) and fellow Piedmont member Scott Perry. Below Right SER Contest Chairman Joe Nichols Jr. reads off the list of model and arts & crafts contests winners. Below Left Trax To The Max committee members Diane & Randall Watson and George Bloodworth. 48 E-SouthErneR 2007

49 Clockwise from Top Keynote Speaker Leslie Eaton, MMR eyes the cameraman as a CSX train passes in the background. The tracks were just on the other side of the fence behind the podium. Leslie talks about modeling trains as a young girl with her father and then later in life, after her interest is rekindled, how she attained her goal of being a Master Model Railroader. SER Editor Paul Voelker, after reading off the photo contest winners, changed hats and presented Convention Co-Chair Charlie Crawford with this year s well-deserved Dave Muller Award. E-SouthErneR