Turkey Creek Division s 30 th Anniversary will be Celebrated at the Annual Train Show on July 25 th

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1 Lightning Slinger VOL 29 NO. 6 MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE TURKEY CREEK DIVISION OF THE MID-CONTINENT REGION, NMRA For all gauges and all ages Turkey Creek Division Meeting June, Shawnee Mission North High School 7:00 PM Clinic by Kent Hurley Kit Bashing Old Wood and Plastic Car Kits Next Month Turkey Creek Division s 30 th Anniversary will be Celebrated at the Annual Train Show on July 25 th June 2015 EtflhC Lightning Slinger June Page

2 Hell-o Ray Here, Well I finally got my computers hooked to the internet. Thanks to Steve McKee who gave me a name of someone who came to my house and solved the problem for now. If not I was going to send my letter by courier. I was happy to see all the models that we had at the Model Challenge. We could have had more but we always want more. It seems whatever we have we always want more. One f the things I liked about the Challenge was how many of the Make and Take models we had. I thought all of them were great. It is amazing how everyone interprets their model and what they can do with it. All of the models were good no matter what they were of. I don t want anyone to be intimidated by the models you see, because I know I was at the beginning of my model building. By seeing what other people have done, learning some of their techniques and using what I think sometimes is a limited imagination, I can build models. You can do it too. So keep at that model building. I want to thank Larry Alfred for his work on the Model Challenge. It does take time and effort to organize and plan any event, so I thank him and his support group from all of us. I m sure his plan for next year s Model Challenge will be well planned and fun. After all that is what the Model Challenge is about, having fun. I think everyone looks forward to the Model Challenge as a participant or as a spectator. Sense my letters have not made it to the News Letter the last couple of months. I would like to thank Marty Vaughn for his clinic on figures, his techniques on changing them and painting them. I found it very useful. I know there was interest in his Make and Take clinic on figures, so I will try to get that lined up for next year. I would like to thank Miles Hale for his clinic on lighting with LEDs and controls. Lighting is one thing I would like to get into for my layout. Our clinic for this month is being switched. At the time of writing this letter I have not got the details finalized. The presenter for this month unfortunately will be out of town that week, so we are doing some trading. Just finalized our clinic. For this month our clinic will be given by Kent Hurley. The subject will be Kit Bashing Old Wood and Plastic Car Kits. I doubt if any of us doesn t have a drawer, cabinet or closet full of old car kits that we keep saying; some day I m going to put those kits together. Well now is your chance to see what you can do with them. I think I have two cabinets of old kits myself. Again thanks for all the participation on the Model Challenge! See you on June 23 rd. Ray Brown Superintendent Turkey Creek Division OFFICERS Superintendent Raymond Brown HP: tstwildcats@hotmail.com Paymaster Robert M Spurgat HP: spurgat@ponyexpress.net Clerk Steve McKee HP: smckee@everestkc.net Division Director Larry W Diehl HP: C: ldiehl@aci-boland.com Train Show Chairman 2014 Louis O Seibel HP: C: L-seibel@comcast.net Membership Chair Louis O Seibel HP: C: L-seibel@comcast.net L S Editor Ted Tschirhart HP: tedtschi@kc.rr.com Lightning Slinger lightings@kc.rr.com Mar LS Mar 15th AP Merit Awards & Achievement Joe B. Robertson, MMR HP: piperva@aol.com Past Superintendent Larry W Diehl HP: C: ldiehl@aci-boland.com Web Master Richard Kennedy HP: Richiekennedy56@gmail.com Web Turkey Creek Division IS A 501(C) (3) ORGANIZATION 2 Page June 2015 Lightning Slinger opbd

3 Secretary s Report May 2015 Turkey Creek Division monthly meeting called to order at 7:00 pm by Ray Brown, Superintendent. Location: Shawnee Mission North High School Library Robert Spurgat made the pay clerks report to start off the meeting and all is well. Richie will try to get us a yahoo chat room again and be our moderator. Larry gave updates on the July show and is looking for ideas for clinics. You give him the idea and he will try to find somebody to do it. Our make and take and square footer contest was a big success. We had 18 entries and it was very hard to judge because there were so many good ones and among them were models from the make and take clinic. Everybody went thru and explained how they built their models, all 18. We had a total of about 30 people in attendance for the meeting. Ray Brown announced the need for helper support volunteers for the Turkey Creek Division Meet Train Show: Need volunteers to set up tables Friday. Need volunteers to taken down tables Saturday. Need volunteers to help set up computers/ projectors in Clinic Rooms. Need volunteers to help registering models and judging in the Contest Room. Need three/four clinicians. This is a good way to earn volunteer points toward your MMR. Meeting closed about 8:30 pm. Secretary, Steve McKee Forney Transportation Museum, Denver Colorado By Louis Seibel While we were in Aurora, Co visiting our daughter s family and to attend a birthday party for one of our granddaughters. We decided to venture into Denver and visit Caboose Hobbies. I took a tour of the store and ended up buying a couple of items. I also took some pictures of some of the layouts. While I was checking out I asked if there were any railroad museums in the area. Another model railroader who was also checking out said that the Forney Museum was only a couple of miles away. The lady who was checking us out gave me a flyer for the Museum that contained a coupon for a dollar off admission. I got back to the car and put in the information into Marie s phone and off we went. When we arrived at The Forney Museum of Transportation we found out that they were holding their 60 th Anniversary this year. The museum is a one-of-a -kind Collection of over 600 artifacts relating to historical transportation. It began 60 years ago with a single 1921 Kissel, but soon expanded to include vehicles of all kinds. Today it includes buggies, motorcycles, steam locomotives, aircraft, carriages, rail equipment, fire apparatus, public transportation, sleighs, bicycles, toys and diecast models, vintage apparel, and wax figures of such people as Amelia Earhart and Buffalo Bill. The collection includes some of the following items Union Pacific 'Big Boy' Steam Locomotive #4005, Amelia Earhart's 1923 Kissel 'Gold Bug, 'Forney Locomotive, Colorado & Southern Caboose and many more items. Just inside the front door is a gift shop where you purchase tickets to visit the museum. There is a room behind the gift shop that is full of a Collection of Matchbox Cars from Bob & Meg Rich. The next stop is the Museum where you can take pictures but no bags are allowed. The cars exhibit area is on a rotating schedule. Now showing is 40 Years of Cadillac " the Brewer Family Collection ends in August. Beginning in September through November, 2015, Corvairs will be featured. The web site is Some of the information was taken from the web site. Hope you enjoy the pictures. EtflhC Lightning Slinger June Page

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16 COAL TRAINS: The History of Railroading and Coal in the United States, by Brian Solomon and Patrick Yough. Voyageur Press, 2009, hardback 160pp. The use of coal as a heating fuel has been around for several centuries. By the seventeenth century, Britain was transporting it by short colliery tram lines with cars pulled by pack animals from mines to markets on wood rails overlaid with iron. As mines became deeper, accumulated water stimulated the invention of pumps to remove it. From the stationary steam engine of Thomas Newcomen evolved the self-propelled steam locomotive of Richard Trevithick in George Stephenson built the Liverpool and Manchester RR in 1829, introducing the railroad concept as a means of transporting goods around England and, ultimately, the world. Similar events were going on in the United States, providing impetus to the American Industrial Revolution, transporting coal from the mines to the iron industries of Eastern Pennsylvania. The railroads, themselves, became the largest consumer of coal for fuel and iron for construction. From the earliest days railways and inland waterways played an interdependent role in the transportation of coal. In modern times the movement of the high-tonnage commodity has become a primary source of revenue for railroads. The use of electricity to power North America drove the greatest need for the transport of coal to electric generating plants, while the invention of the internal combustion engine shifted our economic base to petroleum products for home heating and transportation. World-wide demands for coal after WWI eventually sent coal trains to the ports of both coasts. However, the burning of coal was not without its problems. In October 1948 an atmospheric inversion in the Monongahela River Valley trapped smoke with high SO2 and zinc dust over Donora, Pennsylvania, killing twenty people and sickening another 7,000. The Air Pollution Control Act of 1955 was the first attempt by the federal government to set limits for emission sources. Further air pollution problems led to the Clean Air Act of 1970, and formation of the Environmental Protection Agency. Concerns about acid rain led to further restrictions in the use of coal. When coal-fired power plants were given the option of installing "scrubbers" vs. the burning of low-sulfur coal that emitted less SO2, most chose the latter. In the 1990's the emphasis on coal mining changed from the high-sulfur coal of Illinois and the Appalachians to the lowsulfur mines of the Powder River and Uintah basins. This led to changes in hopper car design and construction to allow the use of lighter materials and haul heavier tonnage. The B & O Railroad first experimented with aluminum-fabricated hoppers in However, it was not until 1985 when Bethlehem Steel designed an aluminum variation of its steel BethGon car to move the large volumes of coal we see today. 80-car unit trains, introduced by the Southern RR in 1958, marked the beginning of modern coal movement, now with trains up to 135 cars at 125 tons each. The largest coal-producing state in North America is now Wyoming. COAL TRAINS follows, in detail, this interwoven history of the mining, transportation and consumption of coal in the United States, from the early days of anthracite and bituminous coal in the East to modern-day low-sulfur coal in the West. This book follows the changes in motive power from steam to diesel, development of larger hopper cars, improvements in railroad infrastructure, mergers of rail lines, and the overall impact of coal on the domestic and international economy. Well-researched documentation of all the major coal operations in the U.S. is supplemented with excellent black and white and color photographs. This book is a "must have" for anyone interested in the history of coal transport, a mainstay of United States railroading. Robert M. Spurgat June, Page June 2015 Lightning Slinger opbd

17 Turkey Creek Division Annual Train Show July 25, 2015 Shawnee Mission North High School 7401 Johnson Drive Overland Park, Kansas Show Times 8:00 am to 3:00 pm Layout Tours 3:30 pm to 8:30pm Clinics start at 9:00am Clinics covering many aspect of the hobby Model & Photo Contests by NMRA judging and popular vote. Each model you entered into the contest will give you a chance in the special drawing to receive one $50.00 gift vouchers, up to a maximum of 5 chances. Special Youth Award- for the best overall youth model entry Door Prizes From lots of different manufacturers and local hobby shops Display Layout and Layout Tours In addition to the display layout at the meet, several local modelers will be opening their homes to layout tours in the afternoon and evening. Swap Tables and Railroad Groups expect to find more than 90 tables from area dealers, local hobbyists and other railroad groups. Food and Beverages will be available Turkey Creek Division Annual Train Show 2015 Vendor and Registration Form Vendor and Advance Registration Form Name: Address: City: State: Zip: Telephone: address: Advance Registration for the Train Show of $4.00 Eight Ft Space $20.00 No. of Spaces: Total amount: $ Total Enclosed: $ Check # Electrical: Yes No Set up from 2 to 8 on July 24 must be out by 5pm on July 25 Make checks payable to Turkey Creek Division Mail to: Turkey Creek Show, C/O Robert Spurgat, 3305 Westwood Drive, St. Joseph, Mo, For More information contact: Louis Seibel, l-seibel@comcast.net, or N Logan Olathe KS EtflhC Lightning Slinger June Page

18 is hosting a It will feature 3 of the nicest modular layouts around, several special guests and vendors. We invite you to come and visit one of the largest model train inventories in the Midwest Spring Creek Model Trains! 304 E Bryson Ave, Deshler NE Open House hours will be Friday, July 3 rd from 10 6, Saturday from 9 5 and Sunday from 10 4 Train Show, will be held (6 blocks S of store) at the County Fairgrounds Expo Building 4 th & Race St, Deshler NE Saturday 9 5 and Sunday 10 4 Admission is $5 kids 12 & under are free Visit check our Facebook page or call for information as the date gets closer. 18 Page June 2015 Lightning Slinger opbd

19 SWITCH LIST June 2015 *new since last issue The Switch List contains all known Mid-Continent Region, NMRA, train shows and Division meetings. It also lists all known club shows and swap meets in the Mid-Continent Region (IA, IL, MO, AR, NE, KS, and OK). To list your event information please or Mail Information: Louis Seibel, 1069 N Logan, Olathe, KS To subscribe, or unsubscribe, to The Switch List send an to the above link. Look for us on the MCoR web site: Please put me in your newsletter. DIVISION MEETINGS COWBOY LINE DIVISION (NORFOLK, NE) meets 3 rd Thursday each month, 7:00 P.M. at HyVee East upstairs meeting room. Corner of 1 st Street and Norfolk, Ave. Info: Dennis M. Brandt Phone dennisbrandt44@gmail.com EASTERN IOWA DIVISION Tom Persoon is the Superintendent persoont06@msn.com For other division activities check out our website monthly at: or the division s Facebook Page at: Eastern Iowa Division GATEWAY DIVISION (ST. LOUIS, MO) meets 3rd Monday each month, 7:00 P.M. Odd numbered months: Trinity Lutheran Church, Clayton Road at Woods Mill Rd (Hwy 141), Ballwin, MO; Even numbered months: VFW Hall, O Fallon, IL INDIAN NATIONS DIVISION Unless otherwise specified, all Indian Nations NMRA meets are held at the new Hardesty Library, 8316 E. 93rd. St., just east of Memorial Rd. in Tulsa, OK. The library opens at 9:00 am and the meetings start at 9:30 am. Web page: Superintendent - Dave Salamon (918) or drs_rr@yahoo.com KANSAS CENTRAL DIVISION Meetings are at 1:00 pm. For the full schedule check the MCoR website or boxcar75@wamego.net. KATE SHELLEY DIVISION meets the 4th Thursday of every month except Nov. which we meet the 3rd. Dec. we have no meetings. Business meeting starts at 6 PM and at 7 PM we have a get together, anything railroad goes. The Library is at 515 Douglas Ave. Contact KSD thru the NMRA web site. OK HEARTLAND DIVISION, NMRA meets in the even months in the Oklahoma City area. All who are interested in Model railroading are welcome. Info: PLATTE VALLEY DIV. (HASTINGS, GRAND ISLAND, and KEARNEY, NE) Meets quarterly in member s homes on a rotating basis or at sites of interest. New members are always welcome. Info: Todd L. Petersen, Div. Dir or todd@gtmc.net TURKEY CREEK DIVISION, NMRA, Tuesday, March 24 Turkey Creek, Shawnee Mission High School, cafeteria, Johnson Dr. & Metcalf, 7:00. Check the Division Timetable for current. Info: Louis Seibel, or L- seibel@comcast.net WESTERN HERITAGE DIVISION (OMAHA, NE / COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA) meets second Saturday (except June and December) at noon in the Sump Library at 2nd & Washington Streets in Papillion (across from Runza). Visit for more info and a map. The new web site is found at WESTERN KANSAS DIVISION (GARDEN CITY, KS) Meets every Tuesday evening from 6:30 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at 4091/2 N. Main St. (second floor above "Stage" department store, rear entrance from parking lot) 6 layouts on display (1- O27, 2-HO, 3-N) Operating sessions available Info: Robert Simmons, Division Director cell or Home e- mail:trainman55@hotmail.com Monthly News in a Glance NRHS Friday, June 19 Wichita, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1101 N. River Blvd, 7:00. Program: CB&Q by Bob Milner. Informal gathering: Riverside Café, 739 W. 13 th, 5:30. Information: J. Harvey Koehn, jhkoehn@prodigy.net Friday, June 26 Kansas City, Union Station, Town Square Room, 7:00. Information: John DeRoo, jderoo@planetkc.com MODEL RAILROAD CLUBS Thursday, June 4 Augusta Model Railroad Club, 6 th & School Sts., 7:30. Information: Thursday, June 4 Manhattan Area Rail Joiners, Hy-Vee Supermarket, dining room, rd Pl., 7:00. Information: Robert Stewart, Friday, June 5 Topeka N-Track Associates, at member s home, 7:00. Information: Bob Wright, Sunday, June 7 & 21 Cherry Valley Model Railroad, Leatherock Hotel, 420 N. Depot St., 2 nd floor, Cherryvale, 1:00. Information: John R. Dhooghe, john@cumrc.com Tuesday, June 9 Lawrence Model Railroad, 111 E Rd. Information: Steve Meseraul, print12345@aol.com Saturday, June 13 &27 Frankfort Subdivision, 416 W. 1 st St., 10:00-3:00. Information: Joe McAtee, joem@bluevalley.net Saturday, June 13 Kansas Pacific Model Railroad, Ellis Museum, 911 Washington, 10:00. Lunch at a restaurant afterward. Information: Tom Robinson, rrailway@gbta.net Monday, June 15 Topeka Model Railroaders, Topeka/ Shawnee Co. Public Library, 1515 SW 10 th, 7:00. Information: Tony Fox, tfox57@gmail.com Thursday, June 18 Kansas City Narrow Gaugers, member s home, 7:00. Information: Dean Windsor, On3@worldnet.att.net Every Sunday Weekend N-gineers, W. 126 th St., Olathe, 1:00. Information: Ken Clark, hapheart@swbell.net Every Sunday Mid Kansas model Railroaders, 1130 E. Kansas, McPherson, 2:00-5:00. Information: John Snell, Jsnell@cox.net Every Monday Garden City Model Trains, 408 N. Main, back entrance, 6:30. Information: Robert Simmons, trainman55@hotmail.com Every Tuesday Ozarks Model Railroad Association, 424 W. Commercial St., Springfield, MO, 7:00. Information: Ron Williams, rwilliams3129@gmail.com Ever Tuesday evening the Mexico Train Works Model RR Club meets (except at major 7pm at 415-B West EtflhC Lightning Slinger June Page

20 Jackson Street, Mexico MO. We've been a club since 1990, and are in the basement of a local business, with an approximately 30x60' layout designed into 2 levels, connected by an eight-foot diameter helix. The Missouri Texas & Western comprises two railroads, the first is the Missouri, Texas & Western which runs from Des Moines, Iowa to Houston, Texas. The second line is the Chicago, Kansas City & Western which runs from Chicago, Illinois to St. Louis, and then on to Kansas City, Missouri. The CKC&W is owned by the MTW and they share a small amount of trackage at one location. The major portion of the railroad we model is the line from the Missouri River in central Missouri, south to Parsons, KS. The website is and you can reach John Johnson, info@mexicotrains.com or phone Every Wednesday Greater Kansas City Model Railroad Club, 6060 NW Waukomis Dr., Kansas City, MO, 7:00. Information: J. D. Spicher, jdspicher@aol.com, or W. L. Ohrnell, wohrnell@sbcglobal.net Every Other Wednesday Kansas City Society of Model Engineers, Information: Steven Boeck s.j.boeck@att.net Every Thursday North East Kansas Model Railroaders, HO gauge, 7:00. Information: Otto Wick, , or Steve Schaefer, Every Saturday Boothill Model Railroad, 1:00. Information: Robert Simmons, trainman55@hotmail.com Every Saturday Heartland N-Trak of Greater Kansas City, 131 S. Water, Liberty, MO 11:00-3:00. Information: Dick Cooper, nscale05@gmail.com Every Saturday & Sunday North East Kansas Model Railroaders, 12 scale, 1440 N. 6 th St., Atchison, Sat. 10:00-4:00, Sun. 12:00-4:00. Information: Otto Wick, , or Steve Schaefer, Every 2 nd & 4 th Saturday-Sunday Wichita Toy Train Club, 130 S. Laura, Sat. 10:00-5:00, Sun. 1:00-5:00. $5.00 admission, child up to 12 free First and Third Sunday - Cherry Valley Model Railroad Club, Leatherock Hotel Center, 420 North Depot Street, Cherryvale, KS 1:00 PM. Information contact John Dhooghe, john@cvmrc.com Add our website we post the dates of our Sunday meetings on our main page. Every Sunday Mid Kansas Model Railroader, McPherson Museum is 1111 E. Kansas Ave 2pm 5pm for work sessions Contact John Snell jsnell2@cox.net First Sunday of the month at 3:00 P.M. at the Hear tland N- Trak Clubhouse in Liberty, MO. They can contact me at nscale05@gmail.com for more details Meetings Saturday, June 6 Kansas Central, at member s home, 1:00. Information: boxcar75@wamego.net Tuesday, June 23 Turkey Creek, Shawnee Mission High School, cafeteria, Johnson Dr. & Metcalf, 7:00. Information: Louis Seibel, L-seibel@comcast.net Thursday, June 25 Kate Shelley, 515 Douglas Ave., town???, 6:00. Information: (???) Every Monday Western Kansas, 409½ N. Main, Garden City, 6:30-9:00. Information: Robert Simmons, trainman55@hotmail.com GARDEN RAILROADS Saturday, June 20 Wichita Area Garden Railway Society, at member s layouts. Information: Claudia Rollstin, claudia@gardenrailwaygizmos.org Thursday, June 25 Tulsa Garden Railroad Club, Freewill Baptist Church, 1190 N. Mingo Rd, Tulsa, 7:00. Information: info@tulsarailroadclub.org Sunday, June 28 Northeast Kansas, at member s layout, town??? Information: Tedy Bellos, petedy@everestkc.net HISTORICAL CLUBS Thursday, June 4 Round Table, Paul & Jack s Tavern, 1808 Clay St., N. Kansas City, MO, 6:00. Program: Trains in the 1960s Bill Siegel. Information: Robert Walz, rmwalz@sprintmail.com Monday, June 8 Amtrak Task Force, Emporia Main Street office, 12 E. 5 th, 4:00. Information: Rev. Andrew McHenry, pastorandrew70@yahoo.com Wednesday, June 10 Heart of the Heartlands, Webb Center, Carona, 7:00 Every Tuesday join with a group at Spangles, K-15 & Pawnee, Wichita, 10:00, to train watch SHOWS and CONVENTIONS Thursday-Sunday, June 4-7 Union Pacific Historic Society Convention, Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, 1616 Dodge, Omaha, NE. Information: Brad Slone, bradslone@yahoo.com or Sunday-Sunday, June National NRHS Convention 2015, Rutland, VT Saturday, June 20 Mainline Train Show, Washington Co. Fairgrounds, Dewey, OK, 9:00-3:00. Information: Javen Schmucker, javen1927@gmail.com June 4-6th 2015 Mid Continent Region Convention hosted by South Central Missouri Area Jefferson City Missouri at the Capital Plaza Hotel for information or to help contact Brad Slone bradslone@yahoo.com Sunday-Sunday, June National NRHS Convention 2015, Rutland, VT July Spring Creek Model Trains "OPEN HOUSE / TRAIN SHOW". Open house July at 304 E Bryson Ave Nebraska, Deshler. Train show July 4-5 Thayer County Fairgrounds Expo Building, 4th & Race St. Nebraska, Deshler Sat 9-5, Sun Admission $5 under 12 free. Outstanding layouts and specialty vendors. More info at; contact; customerservice@springcreekmodeltrains.com or Phone July 25 th Turkey Creek Division Annual Train Show at Shawnee Mission North High School 8 to 3 $6 general admission Bring a can good for Feed the Need and get a dollar off. For more information contact: Louis Seibel at l-seibel@comcast.net or Phone No NEW September 26 th & 27 th, 2015 Wichita Toy Train Club 21 st Annual Train Show & Swap Meet, 2744 S. George Washington Blvd., Wichita, KS Sat. 9:00-5:00, Sun 10:00-3:00. Over 150 tables of model railroad equipment and memorabilia. All gauges for sale or swap. Operating layouts. Hourly door prize of $10.00 voucher. Concessions available. Admission $7 adults both days children under 12 free. Dealer and Exhibitor inquiries welcome. Information contact: Rich Meister, , amflyer1@cox.net. MAP: maps/d/viewer?mid=zj1etdknyl5k.kxlxsdfodfes&msa=0 NEW Thursday-Sunday, October 8-11 Missouri Pacific Historic Society Convention, Houston, TX. Information: NEW Saturday-Sunday, October Western Kansas Train Show, Ellis Co. Fairgrounds, 1343 Fairground Rd, Hays, Sat. 9:00-5:00, Sun. 11:00-4:00. Information: Justin Keeler, custom-trains@hotmail.com 20 Page June 2015 Lightning Slinger opbd