THE ABTO GAZETTE November, 2016 Volume 24 Number 11 Mailing address: P.O. Box 50428, Mesa, AZ. 85208 Visit at: www.azbigtrains.org Ken & Kris Hawkins K & K Desert Rail Railroad Photo by Don Sorenson IN THIS ISSUE President s Message Christmas Open House Information November Membership Meeting Information Calendar of Events Treasurer s Report Superstition Mountain Museum Railroad Open House
THE ABTO GAZETTE ABTO President s Message November, 2016 November President s Message Well, this has been the busiest October for Kris and I in the last decade. The event of the month was our granddaughter Brandie s wedding in Jacksonville, Texas. Just a short 1,250 miles drive, each way. The ceremony was performed under a big oak tree on the family ranch. She is now Mrs. Barrett Lowe. They are now returning to Tucson and returning to work after a honeymoon in Mexico. After a record breaking 100 degrees on Saturday the temp is returning to normal, and I am starting to install my new turntable and round house on my layout. Next will be completing my mine on the mountain on my mining loop and then much more. We will be present at the Superstition Mountain Historical Society Grand Opening on Saturday, the 19 th from 10am until 3:00pm. Then at 4:15pm our monthly meeting at Jim and Joann Gardner s. Always a pleasing get together. Don t forget to sign up for our Christmas Dinner on December 4 th and must be paid by November 19. We still need some homes for our monthly meeting in 2017. May, June, September and November are available. Chief Engineer Ken Hawkins CALENDAR OF EVENTS: Wednesday, Nov. 16 6:00pm Board Meeting at Medtronic Saturday, Nov. 19 9am-3pm Open House at Superstition Mountain Museum page 10 Saturday, Nov. 19 4;15pm Membership Meeting at Jim & Joanne Gardner s Sunday, Dec. 4 5:30pm ABTO Dinner at Ironworks Restaurant, Glendale, AZ Friday, Dec. 9 5:30pm Christmas Open House at Dennis Sirrine s Saturday, Dec. 10 9:00am-2:00pm Toy Swap Meet-ABTO Module Event-see page 10 Sat. & Sun. Dec. 10 & 11 5:30pm-8:30pm Christmas Open Houses Friday, Dec. 16 5:30pm-8:30pm Christmas Open House at Dennis Sirrines Sat. & Sun. Dec. 17 & 18 5:30pm-8:30pm Christmas Open Houses Wednesday Jan 18 6:00pm Board Meeting at Medtronic Saturday, Jan. 21 TBA Membership Meeting SWAP MEETS & SHOWS Nov. 11 & 12-Gadsden-Pacific Model Train Show, Tucson, AZ Dec. 10-TCA Desert Division Toy Train Swap Meet, 9am-2pm, Shriners Auditorium, 552 N. 40th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85008 Check www.arizonamodeltrains.com for exact addresses, etc 2
THE ABTO GAZETTE CONTENTS PAGE Pres. Msg. 2 Calendar 2 Swap Meets 2 Treas. Report 3 Oct. Minutes 4 Nov. Mtg Info. 5 Metal Wheels 5 ABTO Mdse. 5 Christmas Dinner 6 Christmas Sign-Up 6 COH Information 7 Meeting photos 8 All Aboard-Martins Tucson 9 Railfair photos 9 Museum Open House 10 Toy Show 10 Board Members 11 Sig s 11 3
THE ABTO GAZETTE ABTO MEMBRSHIP MEETING MNUTES Saturday. October 15, 2016 held at Ken and Kris Hawkins's Residence Ken Hawkins, President, opened the meeting at 11:00am. OLD BUSINESS: A. Minutes were approved as noted in the October Gazette. Approved by Steve Lewis and Danny Farrow, B. Treasurer's Report was approved as noted in the October Gazette by John Meyers and seconded by Vince Simpson. C. Sign ups for Christmas Party: Deadline will be November 19 th to pay for the dinner or you can pay today after the meeting. The cost is $30.00 per person, same cost as last year and at the same location and same entrees. D. Steel Wheels-Steve Lewis spoke of the club purchasing steel wheels and Steve asked members if they would like to purchase metal wheels to see him at the end of the meeting. NEW BUSINESS: A. Approval of Advertising for COH-Ken brought up the $2500.00 cost of advertising that the membership has to approve the cost. This price includes a ¼ page advertisement in the Arizona Republic, which includes 8 magazines the first week of December and also advertising items that are passed out to the public and signs. The membership approved unanimously. B. Vote for approval donation of $1500.00 To Superstition Mountain Railroad-Was approved by membership and Jim Kangas and seconded by Darrell Woolfolk. This donation will be used to purchase ties for the railroad. C. Grand Opening of the Superstition Mountain Railroad will be held November 19 th from 9am-2pm. ABTO Module will set up the Thomas Track. D. November Membership Meeting will be held at Jim and Joanne Gardner s residence from 4pm-??. You may pay your dues and Christmas Party Dinner at that time. E. Next gathering after the meeting will be at the Christmas Party F. COH s-ennis Thompson spoke about the upcoming Christmas Open Houses. There will be 13 homes and a medical center that will be open this year. Ennis and Jim Kangas will take over all of the arrangements at Dennis Sirrine s Railroad. Mike Temenski made up the chart of hours for the volunteers. Ennis is looking into renting 2 port of potties and maybe a guard. The donations will be divided 50/50 between Dennis and ABTO. Dennis will furnish the meal prior to opening to the volunteers. Parking will be at the Church. Ennis will present a contract between ABTO and Dennis Sirrine. There will a running session the middle of November. Bob and Sandy Rauperstrauch will decorate Cardon Children s Medical Center for Christmas. G. Modules at Shriner s Hall-Steve Lewis and Daryll Smith will set up a small layout at the Toy Show, Saturday, December 10 th. H. Annual Audit-Ken Hawkins will be asking Don Halver, Jim Kangas and Rich Hull to do the audit of the books. I. Tucson Turn-A-Round will be held March 11, 2017. More information at a later date. J. Sign up for 2017 Membership Meetings-Ken asked for host/hostesses for the 2017 Membership meetings. John Meyers spoke about his buildings and the Building Sig and the Live Steam Sig. ITEMS FROM THE FLOOR A. Roy Towne spoke about the Cardon Children s Railroad and 2 LGB trolleys were purchased at $600.00 each also a Mikado was purchased at $1400. Parts were purchased for the Forney and is now ready to operate. The M & M F7 engine will have the wheels replaced. B. Roger Crooks is looking for plans of the Chama Denver Cooling Tower Short Line. C. John Mazzoli spoke about Mike Quaintance being home and under Hospice care and you may send a card to Mike at his home at 110 S. Amulet Avenue, Mesa, Az. 85208. Door Prizes: Darrell Woolfolk, James Riddle and Brian Casull. Raffle Prize: Steve Lewis The meeting was adjourned at 11:45am by a motion by Brian Casull and seconded by Dave Kitchin. Minutes submitted by Ginny Morris, Secretary 4
THE ABTO GAZETTE NOVEMBER MEMBERSHIP MEETING Saturday, November 19, 2016 Location: Jim and JoAnne Gardner 1355 S. Glenview Circle Mesa, AZ. 85204 480-844-1956 Schedule: 3:30pm-Arrival time and view the railroad 4:15pm-Meal served 5:00pm-Meeting begins 5:45pm-Train set lights up with solar and electrical lighting as dusk settles and it looks different at that time. Food: Bar-B-Q on a bun, coffee, soda and water will be furnished Members please bring: A-M Members may bring salads, etc. N-Z Members may bring desserts SUGGESTION: If you plan to stay for the train running later, please bring a jacket CHAIRS WILL BE FURNISHED RSVP: Dave Kitchin at djkitchin@aol.com or home-480-895-2246 by Wednesday, November 16th. If you preordered Bachman Metal Wheels, you may pay and pick them up at the November Membership Meeting at the Gardner s. The price of a box of 24 wheels is $67.78 cash or check or $69.81 ABTO MERCHANDISE A new shipment of caps have just arrived and will be available to purchase at the November meeting. There will be a few other items available for purchase at that time. We are taking orders for shirts, vests, and tee shirts. It would be ideal if we had an order of 6 of any item at a time due to that is the number of heads on the lady s machine. Members will have to wait until we get an order for at least 4 or 5. They can be in different sizes. See Steve Lewis or Ginny Morris if you would like to place an order. 5
CHRISTMAS DINNER INFORMATION Sunday, December 4, 2016 Iron Works Restaurant 17233 N. 45th Avenue Glendale, Arizona 85308 Choices of Entrées available: Choose one of the following: Filet Mignon Baked Potato Vegetable Filet of Salmon Rice Pilaf Vegetable Boneless Lemon Chicken Breast Rice Pilaf Vegetable Entrees include Relish Tray, Soup, Tossed Garden Salad, Rolls and Butter, Coffee & Iced Tea Service and Dessert Please contact Ken Hawkins with your choice of entrée at knkdesertrail@cox.net or telephone 623-640-6446 by November 19th $30.00 per person includes gratuity and sales tax. You may pay at the meeting by cash, check or credit card * *the charge using a credit card will be $31.00 per person. All monies must be sent to ABTO, % Steve Lewis, 925 East Saddleback Palace, San Tan Valley, AZ 85143 by November 19th or bring monies to the Membership Meeting, November 19th. Schedule: 5:30pm Social Gathering/ Happy Hour 6:00pm Dinner Deadline is November 19th for payment and entrée choices. THE ABTO GAZETTE 6
THE ABTO GAZETTE COH 16 This year for the Christmas Open Houses, ABTO received the official okay to open the layout at CCMC for the annual show. Since the security at the hospital is quite tight, we decided to have Roy Towne check on the availability of the layout. It was passed by the administration with flying colors. Don Halver is coordinator for staffing, while Roy Towne works down at the hospital three or four days a week on maintenance & trains. Many club members of ABTO are scheduled to clean track, dusting and etc., maybe one or two times per month. ABTO felt the layout should be on the COH 16 tour, as it has since the baptism of the train layout a few years ago. Any club members who would like to volunteer for an assignment at the layout could contact Don Halver. This year s show won t have two loyal layouts in the tour. Dorothy and Jack Johnson & Dana and Dennis Busby are taking their layouts out of their yards or already have. They will be missed by the regular patrons of Christmas Open House Tours. We want to thank both families for all of their help, loyalty and assistance in our COH program. These layouts will be greatly missed by the club too. The schedule is still the same for many of the layouts: Dec. 10th, 11th,17th & 18th from 5:30-8:30 each day. Participants for the main schedule are: John & Pat Meyers, Jim & Joanne Gardner, Terry & Adrienne Haas, Rich & Sharon Hull, David & Sharon Kitchin, Steve & Judy Lewis, Don Sorenson & Karen Lenzen, Gary & Cheryl Bang, Terry & Carolyn Fields, Wesley & Allison Schriver plus Fred and Pat Olds. Dennis & Lizabeth Sirrine s layout is open on Dec. 9th, 10th, 16th & 17th from 5:30-8:30. Catch the video and other information on: azbigtrains.org 7
THE ABTO GAZETTE Membership Meeting Photos by Don Sorenson 8
THE ABTO GAZETTE Railfair Photos by Don Sorenson 9
THE ABTO GAZETTE ABTO Module Events 10
THE ABTO GAZETTE 2016/2017 Officers/Board of Directors President: Ken Hawkins 623-640-6445-cell knkdesertrail@cox.net Vice President: Dave Kitchin 480-895-2246 djkitchin@aol.com Secretary: Ginny Morris 610-256-1121-cell putterm@cox.net Treasurer: Steve Lewis 605-660-6911-cell srlewis47@cox.net Directors at Large Colin Criswell 602-765-9585 Cecriswell@gmail.com Daryll Smith 602-402-9458-cell dpsmith710@cox.net Darrell Woolfolk 480-818-1715-cell dpwoolfolk@yahoo.com SIGs and their Coordinators 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 9/ Modules Painting/Airbrushing MTH 1/32 Scale Gandy Dancer Cardon Children s Medical Center Euro Trains Live Steam Model Building Photography Daryll Smith & Steve Lewis Jim Gardner Roy Towne Roger Crooks Bob Rauperstrauch & Don Halver David Kitchin Stan Cornforth John Meyers Mike Quaintance 11
Arizona Big Train Operators 1633 E. Lakeside Drive Unit 1 Gilbert, AZ 85234 ARIZONA BIG TRAIN OPERATORS OBJECTIVES Membership in Arizona Big Train Operators (ABTO) is open to anyone with an interest in gardening and the creation & operation of large scale model railways. At our meetings, items of mutual interest associated with the hobby are discussed and demonstrated. Meetings are typically held at member s homes, where they have the opportunity to showcase their railway creations. General meetings are usually held on the third Saturday of the month. ABTO BOARD MEETINGS ABTO MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION The renewal fee is $30.00 per year and the new membership fee of $35.00 per year entitles you to attend all meetings and events, to receive the monthly newsletter, and to have one name badge created for you. Additional badges may be purchased for $7 each. ABTO CONTRIBUTIONS Members are encouraged to contribute articles, letters, illustrations and/or photographs related to garden railroading for inclusion in the newsletter and/or posting on the club web site. Board meetings will be held on Wednesday prior to the general meeting of each month. Board meetings are open to members who are current on their dues and have an item for the agenda. If you plan to attend, call a Board member to confirm location, time and date Members who have hobby-related items for sale or trade may submit an advertisement for publication and/or posting at no charge. Please limit each ad to a maximum of four lines. Accompanying photos will be considered for publication as space allows. 12