Pop Valve No. 415 Spring Open House Edition June 2018 Editor: Roger Caiazza Photographs: Robert Fruitt & Ric Golding Publishers: Ted Taylor & Tom Pierson Board of Director s Notes This edition of the Pop Valve is the general version announcement of our Open House on June 22 to the 24. We want to remind all members including our social members that you are welcome to come out to the open house and would really appreciate it if you have some time to help out. For our visitors who are bringing trains, we love to have you come but ask that you try to keep out of the way of the public passenger trains. We have plans for eventual more peaceful coexistence but ask your patience in the meantime. Also note that we will celebrate the Fourth of July on June 30 with a picnic if someone volunteers to host it. If no one steps up then everyone will be on their own if they want to picnic and run trains that day. Note that this is two days after a full moon and we should have our own fireworks show courtesy of the local fire fly population. If you have never taken a ride on the trains at night it is well worth staying up to see. Just remember to keep your mouth shut when riding. One of the big projects for the club this year has been to revise our Bylaws and policies to be consistent with revised New York State rules for non-profits. As part of that process we are now registered with the NY Charities Bureau. Stay tuned because we are going to set up a way to donate through the Amazon Smile program. Save the Date! Next year on August 1-4 the Finger Lakes Live Steamers will celebrate its 50 th Anniversary. Set aside the date now for a four day celebration of our hobby and this club. Later this summer we will have details and open early registration. If you have not been here for a long time then come out and see all the changes and if you have never been here come and see what we have to offer. There have been additions and modifications on our 7 ¼ gauge, 4 ¾ gauge and Gauge One layouts. Wanted Tim Guenther and Al Francis are cleaning up and re-organizing the shop. They are looking for donations of a roll around tool cabinet and heavy duty casters. Please contact Tim (585-313-9397 timbg500@rochester.rr.com ) if you have something they can use. Harold Crouch Locomotive The Pontarelli s heard from Jim Abrams that Harold s locomotive is for sale and someone from Australia is making offers. If you want to save a bit of history from our club let Steve know. By the way it supposedly has a new boiler and the negotiable price is $15,000.
FLLS Meetings 2018 FLLS Calendar 2018 FLLS Operating Days FLLS Events FLLS Open House 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 May June July August September October November December 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 2018 Finger Lakes Live Steam Events 6/22-24 - FLLS Spring Public Open House: Open 10:00 to 4:00. Parking lot opens at 9:30. 6/30 FLLS 4 th of July Run and Picnic at 5:00 Need a volunteer to host the picnic 7/14 FLLS July Business Meeting at Noon at FLLS 7/16 - FLLS Hosts Ottawa Valley Garden Railway Club Picnic and operating day on Gauge One 7/21 - FLLS Model Railroader s Run Day. Operating sessions on the One Inch and the Gauge One layouts 8/3-8/5 - FLLS Summer Invitational and Picnic at 5:00 (Public not invited) Operating sessions on the One Inch and the Gauge One layouts 8/11 FLLS August Business Meeting at Noon at FLLS 8/24 Pre-1916 beautiful brass cars on tour at 2:00 PM 9/1 - FLLS Labor Day Run and Picnic at 5:00 Need a volunteer to host the picnic 9/8 FLLS September Business Meeting at Noon at FLLS 9/21-23 - FLLS Fall Public Open House 10/6 FLLS Blowdown Run Day 10/13 FLLS October Business Meeting at Noon at FLLS 11/101 FLLS November Business Meeting at Noon at FLLS 12/8 FLLS Annual Meeting and December Business Meeting at Noon at FLLS 2019 Finger Lakes Live Steam Events 6/21-23 - FLLS Spring Public Open House 8/1-8/4- FLLS 50 th Anniversary Celebration 9/27-29 - FLLS Fall Public Open House Rabbit s Run new track had a temporary pond on June 1 2018 2:37 PM
The FLLS Deluge of 2018 On June 1, 2018 the club was inundated with a flash flood. According to the NWS radar report between 1.5 and 2 inches of rain fell in a short time. The result was excitement for the campers and the guys working on the foam abutments for the Hank Mastalski s south loop expansion project. Thanks to Bob Fruitt and Ric Golding for these pictures. At 2:16 PM the water is noticeably higher. Art 2:11 PM Bob takes the first picture from his trailer. Another 2:11 PM shot shows that the ditch is full. By 2:18 PM the bridge is afloat held only by electrical conduit
At 2:24 PM the sun is coming out and the bridge is holding on 2:35 PM looking north from the mainline. At 2:26 PM it looks like we are connected to the barge canal 2:26 PM looking south from the mainline bridge At 2:57 PM from the new track on Rabbit s Run looking to the NE towards the water tower. Your editor cannot help but think what would happen if this kind of storm occurred on an open house day.
FLLS Visitors and Club Members Operating Equipment Safety Rules At 3:16 PM the local frog population was in heaven Sadly for the frogs by 5:00 PM the water was gone Operating Trains Between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM on Public open house days, all passenger trains must have a flagman with a flag and air horn in addition to the engineer. If there is a derailment or some other mishap, the flagman must go back far enough behind the train to flag any following train to avoid a derailment. Once the following train has stopped, the flagman can return to the train to help the engineer resolve the problem. If operating a train without passengers or a conductor the engineer must carry a horn and flag. If there is a derailment or some other mishap, the engineer must go back far enough behind the train to flag any following train to avoid a derailment. Once the following train has stopped, the engineer can return to the train to resolve the problem. Trains must be separated by a safe distance twice the stopping distance Steam engines Please get water on the storage yard siding and not the main line There is emergency water available at the woods siding Do not operate through the passenger station Passenger station bypass stop sign o All trains must stop o Establish contact with engineers on trains in station or station master for clearance to continue o Passenger trains out of the station have the right of way o Blow your whistle to make sure the crossing guards have blocked pedestrian traffic
Finger Lakes Live Steamers, Inc. P.O. Box 114, Penfield NY 14526 * * www.fingerlakeslivesteamers.org BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018 President: Roger Caiazza: 7679 Bay Cir, Liverpool, NY 13090, 315-529-6711 roger.caiazza@gmail.com Vice President: Tim Guenther, 78 Authors Ave, Henrietta NY 14467, 585-313-9397 timbg500@rochester.rr.com Secretary: Sue Henrichs, 3977 Ontario Center Rd., Walworth, NY 14568, 315-986-1881 shenrichs@verizon.net Treasurer: Jim Henrichs, 3977 Ontario Center Rd., Walworth, NY 14568, 315-986-1881 jhenrichs@verizon.net Director: Steve Pontarelli, 20 Solmar Dr., Rochester, NY 14624, 585-889-8046 spontarell5@rochester.rr.com Director: Bob Fruitt, 1807 Pennsylvania Avenue, Pine City, NY 14871, 607-742-9225 Wired120v@stny.rr.com Director: Randy Taylor, 3433 Wyncoop Creek Rd., Van Etten NY 14889, 607-589-7544 ginnie1958@gmail.com COMMITTEE CHAIRS Safety Committee Ed McConnell / emcconnell@rochester.rr.com Communications Committee Newsletter Subcommittee / Roger Caiazza/ rcaiazz1@twcny.rr.com Newsletter Publisher / Ted Taylor / ttaylor28@rochester.rr.com Newsletter Electronic Publisher / Tom Pierson / tpierson@twcny.rr.com Good and Welfare Subcommittee / Ed McConnell / emcconnell@rochester.rr.com Public Relations Subcommittee / Sue Henrichs / shenrichs@verizon.net Website Subcommittee / Michael Wierowski / michael@wierowski.com Social Media Subcommittee / Tom Pierson / tpierson@twcny.rr.com Seven and One Quarter Inch Track Committee Track Subcommittee / Ted Taylor / ttaylor28@rochester.rr.com. Facilities Subcommittee / Ed McConnell / emcconnell@rochester.rr.com Equipment Subcommittee / Randy Taylor / ginnie1958@gmail.com Signals Subcommittee / Bob Fruitt / Wired120v@stny.rr.com Four and Three Quarter Inch Track Committee Track Subcommittee / Guy Wicksall /gwicksall@rochester.rr.com Facilities Subcommittee / Steve Pontarelli / spontarell5@rochester.rr.com Signals Subcommittee / Ken Cameron / kcameron@twcny.rr.com Gauge One Track Committee Track Subcommittee / Roger Caiazza / roger.caiazza@gmail.com Elevated Track Subcommittee / Ed McConnell / emcconnell@rochester.rr.com Storage Building Subcommittee / Rocco Scaptura / rscaptura@stny.rr.com Club Infrastructure Committee Clubhouse Subcommittee / Dave Wierowski/ david.wierowski@live.com Grounds Subcommittee / Jack Wylie / jwylie2@stny.rr.com Camping Subcommittee / Dave Pierce / dlplost@stny.rr.com Electrical Subcommittee / Dave Wierowski/ david.wierowski@live.com Workshop Subcommittee / Tim Guenther /timbg500@rochester.rr.com Education Committee Library Subcommittee / Wayne Henning / wrhenning@rochester.rr.com. Long-Term Planning Committee / Roger Caiazza & Steve Pontarelli / roger.caiazza@gmail.com spontarell5@rochester.rr.com 7 ¼ Gauge Subcommittee / Jeffrey Baxter / standardguage@frontier.com 4 ¾ Gauge Subcommittee / Guy Wicksall /gwicksall@rochester.rr.com Gauge One Subcommittee / Roger Caiazza / roger.caiazza@gmail.com Buildings Subcommittee / Steve Pontarelli / spontarell5@rochester.rr.com Grounds Subcommittee / Jack Wylie / jwylie2@stny.rr.com Membership Committee Membership Subcommittee / Sue Henrichs / shenrichs@verizon.net New Member Recruiting Subcommittee Monte May / montesteam@twcny.rr.com Merchandising Committee / Janet Pontarelli / spontarell5@rochester.rr.com 50 th Anniversary Committee Susie Caiazza / sue.caiazza@gmail.com Membership Applications are available on our website.
Finger Lakes Live Steamers, Inc. June 2018 Spring Open House Pop Valve Number 415