Official Publication of THE SUNRISE TRAIL DIVISION, INC. Northeastern Region National Model Railroad Association VOLUME 36 NUMBER 1 SPRING 2006 SPRING MEET REPORT TEXT & PHOTOS BY JOE BUX Evelyn MacGown checks everyone in. The O-Trolley bunch and the modular layout they displayed and operated at the Spring Meet. ADDITIONAL PICTURES & SPRING MEET CONTEST RESULTS INSIDE.
EDITOR and PUBLISHER Walter G. Wohleking 5 Howard Drive Huntington NY 11743-3032 (631) 757-0580 (Phone) (775) 540-9743 (Fax) wwohleki@suffolk.lib.ny.us ASSOCIATE EDITOR John MacGown burlyjohn@verizon.net THE CANNON BALL is published quarterly by Sunrise Trail Division, Inc. of the Northeastern Region of the National Model Railroad Association, Inc. for the benefit of the model railroading community. SUBSCRIPTIONS start with the first issue of a volume. Rates for the U.S. and possessions are $7.00 per year. Please make check or money order payable to Sunrise Trail Division. Send requests for new subscriptions, renewals or address changes to Cannon Ball, c/o Walter G. Wohleking, at the above address. CONTRIBUTIONS Articles, photographs and artwork are welcome in either hardcopy or as computer files. Copy is due by the 1st of February, May, August, and November and should be sent to the Editor at the above address. Submitted material will be returned upon request. SUNRISE TRAIL DIVISION, INC. Kevin Katta, President boxcarny@yahoo.com Walter Neumen, Vice President mmr205@optonline.net Howard Dwyer, Secretary dhdwyer@optonline.net Steven Perry, Treasurer seperry@optonline.net DIRECTORS John Jaklitsch johnjay1@optonline.net John MacGown burlyjohn@verizon.net Michael Martin mikeymart1@excite.com Michael Siegel viamdlr@hotmail.com Fernand Washington buzzyfernand@aol.com Andrew Wasowicz (NER Director) rwasowicz@aol.com Charles Weinhofer kinkchaser@aol.com ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM Michael Siegel CONTESTS Joseph Bux baybridgecondo3@aol.com PUBLICITY John MacGown Steven Perry WEBSITE www.sunrisetraildiv.org John Jaklitsch, Webmaster johnjay1@optonline.net MEMBERSHIP Walter Wohleking wwohleki@suffolk.lib.ny.us MORE VIEWS OF THE SPRING MEET PHOTOS BY JOE BUX N-Scale led the operating modular displays with two excellent railroads. On the N-Trak layout to the right, a pair of trains are about to pass on the balloon loop prior to heading back down the parallel tracked mainline. On the left, a couple of good looking junior railroaders check out some impressive buildings, including a Union Station, on a modular layout configured for walk-around operation and viewing. Hiram Graves looking good behind his renowned White Elephant Table John Jaklitsch admires one of the fine railroad photographs displayed by John MacGown. 2 THE CANNON BALL
MODEST SPRING MEET CONTEST ENTRY LIST FEATURES SOME MODELING GEMS TEXT & PHOTOS BY JOE BUX Al Kuhn took First Place in the Passenger Car category with 111 points, which also entitled him to the Monahan Award for Best-in-Show. Andy Wasowicz took First Place in the Freight Car Category with 97.5 points for his DRG&W Sn3 Box Car #3210. Steve Perry took First and Second Places respectively in the Structures Category with 98.5 points for his wood truss bridge and 97 points for his B&M crossing shanty. He also took first Place in the Diorama Category with 90 points for his grade crossing diorama. IN ADDITION Vincent Denardo entered a diorama entitled The Gorge, which was actually a module from one of the N scale operating layouts on display. His creation had nearly everything a top flight contest entry should have interesting and eye-catching subject matter well executed as a model. It was a lack of documentation, however, that played a major part in the entry's relatively low score of 56.5 (although Vincent is not a member of the NMRA, his entry, like the all those in an STD contest, was judged strictly according to NMRA standards). The STD encourages Vince and others to continue entering STD model contests, being careful to provide more background detail as to the materials and techniques used in the construction of a model. STD Director and Achievement Program Chairman, Mike Siegel, is available to advise members of the NMRA as to what detail and paperwork can help a model earn the score it deserves not only in any STD contest, but also toward one of the many Achievement Certificates available from the NMRA. Mike Siegel and John MacGowan deserve a well earned thank you for their vital help in judging the contest entries. SPRING 2006 3
THE LIRR BUILDS A TURNOUT PART 2 TEXT & PHOTOS BY WALTER WOHLEKING The previous issue of the Cannon Ball showed a LIRR track crew using a Plasser WM-40/PK Switch and Panel Exchange System to construct the points, frog and both legs of a switch at the Greenlawn siding. After the completion of each subassembly, it was placed on a Plasser Switch Transport Car. Those cars, along with the PK machine riding on its WM-40 transport car, made up a train the Atlantic & Western transported to a siding just west of the Kings Park station. Our photo story resumes with the preparation of the roadbed to accept the new turnout. Next issue we ll conclude by showing the installation of the turnout, again using the using WM-40/PK combination, as well as the amazing Unimat laser-guided, track leveling machine. (1) Looking east, bulldozers have cleared away the old track, ties and ballast from the west end of the station. (2) Looking west from the end of the station platform. A dump truck supplies roadbed material from ballast piled in the station parking lot as a bulldozer waits to distribute it. (3) Looking west. Off in the distance the PK machine sits on its WM-40 carrier car, with one of the turnout subassemblies, waiting for a bulldozer to finish smoothing the ballast. (4) Looking east. With the initial coarse layer of ballast distributed, the roadbed is ready to accept new track extensions to the station platform tracks. (5) Suspended between a pair of bulldozers, a track segment is maneuvered into place at the end of one of the station tracks. CONCLUDED NEXT ISSUE (6) Looking west. With the preliminary smoothing of the roadbed complete, the WM-40 transport car crawls forward bearing a turnout subassembly and the PK machine that will lower it in place. 4 THE CANNON BALL
PARK BLVD. BROADWAY DON T MISS THIS! MODELING WITH THE MASTERS OF THE SUNRISE TRAIL The Sunrise Trail Division s Two-Day Participation Clinic with Master Model Railroaders, Walter Neumen & Al Sohl Scratchbuild a Warehouse or Pumphouse in HO or O Scale Saturday, September 30 plus th Saturday, October 7 9:30 AM - 4:30PM St. David's Evangelical Lutheran Church 20 Clark Blvd., Massapequa Park, NY All materials, plans and a Powerpoint presentation will be provided. Pizza and soda will be available th SEAFORD-OYSTER BAY EXPRESSWAY (RT. 135) MASSAPEQUA PARK EXIT 28A EXIT 30 SOUTHERN STATE PARKWAY ROUTE 107 CLARK AVE. ST. DAVID S LUTHERAN CHURCH CLARK BLVD. SUNRISE HIGHWAY (RT. 27) N L.I.R.R. SPACE IS LIMITED SIGN UP ASAP! SCRATCHBUILD A WAREHOUSE Participation Clinic HO scale: $25; O scale: $35 non-nmra members add $5 Please make check payable to: Sunrise Trail Division, Inc. and mail to Steven E. Perry 6 Brookhaven Drive Rocky Point, NY 11778 (631) 744-6462 seperry@optonline.net Name: Address: City: State: Zip: NMRA#: Phone: Email: Amount enclosed: $ SPRING 2006 5
Why not make a copy of this and give it to a friend? A Letter from the New Editor of Scale Rails Editor s note Recently we received the following message from Stephen Priest, the new editor of Scale Rails magazine. If there is an STD or NER event you want to see in Scale Rails, or if you have an article for publication, here's the way to get it there. Hello, As of the September issue, WhiteRiver Productions, Inc. will oversee the production of Scale Rails. I (Paired Rail RR Publications, Ltd) will be the editor. I would like to encourage your region to submit any and all announcements to Scale Rails for publication in the Club Car. I would prefer announcements be sent in email format (no attachments, please) with "announcement" as the subject header to this email address. Club Car is also open to information pertaining to club memberships, trade shows, events, museums, regional and division meetings and the like. Please allow a 2 month lead time for publication. I would also encourage your membership to submit articles for consideration. Articles can be easily uploaded to our ftp site: prrpftp.com. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions and/or concerns. I am here to serve you and your membership. Sincerely, Stephen M. Priest, MMR PRRP, Ltd. 5729 North Delta Avenue Kansas City MO 64151 sreditor@pairedrail.com; (816) 746-6733; (816) 584-0423 (fax) 6 THE CANNON BALL
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SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWSLETTER OF THE SUNRISE TRAIL DIVISION Name Scale(s): Address City State Zip Phone Email 1 year $7.00 2 years $14.00 3 years $21.00 Please send a completed copy of this form and a check made payable to the Sunrise Trail Division to: Walter Wohleking, 5 Howard Drive, Huntington NY 11743-3032 FIRST CLASS MAIL PLACE STAMP HERE 5 HOWARD DRIVE HUNTINGTON NY 11743 IN THIS ISSUE SPRING MEET REPORT THE LIRR BUILDS A TURNOUT (2) NEW PARTICIPATION CLINIC DOWN THE TRACK NMRA Sunrise Trail Division (STD) and Northeastern Region (NER) Events Sep 17 Sep 30 & Oct 7 1:30PM 9:30AM-4:30PM Sunrise Trail Division Board Meeting. 149 Clark Blvd, Massapequa Park. Walter Neumen 516-798-0575 mmr205@optonline.net STD Participation Clinic. St. David s Lutheran, 20 Clark Blvd, Massapequa Park. Steve Perry 631-744-6462 seperry@optonline.net $25 Oct 20-22 NER Fall 2006 Convention. Parsippany Hilton, 1 Hilton Ct., Parsippany NJ John Campbell 860-568-5075 john_ner@yahoo.com www.trainweb.org/nergsd/gsc2006.htm $40 Nov 4 10:00AM-4:00PM STD Annual Convention. United Methodist, 881 Merrick Rd., Baldwin. Buzzy Washington 718-528-2308 buzzyfernand@aol.com $5 Regular Recurring Events Beginning Sep 15 8:00PM-10:00PM NRHS, L.I. Sunrise Trail Chapter meets the 3rd Fri of each month at American Legion Hall, 22 Grove Pl, Babylon www.nrhs-list.org 3rd Fri of month Sunrise Trail Model RR Club is seeking new members to build an HO scale layout in Farmingdale. Mark Conca 516-752-0636 1st Tue of month Long Island Model RR Engineers meets at the location of its multi-scale layouts at 3661 Horseblock Rd, Farmingville 631-345-3415 Other Area Events Jul 15 NRHS, Twin Forks Chapter Summer Meeting. Railroad Museum of Long Island, 416 Griffing Ave, Riverhead. twinforksnrhs@aol.com Aug 5 All day NRHS, Twin Forks Chapter day trip to the New Hope & Ivyland RR. twinforksnrhs@aol.com $70