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T.T.O.S. southwestern division PRESIDENT S MESSAGE LARRY PEARSON, President T.T.O.S. Southwestern Division 2014-2015 1108 West Palm Ave., Burbank, CA 91506 (818) 848-2653 (mornings after 8:00 a.m.) Please be advised that the following article is comprised solely of my own thoughts, opinions, and experiences, and does not necessarily convey the beliefs and thoughts of the T.T.O.S. Southwestern Division (SWD), and its Members and Officers, or the editor and publisher of The Southwestern Limited. Call me at the above phone number in the mornings after 8:00am if you need to get in touch with me. Call, I love to talk. 2015 43 rd CAL-STEWART REPORT Attendance at Cal-Stewart 2015 was about the same as last year s Meet. Those who came, sold and bought, and enjoyed the eight layouts and the Special Display had a great time. Table sales were about 310 and all sellers tables were sold out when the Meet opened on Saturday morning. The Friday night Welcoming Party was coordinated by Jerry Moser and had 145 attendees. There was plenty of food and dessert for everyone to have seconds if they wanted. The complete buffet dinner featured Pan Seared Pesto Chicken Breast, Santa Maria BBQ Tri-Tip, seasonal vegetables, mashed potatoes and both chocolate cake and cheese cake for dessert. Don Ladenberger and Larry Pearson donated money for extra dessert portions. Fred Kramer conducted a lively 50-50 Drawing at the party that netted Nancy Cochran $375. Three Lionel freight cars were awarded as consolation prizes. Mike Stella came up with a very entertaining scheme for awarding the table center pieces and then he auctioned off additional train items donated by the manufacturers. THE SOUTHWESTERN LIMITED VOL. 33 NO. 1 January / February 2016 LARRY PEARSON, PRESIDENT CALVIN SMITH, EDITOR MIKE ROMAN, MEET PHOTOGRAPHER MARTIN FOLB, SPECIAL EVENTS PHOTOGRAPHER p1-2president s Message p3-special C-S 2015 Contributions Winner of C-S Public Drawing p4-thanks for Engine Repair p5-september & October Meets p5-family Holiday Meet Dec. 6 pp6-8-cal-stewart 2015 in Pictures p9-swd Year Ahead Officers, Board & Volunteers p10 &11-Nor-Cal Spring Cal-Stewart Classic Info & Reg & Coupon p11-s-fest West 2016 & UP Big Boy 4014 Restoration SWD Layout on Display New & Renewing Members p12-swd Meet Info & Schedule On Saturday, I conducted the Opening Ceremonies in the Lobby from 8:45 to 9 am. I needed someone to sing the National Anthem because the young lady who was supposed to sing it couldn t bring herself to do it. I looked down and a man in a yellow knit American Flyer shirt said I ll do it. I helped him up on the podium, and he did a beautiful job!!! I never got his name, but it was very much appreciated. We had eight layouts of various sizes coordinated by Jerry Moser for Cal-Stewart 2015. The priority is table sales with layouts to be fillers in available space. The eight layouts were: Richard Kepple s floor layout (25x25); Larry Poland s floor layout (12x12)(combined with Kepple); N Gauge layout (12x27); Southern Pacific Division & Orange County Trackers (20x50); Grand Canyon Model Railroaders portable trailer layout (12x16); So. Cal. S-Gaugers (34x34); Don Kallgren s Std. Gauge (10x40); and Ulus Ekerman s LEGO layout (12x16). The annual Cal-Stewart Special Display theme for 2015 was Lionel house cars and drew from Mike Stella s extensive collection with Hollis Cotton, coordinator. During the first half of the 20 th century, most goods were shipped in what the railroads called house cars. They were used for cargo requiring protection from the weather and were built much like a house with roofs, walls and doors, thus the name. Today we know them as enclosed freight cars such as box, refrigerator and stock cars. Mike displayed several hundred of these cars from his personal collection on special shelving that he built. Ginny Cotton designed the worker hats with the House Cars theme. The design was very popular, and the extra hats were all sold at the Meet. Thank you to Mike Marple for bringing many train parts. This was most appreciated at Cal-Stewart! Rich Kobliner, SWD Auction Manager, oversaw and clerked the Saturday and Sunday auctions. George Blanch did most of the auctioning both days, a considerable effort. Almost $4,000 in merchandise was sold through the auction. (continued on page 2) February Meet: Sunday, February 14, 2016 Special Gift for the Ladies

President s Message (continued from page 1) Jon Pincus brought his race track and ran the annual Train Races and Demolition Derby with the help of Spencer Smith. Sign up and testing occurred on Saturday from 1-3pm and the racing started at 1pm on Sunday. Participants who didn t have a locomotive to race were given a donated locomotive. We want as many kids to participate as possible. Trophies were awarded to the winners. We need donations of plastic Marx locomotives for Cal- Stewart 2016. Many members donate their time and expertise to the Cal-Stewart event. Don Stotts and his friends and family provided security throughout the event. Rich Lowe and his daughter Julianne Hamstrom handled the Cal-Stewart Registration effort and table assignments. Hollis Cotton, Cal-Stewart cochairman with Jerry Moser, worked with the Ontario Convention Center staff to lay out the Trading Hall with seller s tables and layouts. Jerry Moser was the contact person with the Ontario Convention Center and the liaison with the Radisson and Ayres hotels, in addition to coordinating the Welcoming Dinner Party and layouts. Martin Folb and Mike Roman photographed the Meet. Calvin and Phyllis Smith with The Train Shack, Inc. donated a Lionel train set for the special Public Drawing held on Sunday. The Meet ended on Sunday with the Grand Drawing at 3pm, hosted by Fred Kramer. The prizes were individual locomotives, cars and boxed train sets. Bill Elliott, Emmett Van Ness, and Larry Pearson made sure that the Trading Hall was clean before we left on Sunday night. CAL-STEWART 2016 TO BE AT FAIRPLEX NOV. 18, 19, 20 We had a three year contract with the Ontario Convention Center (OCC) that needed renewing for 2016-18. The OCC people lured us away from Pasadena with some pretty good pricing on the hall, chairs and staffing, and we were hopeful that this would continue for three more years. Jerry Moser tried to get a similar contract, but it was not to be. The OCC people wanted us to sign a contract that had no set pricing on staffing costs, chairs, risers, drapes, tables with skirting, the banquet and the like. This is unacceptable to us. We have to know what the costs will be. Since we didn t sign the contract, OCC then gave our dates for Hall A for the next three years to some kind on religious youth group who wanted Hall A as well as all three banquet rooms on the first floor. We looked at other venues, and they were much too small for our needs. So we signed a contract 2 with the Pomona Fairgrounds (FAIRPLEX) for Building 6 for 2016. They would not do a three year contract at this time. We have a lot of work to do to get reasonable hotel rates and a place for our Welcoming Dinner Party. Some good features are free electricity (everywhere in the floor and on the walls), and the huge G gauge outdoor layout is about 100 feet away. There are three large roll-up doors for easy move in and move out. The costs will be similar to the deal we had at OCC. I will keep you updated. FOOD SERVICE AT THE ARCADIA MASONIC CENTER I got a call from Sharon Ayub on Saturday morning, January 9 th informing me that she and Cliff Saylor were terminated from providing food service at the Arcadia Masonic Center, effective immediately. She said that some new people were selected to do our food service and that we would have food service for our Meet the next day. I managed to talk to the new manager of the Hall, and he assured me that we would have food service for our Meet. The new people, whose names are Mary Swenson and Donald Benton, are very nice, but had no idea what our needs are. Considering that they had no time to prepare, they did a pretty good job of it. I am not going to get involved with the politics in the Masonic Center to try to reverse this. Be patient and I think that everything will work out just fine. Let them know what you want to eat and they probably can provide it. Please support Southwestern by continuing your Membership, recruiting new Members, buying our souvenir cars, and attending our monthly Meets and Cal-Stewart. As always, hugs to all, and run your trains often. Larry Pearson, President Happy Valentine s Day Come to the February 14th Meet Bring Red Engines, Cars, & Accessories Special Gift for the Ladies in Attendance Arcadia Masonic Center 50 W. Duarte Road, Arcadia 91007 Sunday: February 14, 2016 Sellers Setup & Members 10 a.m. Tables still $5.00: Call Hollis Cotton to reserve: 818-590-0553 Public 10 a.m. Admission $5.00 Children under 21 free with paid adult

Thank You To the following Companies, Industries, and Individuals for Their Contributions of Items to the 2015 Cal-Stewart Meet THE TRAIN SHACK, INC SERVING ALL YOUR MODEL RAILROAD NEEDS SINCE 1985 All Scales G-N Vintage to New Authorized Factory Service Digital Installations House Calls & Custom Layouts World Wide Shipping 1030 N. HOLLYWOOD WAY BURBANK, CA 91505 www.trainshack.com (818) 842-3330 BACHMAN INDUSTRIES TM BOOKS & VIDEOS XURON CORP. BOB SMITH INDUSTRIES BNSF RAILROAD WOODLAND SCENICS MILEPOST 38, WESTMINSTER THE ORIGINAL WHISTLE STOP, PASADENA PEGASUS HOBBIES, MONTCLAIR THE TRAIN SHACK, INC., BURBANK TRAINS & TOY SOLDIERS RAIL-RESOURCE EXPRESS TRAIN Z CREDIT UNION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THE OLIVE GARDEN TOYKO KITCHEN BRITISH RAIL UNITED KINGDOM HARROD S LONDON THE STATE OF ALASKA 3 AND T.T.O.S. SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS WHO DONATED ITEMS: RICHARD KOBLINER LARRY PEARSON, HOLLIS COTTON ARLENE BURNS, FRED KRAMER Calvin Smith presents Scout set to the thrilled Public Drawing Winner Josie Quiroz. Thank you Train Shack for your part in providing the Scout Set for the Public Cal- Stewart 2015 Drawing.

Dear Larry Pearson, I am writing you to say Thank You for taking your time at the January SW Division meet to repair the Lionel #2350 chassis that wouldn t budge when first handed to you. I watched you disassemble the motor truck, free the gummed up gears and wheels, clean and rebuild the E unit, solder a broken motor wire, test for proper operation, and then return to me a perfectly working locomotive chassis that purred like a kitten! I know you refuse to accept anything but a verbal Thank You for all your efforts so I am sending a cash donation to the SW Division Treasury in your name to help our Club with ongoing expenses. I have been watching you repair trains at our meets for years, often spending 6 or more hours helping members get their trains running. You always remain well past the end of the regular meeting if there are still trains that need your attention. You even take them home when time is short!! I hope other members that you help will follow my lead and also make a donation to the club. A repair station would charge hundreds of dollars for what you give for free! A small monetary Thank You from them would help SW Division continue all the low cost services provided. I hope that I am not the only SW member Meet Dates 2016 Jan. 24 Feb. 28 Mar. 20 Apr. 24 May 29** June 26 July 24 Aug. 28 Sept. 25 Oct. 23 Nov. 13 Picnic Dec. 18** Sundays 11:00-3:00*** Special hours for **Open House Meets 9:30 to 4:30 ***See web more info or call Jeff Meyer, President at (909) 851-9846 Jun 20 Also Open House Sat. Dec 5 2015 Meet Thursdays * Saturdays Jan 8 Jul 9 Feb 12 Aug 13 Mar 5 Sep 10 Apr 9 Oct 8 May 14 Nov 12 *Jun 20 & *Dec 5 that appreciates the savings received by having you Fix em for FREE! Mike Stella Grand Canyon Model Railroaders Meets February 27 - GCMR Meet 9 am Our Saviour s Lutheran Church 1212 E Glendale Ave., Phoenix Saturday, March 5 - Cactus Winter Swap Meet 9 am-1 pm $6 Person/$11 Family North Phoenix Baptist Church 5757 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85012 April 23 - GCMR 9 am Our Saviour s Lutheran MeetChurch 1212 E Glendale Ave., Phoenix For Information Call John Draftz 602-942-3457 Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum Open 2nd and 4th Sundays of Month 12:30 p.m to 4:30 p.m. with Special Dates in December No Meetings in July and August Check Website for Information 3975 N. Miller Avenue Tucson, AZ 85705-2275 E-mail: TrainShow@gpdToyTrainMuseum.com Website: www.gpdtoytrainmuseum.com 2016 Meet Dates Jan. 23 July 23 Feb. 27 Aug 27 Mar. 26 Sept. 24 Apr. 23 Oct. 29 May 21 Nov. ** June* Dec. 17 *TCA Convention **Cal-Stewart Meet Around the Corner & Down the Street! Train Collectors Association Western Division Invites you to our Monthly Train Meets Fellowship, Free Member Trading Tables Great FREE Quarterly Auctions Operating Layout and Superior Yearly Drawing Prize Coffee/Donuts & Sandwiches Available FREE Admission 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. More Information visit our website: www.tcawestern.org OR CALL Manny Gonzalez, President at (626) 357-4698 Arcadia Senior Center, 405 S. Santa Anita Ave., Arcadia Park, Arcadia, CA. (Look for the TCA Sign) Help Needed at Auctions Richard Kobliner, Auction Manager, needs more volunteers to assist with clerking and cashiering at the Monthly Meet and Cal-Stewart Auctions. Please call Richard at 818-324-2562 to volunteer. 4 01/15-12/15

September and October 2015 Meets Well Attended Scenes of September 2015 Meet - Photos by Mike Roman Full Hall September 2015 Open House Meet: Great Tables, Mike Marple Parts, Happy Winners, Future Members waiting for the Auction to start. Scenes of the October 2015 Meet - Photos by Mike Roman Vintage Items at Oct. Meet L & above Ives Double Station Lionel Stove Lionel Repair Tester Skeleton came to Oct. Meet - Club Layout spooky - Auction busy - Repair Service available at all Monthly Meets Below: Variety of trains for sale throughout the Hall. 5

Cal-Stewart 2015 in Pictures Photos by Mike Roman except as noted A number of Cal-Stewart attendees enjoyed the Friday evening Welcoming Banquet and participated in the 50/50 Drawing. Mike Stella put together the special table center pieces. A happy Nancy Cochran won $375 in the 50/50 drawing promoted by Fred Kramer. 5 attendees happily won consolation prizes. 50/50 Drawing photos by Martin Registration was busy at the opening of Cal-Stewart 2015 with Registration Chair Rich Lowe assisted by volunteers, including Bruce Lazarus, Ginny and Hollis Cotton, Arlene Berns, Janitta Keck, and Roy Bell. Panoramic View of Part of the Hall Table Sales Attendees flocked quickly to the many tables ladened with trains, train related accessories and toys. 6

Martin Folb captured this panoramic view of the Cal-Stewart 2015 Special Display: Mike Stella s extensive collection of Lionel House Cars, today known as Freight Cars, in styles such as Box Car, Refrigerator Car, Stock Car, etc., with various road names and many variations of cars. Mike built the special display platform. Getting ready for the Saturday Auction John Fox from Illinois shares his extensive knowledge at his Marx Show and Tell Seminar, a feature at Cal-Stewart for many years. Photos by David Nissen Auctioner George Blanch calls for bids. Photo by Martin Folb Jon Pincus, Train Race Chair, at the race track. Tests could be run on Saturday. Serious races were held on Sunday to the delight of the crowd. Photos by Martin Folb Photo taken Saturday noon holding Westways Magazines to send to AAA to try to get publicity for the 2016 Cal-Stewart in Westways. 7

Layouts at Cal-Stewart 2015 L to R: Photos 1-5 by Martin Folb; Photo 6 by Mike Roman LEGOS by Ulus Ekerman Southern California S-Gaugers Southern Pacific Division/Orange County Trackers Standard Gauge Double-Decker by Don Kallgren Grand Canyon Model Railroaders TCA Floor Layout by Richard Kepple and Larry Poland Combined The Sunday Grand Drawing Photos by Martin Folb N-scale Layout Fred Kramer ran the Sunday Grand Drawing with the help of wife Linda and grandchildren Jacob Cherry and Nicole Corvi selling tickets. The Grand Prize for 2016 was the Williams Engine. Below are happy winners of a variety of train sets, engines and cars. 8

Mike Stella Muses About The SWD Year Ahead Cal-Stewart 2015 is now in the books and already the plans for 2016 are well under way, not just for the November Cal-Stewart but for the entire year. Do you realize that 2016 marks the 50th year that we have been holding toy train meets? We ought to celebrate. We Will! January is already here and I hope we ll see a big turn-out of members and a push to recruit new members (as dues are prorated for the first six months to 1/2 price). Time to bring your friends and sign them up. February our meet will be held on the 14th, which some of you might realize is a special day for your significant other. Let s make it a SWEETHEART meet and bring your sweetie to share the time with you and bring lots of RED trains so there will be gifts for you to buy and share. March will be the first OPEN HOUSE of 2016, on March 13th. We seem to have extra large meets on Open House days. Invite your friends and extended family members. Treat your mother-in-law to a day out. April will see our meet on the April s Fool weekend. You d be a fool to miss it... something special planned. MAYDAY! MAYDAY!! Don t be alarmed. May 1st is indeed a day celebrated in other parts of the world. We just may celebrate it too. Wait and see. June already, and on the 5th we will host our second OPEN HOUSE. We are the ONLY club in Southern California that opens our doors once per quarter and we don t even asked for a quarter to attend. Why not pick up a few free passes early this year and carry them with you to pass out to people you meet and share your hobby and help us grow? July is Independence month and we move our meet to the second weekend (July 10th) so everyone can enjoy the long holiday weekend of the 4th. It still will be a firecracker meet and not to be missed. August will see the National T.T.O.S. celebration of 50 years of playing with toy trains. I hope you are planning on joining the fun, but if you miss it you can catch up by attending our annual member-appreciation picnic the following weekend. Everyone is invited and it is a great opportunity to ask all those who love toy trains to become involved with SW Division. Can you believe it? September is already here and another OPEN HOUSE! You ve now have had THREE chances to invite your friends. Our membership should swell to over 500! October is an open month so far... any ideas?? Well here we are with the 44th Cal-Stewart meet once again in November. Didn t the year pass by quickly? New venue, new banquet, new hotel, new everything... EVEN a new POTUS. (Help us!) If all has gone well to this point we will celebrate the Christmas Holidaze with none other but our FOURTH OPEN HOUSE. A great year to be shared by all... I can t wait. I wonder how we will celebrate our toy train hobby 50 years from now? HAPPY 2016 TO ALL and to all a GOOD NITE. Officers and Board of Directors & Volunteers 2016-2017 Larry Pearson, President 818-848-2653 lpears1941@att.net Hollis Cotton, Vice President C-S 2016 Co-Chair 818-590-0553 holliscott@aol.com Jerry Moser, Recording Secretary 760-948-7147 cnw400@gmail.com Arlene Berns, Membership Secretary 818-994-4612 aberns2220@sbcglobal.net Richard Kobliner, Treasurer Auction Chair 818-324-2562 rkobliner@yahoo.com George Blanch, Director Auctioneer gblanch33@charter.net Calvin Smith, Director Limited Editor 626-792-6594 pesmith6@earthlink.net Fred Kramer, Director Drawing Chair 818-998-2565 fkramer@adcocontainer.com Hal Rothenborg, Director, Club SWD Layout Liaison 626-793-9577 halbigboy4014@gmail.com Jon Pincus, Director C-S Train Races & Demolition Derby 818-606-0624 lindaannejon@aol.com Bruce Lazarus, Director C-S 2016 Registration & Souvenir Car 818-225-1710 lazarusbtwo@roadrunner.com Larry Tozzi, Director Auctioneer tozzi399@yahoo.com 9 Mike Stella, Volunteer C-S 2016 Co-Chair & Assist. Limited Editor Harold Shapiro, Volunteer Web Master Spencer Smith, Volunteer Assists with Front Desk David Nissen, Volunteer Membership Cards & Files, 2nd Meet Layout Wayne Kraemer, Volunteer Repair Clinic Mike Roman, Volunteer Photographer Monthly Meets Martin Folb, Volunteer Photographer Special Events Tony DeNeve, Volunteer Auction www.ttos-swd.org or www.cal-stewart.org

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S-Fest West 2016 Banquet Features Restoration of UP Big Boy 4014 S-Fest West 2016, special train meet sponsored by Southern California S-Gaugers, will be held in Monrovia, California on Saturday, May 21, 2016. The S-Gaugers invite us to come and hear their special guest speaker, Ed Dickens, Jr., talk about restoration of Big Boy 4014 at the S-Fest Dinner Banquet, Saturday, May 21, 2016. Ed Dickens, Jr. began his mainline RR career on the Southern Pacific in 1993, hiring out in Denver, Colorado. He has been involved with the UP Steam Program since October of 2004 and has been the Manager since 2010. His interests are all things railroad. Prior to beginning his mainline career, Ed worked on several narrow gauge railroads in different capacity s from track work to shop work, to Steam Locomotive Fireman and Engineer. Ed has been a Fireman and Engineer on the UP 3985 and UP 844 since 2005. He has been fortunate to have many opportunities with mainline steam operations as both Fireman and Engineer in the US and Canada, traveling on 10s of thousands of miles in Canada and the US. His current responsibilities involve the detail trip planning for all UP Steam Locomotive trips. For information regarding S-Fest and the Banquet, send an e-mail to sfestwest2016@yahoo.com. Southwestern Division Layout On Display Hal Rothenborg reported that the Southwestern Division Layout will take part in the Big Train Show at the Orange County Convention Center and Fair Grounds in Costa Mesa on January 30-31, 2016. The Layout Crew is also planning to participate in Fullerton Train Days, April 30 & May 1, 2016. The Crew takes with them information about our Southwestern Division monthly meets. Members are encouraged to attend and help pass out information to the public and answer questions. The work crew with the 4014 which UP is restoring. Ed Dickens, Jr., wearing a white hard hat, is seated in the middle to the left of the Union Pacific 4014 Number Plate. Welcome New & Renewing Members A hearty All Aboard to these New Members: Richard A. Block, Ray Danowski, Larry Feldra, Jerome Washington, Michael Chatt, Paul K. Kidder, Mark Latner, Tom Leysack, Wayne Semain, and Matt Weidmann. Renewing members include Michael Collins, Kent Jung, Michael La Rosa, Walter Olson, and Jason Verre. We re happy to have you join us. 11

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