April
RAILMAIL
President, Donnie
Shirey
918-371-8216 donniewshirey@mbcsi.com
Vice.
Pres. Vernon Guess
918-361-6084 vg3616084@aol.com
Treasurer, Kathy
Klawitter
918-382-9924 mjkjn6789@sbcglobal.net
Secretary, Nadine
Hodge
918-742-1743 nh2640@sbcglobal.net
Editor, Jim Martin
918-756-3324 nitram1933@sbcglobal.net
C/o
Greetings from the Presidents Round
House....
Hi all…been very busy with the new house
construction.
Glad to say that we now have something that looks like a house. The framing is
just about complete, so on to the next step, hopefully a roof at some point.
Have steel for the building at the site, but no building as of yet.
April 26th is rapidly
approaching, so is anyone ready for the display of their models and structures?
We plan on setting up a display table and area so that items that you would
like to show off can be displayed for the public to see. Also the garden fest
in
And as from last month, keep in
mind that we need some ideas for club show and tell and for workshops. If you
have an item that you would like to show off and would like to bring it to the
club meeting, please do so. If you have an area of “expertise” and would like
to share with the other club members, let us know and we can get a workshop put
together. Who knows, it might just be the item that other club members are
missing on their layout and would like to see just how it is done. Until the meeting…. Donnie
Banner
Photos
Whoops,
made a boo-boo in naming last months banner photo, it was actually from Joe Salamons’ Pine Mountain RR. Got a favorite photo of yours
railroad? Send it to me at nitram1933@sbcglobal.net
. This months’ banner photo is from Kevin Jones “Little Bear & Lighthouse
RR”.
Upcoming
Shows and Exhibits 2008
April
26,Jenks OK - Herb Fest
Always a good turnout of folks for
this one with great vendors, food and entertainment. The
club sets up track in the street (Details at the club meeting on the 24th)
April
29-May 4,
This is the big one and all large scale with tours
of garden RR’s throughout the area. If you’ve not been to a GR Nat’l, this
would be a good one to attend.
Info @ www.ngrc2008.org
May
3,
The event will cover all aspects of gardening from
plants to equipment, plus food booths, games and more. The club will lay out
track ie. Jenks, and will also have a window display
of member handicrafts of buildings and rolling stock.
Info @ okmulgeemainstreet@sbcglobal.net
June
5&6,
June
14,
June
20-22, KC MO – Heart of
This is the second time for this new show, crowds
were thin last year but the exhibits were good. Info @ www.hagrs.com
June
27-28,
June
28, Dewey OK- Mainline Train Show at
August
8th, Claremore OK- RC Trade Show
The
models,
cars, planes, and trains with vendor booths and operating displays. Waiting for more info.
New
Products
G Scale Graphics, producers of some fine vinyl
transfers, has several new items on the market. You may have read about their
Critter Controls for battery powered units in the GR magazine that allows
control with out the use of transmitters and receivers. Two units, a Basic,
that allows for smooth starts and stops with runs at a preset speed, and an
Enhanced, that allows for automated and selectable stop times, with returns to
preset speeds. Both units are available for under $100 and eliminate the need
for costly RC units for those who want to power up their battery powered
equipment and watch ‘em run.
Also available is their new Rail-Bot that allows
small units like Egg Liners and Speedsters to run with the big trains without
getting run over by automatically adjusting their speed via infra red sensors
mounted front and rear. It sells for $139. You can check out G Scale Graphics
at
Special
Note
If you plan to have items on display at
Uintah Mallet photo, courtesy Doug Walters
TGRRC
Boy it’s almost that time of year again and
everyone on the tour is scurrying to get their railroads in tip top shape for the
31st of May. This years tour hosts are Bob Gardine
(Chouteau) Bill Black, Sky Sharp, Bob Buttram, Joe Salamon (
Minutes March 2008
The
meeting was called to order by Vice President Vernon Guess. The Minutes of the February 2008 meeting were
approved. The Treasurer’s Report was given. Visitor Steven Guthrie was welcomed.
Old Business
Trailer jack.
Trailer organization. Bob Gardine
suggested installing additional shelves along the sides of the trailer for
transformers, houses, etc. He suggested
the rolling racks needed for loading modules could be built in-house with angle
iron. Jim Martin mentioned that Skip’s
drawbridge still needs to go into the trailer.
Ground track trailer. We will begin looking for a separate trailer
for the ground track and helix.
Suggested price $500. Club
members are encouraged to send information to
Annual tour, Saturday May 31. Tour hosts to-date include
Bill Black, Bob and Sheila Buttram, Bob Gardine, Vernon Guess, and Joe Salamon. Hours:
9 AM to 4 PM, except Bob Gardine who will run
9 AM to 6 PM. Tour flyers will be
available to hand out at up-coming shows.
We will raffle Skip’s Lionel Express (mint in box).
Dues. Reminder, dues are due. $20 individual membership. $30 family membership.
Website. We have purchased the domain name (www.tulsagardenrailroadclub.org)
and the website is under construction. We are waiting for backup disks from the old
website.
Open House. Bob and Jonna Gardine will host an Open House on Memorial Weekend on
Saturday and Monday (closed on Sunday).
Visitors are encouraged to bring trains to run.
Bixby Train Show, Saturday April 5, 9 AM to
3 PM. Vern and Vernon Guess will not
have their modules at the train show.
Instead,
Jenks Herb Fest, Saturday April 26.
Caps and carry-bags. We are making arrangements to have caps (both
green and tan), as well as canvas tote bags, silk-screened with the club logo.
New Business
Vern
and Vernon Guess are featured in a magazine article entitled “G-scale Fits Bill
for Father-Son Duo” in the March-April 2008 edition of Cowcatcher Round Up.
Sky
announced that Lowes and Home Depot have dwarf
Hardscape continues to give TGRRC members a 10%
discount. Show your membership card to
receive the discount.
The
winner of tonight’s raffle (a video of last year’s club layouts) was Bob Buttram.
Anyone
needing a name badge,
please contact the club secretary or club treasurer.
Program
Hardscape video re
(1) How to build a pond (2) How to build a disappearing waterfall.
Submitted
by Nadine Hodge, Club Secretary
Our
Next Stop….
…will be at 6:45pm, Thursday, April 24th at the