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Intracoastal Model Railroad Club Brunswick County, North Carolina

Model RR – all scales & gauges, Community Events, Train Education, Traveling Exhibits, Books, Train Talk, & Club Affiliations.

Contact: Don Woodwell, 910 298 6866 or drwoodwell@gmail.com

Meetings every 3rd

Thursday. Special Events as requested

What We Do In order to educate the public and meet our stated purpose, we conduct train shows at key venues. Setting up the shows requires that we bring many model train layouts to each show representing multiple train scales & track gauges.

Current Portable, Modular Layouts: * Kid’s layout #1 – 4 ft x 6 ft, tinplate track w/five operating accessories. One train. * Kid’s layout #2 – 4 ft x 5 ft, tinplate track w/six operating accessories. One train. * Kid’s layout #3 – 4 ft x 8 ft, two loops tinplate track w/two sidings & six operating accessories. Can run two trains. * Hi-Rail: 20 ft x 12 ft, 14 member decorated modules with O-80 & O-88 curves. * Large scale layout, 14 ft x 8 ft for Standard and #1 gauge trains with G scale structures. * HO Layout: 22 ft x 12 ft, 10 modules representing 1950’s era in Brunswick County * Member provided S & Z scale layouts.

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Where We Run Trains

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Brunswick County is in the southeastern corner of North Carolina and is bordered on the north by Wilmington, NC, on the south by Myrtle Beach, SC, & the Atlantic Ocean on the east. Both towns have model RR Clubs with which we cooperate on various events. The Intracoastal Model RR Club is a traveling unit as compared to the fixed locations of the other clubs. As such, the IMRRC is able to participate in a number of local events wherever there is a need within ours or surrounding counties. Since there are no train hobby shops within 100 miles, The IMRRC is a major source of model RR know-how for local residents.

2007

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April – Media Mention

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December – Third annual fire station Christmas show with About 900 persons attended. Media Mention below.

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July – Media Mention

2010

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March – Farm heritage event. This year we talked to 375 layout visitors. April – Southport Spring Festival, 14,000 attended the event & 900 visited the layouts.

Operation Lifesaver Exhibit

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May – Conducted our first after school event with about 55 participating children. Using our kid’s layouts, they all get to operate accessories such as coal & log loaders, magnetic crane, and whistle stations. April & June – Club members took field trips to ACL museum in Wilmington & CSX yards nearby.

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October – Set up and ran a train show in a local airport hanger. This first time event attended by 200 persons

Media Mention

December – 1. 5th Annual Christmas show at the first station. Over 1,100 persons attended.

2. Oak Island, NC, Rec center Christmas Show 150 total attendees including 100 children.

Kid’s Layout #1 Kid’s Layout #2

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Media Mention

2011 March, April, July, September, & October Events continued, & the estimated numbers of attendees = 1,500. 50% were children. May – Set up a Garden Railway at local church In support of a community function. 100 attendees. IMRRC Trailer

in background used to transport layouts where needed for public MRR education.

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December – 6th Annual Christmas Train Show. 900 attendees.

November – 2nd exhibition at local elementary school. Sixty-five children in 3rd & 4th grades attended. This will be twice annual event.

2012

Year Month Dates Event Venue KEY CONTACT IMRRC MANAGER

2012 March 17/18 Southern Farm Days

Lake Waccamaw

Luke Elkins 901-648-2610 / 910-619-6616 (cell)

Eric

2012 April 6/7 Southport Spring Festival

Southport Peggy McDonald- 910 279-4616

Tyler & Eddie

2012 April 30 School Supply Elementary

Eddie Clark, 253 6749

Eddie

2012 May 19 Toy Fair at Airport

Brunswick Cty. Airport

CIS, Mark Koval

Ed O.

2012 July 7/8 Summer Train Dayz

Brunswick Plantation

Bob McLaughlin – 287 6866

Bob & Fred

2012 September 22 BEMC-annual mtg

BCC - Under a tent

Earl Andrews – 754 4391

Don

2012 October 12/13 MB Train Show support

Lakewood Resort, MB

Ed Skerritt – Ed O.

2012 November ? School Supply Elementary

Eddie Clark, 253 6749

Eddie

2012 Nov/Dec 30/1-2 Christmas Show

G-L Firehouse – NC 904

Tal Grisset – 910 287 3030

John

IMRRC Train Shows/Exhibits

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Summary

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The IMRRC has run tinplate and scale model trains for thousands of area residents over the past seven years, and our influence grows every year.

We continue to educate the public -- and especially children -- on the joys of the hobby so as to persuade them to actively participate and play with all kinds of trains. We have bridged effectively the gap between the older clubs in both Wilmington and Myrtle Beach which allows for participation by more of the Baby Boomers retiring in Brunswick County, and to keep the hobby’s spirit alive for children & youth.

Contact: Don Woodwell, 910 298 6866 or drwoodwell@gmail.com