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1 .OO P.M. WHITE ELEPHANT TABLES, DISPLAYS, CONTESTS & PHOTOS ( T i 1 1 C l o s i n g )

1 .30 P.M. SLIDE PRESENTATION - DAYTON CONVENTION ( 1 h o u r )

2 . 3 0 P.M. L I V E CL IN IC - B I L L LORENCE ( 1 h o u r )

3 .30 P.M. L I V E CLINICS - HENRY BARSKY AND BOB GOOD (1 h o u r )

4 .30 P.M. CONTEST RESULTS. LAST REMAINS OF WHITE ELEPHANT TABLE, LAST LOOK AT DISPLAYS, TIME FOR ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE

5 .00 P.M. EN0 OF THE DAY'S FUN. SEE YOU I N HICKSVILLE, NOVEMBER 3 r d .

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SUNRISE HIGHWAY

A MESSAGE FROM GARCIA

Here we a r e again, a t t h e b e g i n n i n g o f a new season. I d o n ' t mean on ABC e i t h e r . R i g h t here on STD-TV, we have f o r y o u a new l i n e - u p o f meets, c l i n i c s and fun-packed Cannonbal ls.

Upcoming, i n a d d i t i o n t o t h e Massapequa Park meet, t o u t e d e l sewhere i n t h i s rag, we a r e p l a n n i n g a pa r - t i c i p a t i o n c l i n i c f o r t h e even ing o f November 3 r d a t t h e H i c k s v i l l e L i b r a r y . There w i l l be a p re - r e g i s t r a t i o n f o r t h i s c l i n i c on " b u i l d i n g " t r e e s . (We' re a l l gonna make l i k e Him.) Norman Br iskman i s p u t t i n g t h e m a t e r i a l s t o g e t h e r f o r us and w i l l l e a d us by t h e 1 imb.

November i s N a t i o n a l Model Rai 1 r o a d Month. Anyone w i s h i n g t o mark t h e occas ion by d i s p l a y i n g model r a i l r o a d equipment and t h e l i k e shou ld c o n t a c t me i f y o u want h e l p . I'll see t h a t some ge ts back t o you. L i b r a r i e s a re pr ime spo ts f o r such d i s p l a y s . Why n o t ask y o u r l o c a l l i b r a r y i f t h e y ' r e i n t e r e s t e d ?

The January g e t - t o g e t h e r i s t e n t a t i v e l y scheduled f o r t h e F l u s h i n g a rea on January '24 , 1976, w i t h c l i n i c s on underbody d e t a i l i n g w i t h Gordon Buchanan, and a c l i n i c on d e t a i 1 i ng Passenger c a r s .

The M in i -Conven t i on w i l l aga in be h e l d i n Garden C i t y a t t h e Cathedra l House, and w i l l be e i t h e r March 27 th o r A p r i l 3 rd , 1976. T h i s l o o k s l i k e a bang up conven- t i o n . 1976 i s n o t o n l y t h e c o u n t r y ' s 200th Ann iversary , i t i s STD's 1 0 t h y e a r . M a r i l y n Lorence i s t h e conven- t i o n cha i rpe rson , and i s l o o k i n g f o r a l o t o f vo lun tee rs

1976 i s a l s o t h e 3 0 t h a n n i v e r s a r y o f t h e No r thEas te rn Region. I f a l l goes acco rd ing t o p lan, STD w i l l h o s t t h e 30 th Ann i ve rsa ry Convent ion a t t h e H o l i d a y I n n i n Hempstead i n October.

" As y o u can see, we a r e p l a n n i n g q u i t e a l o t o f a c t i v i t - i e s . I n a d d i t i o n , t h e r e i s t a l k o f ano the r t r i - d i v i s i o n meet i n May, 1976, and we ' re s t i l l t a l k i n g t o Nutmeg D i v i s i o n about some j o i n t a c t i v i t i e s up t h e r e .

I ' d 1 i k e t o hea r some comments and i deas on f u r t h e r a c t i v i t i e s o r programs you, t h e P.0 .M. ' s , wou ld 1 i ke t o have presented. 4 .., > -'. See y o u on t h e 1 3 t h .

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SO YOU WANT TO BUILD A STATION? A FREIGHT HOUSE? A COALING TOWER TOO?

The f r e i g h t house and s t a t i o n a r e b a s i c a l l y t h e same excep t f o r t h e windows. The s t a t i o n s f o u r w a l l s a r e made up o f h o r i z o n t a l s i d i n g p a i n t e d a b u f f c o l o r . Cut o u t t h e window and door' openings as p e r drawing then assemble w a l l s u s i n g c o r n e r p o s t d e t a i l , and a l i t t l e g l u e . Add t h e l o w e r s i d e boards and t r i m . These boards a r e t h r e e f e e t h i g h w i t h v e r t i c a l j o i n t s P a i n t t h e boards o l i v e green and have enough t o p a i n t t h e doors and window frames. The t i c k e t window i s a bay t ype c o n s t r u c t i o n , l o c a t e d on t h e t r a c k s i d e o f t h e s t a t i o n .

The f r e i g h t house i s f o u r w a l l s , no windows, b u i l t t h e same as t h e s t a t i o n . I t does have t w o l a r g e doors on e i t h e r s i de , o l i v e green. These can be made f rom sc rap wood as w e l l as t h e smal l t r i m around them. The f r e i g h t house i s on a r a i s e d p l a t f o r m which runs a l l around t h e b u i l d i n g . Check t h e r o o f p l a n s and n o t e t h e f r e i g h t house r o o f i s s m a l l e r than t h e s t a t i o n r o o f .

The c o a l i n g t ower i s made up f rom two m a i l i n g tubes app rox ima te l y f o u r t e e n s c a l e f e e t d iameter and t h i r t y one f e e t h igh, s c a l e o f course. The towers appear t o be c o n c r e t e w i t h metal bands around them. I used a medium s i z e d b l a c k t h r e a d g lued around t h e b u f f p a i n t ed tubes. Ove r l ap t h e t h r e a d a t t h e j o i n t t o g i v e t h e e f f e c t o f t h e s p l i c e d j o i n t o f t h e r e a l meta l bands.

The r o o f o f t h e h o i s t house i s made up as one s e c t i o n a t t h e t o p o f t h e towers . The i nward s i d e o f t h e tower has a l a d d e r runn ing f rom ground up t o t h e h o i s t house There i s one coa l chu te on each tower. The l i f t convey o r l o c a t e d l o c a t e d on t h e t r a c k s i d e o f t h e towers i s a s o l i d p i e c e o f wood w i t h s i d i n g boards on t h e f o u r s i des . There i s a smal l i n s p e c t i o n door a t t h e bo t tom nea r t h e t r a c k . The conveyor runs f rom t h e h o i s t house down i n t o a coa l p i t onder t h e t r a c k s . The conveyor and t h e h o i s t house a r e p a i n t e d a d i r t y grey . The towers shou ld show some d i r t and gr ime t o o w i t h maybe r u s t s t a i n s from t h e meta l ( t h r e a d ) bands.

I n t h e r e a r of t h e tower area, across a d i r t r oad t h e r l was a m a l l coa l y a r d w i t h a s i x f o o t h i g h fence around

,, an area o f twen ty t o twenty f i v e f e e t . A smal l p o r t a b l e ,: conveyor was used t o l o a d c a r t s and t r u c k s . To t h e

s i d e o f t h i s y a r d was a s m a l l o f f i c e t ype b u i l d i n g .

The e n t i r e f a c i l i t y was t h e r e t o s e r v i c e smal l mixed t r a i n s and t h e m i l k runs- - - -a aood reason t o b u i l d i t o n a p i k e o f a n y s i z e . 5:

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PRE-REGISTRATION FOR THE TREE MAKING GALA HICKSVILLE LIBRARY, NOVEMBER 3rd, 7:30 PM

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Send t h i s t o ROBERT GOOD 47 W i l s h i r e Lane Oakdale, Nevi York 11769

Edwin Abei of Flushing looking at an HO model of Seaford Station exactly as it had been in 1'300.

The GMRS c o n s i s t s of 75 members. The soc%ety was formed " to promote model r a i l road - i n g by holding con te s t s , disseminating informat ion t o members, bu i ld ing l ayou t s , and o t h e r p e r t i n e n t activitiesn-G!tRS Cons t i t u t ron This all h a s been going on f o r 2 years- with good r e s u l t s . Meetings a r e Wednes8;lys from the end of work t o 1 3 PFI? i n a 1 5 by 45 f t Grumman bu i ld ing loca t ed 103 f t from t h e LlRR ( g r e a t f o r sound e i f e c t s ) , The meetings a re a mixture of l ayou t c o n s t r u c t ~ o n , opera t ion , c r e a t i v e d iscuss ion , and b u l l , Three o r f o u r t imes a yea r thw "monthly" bus iness meetings a r e he ld as well as an occas ional c l i n i c .

Ge t t i ng t o t he l ayou t - i t has been under cons t ruc t ion f o r 1 3 yea r s a n d h a s over ha l f of t h e main l i n e i n operation(1oop-to-loop) as well as seve ra l i n d u s t r i a l spurs* The rail- road c o n s i s t s of a minor d i v i s i o n po in t bet- ween two l a r g e c i t r e s and i s s e t i n u p s t a t e NY/dew England.

S t a r t i n g from the southern C i ty ( r e t u r n ) t h e main runs through a heavy e l e c t r i c

d i v i s i o n t o the d i v i s i o n poin t . The m a n se rves two s m a l l i n d u s t r l a l t o i s double t racked f o r most of t h e d l

The southern end 01 the d i v l s l o n po in t i s entered by c ros s ing a v e r t i c a l l i f t b r i d , ~ e . The division po in t wi-11 nave passenger s t a t i o n capable of l o a d of t h r e e i n t e r c i t y and suburban t r a i n . Minor engine r e p a i r s and s e r handled a t t h e ensine facilities. Also, t h e r e w i l l be a yard t o s e rv i ce l o c a l f well a s t h e nearby harbor and ind The harbor m l l l be t h e po in t of d a c a r f l o a t as well as s h i p s loaded from wharf- s i d e warehouses served by t h e r a i l r o a d . The i n d u s t r l a l a r e a w i l l se rve 1 2 customers req- u i r i n g a g r e a t v a r i e t y of r o l l i n c s tock. To da t e t he meat packer, lumber/scrap man, foundry man, and beer brewmaster heve moved i n and revenue i s building.

The main l i n e cont inues no r th by tunne l ing under t h e i n d u s t r i a l a r e a then ga in ing a l t i t u d e as i t passes t po in t on t h e r i g h t and t h e swing bridge l ead ing t o the harbor on the l e f t . The l i n e

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c r o s s e s a high bridge complex and then tunne l s a p i n . Once through t h e tunnel t he main e n t e r s Allen Junction where a lo5,;ing l i n e an& branch l ine(Greenvale, Amagansett, and Calverton-GAC) f eed the main, Allen Junct ion h a s a pass ing s i d m g , an rn tercharge t r a c k , passenger s t a t i o n , and a few s m a l l i n d u s t r i e s , The main l i n e then cont inues t o t he Borthexn C i ty (a l so a r e t u r n l o o p ) , The r e t u r n Loops at t h e two c i t i e s a r e t o be expanded and a yard adoed,

The GAC RR l e a v e s Allen Junct ion and tunne l s through t h e mountains t o t h e North and then heads Eas t (pass ing through t h r e e m a l l r u r a l / i n d u s t r i a l t owns )un t i l i t reaches terminus i n a medium s ized town. Bere be t h e 3AC1s HQ, a s tub yard , passenger s t a t i o n , and f a c i l i t i e s f o r s e rv i c ing and tu rn ing t h e equipment .

The main l i n e and important pass ing t r a c k s and spur trackis w i l l be code 100 w'hile t he branch and all o t h e r t r a c k w i l l be code 70e Al l t r a c k i s being h m d l a i d on i n d ~ v l d u d t i e s and b a l l a s t e d with "scra tch b u i l t w b a l l a s t . The b a l l a s t sounds r a t h e r exo t i c as i t i s a t i tan ium oxide waste from the l a s e r c u t t i n g machine a t Gnunman, It i s crushed and s i f t e d and looks remarxably l i k e cmder s , Most of the rail i s bonded i n p l ace a4i bond. The scenery w i l l be hard s h e l l t ex tu r ing . The s t r u c t u r e s w i l l be a mixture of s c ra t ch b u i l t , k i t b u i l t , and k i t bashed*

With '35 members i t i s expected t h a t va r ious s p e c i a l t i e s and pref e r eaces would emerge. The GF'RC: ha s i t s ecenery, wiring, ope ra t ing , model builrling exper ts , A survey taken a year ago showed t h a t members have been i n t h e hobby from 4 months t o 42 years . Prototype and modelbuildin- i n t e r e s t s inc lude Pennsy, NYZ, Santa Fe, L i t t l e Northern, Rutland, LlRR, e tc . , , c i rcus , work, milk, i n t e r c i t y passenger,PRR EU1 s, LIRR push-pulls, f r e i g h t , e t c . t r a i n s .

-MUCH FUN HAD BY ALL - by t h e t r a i n load-

LOCAL FRJ;Ii;HT w i l l cover i t ems of i n t e r e s t about h!RR c lubs of t h e SR'liD/NRRA- send info t o Ray Muntz, 139 Sylvan Lane, Restbury, NY, 11 590

COMING EVENTS

PALL AUCTION: Westbr idge Model RR Club, Kew Gardens, N.Y.,

a t Turn H a l l , 44-01 Broadway, Long I s l a n d C i t y , N.Y.

November 2, 1975 - 12:OO P.M. t o 5:00 P.M. Hal F l e t c h e r ,

Auct ioneer - Donation - In fo rma t ion - A. L. Dunckelman, 98-08

Met ropo l i t an Ave., F o r e s t H i l l s , N .Ye 11375 - 212-268-9147

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Issued by whim and wi l l t o chron ic le t h e coming events 01' reasonable importance, and cons i s t ing of p r i n t a b l e materi a1 submitted by an over-act ive membership.

These volumes a r e paid f o r by your year ly subscr ip t ion of $1.50, paid t o the Sunrise Tra i l Division of the Northeastern Region of the National Model Railroad Associat ion, Inc. 47 Wilshire Lane, Oakdale, New York 11 769, o f f i c e of the Membership and Ci rcu la t ion Manager, a GOOD Manager.

EDITOR Norman S. Briskman, MMR 3 Bender Court Dix H i l l s , N . Y . 11746

Printed August 29, 1975

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PRESIDENT William G . Lorence, MMR VICE PRESIDENT Frank Murray SECRETARY A1 Wal t i e n TREASURER Wi 11 i am Jordan, J r .

B O A R D OF DIRECTORS: Fred Leger Robert Good Arthur Harrison Gordon Buchanan Marilyn Lorence Ray Muntz

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