ON THE RAILS… NOVEMBER 2015 November... remember that this is “our” month! November is National Model Railroading Month! Do

something to promote your hobby! Of course one thing to do – attend and help at the Div 6 Fall Show!!! Without you, we have nothing to show the public. WE NEED YOU!! The show is ONE month away!! See all the details later on in the newsletter! Train show season has started, but please also support your local hobby shops!! Here’s the rest of your Div 6 news-

MEMBERSHIP NEWS We had no new members at the last Div 6 meeting. Meeting attendance was a bit light with about 37 members and guests! To all Div 6 members, WELCOME ABOARD!

PRODUCT REVIEW If you have an item to review, see Mark before the meeting.

CLASSIFIED ADS We are happy to place classified ads for Div 6 members. The cost is $2 per ad! And don't forget our "Surplus Table" at every meeting.

DIV 6 MEETINGS Our Division 6 meetings are on the

THIRD Friday of each month. Our next Division 6 meeting will be on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2015. The meeting will be held at the Civic Center Senior Center in Livonia, at 5 Mile and Farmington Roads. The meeting is from 7:30pm - 10pm.

SHOW AND TELL The subject for the last meeting was anything you have air brushed

to paint! Items shown included- Scratch-built station; C424 loco; 36’ boxcar; old time baggage car kit-bash; structures on a sq foot display; Erie Caboose; new air brush!; GP60 and GP16 locos; kit-bash A^2 caboose; 2 steam locos painted-weathered; RDG S1 switcher weathered; MS switcher; MILW hopper; 4-4-0 loco; warehouse bldg.; hopper car O scale; Grain boxcar; F unit locos; 3

diesel locos in private road name; coal hopper; N scale car shop building; pvc tubing painted for concrete silos. Current Projects shown included- Plans for layout; photos from the Henry Ford layout display areas; factory rebuilt and painted; We had a some members that donated to the caboose. THANKS!! NEXT MEETING – gondola cars

DIV 6 MODEL PROJECT The next modeling project was due in October and the subject was the grain industry. We had 4 models shown – 2 elevators, a box car and grain related vehicles! After the voting during the break, the bragging rights go to Pierre Willermet for his elevator/mill building. We did not decide on a next project.

MODELING INFO W/LARRY Larry was not present for the last meeting. Hoping he’ll return next month and have a good report.

OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF DIVISION SIX OF THE

NORTH CENTRAL REGION OF THE NATIONAL MODEL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION

DIV 6 MISC NEWS Dan Slaugenhaupt won the Nankin

Hobby $10 gift certificate! This was the LAST card, as Div 6 members have not been buying enough to support this perk. SUPPORT your hobby shops!! Chi-Town Station to open the 2nd weekend in November.

DIVISION OF CHOICE Do you live in Oakland County, but

attend Div 6 meetings? Then you can become an official Div 6 member!! All you need to do is fill out the DIVISION OF CHOICE form. See a Div 6 Board member for a form. Once filed, you can now vote and hold office in Div 6!

DIVISION 6 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Superintendent- Mark Ellis 734-421-2673 emark@sbcglobal.net Asst. Superintendent-Marty LaForte 734-459-5173 Lafortes@gmail.com Secretary- Ed Beamish 734-266-2301 nedbeam@provide.net Treasurer- Larry Wolohon 734-454-4816 larrywolohon@comcast.net Member at large- Bill McMillan

248-349-7456

wmcmillan7456@gmail.com

Directors-

Glenn Joppich 734-464-6004 steambigot@yahoo.com Barry Hensel 734-649-3056 barry76Lt@wowway.com OTHER PEOPLE WHO DO STUFF Newsletter- Barry Hensel 734-649-3056 barry76Lt@wowway.com Clinics- Joe Bliss

734-453-1913 jwbliss50@hotmail.com

Layout Tours- Jim Hockenberger 734-455-1536 jmbhocky@aol.com History- John Bopp

248-477-6193 jbopp007@gmail.com Conv Chairman- Norm Logan 248-348-2473 nlogan114@wowway.com Webmaster- Ed Beamish 734-266-2301 nedbeam@provide.net Div 6 Fall Show- Howard Andrews 734-728-4697 hwandrews@wowway.com Meeting Coffee- Bill Deeter 734-425-3377 billydeeter@att.net

FALL SHOW & WORKSHOP IT IS HERE!!! Set your calendars!!

Sunday, November 29th from 11am-4pm is our 37th annual Fall Show & Workshop!! As usual, this is the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Flyers have gone out to all local hobby shops! Full page flyers are available for all members to take and post! Post these at work, church... everywhere! WE NEED YOU!! We will need every Div 6 member to step-up and help out for this event. It is this event that

keeps Div 6 dues free! See the form, fill it out and turn it in!! The Div 6 FALL SHOW & WORKSHOP is less than 30 DAYS AWAY!! Will YOU display?? Will YOU help?? We need YOU!! Here’s what we need – DISPLAYS! do not have enough! Front door admissions help! More layouts!! Set-up & tear down help! Need donations to the raffle! Need YOU to tell everyone! We need DISPLAYS! ANYTHING is possible to display & demonstrate. The PLUS is that depending on what you demonstrate, it also helps your progress on your layout! Structures, painting people, fixing/upgrading rolling stock; making trees, the list is endless! Let’s also not forget historical displays! Show off your proto-type railroad items, books, fact sheets and history. This is a great

display that you can put next to your demonstration and do BOTH! *RAFFLE - Bill McMillan will be running the raffles, but we NEED donations for the Raffle! Items MUST be new! Please bring your donations to the Div 6 meeting or even the day of the show. *CONTESTS - We’ll have the model and photo contest – how about entering one or both? Ed Beamish is running this activity.

*FOOD – Norm is heading-up the “dinning car” and is all set with help too, plus Norm did our publicity! The sign-up form is in this newsletter! LET’S DO GOOD!!! LET’S BE ACTIVE!! PLEASE LET’S DO A DISPLAY!!!

LAYOUT TOURS Contact Hocky if you are available

for a Layout Tour! How about you?? It’s up to you guys... if you want tours, you need to volunteer and get your friends to volunteer! We NEED NEW people & layouts please! NEXT TOURS- Saturday, Nov 14 and Sunday, Dec 6th See map pages!!

NCX-2016 NCR-DIV 6 CONV Mark these dates – OCT 6-7-8-9, 2016 for the NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESS

2016!! Our convention site is Ward Church, west of Haggerty on Six Mile Rd. The Show board is completed!! We need people to take it to shows!!! Flyers are done!! Need people to take tham to shows!! We also

need everyone to take a few to post

at work, school, church – everywhere!! The promo video is complete! These will be mailed to each Div to be shown at their meetings. It will debut at this years convention in Fort Wayne along with Norm being there doing some heavy promoting! The website should also be up and running very soon! As of Nov 1st... NCX 2016 is

open for registrations!! Here’s the Conv Planning Team... Chairman – Norm Logan Asst. Chairman – Mark Ellis Registrar – Howard Andrews Treasurer – Larry Wolohon Clinics – Ron King/John Bopp Layout Tours – Jim Hockenberger Website – Ed Beamish Program/printing – Barry Hensel Prototype Tours – Doug Malaznik Publicity – Barry Hensel

Volunteers – Bill McMillan Advisor – Howard Andrews The NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESS 2016 is under-way!

SIGN-UP FOR THE FALL SHOW!!!!!

RAILROAD HISTORY John Bopp was present, so we did

have a history lesson. “The Railroad Story” a book on railroad progress and science, published by the school & college service for railroads 1955 (aka, government). This is basically a large promotional brochure! John read a story telling general railroad information and a “trip” of a young lady going cross-country from Seattle to Washington DC. THANKS John! Looking forward to

another lesson soon.

DIV 6 WEBSITE The Div 6 website is up and running, check out the site – www.div6-ncr-nmra.com

EVENTS Sunday, November 15, 2015 Lansing Model Train Show and Sale Hosted by Lansing Model RR Club Michigan State University Pavilion 4301 Farm Lane East Lansing, MI 48824 www.lmrc.org 10am to 4pm $6 adults, free children under 12 yrs and scouts in uniform. Wheelchair Accessible Contact Info- Dennis Morley 989-723-2870 DJMorley0604@hotmail.com Sunday, November 29, 2015- Railroadiana Toys & Trains

SS. Simon & Jude Church Hall 32500 Palmer Road Westland, MI Noon-4pm $2 per person, $4 family, Early Bird $15 per person after 11am Food & Drink available Contact Information - Norm Swope 734-595-8327 Sunday, November 29, 2015- Rails on Wheels' Southeast Michigan Model Train Show and Sale Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road Ann

Arbor, MI 48103 10am - 4pm $4 per person. Children under 12 admitted free Wheelchair Accessible Contact Info - Jeff Fryman 734-944-9872 Website- www.railsonwheels.com Saturday-Sunday, November 7-8, Thanksgiving weekend Nov 27-28-29; December 5-6, 12-13 2015 Detroit Model Railroad Club Open House 104 North Saginaw St. Holly, MI 48442 Noon - 5PM

Adults - $5, Seniors (65+) - $4, Children (5-18)- $2, Children under 5 – Free See several O scale trains in operation, over a 350 foot double track mainline and several branch lines. Contact Info: 248-634-5811 webmaster@dmrrc.org Sunday, December 6, 2015- St. Mary's Orchard Lake Train Show and Sale Dombrowski Field House, St. Mary's Orchard Lake 3535

Indian Tr Orchard Lake, MI 48324 10am to 3pm Adults $4 per person, All Children 12 and under $2, Kids under 5 free Food & Refreshments available, Ample free parking Contact Information - Stan 248-872-5407 Saturday-Sunday, December 12-13, 2015 - Model RR Exhibit, RR

Memorabilia, Toy Train Show & Sale Suburban Collection Showplace 46100 Grand River Avenue Novi, MI

10am - 4pm Adults $7 ($2 more if bought on-site) Kids under 11 Free Wheelchair Accessible Contact Information - Great Train Show, 120 Easy Street #4, Carol Stream IL 60188 p 630-608-4988 Website- http://GreatTrainShow.com www.GiantShow.com/novi.html

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! TO ALL Division 6 MEMBERS and

FAMILIES!

CLINIC WE ALWAYS NEED CLINICS for our meetings! If you are willing to do a clinic, please, e-mail/call Joe Bliss!! PLEASE volunteer to present a LIVE clinic, share your knowledge and talents! The clinic for this month was by Div 6 Super. Mark Ellis on air brushing basics

Mark had a great powerpoint presentation on all of the basics of air brushing, from the types of air brushes, how they work, how to use them, etc!! Mark was willing to do some live demo’s, but we ran out of time. Great information! Very good clinic!! THANKS!! NEXT MEETING- Barry Hensel on making trees

BILL’S TOOL TIME Div 6 member Bill Deeter, was present but did not have any new news. Looking forward to another tool tip soon. Richard Kubeck showed a Cable tie gun – makes tie-wraps only the length you need them, no waste! Bought at Menards.

Div 6 Annual Fall Show & Workshop Volunteer form Please fill in the following and return to HOWARD ANDREWS at the next meeting or

mail it to- 2650 Hannah Rd Canton, Mi 48188

You can also contact Mark at 734-765-2729 or email to- hwandrews@wowway.com

Name: Phone Number:

EMAIL: _________________________________________

Volunteering to…. (circle as many as apply)

Set-up Take-down Food Admissions Raffle Display

Display: __________________________

Demonstrate: __________________________

Take Flyers to: __________________________ Other: __________________________ Number of tables needed (Based on a 6 foot table size) _________ Need Electric Yes No

Display working layout Description: _______________ Scale: ____

Minimum Size: __ ft X ft Prefer Size: ft X ft

Help with Scouts program- I will do - (circle one!)

* types of freight cars * different railroads and where they are/were * design a model railroad * railroad departments and support industries * diesel loco types and operation * Amtrak history and transit lines * railroad signals * Operation Lifesaver * all aspects of railroad safety * what/how/why of grade crossings * building a model RR kit * name the different scales * do switching on a layout SUGGESTIONS FOR DISPLAYS…… *structure building *kit-bashing *detailing *decaling/dry transfer *railroad history *people painting *tree making *scenery basics *track laying basics *benchwork basics *DCC systems *wiring basics *rolling stock building *layout planning *photography *computers in model rr'ing *type of rolling stock *types of locomotives *different scales *classic toy trains …… and YES, we can have more than one person doing the same demo!!!

Jay Qualman

508 Olivia Dr

Milford, Mich 48381

Open: Saturday 1pm-3pm

HO Standard Gauge

A layout prototypically, operationally and historically accurate, depicting selected railroad lines radiating from Detroit-Windsor riverfront.

Featured railroads are the Pere Marquette, Michigan Central/NYC,

GTW, Wabash, PRR and Ann Arbor. The era is the early 1950’s with a specific date modeled for each route modeled.

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NOTE- Milford Rd north of I-96 is under construction

Marty LaForte

44370 N. Umberland Circle

Canton, Mich. 48187

12pm – 4pm

HO Standard Gauge

The Burlington Northern - Spartan Division - is set in the current time, It is located mostly in Eastern Nebraska with lines to Long Beach

and Portland. The BNSD has two hundred feet of dual mainline,

wrapping around the basement. DCC Digitrax. Scenery is approximately 75% complete.

Barry Hensel

43642 Lotus Dr

Canton, Mich. 48188

12pm – 5pm

HO Standard Gauge

The Reading Lines - Central Division - set in 1970 and completely operational. The RDG Lines is a 2 track mainline with continuous

running and is operated with Easy DCC. Scenery is 85% complete with

basic scenery forms in place in other areas.

DIVISION 6 LAYOUT TOURS

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015Tom Kosta

959 Princess Dr

Canton, Mich. 48188

1pm – 5pm

Great Northern Empire is circa 1974 running the GN and CB & Q from

Chicago to Seattle. I t has two main tracks of about 150 feet. The

Chicago station yard is a 9 track stub end yard with 5 passenger and 4 classification tracks.