Just thought everyone should know about his passing.
Large scale modelers are amazing whether they are S, O or above.
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Lorell H. Joiner, MMR (1945 - 2007)
Master Model Railroader Lorell Howard Joiner of San Antonio,
Texas, died Saturday, December 8, 2007, at his farm near Gardenridge,
Texas. The 62-year-old was a Life Member of the National Model
Railroad Association (NMRA), and a member of the San Antonio Model
Railroad Association (SAMRA) and Texas Transportation Museum (TTM).
Lorell was born November 27, 1945, in Bell County, Texas, and was the
83rd member of the NMRA to be awarded the "Master Model Railroader"
certification.
Lorell Joiner's monumental O scale railroad, the "Great Southern
Railroad," was among the nation's premier layouts during the 1980's
and 1990's. The Great Southern was featured in almost all of the hobby
periodicals and many video layout publications including Kalmbach's
"Legendary Layouts and the Men who Build Them (1989)." The Great
Southern was featured in the PBS series Tracks Ahead (Vol 4 #213).
Lorell authored the "Opus in O" series of articles for the NMRA
Bulletin (now Scale Rails) and hosted two O scale National Conventions,
one in 1988 and one in 1996, in San Antonio. He was elected to the O
Scale Hall of Fame in 1994.
Lorell was an early pioneer in computerized control and wireless
throttles, publishing the articles "Computerization of the Great
Southern" (1983) and a 1990 article on Infrared throttles in Model
Railroader magazine. His layout was a featured tour at Lone Star
Region NMRA conventions and the Astrorail 1989 NMRA National
Convention. His layout was even singled out by the US Department of
State for an official state visit for a foreign dignitary who shared
the hobby of model railroading.
Diabetes, failing eyesight, and other health and family issues resulted
in his withdrawal from model railroading in the mid 2000's, but Lorell
Joiner will be long be remembered as an intelligent and gifted model
railroader and a gracious host and friend.
from John Lowrance, MMR
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Some info about Mr. Joiner:
http://users.foxvalley.net/~osn/LorrelJoiner1994.htm
http://www.highlandbaptist.org/bob/Freelanced2.htm
(one of his freight cars with his Great Southern herald)
I can not find any photos online of his layout but Model Railroader had several
articles
about the big O scale layout.
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