" Hey to Ya, I trust everything went well this weekend....sure would have
liked to have been there!!!! Did you get any photos? Have a super week.
gale"
Hi Gale and all,
Yes, our Lehigh Valley S Gauge meeting went well. Other than the low
turnout, which seems to be happening a lot lately, we did have some
excellent models for our Secret Project meeting which I'll write a full
report on for the our NASG Dispatch.
The good things : Mary and I busted our butts trying to get the Jefferson
Central up to speed. However, by Friday we were "pooped out" and thereafter
I worked on the remaining part of the layout on my own, never completing it.
The trains did run fairly well after a little primping by Bert Mahr and Dave
Heine. The SHS Reading #2714 SWE 14 (Modified in the JCRR shops) pulled the
newly purchased Aztec Track cleaner around the layout, cleaning the rails,
as did the Jefferson Central SHS track cleaner, scrubbing down hidden rails.
Thereafter, the trains ran pretty good on their requiring very little
attention.
Running on the VCR was "The Schuylkill Shifter." (2102 Hauls Coal) Everyone
seemed to have plenty to talk about and new member Claude Deemer placed two
of his newly acquired steamers [Frank Titman's] on the upper mainline to
run. The two were a Reading #1830, 4-8-8-0 and a #3014, 2-10-0. (Pictures
later in the Dispatch.) New member Claude has also purchased several of John
Hall's excellently modeled Reading caboose's. Claude has been buying a lot
of S Scale stuff lately, so we know he is really into S Scale modeling and
we need more like Claude to join us in our long time struggle [fight] for S
Scale magnificence. During the business meeting, Claude Deemer's was brought
into our club, and he also has accepted the responsibility of re-setting up
our now latent LVSG Web-Site, [formally operated by Stan Furmanak.]
The contest winners were (1) Bert Mahr and his model of a Pine Canyons Back
Alley Factory bldg. (2) Buff Buffington's excellent scratch built Perkin's
produce warehouse diorama.(3) Bill Fraley's Reading GP 35, and Honorable
mention was Barry Mertz's four modified American Graffiti false fronts. It
was pointed out that there was a mere five points difference between the
first and third place winners. For the first time in a very long while, Dave
Heine didn't enter a model as he couldn't complete it in time. We all miss
Dave's excellent modeling expertise.
Dave's, Carla, also visited and accompanied Mary for the day. It was also
nice to have long time and club originator, Frank Titman along with the LVSG
gang. Frank was in fine spirits and gives his best to all. Barry Mertz and
Bert Mahr will be at Frank's Spiral Hill Railroad, Monday night, running out
the schedules Frank has set up for them. The two has been doing that on
Monday evenings for at least the last 20 years. (You can find a featured
story on that operation in the Feb/March 2005, 1:64th Modeling Guide.)
We closed out the day fellowshipping and dining at a local popular
(Fenicci's) eatery.
This was not easy for Mary and I to set up and I personally would like to
thank all who did show for the meet at our home, and I am looking forward to
having our "new" LVSG web-site up and running again under the direction of
Claude Deemer's.
"S"incerely,
Bill (Fraley)
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