VOLUME 28, NUMBER 8 September, 2010

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Both Photos—Lenn Amrhein

RED MARKERS Newsletter of the Central New York Division of the Northeastern Region,

National Model Railroad Association, Inc.

SERVING MODEL RAILROADERS IN AND AROUND CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE

At this Meeting and in this

Issue . . .

Join us for a joint meeting with the members of the Hudson-Berkshire Division. We will also get a first look at Lenn’s new layout. You may remember that Lenn has been working on a revised layout now for some-time. We will also have a visit from John Roberts, our NMRA Eastern Director.

1) SCALE LAYOUT Lenn’s layout has been going through a number of changes since our last visit. We don’t want to spoil any of his surprises so you will have to come to the meeting and see for your-selves.

2) JOHN ROBERTS: Mr. Roberts is a proficient modeler and our NMRA Eastern Director. John has agreed to provide a clinic on his C&O layout and will talk to us about the changes going on at the National level.

3) RUBBER ROCK CLINIC: Gardner Cross will present a clinic about his rubber rocks and provide us with a number of hints and tips on how to use them on our layouts. There may even be an oppor-tunity to get some “hands on” experience.

4) RAFFLE: We are planning to hold a raffle so bring your donations and your money.

PLEASE NOTE THE EARLIER STARTING TIME! We have a lot of ground to cover at this meet-ing and you don’t want to be late.

NEXT MEETING . . .

LENN AND CHRIS AMRHEIN’S

Sunday September 19, 2010; 1PM to 4 PM (NOTE EXTENDED TIME)

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“Loose Spikes”… (Notes from the “Ashpit”)

“The Brass Hats”

Central New York Division

- ELECTED - Superintendent Brian Curry 3594 Chamberlain Road Weedsport, NY 13166 (315) 689-1303 banddcurry@peoplepc.com

Asst. Superintendent Dave Martini 6943 Shannon Way Liverpool, NY 13088 (315) 457-7437 kmartin1@twcny.rr.com

Chief Clerk John Roland 1981 Shepard Road Marcellus, NY 13108 (315) 673-2651 JRoland855@aol.com

Paymaster Ralph Hodson 3259 Bella Vista Drive LaFayette, NY 13084-9623 (315) 492-0704 rhodson@twcny.rr.com

- APPOINTED - NMRA Achievement Program Representative Dave Martini 6943 Shannon Way Liverpool, NY 13088 (315) 457-7437 kmartin1@twcny.rr.com

NMRA Member Aid Chairman Jim Heidt, P.O. Box 25 Clockville, NY 13043 (315) 697-6227 jimheidt@hotmail.com

Division Clinic Coordinator Lenn Amrhein, 6306 Meadow Drive Rome, NY 13440 (315) 334-4841 LAMRHEIN@twcny.rr.com

Train Show Coordinator & Past Superinttendent George “Scooter” Youst 104 Bent Tree Lane. Baldwinsville, NY 13027 (315) 303-0100 gyoust@me.com

Division Storekeeper Ed Olszewski (315) 488-4193 eolszew1@twcny.rr.com

Red Markers Co-Editors Ed Olszewski and Ed O’Rourke 122 Blackstone Way Syracuse, NY 13219 (315) 488-4193 eolszew1@twcny.rr.com eorourke@twcny.rr.com

Distributed through our web site at www.cnynmra.org, domestic US Mail Deliv-ery available, © 2010 CNY Division, NMRA, All Rights Reserved. Printed in USA.

Division Name Badges are available from Jim Heidt for $7.00. Price in-cludes postage to mail your badge to you by First Class Mail. No more of this holding onto them or giving them to buddies to pass on. The $7.00 covers all costs.

REMEMBER - Contact John Roland, our Chief Clerk, if you ever have trouble receiving your “Red Markers”. Also, if you need to change your e-mail address or post office address drop John a line. John’s contact infor-mation is listed in “The Brass Hats” sidebar to the left.

Here are the Red Markers submission deadlines for 2010. Please have your articles and any items for “Loose Spikes” to us by these dates. Remember, EARLIER IS ALWAYS BETTER! Thanks for your support, Ed & Ed.

9/29/2010

11/10/10

(Continued on page 4 - LOOSE SPIKES)

OFFICERS of the NORTHEASTERN REGION, NMRA NER President NER NYS Director NMRA Trustee from the NER Kenneth H. May Mike Evans Paul Allard 71 Buff Cap Road 838 Mason Street 53 Rollin Irish Road Tolland, CT 06084-2605 Morrisonville, NY 12962 Milton, VT 05468 (860) 872-3441 (518) 563-3989 (802) 893-2228 kenneth.may@comcast.net EvansM@co.clinton.ny.us NERT@HQ.NMRA.ORG

Don’t Get Left at the Station . . . To stay onboard and keep receiving Red Markers e-mail notices, you need to come to this meeting (or at least every third meeting). If you absolutely can’t attend and want to continue to receive a mailed issue, send $3.00 to Ralph Hodson (see left), make the check payable to “CNY Division, NER”. Of course you are always welcome to pick up the latest issue on-line at www.cnynmra.org.

But money is a poor substitute. Come to the meeting because your check book won’t have half the fun you will!! We continue to grow and plan exciting things. So don’t miss out!! Thanks.

2010 PAYMASTERS REPORT

BALANCE - 13 March, 2010 .................................. $ 2,648.45

RECEIPTS: DUNHAM TRIP DEPOSITS .......................... $ 2,782.00 QUARRY TRIP DEPOSITS .............................. $ 185.00 STRASBURG INN REFUND ........................... $ 300.00 RAFFLES........................................................... $ 243.00

TOTAL RECEIPTS ............................................ $ 3,510.00

EXPENDITURES: BANK FEE ............................................................ $ 5.00 DUNHAM TRIP EXPENSES/PAYMENTS .. $ 2,939.00 5/8/2010 MEETING EXPENSES ........................ $ 87.39

TOTAL EXPENDITURES ................................. $ 3,031.39

BALANCE, 13 July, 2010........................................ $ 3,127.06

Respectfully Submitted: Charles Albee, Paymaster

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From Martin Collard, our 2010 CNY MOW Service Award recipient:

I would like to thank the CNY MOW Award Service Committee for selecting me this year.

It is an honor to be recognized for the efforts one extends to a great group of fellow model railroaders.

As most of you know I am a believer in sharing this hobby of ours and through Borodino Scale Line I

get to meet many modelers beyond Model Railroading. The feelings are the same, sharing your hobby is

as much fun as the hobby.

I feel very fortunate to be associated with our very active CNY Division and want to thank Jim Heidt

and his fellow railroaders, at the time, for starting the Division many years ago. Through their efforts

and the combined efforts of many of us it has continued to grow. The Board of Directors new campaign

is to grow the division even more. With the help of everyone trying to recruit more members our CNY

Division can continue to grow and flourish. Working together we can keep this division active and

growing for many years to come.

There is nothing better than spending time with folks who share a common interest.

Thank you again,

Martin

Scanning of the KML photos begins By Gerry Leone, MMR NMRA Communications Director

If you’re a subscriber to NMRA Magazine (formerly Scale Rails) you’ve seen the “Timeframes” series

of photographs printed on the magazine’s last page. Those are all shots taken from the Kalmbach Me-

morial Library (KML) archives. The fact is, our NMRA Library has over 100,000 images, negatives,

slides, plans and drawings, and only a handful have ever been seen by NMRA members because it

would have entailed making a personal trip to Headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to flip through

the files.

Soon that will all change, thanks to the NMRA’s

Diamond Club. The Diamond Club is a fundraiser

specifically designed to support adding enhanced

content to our website at www.nmra.org. The first

item on the list of is scanning those 100,000 images

and making them available for download.

The good news is that scanning of the photographs

has begun! In August of 2010, Historical Archives

Services (HAS), the firm the NMRA Board of Di-

rectors hired to do the scans and design the photo

website, began receiving and cataloging shipments

of photographs from KML. HAS estimates that the

first batch of photographs will be available for

viewing online sometime in the first quarter of

2011, after a short period of beta testing late this

year.

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Putting the entire library online will be a costly, time consuming task, since each photo’s listing will

also contain highly detailed, searchable metadata, which is being added by the railroad experts at HAS.

This detailed metadata will make it easier and faster for users to find exactly the photograph they’re

looking for. Current plans are to make the low-resolution thumbnails of the photographs available to

everyone via the website around the clock. Users will be able to download high-resolution files, and

NMRA members will receive a substantial discount. Proceeds from the scans will help fund the re-

mainder of the project and future Diamond Club web projects.

As promising as this sounds, it’s important to remember that the Diamond Club still hasn’t reached its

projected goal of $75,000. If you haven’t contributed to this worthy cause, please send your donation

now to The Diamond Club, NMRA, 4121 Cromwell Road, Chattanooga, TN 376421, or do it online at

www.nmra.org/diamondclub.

NMRA scanning -1: Railroad-

ing experts at HAS begin the

daunting task of scanning the

Kalmbach Library’s massive

collection of photographs, draw-

ings, slides, and plans. The first

photos should be available

online in early 2011.

NMRA scanning – 2: Each of

the 100,000 photos in the Kalm-

bach Library must be digitized,

and important metadata added to

each scan to aid in fast, efficient

user searches. It’s a time con-

suming process that will be an

invaluable resource to members.

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CHAMPIONS WANTED!! By Mike Flannery, CNY Chapter, NRHS

The Central NY Chapter, NRHS has acquired several pieces of historic railroad rolling stock for which

no volunteers have come forward to care for. These pieces are not going to care of themselves. The

Chapter needs volunteers to step forward to champion repair and restoration of these pieces before it is

too late. A champion would be the person to take the lead by recruiting a group of volunteers to de-

velop a plan for its use and/or display, survey the condition of a piece, and to draft a restoration plan

and estimate the funds and materials needed. The champion would present the plans and estimates to

the Chapter Board of Directors and, if such plans and expenditures are approved, lead a group of volun-

teers to implement the plans. The alternative would be for the Chapter to sell, donate, scrap or other-

wise dispose of the piece.

Equipment in need of champions include the Model 15 Burro Crane, the DL&W two-bay open hopper,

the Syracuse Candle and Wax single dome tank car and the New York Central baggage car #7456.

Time has not and will not be kind to this equipment so please contact the Board of Directors at once if

you wish to champion a piece. If you are interested in helping out send your letter to:

CNY NRHS Equipment Restoration, PO Box 229, Marcellus, NY 13108-0229

Or you can send an e-mail to contact@cnynrhs.org.

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* As always, don’t take our word for it. Verify these directions for yourself.

LENN & CHRIS AMRHEIN

6306 Meadow Drive, Rome, NY 13440

DIRECTIONS*: From NYS Thruway take Exit 33 (Rome), turn RIGHT at end of ramp onto NY 365 East.

Continue on NY 365 East for 9.2 miles

Merge onto NY-26 N/NY-49 W/NY-69 W/Erie Blvd E via the ramp on the LEFT to Downtown/Rome

Slight LEFT at Black River Blvd N

Turn LEFT at E Bloomfield St

Continue onto NY-26 N/Turin St for about 5.8 miles

Turn RIGHT at Meadow Dr and take the 1st LEFT to stay on Meadow Dr, Lenn’s house is on the right.

BE SURE TO BRING YOUR FOLDING CHAIRS WITH YOU.

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Area Model Railroad Groups:

The Central New York Model Railroad Club: Fri., 8 to 10p at the Hartlot NY railroad station, just south of Elbridge, NY. Op-eration 1st Fri./month, visitors welcome anytime. Info: Russ Schiller at 315-638-4774

The Syracuse Model Railroad Club: Wed. 7p at the layout in the Eastwood American Legion, James St., Syracuse. One business meeting monthly, others are work sessions. Info: Jim Beach at 315-437-6221.

Salt City N-Trak, Ltd.: Meeting schedule / location t/b/a as the club is no longer located at the Eastwood American Legion. Operating 14' x 42' N-Trak modular layout which often tours. Info: Rich Petitto at 315-437-2037.

FUNTRAK: The Frankfort United N-Trak Model Railroad Club, Inc. meets at members homes, meetings are scheduled and posted in FUNTRAK's newsletter each month about two months ahead of the actual meeting date. Info: Brian King at 315-292-7066 or Clayt Farrall at 315-735-6268.

Cayuga Valley Model Railroaders: Thur. 7:00p and on most Saturdays at 9:00a at the club at 3 East Genesee Street, Auburn, over Speno Music Store. Info: Call Bernard Watkins 315-283-2584. www.angelfire.com/ny5/cayugavalleymodelrr

Oswego Valley Railroad Association: The group operates the Oswego Railroad Museum dedicated to the historic preservation of railroad history in the Oswego County area. Open Memo-rial Day to Labor Day on Sat, Sun and holidays Noon - 5pm. The museum is located in the city of Oswego at 56 West First St. The Oswego Railroad Museum Offers a 1950’s era 24' x 36' operating layout of the southern Oswego County area and an extensive railroad library. Contact Bill Nicko-las at 315-342-0028. http://oswegorrmuseum.org

Central New York Modelers: The CNYMOD group has moved to new quarters in the Museum of Sci-ence & Technology (The MOST) in Downtown Syracuse. Info: at www.cnymod.com or by calling President Bill Brown at 469-0135.

Central New York Large-Scale Railway Society: Meets at Driver’s Village (the former Penn Can Mall), with a major layout under construction, www.cnylsrs.com. Info: Gordon H. Davis at 315-451-3199 or 492-8000, gdavis4@twcny.rr.com.

The Bullthistle Model Railroad Society: Third Wed. of the month, 7:00 p.m. at their headquarters at 33 Rexford Street, Norwich, NY, and open Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and on special events... all in creating visual and operable multi-scale displays of historic railroading in Chenango County. Info: Elton and Anethma Ire-land at (607) 334-4522 or club President, Philip Fairchild at (607) 847-8551, lpfair@frontiernet.net

CNY NRHS Modular Group This group maintains O gauge and HO Scale modular layouts. Currently meet-ing 7 to 9 PM Thursday evenings at Shopping Town Mall in the Sears wing. NRHS membership is optional. Open to the public Sat. 12-5, Sun. 2-5. Info at http://www.jrjunction.com/cnynrhs or contact Phil Edwards at paedward@twcny.rr.com

European Train Enthusiasts, CNY Chapter Round robin meetings. 'N' scale modular layout, Info: Gordon H. Davis at 315-451-3199 or 492-8000, gdavis4@twcny.rr.com

2010 CNY Division

Schedule

January 9 (8 AM-4 PM) - Cayuga Valley Club, Auburn, NY. Joint meeting with the NFR Lakeshores Division, learn about FREMO modular modeling.

February 21 (2-4 PM) - Syracuse Model RR Club Show, Syracuse, NY. Come early to the show and stay for the meeting to elect your officers for 2010 and watch train related videos.

April 11 (2-4 PM) - Don Dennis, Baldwinsville, NY. Meeting details are being finalized at this time.

May 8, SATURDAY (2-4 PM) - Dewitt Yards, Central Tractor Supply parking lot, East Syra-cuse, NY. Enjoy some train watch-ing and maybe a cookout.

June 5—Bus Trip, Dunham Stu-

dios & Upper Hudson Railway.

June 13 (2-4 PM) - Bill Loran, Central Square, NY. Garden rail-roading and plant selection is the topic for this meeting.

August 6 (9 AM—Noon)—Hanson Quarry Tour, Jamesville,

NY.

August 21, SATURDAY (12-4 PM) - Jim Heidt, Clockville, NY. Our annual picnic and presentation of the 2010 MOW Award.

September 19 (1-4 PM) - Lenn Amrhein, Rome, NY. Joint meet-ing with the Hudson Berkshire Di-vision.

October 24 (2-4 PM) - Bill Brown, Jamesville, NY. Learn about signaling and how to imple-ment a signal system on your lay-out.

December 4, SATURDAY (6-10 PM) - M.O.S.T., Syracuse, NY. Celebrate the holidays in Armory Square at the Museum of Science & Technology. Plans include a showing of the current IMAX film.

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Central New York Division, NMRA

Red Markers News Letter

122 Blackstone Way

Syracuse, NY 13219

2010 events calendar

September 22—CNYNRHS

Meeting. 7:30 PM in the NY

State Fairgrounds Art &

Home Building. DL&W

through Central NY. Visit

www.cnynrhs.org for more

information.

September 25 & 26—Finger

Lakes Live Steamers Open

House, Marengo, NY. Open

10 AM to 4 PM daily, food

and train rides available.

Visit

www.fingerlakeslivesteame

rs.org for more info.

November 6 & 7—CNYNRHS

Train Fair. 10AM to 5 PM

both days at the NY State

Fairgrounds. Visit

www.cnynrhs.org for more

information.

Here is another piece in the National Railroad Historical Societies

CNY Chapter collection. This is the GE 80 ton center cab locomo-

tive that was used to switch the Jamesville Quarry. This locomotive

replaced the 0-6-0 tank engines. This is another of the pieces that the

chapter wants to restore. It is not known if this locomotive is in run-

ning condition at this time. If you have the desire and skills, why not

volunteer to help out with the restoration of this piece? If you have

the needed organizational skills, why not offer to champion the resto-

ration of one of the other pieces for the Chapter?