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National Model Railroad Association Fox Valley Division
"To promote, the art and craft of model
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~~~ Company News & Activities ~~~ Don't forget the High Wheeler Train Show - March 3 & 4. Click for all the details. ~~~ Bring your contest models, see clinics, hear expert modelers and see award winning layouts at the Midwest Region Spring Convention - March 8-11. Details in the Timetable below. ~~~ Model Railroader Magazine is also featuring a multi-page article on scratch building a styrene structure authored by David Leider, MMR. He shows step by step in structions on how he built the Central Wisconsin Seed Co. for his Waupaca area layout. ~~~ Prototype Trainmaster Fred Henize shared his knowledge of proper car placement in trains and how we might use that as part of our model operating systems. Click here to get a copy of Fred's Clinic Notes. Dave Crement also presented information on how to qualify for the Structures AP Award.
~~~ See Jeff Jarr's clinic on the GOLDEN SPIKE APPLICATION ~~~ Check out the latest on-line issue of the Semaphore in its new format with more pages and also in color. ~~~ Check out the new North Shore & Western Modular Group web page! Click to follow the link. ~~~ FVD 2010 Membership Survey Results Click on the link above to view a PDF files copy Thanks to all who participated! ~~~ Bring a Friend Bring a friend to a meet and your friend will have a chance to win a free 6 month Rail Pass membership. One free Rail Pass membership will be offered to a randomly chosen non-member guest at future regular membership meets. This drive will run until further notice. ~~~ Interested in getting in
touch with fellow modelers? Need help on ~~~ NEW! >>> The FVD supports youth activities and the division will reimburse members for the limited donation of materials and tools to teach the art and craft of model railroading to young modelers. Recently, the Board of Directors enacted a new Youth Fund Reimbursement Policy. Please click here to read the full policy before initiating a program requiring financial assistance. ~~~ Did you know that both the Fox Valley Division and the Midwest Region have budgeted funds for "Make & Take" model building programs?? If you know of, or are involved with, an organized group of children in the age range of about 7 through 16, who are located in McHenry, Cook, Lake, and or Kane counties in northeastern Illinois give this activity consideration. We'll send some experienced modelers, as well as tools and a carton of easy-to-build kits to your meeting. The program takes about an hour or so of hands-on creative activity. We'll provide a short introduction to model trains and then take your group through the steps of making their own model train cars to take home. The division donates the cars, a short piece of display track and brings tools to make the event a success. We have found that children thoroughly enjoy this easy introduction to model railroading. "Where can I get more track?" is the most frequently asked question. We can support one or two of these programs a year depending on the group size. Contact us if you are interested. |
| ~~~ Meeting & Activity Timetable ~~~ |
| Regular meetings are held from 1:30 PM thru 4:30 PM, at the Gary Morava Recreation Center, 110 W. Camp McDonald Road, Prospect Heights, IL 60070. All activities and dates are subject to change, so please check meeting listings regularly for any change in activity, location or time. Click here to display a map to the Gary Morava Recreation Center. Unless otherwise noted, meetings are free and guests are always welcome. |
| February 19, 2012 David Leider will tell us all about the Chicago are milk industry from the very first railroad's existance up to 1920. BTW the Galena and Chicago Union RR first ran in 1852. Contest: On Line Structures. Contest awards and refreshments. |
March 3 & 4, 2012 The High Wheeler Train Show at the Harper College, Sports Center is scheduled for this weekend. Click here for more information. Members do not forget to sign up for a volunteer assignment! There is no member meeting scheduled for March |
March 8 - 11, 2012 Midwest Region Spring Convention - click for details.
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| April 15, 2012 - Note 1:00 start April signals our annual business meeting and election of officers. Superintendent and Chief Clerk positions are open for election. Contact the Chief Clerk if you are interested in running for either of these positions. Mike Abernethy of Zephyr Route Tours will discuss an number of his tour programs. Contest: Vehicles. Contest awards plus lunch and refreshments. Please note that this meeting starts at 1:00 PM. |
| May 20, 2012 This is the final meet for the 2011-2012 modeling year. Paul Gehrett will join us to speak on weathering, picking up where Alan Houtz left off in September. He will show us demos using chalks and other mediums that were not covered by Alan. Contest: Best of the Best of the 2011-2012 season 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. Contest awards and refreshments. |
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| January 2012
Model Contest Winners
Category: Detailed Interiors
Thanks to all
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1st Place Dave Crement's O Scale Diner
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2nd Place Leif Hansen's HO Blacksmith Shop |
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3rd Place Frank Cole's HO Scale Barn |
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Click here to see all the entries Photos courtesy of Jim Osborn |
Have train or layout photos you would like to share? Send them to FVDwebsite@comcast.net |
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Photos from the FVD Membership Click on a photo to see more in the series |
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FVD members Bill Boyd & Art Jones Hosted "The Festival of Passenger Trains" on February 6th, 2011 on Art's Connellsville Division of the B & O RR. 11 engineer/owners honored 13 great passenger trains. Thanks to Bill and Art for organizing the event. Photos courtesy of Jim Osborn. |
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Missing the snow? Check out these beautiful East Broad Top RR winter train photos courtesy of David Crement. |
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Walter Radtke hosted a railroad open house in August. Click here to see a few pictures of his garden railroad if you missed the event. |
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Click on the photograph to the left to get a tour of David Crement's On3 recreation of the East Broad Top Railroad. David's On3 pike is featured in the December 2008 issue of the Semaphore. |
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David Leider's "Waupaca 1947" layout is featured in the October Semaphore's "Track Treks" series. Click on the picture for an tour of David's pike filled with highly detailed structures. |
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The May issue of the Semaphore will feature another "Track Treks" local area layout tour. Click the thumbnail for an advanced picture tour of Don Cook's scenic Great Northern, Cascade Division pike. |
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Follow the thumbnail link to see several pictures of Tom Schweiss' Milwaukee Road -- Superior Division Layout. Learn details about Tom's pike in this month's Semaphore. |
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Click on this photo of Liberty, NY to visit a few scenes of Harry Schildkraut's NY, O&W model railroad. Photos courtesy of Jim Osborn. |
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The Caernafon, Wales, UK narrow gauge railroad. Courtesy of Kurt Youngmann. |
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The Porthmadog, Wales, UK narrow gauge railroad. Courtesy of Kurt Youngmann. |
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The Snowdon, Wales, UK narrow gauge cog railroad. Courtesy of Kurt Youngmann. |
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A Welsh narrow gauge railroad serving a slate mine. Courtesy of Kurt Youngmann. |
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Have train or layout photos you would like to share? Send them to FVDwebsite@comcast.net |
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