PIKES PEAK "N" GINEERS MODEL RAILROAD CLUB
THE RAILHEAD
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May 2006
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SEEKING SERIOUS N-SCALE MODEL
RAILROADING SINCE OCTOBER 13, 1989
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Calendar of events for the Pikes Peak "N"Gineers 2006
May
May 8: Board Meeting – Howard’s Pit Barbeque – dinner at 6:30 p.m. – meeting at 7:30 p.m.
May 19: Business Meeting – 7:30 p.m. in the dining room on the fifth floor of St Francis Hospital
May 20: – Run trains at Joe’s from 1 – 4 pm. There will be a clinic on decals see later in news letter. May 27th will be the alternative run date if the weather is bad on the 22nd.
June
June 10: Tour UP Cheyenne roundhouse. We will leave the Monument Park & Ride at 8:30 am. Note: The new Park & Ride is on the east side of I-25 off of Woodmoor Dr. Use the second driveway for the parking area. There will be waiver forms for us to sign.
June 12: Board Meeting – Howard’s Pit Barbeque – dinner at 6:30 p.m. – meeting at 7:30 p.m.
June 16: Business Meeting – 7:30 p.m. in the dining room on the fifth floor of St Francis Hospital
July
July 10: Board Meeting – Howard’s Pit Barbeque – dinner at 6:30 p.m. – meeting at 7:30 p.m.
July 21: Business Meeting – 7:30 p.m. in the dining room on the fifth floor of St Francis Hospital
July 22: The club will ride the Pikes Peak Cog Railway. The price is $29 per person if we have 25 or more people, so ask your friends and relatives if they would like to go.
July 28 – 30: El Paso County Fair. More on this event when confirmed.
August
August 9th – 13th: The National “N” scale convention in Denver.
Other events waiting for dates or conformation
Home operations: Will be reported when scheduled
CORRECTION - CORRECTION
I made an error in the April Railhead about the running date at Joe’s. It should have been May 20 not May 22. So please correct your calendars. The decal clinic is on May 20th and not the 22nd.
UP Cheyenne Roundhouse tour
We are still on for the tour at the UP roundhouse in Cheyenne. You may invite family and friends to attend. We are trying to get a group of about 25. We will leave the Monument Park & Ride at 8:30 am and eat lunch in Cheyenne. We will then carpool to the roundhouse as a group and fill out the waiver forms before we start the tour at 1 pm.
Trailer jack
Rick Shumpert has donated a new trailer jack to the club. This is to replace the old one which broke at the GTE show in February. Rick also donated 10 new 3” “C” clamps to the club to replace some of the smaller ones we have for the MTL. Thanks Rick.
10 April 2006 Board Meeting Minutes
Board members present where: Lester Coburn, Chris Dueker, Rick Shumpert, Joe Morgan and Paul Schemm
Guests: Mike and Mary Peck
7:30pm Meeting called to order by Lester.
7:31pm Board meeting minutes: There are no Board meeting minutes to report from the month of March.
7:32pm Pay Masters Report: Chris reported that the Club brought in $***** and had $***** in expenses for the month of March. Chris reported members behind, and 4 affiliate members have not paid for 2006.The Paymasters report was approved on a motion from Rick and seconded by Paul.
7:43pm Correspondence: Lester reported that he talked to Mike Lindenbusch and he said that give up his Member at Large position due to his erratic schedule. Steve Bentz was also talked to and said he would be at the Board Meeting, he did not attend the Meeting.
7:46pm Chris’s Open House: Chris reported that the open house at his place went good. 5 members attended, there where some slight track problems but everyone had a good time running trains and watching the race on TV.
7:47pm National N Scale Convention: Mike reported that he received information from the Bill Harrison, they want us to operate the MTL from Wednesday August 9th to Sunday August 13th the front door. Everyone attending will need to register separately.
7:54pm Rock Island Festival: No word at this time.
7:55pm U.P. Tour: We are scheduled to tour the Union Pacific Steam Shops in Cheyenne Wyoming on June 10th at 1:00pm. We will meet at the Monument Park and Ride on the east side of I-25 and leave by 0830.
7:58pm Cog Railroad: Rick reported we are still scheduled for the 22nd of July. He will get more info from Charley.
8:00pm PPNG Web Site: Chris is still trying to get access to the web site, he said he might have to contact the web company to reset the password.
8:01pm PPNG Swap Meet: No Information.
8:02pm Charley’s Open House: The open house at Charley’s is on April 22nd from 1:00pm to 4:00pm.
8:03pm Joe’s Open House: The open house at Joe’s is Scheduled for May 20th from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. If the weather cooperates Mike will have a clinic on decaling at the open house. Lori will be having an open house so there will probably be more people than just Club members there.
8:04pm PPNG Trailer: Rick donated the trailer jack to the Club, Rick and Lester will install it, Thanks Rick!
8:05pm Railcam: Joe suggested that when looking into a railcam we use one with it’s own battery since his sucked so much power when being powered from the track. One design suggested that was shown in Edmond Scientific Magazine could work but is probably too large.
8:07pm Throttles: Lester will send the throttles out for repairs.
New Business
8:08pm View Point: We have been invited back to View Point to display the MTL in July or August, dates to be determined.
8:11pm MTL: Rick bought 10 new 3” C clamps for the MTL so all the clamps will be the same size.
8:12pm County Fair: We have been contacted by Chris Fox from the NMRA to see if we would attend the County Fair, to be determined
8:16pm Meeting adjourned on a Motion from Paul and seconded by Rick.
21 April, 2006 Business Meeting
In attendance: Lester Coburn, Chris Dueker, Joe Morgan, Charley Bay, Rick Shumpert, and Paul Schemm
7:32pm Meeting called to order by Lester.
7:32pm Business meeting minutes: The following corrections where made to the Minutes, Chris’s open house was on March not February 18th and the throttles where sent to Caboose Industries not Caboose Hobbies. The corrected minutes where accepted on a motion from Joe and seconded by Charley.
7:33pm Paymasters report: Chris reported that the Club had $***** in income and $***** in expenses for the month of March. Two members are behind and three affiliate members have not paid for 2006. The Paymasters report was accepted on a motion from Joe and seconded by Paul. Looking at our expenses this year it was decided that for next year’s budget we need to add fuel.
7:40pm Membership change: Jim Swenson has requested to change his membership status from Regular to Affiliate. The request was approved on a motion from Charley and seconded by Joe.
7:41pm Correspondence: Lester reported that he got a hold of Steve Pells with the Trolley Group. The Rock Island Festival is scheduled for the 6th through the 8th of October; we will set up on Thursday night.
Mike received a letter from William Harris from DANs; they want us to operate by the entrance to the N Scale Collector Convention from the 9th to the 13th of August. Mike will get the hours of operation and we will have to put together a schedule of who can attend then figure out whether we have the people available be able to operate the MTL.
Mike Lindenbusch has given up his position on the Board due to his work schedule; Mike Peck has been selected to fill the vacancy.
We have asked View Point if we could display the MTL on the 24th of June or on day in September, we have not heard back.
7:58pm U.P. Yard Tour: No new information, we will leave the Monument Park and Ride by 8:30am for Cheyenne. The tour is scheduled for 1:00pm.
7:59pm Cog Ride: So far 10 people have signed up for the Cog Railway ride and we need 25 for the discounted rate of $29 per head so invite your friends and family.
8:00pm County Fair: We have been invited to attend the El Paso County fair for one weekend probably the 29th of July. More information later.
8:01pm PPNG Web site: No new information.
8:02pm Swapmeet: Joe has gotten a offer on the City auditorium for $50 an hour on the Sunday after Thanksgiving and Rick got a rate of $375 for the DAV hall on Petersen and Palmer Park. Rick will see if we can get it for the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
8:06pm Charley’s Open House: Charley is inviting the Club operate on his layout on Saturday April 22nd from 1:00pm to 4:00pm, call Charley for directions.
8:07pm Joe’s Open House: Joe is inviting us to operate on his layout on May 20th from 1:00pm to 4:00pm and Mike will present a clinic on dry transfers during the open house.
8:08pm Throttles: Lester has sent the throttles of to Caboose Industries.
8:09pm The meeting was adjourned on a motion from Joe and seconded by Charley.
Decal Clinic
I’ll be using Clover House decals and they include their logo in the decals for practice purposes. For those of you who wish to have some hands on practice I’ll have some decal samples for you to use. I’ll also have some painted plastic for you to work with. Tools you may need are scissors and a burnishing tool. Clover House recommends a steel ball burnishing tool, but you can use a pencil, ballpoint pen, toothpick, etc. I will be following their instructions as they are quit good.