May 2024 Newsletter
Last fall Union Pacific announced the Big Boy
Westward Bound tour from Cheyeene to Roseville making numerous whistle-stops in
communities along the way as well as public display stops including Ogden on July
20-21. Unfortunately stops in Boise and
Portland were removed from the tour due to network capacity issues on the
northern corridor being unable to accommodate Big Boy No. 4014 along with
anticipated demand on a single track. Additional
route details and approximate times for whistlestops will be shared closer to
the tour. See https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm.
Club
Business
Luncheon
Date May 3rd - Bloomington Country Club at
11:30am. The May 17th luncheon is canceled due to the Spring Social scheduled on May 18th.
CCMRRC
Spring Social
Saturday,
May 18, 2024
Time:
11:00 - 1:00
Place:
Tim & Dana Fitch house, 2734 E Rock Land Dr, Washington
11:00-12:00 - Open Yard
Informal social hour
around the Fitch's backyard with trains and other displays operating.
12:00-12:30 - All-scale track planning tool
Kevin Hansen (Rick and
Cindy Hansen’s son) will present a 15-20 minute overview of an all-scale track
planning software tool.
12:30-1:15 - Lunch
catered by Cracker Barrel
Lunch includes Homestyle
Chicken, Sirloin Steak Tips, Chicken Fried Chicken, plus sides (mac &
cheese, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole), bottled water. Dessert is Chocolate/Vanilla Sheet Cake. Cost per person: $15
1:15-1:45 - President's
Message
State of the Club Address
(Al Thorne), Financial Report, Projects, etc.
1:45-2:00 - Door Prize
Drawing
5-6
train-themed door prizes awarded via drawing.
2:00-3:00 Open Yard at Dick
and Lauri Saunder's home
(2649 E. Upper Canyon
Drive, Washington, UT 84780)
Informal social hour
around the Saunder's backyard with trains and other displays operating.
The
slide show from the Pizza Party detailing member railroads will be playing in a
loop during the Open Yard and Lunch segments.
RSVP Tim Fitch (tififaf32@outlook.com)
no later than May 10th if you will be joining us. Send payment of $15 per person to Larry
Schneider at 1681 Garnet Ridge Road, St. George, UT 84790 no later than May 10th.
Member Railroads
Keith Johnson recently recorded three videos of his outdoor layout shot from the train. Click HERE and scroll down to the May 2024 Update.
Group
Meetings
G scale:
Spring Social, May 18
HO
scale: Mack Smith’s Man Cave on May 29th.
Contact David Merrill (atsgrr@gmail.com)
for details.
Upcoming
Conventions and Train Shows
Surfliner
2024 NMRA National Convention
August
4-11, 2024
Westin Hotel,
Long Beach
333
East Ocean Blvd.
Long
Beach, CA USA
Kanab
Train Show - Date Change for 2025
Next year's show is scheduled for January 17-18,
2025. The newly-remodeled gymnasium/expo
hall we’ll be using will double the floor space compared to 2024.
Modeling
News and Information
The NMRA (National Model Railroad Association)
announces a new partnership with Grouper.
For NMRA members age 65+ Grouper works with Medicare Advantage and
Medicare Supplement plans to cover your NMRA membership dues, so you can focus
on what you love to do. Don’t worry
about the membership cost - it’s on your health plan. See https://www.nmra.com/grouper for more information on this exciting news. (I received my membership reimbursement check
yesterday.)
Model Railroad Track Codes
Adding
diesel sound to American Flyer trains
Prototype
Railroad News
Trains
Magazine Interviews Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena.
The Union Pacific chief talks about the new way the railroad measures
service – and what the flaws are in the industry standard for trip plan
compliance.
Until
June, All Aboard !!
Lloyd
Thomson