Whistle Stop Trains Newsletter

Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette – March/April 2009 – Price: $6.95

Exact Rail – PC&F 6033 Cu. Ft. Single Door Box Car – SP, UP, and WP – Price: $19.95

Exact Rail – Trinity Covered Hopper 5161 3-Pack – BNSF and UP – Price: $49.95

Micro Trains Line – 39’ Single Dome Tank Car – Standard Oil Company – Price: $20.60

Micro Trains Line – 40’ Double-Sheathed Wood Reefer with Vertical Brake Wheel - North Western Refrigerator Line – Price: $22.85

Micro Trains Line – 40’ Standard Box Car, Single Door – Missouri Pacific – Price: $24.50

Micro Trains Line – 50’ Auto Box Car, Double Side Doors, End Door – Union Pacific – Price: $20.75

Micro Trains Line – 50’ Flat Car, Fishbelly Side with Side Mount Brake Wheel – Chesapeake & Ohio – Price: $16.85

Micro Trains Line – 50’ Steel Side, Fixed End Gondola with Scrap Load – Pennsylvania Railroad – Price: $18.10

Micro Trains Line – 60’ 8” Thrall Centerbeam Flat Car with Roof Truss Load – Burlington Northern Santa Fe – Price: $26.20

Micro Trains Line – Evans 3-Bay Covered Hopper – Louis-Dreyfus – Price: $19.15

True Line Trains – Hopper – BC Railway, Canadian National, and Toronto, Hamilton, & Buffalo – Price: $44.98

Saturday and Sunday, April 18^th and 19^th, 2009 - 21st Annual Willamette Cascade Model Railroad Club Train Show & Swap Meet

Vendors can set up on Friday April 17th from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. 22,000 square feet of vendor tables, historical societies, speeder display, Operation Lifesaver Trailer, Friends of 4449 and SP&S #700 memorabilia for sale. Vendor tables are $25.00 each and they are 8 ft. long and 30 inches wide with red linen table cloth.

Admission:
$6.00 for 11 years old and older.
Children 10 years and younger are free if accompanied by an adult
Early bird entry each day is at 9 a.m. and is $10 per person. Admission on Saturday is also good for Sunday at no additional charge.

More information:
Please contact Co-chairs: Lee & Diane Temple @ 541-954-4917 or 541-225-7394 or email ttandt@ram-mail.com.

Saturday and Sunday, May 2^nd and 3^rd, 2009 – Model Train Swapmeet & Show

Location:
Rickreall Grange Hall
280 Main Street “Hwy 99W”
Rickreall, OR 97371

Date and Time:
Saturday and Sunday, May 2^nd and 3^rd,2009
10am until 4pm both days

Tables:
6’ = $15.00
8’ = $20.00
Make Checks Payable to Tom Pryor
Mail To:
Tom Pryor
2085 S. Pacific West
Dallas, OR. 97338
Vendor Move in Friday 12-8pm Saturday 7am
Please Reserve Early!

Saturday, May 9^th, 2009 – National Train Day at Portland Union Station

Time:
10:00 AM - 03:00 PM

Amtrak's second annual National Train Day, May 9, 2009, will take place at Union Station in Portland, Oregon. ORHF and SP 4449 have been invited to feature the SP 4449 steam locomotive on live display with tours of the Mt. Hood sleeper/lounge and a GN caboose.

Come join us to see and learn more about the SP 4449 and ORHF's ongoing efforts to build a permanent home for Portland's three steam locomotives. Many other exhibits, booths, entertainment and refreshments will also be on hand at the event!

The World's Most Famous Steam Locomotive, Southern Pacific steam locomotive no. 4449 known as the "Daylight" will be on display. Rose Festival Clown Corps will entertain. "Two Sisters & a Mr." will perform. Free refreshments and giveaways.

Saturday, September 26^th, 2009 – Southwest Washington Model Railroaders Open House

Southwest Washington Model Railroaders will host an Open House Saturday September 26th 2009 from 10 am to 4 pm. We will be running many different types of HO gauge DCC engines some with sound, from the small logging area to the "Big Boys" on the main line. This free event is located at 8100 E. Mill Plain Blvd. in Vancouver, Washington. This is one block east of Garrison Square, in the building behind Safe Harbor Nazarene Church, boarding the parking lot off 82nd Ave.

Contact:
Richard Renihan
Email Address: rlrenihan@msn.com
Phone Number: 360 892-3410

Saturday, October 3^rd, 2009 - Swap Meet the 37th Annual Great American Swap Meet by the Southwest Washington Model Railroaders

Location:
Hudson's Bay High School
1206 E. Reserve St
Vancouver, Washington
It is located just off the I-5 Bridge at Exit 1-C on Mill Plain Blvd (East)

Date & Time:
Saturday October 3rd 2009
9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Vendors can start at 7:30 am

There will be an operating HO gauge layout of the Columbia Gorge and over 125 tables with vendors from all over the Northwest.

Contact:
Richard Renihan
Email Address: rlrenihan@msn.com
Phone Number: 360 892-3410

Saturday, December 5^th, 2009 – The Willamette Valley Model Railroad Club Railroad Show and Swap Meet

Location:
Polk County Fairgrounds
Rickreall, Oregon
Hwy 22 and Hwy 99W
10 miles west of Salem

Over 100 Tables
Fun for the Family
all scales of trains
Info. On local historical societies and clubs
Food Available

More Info:
Tables:
Judy MacInnes
Chairman
Phone: 503-581-6071
Email: macinnej@msn.com

Scale:        HO
Control:     DCC
Layout:      Modular
Meeting:    Saturdays at 10:00AM until 12:00 pm
                Alternating Fridays: See Website for schedule

Contact:    Mitch Zeller (503) 642-3979
                12755 S.W. Beaverdam Rd, Beaverton, OR
                http://www.aloharail.org/

Scale:        HO, HOn3, HOn30 and Traction.
Control:     Both Analog and NCE DCC
Layout:    Permanent and Modular
Location: Alpenrose Dairy’s Dairyville
                6149 SW Shattuck Road
                Portland, OR 97221
Meeting:    Wed. & Fridays 7PM to 9PM
Summer Open House: Sundays, June-Sept, 1pm to 4pm

Contact:    Ned Loos (503) 644-0926
                PO Box 1502
                Beaverton, OR 97075-1502

Scale:        HO (N scale is being planned)
Control:     DCC
Layout:      Permanent
Meeting:    Tuesdays and Thursday 5PM-7PM

Contact:    Ed Sallia    (503) 203-5112
                Catlin Gabel School
                8805 SW Barnes Rd
                Portland, OR 97225

Scale:        HO
Control:     DC and Partially DCC
Layout:      Permanent
Meeting:    Tuesdays 7PM-9PM

Contact:    (503)-28-TRAIN (503-288-7246)
                2505 N. Vancouver Avenue
                Portland, OR 97227-1949

Contact:    1St VP Alan Belanger (503) 556-3415 or
                2nd VP Kerry King      (360) 274-8157
                PO Box 904
                Rainier, Oregon 97048

Scale:        HO
Control:     Part Analog and part DCC
Layout:      Permanent
Meeting:    Tuesdays 7PM-9:30PM

Contact:    Don Mills    (877) 378-6563 (Voice Mail)
                5500 SE Belmont St
                Portland, OR 97215
                MHMENG@aol.com

Contact:    c/o Brian Rice, President
                2898 Livingston Street NE
                Salem, Or 97303
                bruploco@comcast.net ; 503-365-9516

Scale:        7 ½" Gauge
Control:     Steam
Layout:      Permanent (More than ½ mile of track)
Meeting:    Third Saturday of the Month

Contact:    (503) 829-6866
                31803 S. Shady Dell Dr
                Molalla, OR 97038

Scale:        N and N Traction
Control:     Analog (converting a portion to Digitrax DCC)
Layout:    Permanent and Modular (NTrak Standard)
Location: Alpenrose Dairy
Meeting:    Thursdays – 7PM until 9PM

Summer Open House: Every Sunday from June through September, 1 to 4 PM
Holiday Open House: First Three Sundays of December, 1 to 5 PM

Contact:    Brian Hester / Secretary       (503) 246-3987
                PO Box 6327
                Portland, OR 97228-6327

Scale:        O/O-27 Gauge and O- Scale
Control:     Lionel TMCC and MTH DCS
Layout:      Permanent – Nine separate sets of tracks
Meeting:    Third Sunday of the Month (unless Easter falls on that date)
Location:   Basement of Aloha Mall
                185th Ave. and Tualatin Valley Highway

Contact: President – Steve D’Ambrosia – 503-658-4383
Vice President – Rick Rose – 503-357-0592

Scale:        1 ½" Scale Engines
                7.25" or 7.5" Gauge Track
Control:     Gas Engine
Layout       Permanent
Meeting:    2^nd and 4^th Sunday of each month (see Website for scheduled days for riding the train)

Scale:        HO
Control:     Both Analog and DCC
Layout:      Permanent and a portable one for display
Meeting:    Mondays 7PM

Contact:    Richard Renihan        (360) 892-3410
                8100 E Mill Plain Blvd
                Vancouver Washington
                rlrenihan@msn.com

Scale:        N-Trak modules
Control:     DCC
Meeting:    Wednesdays from 7PM to 9PM.

Scale:        HO
Control:     Analog
Layout:      Permanent
Meeting:    2^nd Saturday of each month 7PM
Location:   500 East 4th Avenue
                Eugene, OR (Meetings)

Contact:    Lee Temple
                P.O. Box 41267
                Eugene, OR. 97404-0327
Cell phone: 541-954-4917
Email Address: ttandt@ram-mail.com

A Permanent Layout is being constructed in the basement of the Clackamas Community Center. The layout is 30ft X 60ft and will be operationally oriented. It will depict the proposed rail line over Santiam Pass, and will feature mainline operations and mountain railroading with helper service. The Era is 1975.

Meeting: Mondays and Thursdays at 7:00 PM
Location: 15711 SE 90^thClackamas, OR 97015

Memberships Available
The Willamette Model Railroad Club has openings for new members.

Our club’s goal is to enhance out members’ model railroading experience by following plausible prototype operating practices on a layout featuring “scenic fidelity” (i.e. no spaghetti-bowl track plan), all housed in a freshly remodeled room.

We will soon be building an HO scale railroad to support prototypical operations. We have decided upon the plan for our new 1,800 sq. ft. railroad. The new layout will be state-of-the-art and takes full advantage of contemporary layout design and construction practices, such as DCC, wide aisles, effective lighting, continuous staging, and efficient yard trackage. In addition to providing formal operations with long point-to-point run (587 ft.), it also accommodates continuous running for informal operations. Planned operations include though freights, unit trains, way freights, local switchers, and several yard jobs.

As of October, 2008, we have completed all the excavation and concrete work. While we still have a bit of clean-up work remaining to prepare out freshly remodeled layout room, our attention is now shifting to layout construction. We’re currently discussing benchwork construction and planning lighting installations.

Totally new club layouts don’t happen very often. Here’s your chance to get in on the ground floor of something special.

Come and visit us! Meetings are on Mondays and Thursdays at 7:30pm in the basement of the Clackamas Community Center. Business meetings are the first Thursday of the month. For more information, contact Rick Andrews at 503-642-3298 or DRDREWS1@verizon.net.

If you have club or prototype news you would like to share or would like to leave us a comment or an idea, you can contact us at: wsnewsletter@comcast.net.

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11724 SE Division St.	Saturday 10:00AM – 5:00PM
Portland, OR 97266	Closed Sunday
Telephone: (503) 761-1822	Toll Free: (888) 700-4449

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