Whistle Stop Trains Newsletter

The Logging, Mining, & Industrial Annual – Spring 2009 – Price: $19.99

Wednesday, June 17^th until Sunday, June 21^st, 2009 – National N Scale Convention

Been to the Northwest Lately?
Come Join the N Scale Collector June 17-21, 2009
The National N Scale Convention
Red Lion Hotel on the Columbia River
Portland, Oregon

Extra fares on Monday & Tuesday ● Oregon Scen9c Coast RR ● Tillamook Creamery • Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum • On Wednesday, June 17^th registration • Auctions and Model contest check in • Pick up some convention Special Runs T-shirts – Raffle tickets • Home layout tours • Live and Silent Auction • Welcome Reception • Columbia Gorge & Lunch at Timberline Lodge Scenic Tour • Portland Microbrewery tour • Brooklyn Roundhouse • Mt. Hood Railroad Excursion • Oregon Zoo Train Excursion • Vendors • Manufacturers from around the country at our Swap-A-Rama • Convention Banquet • Manufactures Breakfast • Clinics

This is the spot to find all the N Scale you can handle in one place! So join us for the Best ‘N the Northwest’ in Portland 2009

Check out the local sites…
• Timberline Lodge • Zoo Railway • Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler • Tillamook Cheese Visitor’s Center • Hellgate Jetboat Excursions • Evergreen Aviation Museum • Portland Saturday Market • Pittock Mansion • Portland Japanese Garden • Nehalem Bay Winery • Steam Train Rides • Willamette Jetboat Excursions • Mt. Hood Railroad • Multnomah Falls Lodge w Mount St. Helens

For Information visit our web site at www.National-N-Scale-Convention.com
or contact Dick Ollendorf, Convention Chairman. Dick@nscalecollector.com
or Lowell Smith, Regional Chairman. Lowell@lowellsmith.net

From 10am to 5pm Saturday, June 20^th you can start from any layout and travel to any other in any order. Your tour book/ticket is your family’s admission to all eleven layouts.

Spend a day with your family in our miniature world viewing trains transversing our gardens, crossing streams, and emerging from tunnels.

Admission:
$10 per family
To gain admission you will need to purchase a booklet, which is your ticket

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

Saturday and Sunday, February 6^th and 7^th, 2010 – United Northwest Model RR Club 19^th annual Train Show and Swap Meet

Date and Time:
Saturday, February 6^th, 2010
10:00 AM until 5:00 PM
Sunday, February 7^th, 2010
10:00 AM until 4:00 PM

United NorthWest Model RR Club is proud to announce our sponsorship of the 19^th annual Train Show and Swap Meet on February 6 & 7, 2010. The Proceeds of our show will again benefit Snohomish County 4-H Foundation. As with past shows, the goal of the show is to provide financing to Snohomish County 4-H Foundation to further their good works. However, the means to do this is to host a really great train show. One of our objectives this year is to make the show more profitable to our vendors and to assist them where possible. Please let us know (email or on the registration form) how we can be of assistance to you.

This show is at the Evergreen State Fair Grounds in Monroe, Washington (northeast of Seattle), in the approximately 53,000 square foot arena (building #100). The fairgrounds are located at 14405 179^th Ave SE, Monroe, WA 98272, which is just north of the intersection of highways 2 and 522. Show hours are Saturday, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Sunday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The show consists of manufacturers, vendors, historical society displays, and layouts.

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

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