Mid- Eastern Region of the NMRA
| DATE |
TOPIC |
CLINICIAN |
| May
11, 2024, 10:00 AM |
"Building
Ships" |
Bernie
Kempinski, MMR |
| June
8, 2024, 10:00 AM |
"Technical
Clinic - TBD" |
TBD |
| July
13, 2024, 10:00 AM |
"Hobby
Barn Clinic -TBD" |
TBD |
| DATE |
TOPIC |
CLINICIAN |
| April
21, 2024 |
"Portrait
of a Railroad" |
Jonathan
Jones |
| May
19, 2024 |
"The
Long Road to Achieving a Golden Spike and other
AP's |
Greg
Cassidy |
| June
16, 2024 |
"TBD" |
Andrew
Dodge, MMR |
Visit our club Saturday, April 13th and see our
model railroad in action. The layout's HO scale
trains depict the Western North Carolina Railroad
during the steam to diesel transition. Traction fans
will enjoy watching our trolleys running under
overhead wire. The layout also features award
winning structures and operations conducted on a
permanent 20 foot by 50 foot layout controlled by
DCC. Bring the kids to see Thomas the Tank Engine
and friends who will be running too. The Club
resides in the historic, circa 1859, Vienna Depot of
the former Washington & Old Dominion Railroad
(W&OD), 231 Dominion Road, N.E., Vienna, VA.
History buffs will enjoy the museum in the waiting
room with its displays of the history of the
W&OD. Hours are 1-5 P.M. with FREE ADMISSION
(donations accepted). Virtual tour: click
here.
Did you know that the NMRA has a partnership program where NMRA members can receive discounts as an NMRA member? See the information below:
POTOMAC DIVISION NEWS
APRIL
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
The
Board of Directors meeting will be
Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at 7:30 PM.
The meeting will be held using the
Zoom platform and can be accessed
by the clicking here.
DIVISION
ANNUAL MEETING AND MEET DATE SET
The
Potomac Division Annual meeting
and meet will be held on Saturday,
May 4th at the Arcola Volunteer
Fire Department Annex located at
24300 Gum Spring Road, Sterling,
Va. (The annex is located in
Arcola, VA) For more information click here.
NOMINATION
FOR 2024 ABRAMS AWARD
The
nominations for the 2024
Marshall Abrams Award to
recognize a Potomac Division
member who has demonstrated
outstanding service to the
Division have closed.
The Marshall Abrams Award was created by the Potomac Board of Directors in the Spring of 2021 in honor of the late Marshall Abrams who served the Division in several positions including Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Potomac Flyer Publisher, and Division webmaster.
The selection process has been completed and the announcement of the individual(s) will be made at the Division's Annual Meeting on May 4th.
Previous
recipients of the award are Mat
Thompson, MMR, and Jerry Stanley.
POTOMAC
DIVISION 2024 ELECTIONS
Electronic
voting for the 2024 Potomac Division Elections for the
Board positions of Paymaster and Assistant
Superintendent is now open. Members having an email
address on file with the Division will be receiving
electronic ballots via email. Members that do not have
an email address on file with the Division will be
receiving ballots via U.S. Mail. The deadline for voting
is midnight, April 27th.
The following individuals are the Nominations Committee for the 2024 elections: Mark Gionet (Chair), Paul Hutchins, Bill Demas, and Brian Sheron. You can email the Nominations Committee members by clicking on their name. The elections process will be as follows:
Nominations for the 2024 Division elections have closed resulting in two persons expressing interest in running for the positions of Assistant Superintendent and Paymaster. The Nominations Committee has submitted Ken Wilson for the position of Assistant Superintendent and Jerry Stanley for the position of Paymaster. Both are incumbents for the positions. For more information click here.
April 13, 2024 - eVoting will commence.
April 27, 2024 - eVoting will conclude: deadline for receipt of mailed ballots by the Nominations Committee.
April 28, 2024 - Candidates will be notified of election results.
May
21, 2024 - The new Board of Directors will meet.
Potomac
Division Visits Leisure World Train Club Layout
On
Saturday, January 13, 2024 the Leisure World Model
Railroad Club in Silver Spring, Maryland opened their N,
HO, and O scale layouts to the Division for a layout
tour. The Division thanks Henry Jordan, a Division
member and a member of the Leisure World Model Railroad
Club for arranging this layout tour. Click here to see a write up of
this event.
A
Flashback: 1993 to 1996 Division
Newletters found
In
early February member Greg Cassidy found copies of
Division newletters from Winter of 1993 to Fall of
1996 in a box at his home. Did you know that the
Division was named the Dixie Division and was
changed to the Potomac Division on March 12, 1994?
For more information you can go to the Potomac
Flyer page and look at the old issues or you can click here to see some of
the history about the Division name change. While
you are thinking about it do you have any old
Potomac Flyers from December, 1996 to January of
2020 in a box at your house. If you do the Board
of Directors would like to borrow them so they
could be scanned and added to the Flyer page. Good
time to look as Spring is just around the corner!
WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS OF THE DIVISION
Please
join the Board of Directors in welcoming new
members to the Potomac Division by reaching
out to them and helping them settle in to
their new Division.
| MAY- 2023 | |
| Earl
Boatman - Herndon, VA |
Sean Hoyden - Broad
Run, VA |
| Thomas Kane -
Purcellville, VA |
Mark McGowan - Round
Hill, VA |
| JUNE - 2023 | |
| Christopher Petrone - Alexandria, VA | |
| JULY - 2023 | |
| Stuart Sutton - Silver Spring, MD | |
| AUGUST - 2023 | |
| Ethan Rogers - Alexandria, VA | |
| SEPTEMBER-
2023 |
|
| Ty Bateman - Great
Falls, VA |
Chris Ruegger -
Lansdowne, VA |
| Greg Tate - Woodbridge,
VA |
|
| OCTOBER - 2023 | |
| Brendan Harrington -
McLean, VA |
Jeffrey Jordan - Fort
Valley, VA |
| Michael Byle -
Colonial Beach, VA |
William Hooks -
Colonial Beach, VA |
| NOVEMBER - 2023 | |
| Abhishek Kotnis - Olney, MD | |
| JANUARY - 2024 | |
| Jeffrey Barsky -
Washington, DC |
Paul Dunham - Reston,
VA |
| Russell Hann -
Chantilly, VA |
Dana Richard -
Nokesville, VA |
| Neal Shelton -
Haymarket, VA |
Greg Viggiano -
Alexandria, VA |
| Zoe Wei - Fairfax, VA |
John Witek - Leesburg,
VA |
| FEBRUARY - 2024 | |
| Rodney Bosco - Vienna,
VA |
Thomas Braithwaite-Berg
- Laurel, MD |
| Tom Matty - Derwood, MD |
|
| MARCH - 2024 | |
| Todd Smith - Manassas,
VA |
John Lyon - Rockville,
MD |
| APRIL - 2024 | |
| Veon Coffman -
Gainesville, VA |
John McWilliam - Aldie, VA |
| Jeremy Smith - Herndon,
VA |
Stephan Gerhardt -
Falls Church, VA |
The
Challenge for the June - July 2024 Flyer
will be for your favorite
REAL Railroad Photos
you have taken. This time, it can be
anything railroad related - engines,
freight or passenger, or MOW cars,
stations, roundhouses, bridges,
signals, anything.
So get out your camera, or scroll through
your old photos, and send along with a
short description.
Please send only photos you have taken,
not something plucked off of the Internet.
Let's see what you have to offer! Send
your submissions to: Potomac-Flyer@potomac-nmra.org.
The deadline for entries is
March 5, 2024.
The
staff of the Potomac Flyer thanks everyone
who submitted Favorite Motive Power entries
for our previous Challenge.
PRIOR POTOMAC DIVISION CHALLENGES
To see the prior Potomac Division Challenges Click here to see the submissions.
Congratulations to
MIke Byle on his
receipt of the
Golden Spike
award.
