Mid- Eastern Region of the NMRA
| DATE |
TOPIC |
CLINICIAN |
| August
20, 2022*** |
"Division
Structures Workshop" |
Kurt
Thompson, MMR |
| September
17, 2022 |
"Turning
Plastic into Wood in all Scales Inexpensively" |
Nicholas
Kalis and Gary Eames |
| October
15, 2022 |
"Painting
a Backdrop In a Train Room" |
Kate
Kalis |
POTOMAC DIVISION NEWS
AUGUST
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
The
Board of Directors meeting will be
held on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at
7:30 P.M. using the Zoom Virtual
meeting platform. To register to
attend the meeting click on the
following link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpf--sqj4qHtadkcG92m3CLX-_JSTcUe_G
After registering you will receive an email with the link to the BOD meeting. The agenda will be available before the meeting date.
CHESAPEAKE TRAINMASTERS CLUB MAKES DONATION TO DIVISION
The Board of Directors thanks the members of the Chesapeake Trainmasters Club for their recent donation in amount of $485.07 in memory of deceased Club and Division members Charlie Kilbourne, Ron Schmidt, and Mike White.
MARSHALL
ABRAMS AWARD RECIPIENT ANNOUNCED.
The
Division's ANNUAL
MEETING took place on
Sunday, May 1st. Please
join
the Board of Directors
in congratulating Mat
Thompson as the
recipient of the
MARSHALL ABRAMS AWARD
for 2021-2022. Due to
the meeting being
virtual Assistant
Superintendent Ernie
Little (on the left)
presented the award to
Mat (on the right).
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
The Division is seeking donations of HO scale rolling stock, locomotives, track, or structures to be used with a previously donated layout kit that the Division donated to a local church group to allow the children to learn about model railroading. If you have something you can donate please contact Jerry Stanley.
POTOMAC
DIVISION MEMBERS IN ACTION
Eleven
Potomac Division members were at the Great Scale
Model Train Show (GSMTS) the weekend of February
5th and 6th staffing the Potomac Division booth.
The Board of Directors thanks all involved and
appreciates their time spent and also thanks the
GSMTS organization for their donation of the
table space for our booth. This kind of activity
is important to the recruitment of members and
supporting the model railroad hobby. The
following members participated:
| Bob Yetter | Nick Kalis | Gary Eames | Ken Wilson |
| Doug Hess | Thomas Washburn | William Mosteller | Mike Powers |
| Tim Tilson | Mike Fleming | Paul Hutchins |
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.
| SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER |
| Keith Jordan - Germantown, MD | Daniel Travis - Dulles, VA |
| NOVEMBER | |
| Charles Hall - Waldorf, MD | Keith Jordan - Germantown, MD |
| Kipp Martin - Washington, DC | Diego Procacci - Manassas, VA |
| DECEMBER |
|
| Kimball Carpentier -
Poolesville, MD |
Chris Pigott - Clifton, VA |
| Michael Zazzero - Clifton, VA | |
| JANUARY - 2022 |
|
| Jack Riegel - Alexandria, VA | |
| FEBRUARY, 2022 |
|
| Dave Smith -
Springfield, VA |
Kestutis Pauliukoni -
McLean, VA |
| Ralph Hix - Manassas,
VA |
David Legal - Pomfret,
MD |
| Gregg Cassidy - Silver Spring, MD | John Berg - Fairfax, VA |
| Edward Mason - Falls Church, VA | |
| MARCH - 2022 | |
| Phil Bell - Vienna, VA |
Roger Blocker - Forestville, MD |
| APRIL - 2022 |
|
| William Broadus -
Cheverly, MD |
Charles Kaltwasser -
Solomons, MD |
| David Strohmeyer -
Gainesville, VA |
|
| MAY - 2022 | |
| Paul Bastek - Silver
Spring, MD |
Michael Zelaska -
Woodbridge, VA |
The
Potomac Division Virtual Clinics are normally held
on the the third Sunday of each month at 3:00 P.M.
and are
presented using the Zoom video platform.
This
allows attendees to have video and audio,
video only, or just listen access. Click here for
Information on how to use Zoom. An
email containing information on how to
register and gain access the on-line
clinic is sent to the PD membership email
list prior to the clinic. Here
is the what is on tap for the next three months:
| DATE |
TOPIC |
CLINICIAN |
| August
21, 2022 |
"Deconstructing
a Track Plan" |
Bob
Sprague |
| September
18, 2022 |
"Bullet
Proofing your Layout for Train Running" |
David
Hughes |
| October
16, 2022 |
"The
Ma & Pa in HO, Design of my Layout Related to
the Prototype" |
Bob
Sprague |
If you have a topic you would like to present contact Martin Brechbiel, our Superintendent.
If
you want to see a list of ALL Potomac Division
clinics, both virtual and "Build and Take" click here.
Past Virtual clinic videos are posted on the Potomac Division's YouTube Channel, "Potomac Division Mid Eastern Region NMRA". Click here to access the Virtual Clinic area of the clinic page.
The
next Potomac Flyer Challenge is for the October -
November issue and they ask members to send in
photos and a short description of your favorite
Passenger, Combine, or RPO Car. Come on, get
out your camera, take a picture, and make up a short
description of what it is. Let's see what you have
to offer! Send your submissions to: Potomac-Flyer@potomac-nmra.org.
The deadline is September 10th.
The
staff of the Potomac Flyer thanks everyone who
submitted an entry for the Hometown Challenge. Check
them out in the September -October issue.
PRIOR POTOMAC DIVISION CHALLENGES
To see the prior Potomac Division Challenges Click here to see the submissions.
