Mid- Eastern Region of the NMRA
| DATE |
TOPIC |
CLINICIAN |
| May
31, 2025 10:00 AM |
"Decals
and Application of Decals" |
"Bill
Mosteller" |
| June
14, 2025 10:00 AM |
"TBD" |
"TBD" |
| July
12, 2025 10:00 AM |
"TBD" |
"TBD" |
| DATE |
TOPIC |
CLINICIAN |
| May
18, 2025 |
"The
Cass Railroad - A Quick Look at the Trains" |
Ed
Koehler |
| June
22, 2025 |
"The
Virginian - Norfolk to Roanoke" |
Bill
Mosteller |
| July
20, 2025 |
"Norfolk
and Western Railroad" |
"Tim
Hensley" |
Visit
our club, Saturday, April 5th 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 appreciate
watching our trolleys running under overhead
wire. The layout also features award winning
structures and operations conducted on a permanent
20 x 50’ layout using DCC. Bring the kids to see
Thomas the Tank Engine who will be running too.
The Northern Virginia Model Railroad Club resides
in the historic, circa 1859, Vienna Depot of the
former Washington & Old Dominion Railroad
(W&OD), 231 Dominion Road NE., 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
next Board of Directors meeting
will be Tuesday, April 15, 2025,
at 7:30 PM. The meeting will be
held using the Zoom platform and
can be accessed by the clicking here.
G
SCALE MODEL TRAIN ITEMS FOR SALE
The
Potomac Division is assisting
the family of former Potomac
Division and Life Member
Albert Adams who passed away
in 2020 by liquidating his G
scale model railroad items
from his estate. The proceeds
of the liquidation will be
used to further the future
operations of the Division.
The items appear to be in very
good condition, and many are
in their original box. The
items are being sold "as-is",
there is no implied warranty
on the items, and all sales
will be final. NMRA members
can purchase items for a
discounted price. For more
information please click here.
The
2025 Division
elections for the
offices of
Superintendent, Senior
Superintendent, and
Clerk are on tap. If
you are interested in
running for office
please contact the
Nominations Committee.
The Chair of the
Committee is Mark
Gionet and other
members are Paul
Hutchins and Brian
Sheron.
The
election process is
underway and ballots
were emailed to
members who do not
have current emails on
file with the Division
and electronic voting
by other members has
been started as of
April 12, 2025.
Important Dates for the election process are as follows:
The deadline for candidates to file their intent to run for an office was midnight, February 8, 2025.
The
Potomac Flyer, emails
from the Division, and
the website will
provide a slate of
candidates for the
affected offices on April
1, 2025. For
information regarding
the 2025 elections click
here.
Mail
ballots have been sent
to those who the
division does not have
email addresses for
and the deadling for
receipt of mailed
ballots by the
Nominations Committee
is April
19, 2025.
E-voting
will take place
starting April
12, 2025 and
end on April
19, 2025.
Candidates will be notified of the election results on April 26, 2025 and the new Board of Directors will have their first meeting on May 20, 2025.
SAVE
THE DATE - On Saturday,
November 1, 2025, the
Potomac Division
Fall Mincon has been
scheduled to be held a at
the Battlefield Baptist
Church in Warrenton,
Virginia. Planning is
underway and watch here
for more information as it
becomes available.
2025
POTOMAC DIVISION ANNUAL MEETING
AND SPRING MINICON
The
Potomac Division Annual meeting
and mincon has been scheduled for
Saturday, May 17th and will be
held at the Dranesville Community
Center Community Room located at
1437 Balls Hill Road, McLean, Va
22101. The tentative start time is
9:00 AM and end time 2:00 PM.
There is still a need for
clinicians and if you are
interested in being a clinician
please contact the Superintendent
by sending an email to him by clicking here.
For more information on this event
click here.
2025
MARSHALL ABRAMS AWARD
Nominations
for the 2025 Marshall Abrams
Award are now closed. There will
not be an award this year due to
lack of nominations.
The
2024
Marshall Abrams Award was
presented to Alex Belida, MMR,
at the May 4th Annual meeting.
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.
Previous
recipients of the award are Mat
Thompson, MMR, and Jerry Stanley.
Division
Meet held at Leisure World - Saturday, July 13th
On
Saturday, July 13th the Division held a meet from 9:00
AM to 1:00 PM at Leisure World consisting of two clinics
and a layout tour of four layouts. Click here to see the write up on
the meet.
A prior
meet was held on Saturday, January 13, 2024, at this
location where the Leisure World Model Railroad
Club 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.
| 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 |
| MAY - 2024 | |
| David Ray - Winchester,
VA |
Lonnie Weyant - Lake
Frederick, VA |
| JULY - 2024 | |
| Edson Worden - Lexington Park, MD | |
| AUGUST - 2024 | |
| Curtis Clint - Reston,
VA |
Theodore Daniels -
Washington, DC |
| OCTOBER - 2024 | |
| Morgan Cash - Falls
Church, VA |
Larry Griffin - Lake
Frederick, VA |
| Robert Kinsey - Great Falls, VA | |
| NOVEMBER - 2024 | |
| Barnhardt Family -
Gainesville, VA |
Dean Morris - Solomons,
MD |
| John Paschal -
Bethesda, MD |
Jeffrey Phillips -
Leesburg, VA |
| DECEMBER - 2024 | |
| Troy Hamilton - Oxon
Hill, MD |
Troy Sanchez - Burke, VA |
| FEBRUARY - 2025 | |
| Clifford Burns -
Fairfax, VA |
David Maynard -
Ashburn, VA |
| Dee Trainham - Fairfax,
VA |
|
The
Challenge for the June - July , 2025 Flyer
will be for "Scratchbuilt
Models". Get
out your camera and send along photo or
two with a short description. Send your
submissions
to: Potomac-Flyer@potomac-nmra.org.
The deadline for entries
is May 5, 2025.
The
staff of the Potomac Flyer thanks everyone
who submitted "Brass Engines" entries for
our previous Challenge.
PRIOR POTOMAC DIVISION CHALLENGES
To see the prior Potomac Division Challenges Click here to see the submissions.
