DATE |
TOPIC |
CLINICIAN |
March
8, 2025 10:00 AM |
"Setting
the Stage with Regional Industries" |
Jim
Hellwege |
April
12, 2025 10:00 AM |
"TBD" |
TBD |
May
10, 2025 a0:00 AM |
"TBD" |
"TBD" |
DATE |
TOPIC |
CLINICIAN |
February
16, 2025 |
"Master
Builder - Prototype Models Certificate" |
Alex
Belida, MMR |
March
16, 2025 |
"New
York Division of the PRR" |
Ed
Koehler |
April
13, 2025 |
"Oregon
Coast Railroad - Rise of the Phoenix" |
Mat
Thompson, MMR |
Take
a break from this winter's dreary and frigid
weather to visit the Northern Virginia Model
Railroad Club Saturday, February 15th. 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. Younger model
railroaders will enjoy seeing Thomas the Tank
Engine and friends in action. 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
FEBRUARY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
The
next Board of Directors meeting
will be Tuesday, February 18,
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 will take place in April, 2025. Ballots will be emailed to members who do not have current emails on file with the Division; voting by other members will be by using electronic means.
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. Mail ballots will also be sent out on this date.
E-voting
will take place
starting April
12, 2025 and
end on April
19, 2025 and
the deadline for
receipt of mailed
ballots by the
Nominations Committee
will also be 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.
On
Saturday, November 2,
2024, the Potomac
Division held a meet
at the Battlefield Baptist
Church in Warrenton,
Virginia. A write up of
the event can be seen by clicking
here.
2025
POTOMAC DIVISION ANNUAL MEETING
AND MINICON SCHEDULED
The
Potomac Division Annual meeting
and mincon has been scheduled for
Saturday, May 17th at the
Dranesville Community Center
Community Room located at 1437
Balls Hill Road, McLean, Va 22101.
The tentative start time is 8:30
AM and end time 2:00 PM. Planning
is underway and watch here for
more information as it becomes
available.
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.
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 |
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 |
The
Challenge for the April - May , 2025 Flyer
will be for "Brass
Engines"
(but any engine will do). 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 March 5, 2025.
The
staff of the Potomac Flyer thanks everyone
who submitted "Finished Projects" entries
for our previous Challenge.
PRIOR POTOMAC DIVISION CHALLENGES
To see the prior Potomac Division Challenges Click here to see the submissions.