Capital DivisionClerk and Editor: Mark Cowles

nkpcowles@yahoo.comAll Photos are by the editor unless

otherwise credited.

Superintendent Andy Keeneyhunter48820@yahoo.com

Division 5, NCR, NMRA

August 2018

Our next get together is Saturday, September 8, 1 p.m. MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP FIRE STATION

5000 OKEMOS RD, OKEMOS

nmrancrdiv5.com

CALENDAR for CONVENTION PLANNING MTNGS.

Monday Aug. 20.

Monday Sept. 10.

Monday Sept. 24.

Monday Oct. 8.

Meetings run from 7-9 pm.

Meridian Township Fire Department5000 Okemos Rd, Okemos

CAPITAL DIVISION EVENTS

SEPT. 8, GET TOGETHER

OCT. 11 - 14 CONVENTION

NOV. GET TOGETHER

NOV. LMRRC TRAIN SHO

DEC. GET TOGETHER

This is the denim shirt. The shirts are being produced by Daylight Sales so you can be assured of a quality product.

For the Capital Division’s 2018 sponsored NCR Region Convention, we are offering Convention shirts.You may order shirts to wear during various events this year to help us advertise the Convention.

Shirts may be picked up, by you or a designated friend, at Capital Division (Div 5) monthly events or at the Convention table at the Lansing Model Railroad Show in November.

These smart looking light blue denim shirts are available for sale when you register for the 2018 NCR Convention. Convention shirts are also available in a light blue polo.Shirts will be delivered at the Convention. We must have your shirt order in hand by Sept. 15, Shirts will not be sold at the Convention, so register and get your shirt order in now!

DAVID WENTWORTH’S BOSTON & MAINE STYLEDHO scale Lyman and Ammonoosuc Railroad

2018 N Scale Enthusiast’s National Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah.The editor and his wife attended this convention in late June.

Deep Mine Module The Dinosaur Dig Module

Two different modular junctions.

A little bit of Railfanning around Salt Lake CityTRAXX light rail and the Front Line Commuter Line between Ogden, SLC, and Provo.

Passing in front of the Mormon Temple In front of the old Union Pacific Station

Leaving Ogden to go to SLC and Provo At the University stop in SLC

Utah Railroad Museum at the former Ogden Union Pacific Station

Union Station, UP, D&RGW

SP ... & UP Turbine UP 4-8-4 Northern, sister to operating no. 844

Station Floor Inlay Shop interior. The locomotive should be in steam next year.

Layout Tour

The trains meander through the bar area.

At the next layout, we’re greeted by a llama,

An N scale, West Virginia themed layout in the middle of Utah.

Due to getting stuck in some long lines, AND the fact that the buses left ahead of schedule, my wife and I had to drive ourselves to the layouts. They had a list of addresses and GPS got us to the first one, then we just followed the bus.

Unfortunately, I didn’t keep the paper, didn’t write down the names of the modelers whose layouts we visited and I can’t find anything on the web. My apologies to those modelers and to you readers. The editor.

Layout #2, HO.

In addition to model railroading, llamas and serious landscaping, he also builds great model planes, some shown with the being dropped,

Layout #3, HO

Layout #4, HO

This is something different!On display at the Swap-A-Rama and at other times during the Convention were a number of small layouts created by young kids.

These layouts showed amazing imagination and creativity.

Basically, it is on piece of N scale flex track formed into a circle to fit into a pizza box.

Then the girls and boys, mostly of early to mid elementary school age, develop and build the scenery for their layout.

As this is an ongoing project for the kids, their layouts are at different stages of construction.

Most of the scenery represents the area that they know, UTAH.

Garren age 10. A work in progress. Sadie, age 10. A work in progress.

Teagan, age 6. A work in progress.“Sugar High”. Margaret, age 8.

“Fairy Garden: Audry, age 6. Dereck

Grayson, age 10. “Andy’s Room” by Charlotte, age 3

David

Tristan, age 12.

Aileen Above and below: works in progress by unnamed young modelers.

Al

Beverly L.

Elliot L.

Ballard L.

From the Yard Office

Hope you all are having a great summer and still getting to enjoy our wonderful hobby. I want to give you an update on a few things that are in the near future for our Division’s members.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: We have cancelled and will reschedule the Capital Division Summer Layout Tour originally scheduled for this Saturday, August 18th, due to a lack of member participation.  I apologize for the multiple changes in the layout tour dates that you have seen in the last few days. We have decided that with the Convention only a short time away, that it would be better for all concerned if we hold off on the tour until after the Convention. With that in mind, we are looking at the latter part of October which will give us cooler weather and a more enjoyable cookout. Bill and Terry Neale will still be hosting the cookout and your spouse or significant other is more than welcome to join us. More information on the Layout Tour will be coming in the next couple of weeks. We hope you can all make it and enjoy the day.

The “Lansing Lashup”, the North Central Region Convention which is being hosted by our Capital Division and our members is almost upon us. Your Convention Committee is working very hard and have a great convention planned for our fellow model railroaders in the North Central Region to enjoy. We are in need of more of our Division members stepping forward to help us present the Convention October 11th to 14th. We are still waiting to hear from you (Uncle Andy is pointing a finger at YOU!) Please contact me to offer your assistance. If more people will step up, it makes the load much lighter for everyone.

If you haven’t signed up for the Convention yet, please consider doing so. You will really enjoy the activities, clinics and layouts that we have planned for the 4 days. Saturday evening’s dinner will be very enjoyable with a great guest speaker after.

For those that would like to join us for the last few planning meetings before the Convention, we meet at the Meridian Twp. Fire Station on Okemos Road just north of Grand River Ave. The meetings always start at 7:00PM and are usually done before 9:00PM.

These are the dates for the last three meetings before the Convention.

August 20th, September 10th, and September 24th.

September is almost upon us and the first Capital Division Meeting will be shortly thereafter. John Bussard has graciously offered to host our September meeting and along with opening his wonderful layout for our first layout tour of the season, John will be presenting a clinic on airbrush painting. More on that in the next Journal.

I am always interested in any thoughts that our members may have for clinics, layout tours and any other activities that we can do during our monthly Saturday meetings. I want to make sure that I am finding things that interest everyone, not just me! Feel free to email or call me with your thoughts and suggestions. Hunter48820@yahoo.com (517-316-5660)

Looking forward to seeing your smiling faces in the near future!

Best, Andy

LaNtrak had a large T-Trak layout at the recent Railfan Days at Crossroads Village.Above is a custom built bridge for Bryan Allan.

Below is part of a large chemical plant being assembled by Mark Cowles based on an article by the late Art Curren.

Above: John White’s village.In June of 2017, the club had no T-Trak modules, now there are about 50.

As a result, I don’t know who built many of them, including this one.

One of the two DC loops on the layout.

Division 5 Officers - March 2017 - March 2019

Superintendent -Andy Keeney 517 316 5660

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Assistant Superintend - Mark Frechette

FRECHETTE54@msn.com

Paymaster - Ron St. Laurent

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Clerk & Editor - Mark Cowles 517 546 524

nkpcowles@yahoo.com

Webmaster - Craig Rosenberger

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Convention Planning CommitteeMeeting Schedule.

New Location

Meridian Township Fire Department5000 Okemos Rd, OkemosEnter off of Central Park Dr.

Monday, Aug. 20, 7-9 pm.All are welcome and encouraged

to attend and get involved.

We need lots of Volunteers for the Convention!

Author AP Presented

 On August 6, 2018 Capital Division Superintendent Andy Keeney presented Mark Cowles, editor of the Capital Division Newsletter, his well earned NMRA AP Certificate for Author.  Congratulations to Mark!  This presentation took place at a recent Lansing Lashup Convention Committee Meeting. 

Modeling in the 12” to the foot scale. The grand opening of the restored GTW caboose at the Howell Depot. The interior has been restored and looks great. The caboose will be open during Howell Mellon Fest this weekend and PM 1225 will be running trips from the Depot. The caboose and Depot Museum are also open Sundays during the Howell Farmer:s Market. Capital Division members Howard Ziegel and Mark Cowles have helped with the restoration.