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Scratchbuilt models were on hand, too. This is Kyle Gardiner’s O scale model of CPR com- bine 3299. Made of styrene, a wood roof and brass parts, even the trucks are from scratch. (They have working equalization and swing bolsters; Kyle calculated the spring tension for the model.) Saying that the interior and underbody are complete is an understatement. The car is fitted with simulated Pintsch gas lighting. It is incredible, and it also won first place in its class at the 2011 NMRA National in Sacramento. The plans came from the May,1990, RMC. Bryan Nelson brought HO power for everyone to see. CN’s 5647 is a modifed and re- detailed Athearn Genesis SD75I, and BC Rail 748, a reworked and repainted Kato SD40-2
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junct to it, a nice addition that only needed some room and tables. It is hard to keep up with the RPM
meets here since the calendar pages flip so fast. This month’s column provides a glimpse of what was “upstairs” at Trains 2011 in November. I hope it en- courages you to gather up some models you have built, detailed or weathered, make up information cards with a proto- type photo if available, and hop in the car to attend an RPM meet near you. Being one of the smaller venues, the Burnaby sponsors took a page from their counterparts across the country in Toronto and set aside a noontime slot for modelers to talk about some- thing they brought, a “show and tell.” I like the idea. Though it probably would not work well at one of the very large meets, it sure worked well here.
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Toronto RPM, March 17 Speaking of Toronto, the annual Toronto Railway Prototype Modellers Meet will again be held at Humber College, North Campus, Building B, rooms B201 and B202, on March 17, between 9:00 and 16:30. It will feature clinics, the show and tell, and an open forum to discuss the models on display. More information may be had from Brian Gauer,
bdgauer@rogers.com. Registration is $10.00.
Valley Forge, March 23-25 On March 23-25, the Philadelphia Division, MER, NMRA, is hosting the Railroad Prototype Modelers Valley
Forge meet at the Desmond Great Val- ley Hotel and Conference Center in Malvern, Pennsylvania. They have been doing this every other year, alter- nating with a host group near Pitts- burgh. The Desmond is just off U.S. 202 in the western suburbs. Something like 82 clinic slots are of-
fered. The usual display room is joined by a room with selected vendors, Sun- day layout tours on your own, and avail- able operating sessions on home lay- outs. More information is on the web at
www.phillynmra.org. See you there.
Collinsville, June 1-2 Heading towards New England, we
have the New England/Northeast RPM at the Canton Community Center, 40 Dyer Ave., Collinsville (just around the corner and up the road from what has become a favorite lunchtime eatery for many of us, the LaSalle in “downtown” (it is small!) Collinsville. The activity starts at 8 a.m. Friday and Saturday, has everything an RPM is supposed to have, and costs $5.00 in advance, $30.00 at the door. More information is at
www.neprototypemeet.com.
Bay Area Prototype Meet, June 23 Right now the information is basic, but
the Bay Area Prototype Meet is sched- uled to return to St. David’s School Hall at 871 Sonoma St., on a pleasant residen- tial hillside in Richmond, California. De- tails will be forthcoming. Over the next week use your web browser to get more information.–BILL S.
MARCH 2012
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