News
Club Meeting of November 13, 2023
Shannondell Model Railroad Club (SMRC) held its monthly meeting. The meeting was called to order by President Bruce Wintersteen at 2:00 p.m.
The Minutes of the October 25 Meeting (Secretary Bob Watson) were approved as submitted.
The Treasurer’s Report (Bruce Wintersteen, Acting Treasurer) was accepted without modification. The SMRC Bank Account balance was $2,967.57 at 2023 September 30 and $3,761.30 at 2023 October 31.
Income for 2023 October was $825.00 and expenses amounted to $31.27. All bill board subscribers have paid except WSFS which is working on new art for its bill board.
The Club now has 51 members and 47 Friends.
November is Model Railroad Month. Our scenic display is currently located in Ashcroft Library. It will move to Bradford Library December 1.
Bruce Wintersteen reviewed the Recurring and Maintenance Items and the Major Task Items budgets for the current year. Expenditures are on track.
The video for November (Mysuru to Chennai, India) was seen by 29 people in the AMT and by 31 in the BMT.
Visitors to the layout in October were 35 walk-ins and 9 by appointment. So far in November there have been 31 walk-ins and 15 by appointment.
The Website (Jim Rush) has been routinely updated. The Open House schedule has been posted on the site (see Upcoming Events). Comments and suggestions regarding the Website are always welcome. Send an e-mail to C & S.
A schedule has been developed for train operators and hosts so we will have 4 operators and 2 hosts for each event. Santa Day resumes this year.
Model aircraft donated by Neal Carlson are presently being readied for display on the SMR layout. The hard part is attaching plastic filament to suspend the planes in the correct orientation over the layout. Gerry Williams and Neal Carlson have been doing this work.
Bob Watson has been working on one of the locomotives.
Bruce Wintersteen has been dealing with a computer problem. Presently, JMRI software runs on a Surface computer with a Dell "box" computer for back-up. Working with JMRIusers@groups.io, the problem with corrupted back-ups was isolated to the Dell computer. On motion by Wintersteen and with several seconds, Members authorized $750.00 to purchase a new computer on which to run JMRI software.
November is officer election month. Rich Keckley conducted the election which resulted in the following officers:
•President Jim Rush
•Vice President Leon Butler
•Secretary Bob Watson
•Treasurer Bruce Wintersteen
•Members at Large of the Executive Board
Gerry Williams
Rich Keckley
Jack Maines
There is a need to run all trains to insure everyone knows how to use a Throttle, DecoderPro, or WiThrottle effectively.
The next SMRC meeting will be Thursday, December 21 at 2:00 p.m. in the Train Room. This is the annual Member Open House.
Adjournment occurred about 3:00 p.m.
Shannondell Model Railroad Club (SMRC) held its monthly meeting. The meeting was called to order by President Bruce Wintersteen at 2:00 p.m.
The Minutes of the October 25 Meeting (Secretary Bob Watson) were approved as submitted.
The Treasurer’s Report (Bruce Wintersteen, Acting Treasurer) was accepted without modification. The SMRC Bank Account balance was $2,967.57 at 2023 September 30 and $3,761.30 at 2023 October 31.
Income for 2023 October was $825.00 and expenses amounted to $31.27. All bill board subscribers have paid except WSFS which is working on new art for its bill board.
The Club now has 51 members and 47 Friends.
November is Model Railroad Month. Our scenic display is currently located in Ashcroft Library. It will move to Bradford Library December 1.
Bruce Wintersteen reviewed the Recurring and Maintenance Items and the Major Task Items budgets for the current year. Expenditures are on track.
The video for November (Mysuru to Chennai, India) was seen by 29 people in the AMT and by 31 in the BMT.
Visitors to the layout in October were 35 walk-ins and 9 by appointment. So far in November there have been 31 walk-ins and 15 by appointment.
The Website (Jim Rush) has been routinely updated. The Open House schedule has been posted on the site (see Upcoming Events). Comments and suggestions regarding the Website are always welcome. Send an e-mail to C & S.
A schedule has been developed for train operators and hosts so we will have 4 operators and 2 hosts for each event. Santa Day resumes this year.
Model aircraft donated by Neal Carlson are presently being readied for display on the SMR layout. The hard part is attaching plastic filament to suspend the planes in the correct orientation over the layout. Gerry Williams and Neal Carlson have been doing this work.
Bob Watson has been working on one of the locomotives.
Bruce Wintersteen has been dealing with a computer problem. Presently, JMRI software runs on a Surface computer with a Dell "box" computer for back-up. Working with JMRIusers@groups.io, the problem with corrupted back-ups was isolated to the Dell computer. On motion by Wintersteen and with several seconds, Members authorized $750.00 to purchase a new computer on which to run JMRI software.
November is officer election month. Rich Keckley conducted the election which resulted in the following officers:
•President Jim Rush
•Vice President Leon Butler
•Secretary Bob Watson
•Treasurer Bruce Wintersteen
•Members at Large of the Executive Board
Gerry Williams
Rich Keckley
Jack Maines
There is a need to run all trains to insure everyone knows how to use a Throttle, DecoderPro, or WiThrottle effectively.
The next SMRC meeting will be Thursday, December 21 at 2:00 p.m. in the Train Room. This is the annual Member Open House.
Adjournment occurred about 3:00 p.m.
Layout Changes
Several changes have been made to the Shannondell Model Railroad layout during 2022. Click here for details.
Bruce Wintersteen's presentations on Railroad Signal Systems are now available on this website.
Several changes have been made to the Shannondell Model Railroad layout during 2022. Click here for details.
Bruce Wintersteen's presentations on Railroad Signal Systems are now available on this website.