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At the fourth Social held on  December 8th, 2018  we had near 40 people in attendance, at the new location.
Was full plate with three presentations, a local club and a LSR Division updates, Show-n-Tell, video clips and
this was after a 45 minute social time with lunch, plus more visiting afterwards.  Then the home layout tour!

 

Here is a list of the presentations and layout tour at the December 2018 Social.

Pictures of NKP 765 and Chicago by Patrick Phelan
In September 2018, he traveled to Chicago, IL to photograph and ride behind steam engine NKP #765.
This presentation consists of images from his trip of the steam engine, as well as other Chicago railroad scenes.

Making Paper Structure Models by  Towne Comee
Amazing reality can be had in Paper Structure Models. Towne tried one with excellent results.
He'll let us know how to do it: the kits available, the tools needed and a couple of hints.

Touring Houston Layouts   by  Tom Crosthwait and Frolin Marek
Every year, the San Jacinto Model Railroad Club promotes  “model railroad month” by hosting a very  VERY  large selection
of model railroad layouts, open for touring. Tom and Frolin travelled to Houston and on one Saturday, saw 7 of these layouts.

We had a special event at the December Social…  the local N-Trak club,  SanTrak,
had sold raffle tickets this year for an N scale layout they built as a club fund raiser.
They will draw the winning number at the Social.  Winner does need not be present

The  Home Layout  open for touring was the   D&RGW  Chili Line   in Sn3  by  Steve Amitrano
This is an Sn3 scale,  Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad based on the Chili Line that ran into Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The railroad is 95 percent completed.  It features many pieces of equipment that have won national awards.
It features a high quality sound system. Come and enjoy the “Chili Line” here in south Texas.
(This layout was featured in the 2008 issue of  Great Model Railroads Annual )

 

The photos are in two groups,  at the Social  and the Sn3 home layout.  Click any to open and scroll through.


Photos taken at the Social, held in the Meeting Room at the Longhorn Cafe...

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A summary tour of Steve Amitrano's  Sn3  model layout...

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Click any thumbnail to expand – you can scroll thru them after.           Pictures taken by  Luke Smith and Frolin Marek.

 

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