South

Texas

Railroad

Socials

The eighth Social was on December 14th, 2019 at the Longhorn Cafe, on the northside of San Antonio.
Just over two hours again, with material with four presentations, the LSR Division update, the Show-n-Tell, video clips
and other stuff, plus social time with lunch beforehand and more visiting afterwards. Its a fast fun paced gathering!

Here is a summary of what folks saw at the December 2019 Social.

Rolling Stock Tune-Up by Don Winn
Before putting that box car that you bought at the swap meet on your layout, it pays to check it over and correct any issues. We'll talk about getting the proper weights
(and how to secure them), metal wheelsets, good couplers and coupler height. We'll also show a compact work station that makes the job less of a chore.

A Diesel Shop for the SA&N RR by Tom Crosthwait

The San Antonio & Northern RR, the HO layout at SAMRA, was in need of a new Diesel Shop. Tom designed and built the structure from scratch. He will describe
the methods used to construct, paint and weather the San Antonio Yard Diesel Shop.

Railroading around San Antonio + UP 4014 by Patrick Phelan

There are various railroad angles around San Antonio and railfanning places to go see. Patrick will share some of his photos taken in the area.

Plus some from his chasing of Union Pacific 4014 as it passed thru the region.

4014 Extras: some pictures and videos sent in from others of 4014 in the area.

Modeling Work Desk by Frolin Marek

Where do you work on your models? When you need to put metal wheels on a car, install a decoder, fix a Kadee coupler, or assembling a building kit or painting a new

Diesel Shop for the layout… do you have a place just for your model work? Using some recent experiences, Frolin will talk about his new work desk he just setup and why.

Plus, the program included a club update by SanTrak, the regional railroad events calendar, an LSR Div 6 update, history moments, and those funny video clips.

This ain’t no sit and listen thing, we have Q&A, Show-n-Tell, news and fun stuff all mixed in. It was around 3 hours of train fun with the lunch window.

Here are some photos taken during the December Social, for an idea of what folks saw...
( we really need those attending to help here - to take pictures and send them in to share after )
Click the first picture, then you can scroll thru each one after that - or select and open just one.

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