North Texas Narrow Gaugers

 

Spring  Meet

 

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

 

Narrow Gaugers in the Dallas area will be hosting a meet in mid-May.  Details are forming, here is what we have so far…

 

When:     Friday and Saturday,  May 20th and 21st

 

Where:   Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas, TX

 

Contact: Marc LaChey

 

 

Current Schedule

 

Friday, May 20th, 6pm to 10pm

 

Open House at Marc LaChey's.  Tour the NTNG portable layout in Sn3 and see Marc's

Cripple Creek & Tin Cup RR in Sn3.  Soft Drinks, Beer, munchies and perhaps more

on the patio, weather permitting.

 

 

Saturday, May 21st  at

 

9am:  Coffee and Donuts, Social Hour

   Improving our skills by sharing our expertise with each other.

 

10am:           Weathering a RTO Stock Car by Steve Amitrano

 

11am:  Photos (some previously unpublished)  from the Narrow Gauge

with John McCall and Jay Miller

 

Noon:  Lunch, location TBD  (waiting on proposal from Church Kitchen for consideration) 

 

1pm: Sawmill Operations by Chuck Lind MMR

 

2pm: Mountains in Minutes by Jeff Liedl

 

3pm: Installing a decoder in a PBL brass engine by Kenny Collins

 

4pm:  Show and Tell to be mixed in after each presentation.  

Bring any structures or rolling stock for Achievement Program judging

or just to show off a project that you are proud of.

 

6pm till ? :  Layouts to visit

 

Jay Miller, Santa Fe , HO, Dallas (very near the Church)

 

Jerry Hoverson MMR, D&RGW, HO & HOn3, McKinney,

   operating session available for first 5 to  request a place

 

          David Davis,  HO, Carrollton,

 

          Jack Walton, D&RGW, Sn3, Westlake

 

          Texas Western, HO & HOn3, Fort Worth

 

 

 

- - -  check back again as the date gets closer for updates and details  - - -