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SUPERINTENDENT: Rolly Miller redbankrr@yahoo.com 814-275-2521

ASST SUPER/Events: Harry Dunworth dunworthh@comcast.net 814-371-2616

TREASURER/HIST: Bob McKay rockvillebridge@verizon.net 814-591-5415

CHIEF CLERK: Steve Waltman mytoy37@windstream.net 814-849-3398

N/L EDITOR: Bill Drummond btfdrumm@comcast.net 814-938-6173

N/L PUBLISHER: Bob McKay rockvillebridge@verizon.net 814-372-2065

ACHIEVEMENT Paul Kurutz pkurutz24@comcast.net 330-592-1800

BRING&BRAG Steve Waltman mytoy37@windstream.neT 814-849-3398

MODULE PROGRAM: Larry Brown lrbrown@windstream.net 814-335-4714

ACHV’NT PRG: Chris Lasher lasher,chris45@gmail.com 814-856-2354

BUILD&BRING Chris Lasher lasher,chris45@gmail.com 814-856-2354

2011/12 Station Stops and Host

JAN Brookville Gary Lasher

FEB Punxy Bill Drummond

MAR Chicora Howard Heltman

APR StMarys Larry Brown

MAY Dubois Mall JAMBOREE

JUN Renovo Paul Kurutz

JUL Field Trip Tionesta

AUG Reynoldsville Galon Tonell

SEP St. Marys Alan Morean

OCT NewBethlehem Rolly Miller

NOV Treasure Lake Bob McKay

DEC Dubois BANQUET

JUNE- 2012 Vol. 19 Issue 6

THE SUPERS REPORT

Redbank Railroad

Transportation for: Oil, Fuel, Coal, and Lumber through the forests of Elk, Forest, Jefferson,

McKean, and Warren Counties. Northwest PA. Since 1947 DCC

Rolly Miller Owner/Operator Offices at: 110 Hamilton St. New Bethlehem, PA 16242

Email: RedbankRR@yahoo.com

OBITUARY:

Rest in Peace, Steve Beretsel.

Our three-rail friend from DuBois

succumbed after years of dialysis. Steve did not

make more than a few meetings, but he kept in

touch with several of us. His work was im-

maculate, with a large finished layout on the

first floor of his home. Everything he did al-

ways looked finished, right from the start. At-

tention to setting, surrounding, smoothness of

scene, delight with detail, and finished carpen-

try made his layout look ready for a magazine.

Steve had volunteered to help Ray at the Jam-

boree, which was our last communication.

Keep those rails polished, Steve.

Another great job of fun at the Jamboree.

Thanks to a lot of really good help. It went off

pretty smoothly ! With nearly 800 people in a 6

hour Span, it was busy all day long. And members

of the Division 11 can be proud of themselves for

doing such a GREAT job!

I am not going to list individuals for two rea-

sons: 1. I'd forget someone and 2. how can you pull

anyone individual out? When it took all of you to

make a success. All the layouts ran smooth and

looked good.

I would like to thank Paul, because this was all

planned under his watch. Thanks for the last 4

years. And making it an easy transition for me into

the Super’s job.

I want to thank everyone who helped to make

this a successful Jamboree. I also want to thanks the

dealers and all the manufactures for their donation

to Honest Amos. THANKS GUYS! Another well

run Jamboree.

Just a final note! If you haven't gotten on the

Division 11 web site?...Well, you should. I know,

I was one of the worst for going on websites, but

there is a lot of great information and pictures.

Check it out:

WWW.div11-mcr-nmra.info It is well worth your time. ROLLY

We Came, We Showed, We Succeeded Jamboree12 By boB McKay Now that everyone has fully recovered from our success-

ful Jamboree and Train Show at the DuBois Mall, it is time

to start a smear campaign. I mean, a sincere stab at smear-

ing smiles of gratitude, appreciation, and stellar achieve-

ment. My first victim shall be lauded for bravery, creativ-

ity, and timeliness focused on our greed. Who else could

that be but our stellar Honest Amos. He asked for it, got it

in spades, sold it to droolers and duffers alike, and got it all

into the right clammy hands. We shall all enjoy his success

at the Hoss’ tree!

Then there was El Presidente, Der Superintendent, an

unabashed modeler of Penn Central, no less. He was here,

he was there, and touted his leadership skills as all things to

all men. OK, some women and children too. Rolly did our

NMRA promotion. Also effective was Dual Core, Sweet

Ole Bob, Santa’s thin cousin, who got the trains running on

time, before displaying pedagogical skills for neophyte

ferroequinologists. We gratefully note his countless hours

of exasperation to keep up the division layout.

The small fry loved the trains on the floor. Thanks Jeff!

Your equipment surely has kid magnets. We have dozens

of really cute pictures of wide-eyed rug rats ogling Garden

Gauge. And the adults got up a head of steam for John

Pletcher’s G live steam, diesels, and gorgeous laser work.

Thanks.

Our new second unit pulled his weight by touching the

third rail of modeling. With his predecessor Galon at his

side, Harry handed out literature, sold door prizes, ran trains

with grandson Zac, and helped welcome the hordes. Lots of

horns and bells, with NO collisions. Nearby was silent

smiling Ray with his handy dandy thumb counter, clicking

away as almost 765 viewers entered our area and soaked up

our skills. The vendors were pleased with the number and

interest of the Saturday shoppers.

Neither Hyde nor hair kept our lifelong N scaler from

displaying his modules again. There was much interest and

a lot to learn from his displays. And he will “soon” have

his own home layout to operate. Jerry Bowersox helped

Paul Kurutz with a very successful White Elephant table.

Almost everything sold, and much of it belonged to the di-

vision. Love that profit percentage 100%. It was good to

see Bob Cross, Paul Hense, Nick Snyder and son, Josh and

Dave Rosenberg, and lots of friends there. Rob Swauger

and Denny Lewellen had tables in the hall. Gary Fischel

had the point table, flanked by Bob Morrison, Mike Zol-

litsch, Bill McKinney, Dom Colucci and Lee Gettel.

How else could I end this butt without honorable men-

tion to BTF. Our tree maker settled in for the duration with

something to do, alongside resident artist Paul “paint the

plaster” Kurutz, and our top car man, Chris Lasher, who

supervised the production of a slew of Blue Boxes in the

hands of elves. Now that the Styrofoam and plaster cloth

are out of the Lasher basement, more rewarding pursuits

can follow. The modules are back in the trailer, the tables

are back at church, and all of us got a good tucker and bad

back, but we came together with a good plan, we showed

our stuff to John Q. Public, and we turned a healthy profit

for the division. Well Done one again, Division 11. boB

Mike &

daughter,

author &

artist.

Jeff

Damerst,

Garden

& On3,

custom

builder &

decals

Alan

Morean,

2 ’ gauge

Paul Ku-

rutz, HO

and new

Achieve-

ment

Program

chair.

And

Mike

Rabbitt

Honest Amos at the raffle booth, Bill Drummond, both rear row

Bob

McKay,

N scale

looking at

slightly

larger #1

gauge

Left to right, Chris Lasher, Jim Knapp, Howdy Viehdeffer,

Jerry Bowersox

at NMRA booth

Bob Cross is seated. with Rob Swauger

Bob Netzlof at Make N Take booth

HO Digitrax DCC

GARY & CHRIS LASHER 371 MAPLEVALE ROAD

BROOKVILLE, PA 15825

N. BESSEMER YARD OFFICE (814) 849-

2573

GREENTREE

STEEL CORP

SUBSIDIARY OF

TRANSPORTATION

DIVISION

BESSEMER WORKS

Honest Amos Hall of Fame Amos gives a BIG Thank you to the following con-

tributors to our Raffle held on May 12th 2012

conjunction with our Jamboree A Line Proto Power West

Aztec Manufacturing

Blair Line

Amos Alonzo Asseyes,Esq

Bob Ginter

Chris Lasher Lash Scrapping

Galon Tonnell

Exact Rail

Fischel’s Hobby Center

Intermountain Railway Co

Chooch Enterprises

Jim Sacco CITY Classics

Kadee Quality Products

Kalmbach Publishing Model Railroader

Microscale

Micro Engineering

Micro Trains

Mike Rabbit

New World Trains-Alan Morean

Howdy Veihdeffer, JR

Rix Products

State Tool & Die

Tomar Industries

William K Walthers, Inc

Woodland Scenics/DPM

Without these folks generous support Honest Amos would be between a rock and a hard place so please support them by purchasing their fine products.

Again, thanks! Honest Amos

Answer to the March puzzle:

Lake Erie Franklin and Clarion Railroad Company

The new puzzle: Although it has been many years since you could see this

name on a locomotive or passenger car, the corporation

still exists. 5 words

AAAA BB C D EE FF G HH II LL N OO P RRRR SS

TTT UU W Y

Wood Chemical Factories – An Addendum

A couple months ago I belched out an article on wood

chemical factories, in which I mentioned the iron racks

used to move cord wood into and through the retorts

and cooling chambers. Just last night I found a catalog

of the Koppel Industrial Car & Equipment Co. from

which I snipped the illustration below.

Note that the 4' 5” inside width makes it possible to

drop in 4' lengths of wood without a lot of messing

around. Such a car would hold about 1 ½ cords of wood.

Depending on the length of the retorts, four or more

such cars would make a load. After passing through the

retorts and cooling chambers, these cars would be

moved to either the loading dock, where the charcoal

would be loaded into box cars, or to the crushing plant

for further processing.

After whatever maintenance might be needed

(remember, these things got red hot in the retort) it

would be back to the wood yard for another load. SOB

Cheap Model Railroad Products, the mercantile division of The

322 Group, announces a special limited offer of Plaster Impreg-

nated Gauze, suitable for model railroad scenery construction.

Through a special purchase, unlikely to be repeated, Cheap MR

Products is able to offer this gauze to Division 11 members at

$3.00 for 10 square feet. That is half or less of the retail price.

Look for this label !

Send e-mail to webmaster@div11-mcr-nmra.info stating your

requirements so that the rolls of dirt-cheap plaster cloth can be

brought to the next meeting where you will be able to exchange

US currency ($3.00 per roll) for the cheapest plaster cloth on the

continent.

Web Site Renewal: From the Webmaster:

As you may recall, the Division set up its new web site

in August of 2011. The contract with GoDaddy is for one

year and expires in August 2012. I'd like to renew, and

would like a resolution to pay up to $60 for one year or up

to $120 for two years. Note that the amounts requested

cover both the use of the div11-mcr-nmra.info URL and

the disk space. If we were to let the URL lapse, there is a

substantial fee for getting it back.

I've been getting so many e-mails from GoDaddy offer-

ing 18% off this and 25% off if I act before tomorrow and

on and on that I don't really know what it's going to cost

when it gets down to actually doing the deed. I think the

amounts I've mentioned will be adequate. Since the July

meeting will be kind of fast and loose, and the August

meeting too late, I'm asking for action at the June meeting.

Other news: When we left the Verizon site, I left behind a redirection

page which shunted people trying to access

mysite.veriozn.net/keystonecorridor to the new site. A few

weeks ago, I noticed that Verizon had apparently shut off

access to that page. A couple days later, I wondered “How

many of the other sites (National, Region, other Divisions)

still point to the old URL?”

I found that of the 10 other Divisions in the MCR, four

(2, 4, 6, and 7) don't have links to other Divisions. Of the

remaining six, 3 were pointing to the old site, 3 to the

new. In addition, the National still had the old URL,

while the MCR had the new URL. I e-mailed the several

webmasters pointing out the stale URL and asking for an

update.

Division 3 changed theirs within 3 hours (and thanked

me for the news), the National within 2 days, Division 1

several days later. Division 10 still has the old URL (as of

May 20). So: attaboys to Div. 3 and the National, thanks to

Div.1, boo hiss to Div. 10.

New rail line

From: <bobevansdownonthefarm@comcast.net>

STB approval of rail line makes history Written by Luther S. Miller, Senior Consulting Editor

http://www.railwayage.com/media/k2/items/cache/cea8f3a5c1f96601aa4a4b96916566da_XL.jpg

The Surface Transportation Board on Monday granted final ap-

proval for what it called "a first of its kind" rail line. It gave R.J.

Corman Railroad Co./Pennsylvania Lines Inc. (RJCP) authority "to

build and operate a new rail line using right-of-way previously rail-

banked as well as new right-of-way, near Wallaceton, Pa.

''This is the first instance in which the Board examined a new rail

line construction proposal combined with restoration of rail service

over a rail-banked right-of-way,'" said the board. "The entire rail

line would provide rail service to a proposed new waste-to-ethanol

facility, a quarry, an industrial park now under development near

Gorton, Pa., and to other shippers along the line."

Advocates for both freight and passenger rail frequently complain

that rail-banked rights-of-way are too quickly or too often turned

over to exclusive non-rail uses, including conversion to hiking or

recreational trails.

RJCP operates in the Pennsylvania coal fields east of Pittsburgh

and northwest of State College, Pa., spanning six counties. RJCP

interchanges with Norfolk Southern.

PRRT&HS ANNUAL MEET BEST IN SHOW

Zack at the throttle

Jerry Britton Photo

Agent: W.R. Drummond btfdrumm@comcast.net

HO Digitrax since 99’

BR&P Railway Co. 109 Jackson Run Road

Punxsutawney, PA 15767

Butler to Bradford 1st & 2nd Main Subdivisions

Pittsburgh & Shawmut

Al Crate—Superintendent & CEO

Office Located at: 37 Short Street

Brookville, PA 15825 Phone (814) 849-6227

Digitrax DCC

Control System

HO Point to Point

Operation

Main Line from Freeport to Brockway, PA - with interchanges at Mosgrove and Brookville -

- Mosgrove [Chessie] - Brookville [Conrail] - Brockway

[Chessie] -

Time to register for the next

NMRA annual

National Convention, July 29—

Aug 4, 2012.

Full registration is now only

$150.00. Self-guided layout

tours.

Rolly called a short meeting to see who was interested in

going on the OCTRR steam ride on Juy15.

Paul presented how many tickets he reserved. Then they

authorized Fr boB to call and get a exact price and order

and pay for the tickets out of Div 11 Group funds. People

getting tickets will reimburse the club.

Rolly thanked everybody for a good show and meeting

adorned. Respectfully submitted Harry Dunworth

Time for some cinders in the eyes, come JULY.

Rare mileage to boot. We acted fast to secure seats

before they vaporized.

Now back to our regular programming. Kids graduating

at various levels, and summer trips will be the norm.

Again, I leave the chatter to those who know what they

are talking about. The Friar is going to be busy with his

Harrisburg Station and a Diorama for the National Con-

vention. Good LUCK Father BOB McKAY Bill D

Nick Sny-

der and

young Nick

Jr. at the

Garden

Gauge

Loop.

Jeff Dam-

erst of

North Cen-

tral Penn-

sylvania

Mountains

Garden

Railway

Society,

set up this

exhibit,

which drew

hundreds of

small chil-

dren.

Pennsylvania RR Co. Susquehanna Division - Eastern Region

Construction & Transportation Office at

1267 Treasure Lake

Dubois, PA 15801

Division Super: Bob McKay rockvillebridge@verizon.net

N Scale/Digitrax DCC

SERVICE

PRR NORTHERN DIVISION Mainline from Drury Tower to Riblet Yard

Interchanges at Kane, Warren & Cory

Paul Kurutz PRR Northern Division Super

MERCHANDISE

HO/Lenz DCC

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Check or M/O payable to : DIV 11 MCR NMRA Inc. Mail to: Bob McKay, 1267 Treasure Lake Dubois PA 15801`

June 1, Kiski Junction RR Opening Day Schenley PA

June 2-3, NS Days at RR Museum of Penna Strasburg PA

June 3, Spring Hamburg Dutch Train Meet Hamburg PA

June 10 NMRA DIV11 Meet

Paul Kurutz , Host Renovo PA June 16-17, Model Train Show Titusville PA

June 23-24, The Great Scale Model Train Show

Timonium MD

June 27-Jul 1, National N Scale Convention Medford OR

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July 14-15, Oil Creek & Titusville Steam

MCR DIV 11 NMRA Train Ride & Meet

July 15 Titusville Station Departure 11:00am July4-15, Model Train Flea Market Williams Grove PA

July 21-22, Greenberg Train Show Monroeville PA

July 29, Hamburg Dutch Train Meet Hamburg PA

July 29-Aug 4, NMRA National Convention

Grand Rapids, MI

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Aug 3-4, NMRA National Train Show Grand Rapids, MI

Aug 10-12, Greater Reading Narrow Gauge Meet

Leesport PA

AUG 12 , NMRA MCR DIV11 Meet

Galon Tonell , Host Reynoldsville, PA Aug 25, Back to School Train Show Parma OH

Aug 25-26, N-Scale Weekend Bedford PA

Aug 30-Sep 2, Steel Mill Modelers Meet Cherry Hill NJ

The TIMETABLE By Bob Netzlof

Bring & Brag for 2012 Steve Waltman

Chairman We begin a new year with a few reminders. (RULES)

All modelers MUST register their models on the sign up sheet.

You will be assigned a number for your Model card.

Make sure to fill out a brief description of your entry.

Each modeler is permitted to enter ONE (1) Model each month.

Your cooperation with this will enable the B & B Committee to keep

accurate records.

Bring & Brag Categories for 2012 May = Locomotives

June = Something Scratchbuilt

July = Modern Freight Car(s) 90's or later

August = Open Loads

September = Maintenance of Way equipment

October = Prototype RR photograph

November = Cabooses

December = Banquet

January = fallen flag Box Car

February = RR related Structure

March = IGMO related

This is the standing schedule for the B & B for 2012

Please note any changes to this schedule as desired by members of

the Division. Meeting place changes may also modify the schedule.

May Bring and Brag results: Theme was "Locomotive". There were ties for all three places.

There were 6 entries. As was the case last month,

each entry won a place.

Since this was the Jamboree, double points were awarded.

Harry Dunworth Rochester and Southern GP40 10

Paul Kurutz NKP 2-6-6-2 10

Gary Lasher Mountain Laurel GP10 #14 8

Zack Rouch Marx NYC 8

Larry Brown PRR J1 6

Rolly Miller Conrail Dash 8-40b 6

2012 to date Harry Dunworth 24 Paul Kurutz 15

Gary Lasher 19 Bob Netzlof 14

Larry Brown 18 Bob Ginter 10

Rolly Miller 17 Zack Rouch 10

Bob McKay 16 Chris Lasher 5

Bill Drummond 15 Mike Rabbitt 2

Galon Tonell 2

STEAM TRAIN TICKETS: $15.00 each Payable to Division 11, Mid-Central Region, NMRA Inc.

C/O Bob McKay 1267 Treasure Lake, DuBois, PA 15801

28 signed up to date

New Reservations: call Rolly 814- 275-2521

Opinions of the Authors are not necessarily those of Division 11

NMRA MCR Division 11

C/O Bill Drummond Editor

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B & B Something Scratch built

Outdoor Picnic

JULY Steam Train Ride Oil City & Titusville Railroad is scheduling a STEAM

Train ride on Sunday, July 15th, at 11:00 am. Tickets

will be $15.00 from the Division 11 treasurer. Reserva-

tions with our Superintendent are needed, and family is

welcome. This will be our July Division meet. We

leave and return from the Titusville Station. A picnic is

planned at 12:30 following the ride. Tickets MUST be

prepaid.