November, 2016VOL. XXXIX No. 11

CONDUCTORS' REPORTSSwap Meet

-Matt Schimmel- Matt has culled the list of vendors to remove those who have not been active and has 167 mailings to send out. He will get the contract for Queeny Park after Thanksgiving and will submit it after the New Year.

Roundhouse Review-Tom Mallien-

Tom needs any input for the newsletter by the 20th. Please feel free to submit any Christmas r ela ted photos or items of interest.

Library-George Rees-

No report.

Club Contest-Bob Keeler-

No Report.

Tools – Bob Keeler –

No Report.

Freight Agent –

None at this time.

ROUNDHOUSE REVIEW

NEXT MEETINGTuesday January 10, 2016

Thornhill BranchSt. Louis County Library12863 Willowyck DriveSt.Louis, MO 63146

Monthly Newsletter - - Editor: Tom Mallien<www.berrc-stl.com>

Minutesof the

November 2016 Regular Meetingof the

Boeing Employees' Railroad Club - St. Louis MO

The meeting was called to order by President Bob Keeler at 6:57 pm in the Thornhill Branch of the St Louis County Library with 22 m e m b e r s a n d s p o u s e s i n attendance.

New Members/Guests – The club welcomed Eric Schreiber as a guest/potential new member.

OFFICERS' REPORTSSecretary

-George Rees-Bill Dowdy moved to accept the October minutes as printed in the Roundhouse Review. Seconded by Don Bevfoden. Motion passed.

Charles Albietz notified me that he has retired as of 18 November. For those keeping score, the club ha s 6 4 m em b er s w i t h t he following breakdown: 15 still employed, 45 retired, 3 Associate and 1 Spouse.

Treasurer-Kevin Brown-

T he T r ea s ur er ’s r epor t f or October was presented.

Saturday, January 21, 2017St. Charles Model Railroad Club

Trainfair 2017Heart of St. Charles Banquet Center,

1410 South 5th Street, Saint Charles, MO 63303

(636)795-4561

Sat & Sun, February 18-19, 2017Great Train Show

St. Charles Convention Center, 1 Convention Center Plaza,Saint Charles, MO 63303

COMING EVENTS

Saturday, February 18, 2017Alton Train Show 2017Franklin Masonic Lodge

1513 Washington AvenueAlton, Illinois 62002

(618) 465-2442

February 19, 2017Peoria Train Fair,

Illinois Central CollegeRt 24, 1 mile east of rt 116

East Peoria, IllinoisRon Brown phone (309) 369-3515

Programs –

None. President Keeler is hoping to again show a video after the meeting starting in January.

Magazines-Gene Hillman-

The following magazines are overdue/missing: Trains – Aug 2014, Sep 2014,

July 2016, Aug 2016

Classic Trains – Winter 2014

Railway Age – Jan 2016, Feb 2016 Railfan & Railroad - July 2016

Model Railroader - Aug 2016 NMRA – July 2016

Please keep looking for the above items.

Videos-Dale Schuk-

Dale has the following new videos f r om P ent r ex a va ila ble f or checkout:

Above the Rails! Combo Amtrak Across America combo BC Rail Cab Ride: From Sea to

Sky Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor

Cab Ride

HO Modules-Kevin Brown / Jim McClain -

Mark your calendars for January 21st for setting up the layout at the St Charles swap meet.

N Scale Modules–Tom Mallien / Bob Keeler –

The layout will be set up at the Great Train Show in Collinsville. Setup will be Friday, November 25 at noon. Operations will be S a t ur da y a nd S unda y w i t h teardown Sunday afternoon.

Trailers – Bob Leight –

Insurance bills were presented to Treasurer Brown for payment.

Web Site

-Mark Rudy -Mark has resigned from the position of club Webmaster due to software compatibility problems with his computer and a lack of time to figure them out. Dale Schuk has stepped up to take over work on the web site and plans to rewrite it over time. There was additional discussion of a possible private Facebook page or other s o c i a l m e d i a f o r t h e c l u b membership but nothing was proposed.

Museum Volunteers – Bob Leight –

President Keeler and Bob Leight r e p o r t e d o n t h e l a t e s t developm ent s r eg a r ding t he Museum of Transporation. The previous week it was announced t h a t t h e C o u nt y w o u l d b e transferring operation and control of the Museum to the Transport Museum Association (TMA), the long standing affiliate. The initial term is for five years with the County providing subsidies during that time to get the TMA up and running. At the end of the term, if things are going well the County wants to divest itself of the Museum entirely. Details are still unk no wn a bo ut t he cur r ent Museum staff as well as volunteers although apparently volunteers are still wanted. Wait and see.

OLD BUSINESS

• Christmas Party – Bill Dowdy reports that he has 60 people signed up. Please get your signup sheet to Bill ASAP if you are going.

• Iron Spike Update – No report.

• Audits – Send your audit to Ron if you have not already done so.

NEW BUSINESS

None

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Next meeting is January 10, 2017 at Thornhill Branch Library in the small meeting room.

• Dave Bevfoden visited the HO layout of Steve and Austin Allard in Pacific. The layout fills a 42x19 room. President Keeler also pointed out that there is another large layout in Pacific belonging to Jim Schwinkendorf.

• Kevin Brown said he got a good video shot from the Kirkwood Bridge when 844 came through town.

• T h e K i r k w o o d R a i l r o a d Association will have their annual holiday open house on December 10. The annual Oliver C Joseph display will be the same day.

• The Museum of Transportation Christmas train layout will open on November 25.

BRING & BRAG

Dale Schuk showed the club his old Rivarossi / AHM Blue Goose Steam Locomotive which Kevin Brown was able to repair for him.

DOOR PRIZEDoor Prizes were won by Tom Mallien and Dave Bevfoden.

Meeting was adjourned at 7:32.

Respectfully submitted

George Rees, Secretary.

EPILOGUE

The Club's Ntrak display at the Great Train Show in Collinsville, Illinois went well, once the Electrical Gremlins decided to go infest somebody else's layout! It surely seemed that, for a significant part of Saturday, Your Editor spent more time under the layout chasing down shorts and opens than running trains (or even eating)!

The Club's Christmas Party also went well, right from the start. Ninteen members and guests boarded in St. Louis, Missouri, and were joined by the rest of the throngs of Christmas revellers at the first stop at Alton, Illinois. The feast was held at the same restaurant, Maldaners in Springfield, Illinois, upon which the club has descended for the previous two years.

Speaking of Christmas, please keep an eye out for railroad-related subjects which fellow club members would enjoy seeing on these pages. Last year's images included models under Christmas decorations, residential front-yard light-string "sculptures", and some full sized rolling stock.

George Rees wants everybody to know that several members have dined together on Tuesday-go-to-meeting night at the Lion's Choice restaurant on Olive Boulevard, just east of I-270, arriving there around 5:30pm.

Collinsville, Illinois, November 2016Great Train Expo

Amtrak's first "new" motive power, the SDP40F, pulls it's short string of "Am-Cans" through a canyon

somewhere in the Southwest.Southwest Collinsville, Illinois, that is,

inside an exhibition hall, on an N-trak layout, in their Convention Center!

Your Editor rode behind this N scale model's big sister several times during the years that she plied the rails

between Chicago and Saint Louis.

Tom Mallien Photos

John Heubner "surveys the landscape" of the Club's N-trak layout at Collinsville's Gateway Convention Center

on the weekend following the Thanksgiving holiday. John was featured in an article covering the Great Train Show

which appeared in the local newspaper, the Collinsville Evening Bugle Clarion Banner Star Picayune Times

Herald Bulletin Dispatch Post Gazette.

Kevin had waited in ambush at the Kirkwood, Missouri railroad station for Union Pacific's famed touring steam locomotive 844.

On the platform he encountered Mary Beth Conlon and her daughter Katie Beth.

Mary Beth was also interested in seeing the ancient relic on rails, but Katie Beth was far more interested in having Mom

buy a frosty treat for her at the nearby Custard Station.Here she appears to be contemplating the use of Mom's necklace

as a makeshift horse-collar with the thought of steering her away from that noisy mechanical monster behind them.

Featuring images captured by Kevin BrownRailfan Gallery

The UP stack train was northbound at the Alton station while the BERRC members awaited their Amtrak train to Springfield, Illinois,

for the annual Christmas party.  The members who had previously boarded at Saint Louis Union Station

were only able to view the UP train when it was parked at a siding.

Thornhill Branch LibraryCreve Coeur, Missouri

Site of the next several meetings

Photo: George Shindel

PotbellySandwich

5 Star Burgers McDonald's

Burgers

5 Guys Burgers

Qdoba Mexican

Pasta House

Subway

Bagel Factory

Lenny's Sub Shop

Imo's Pizza

Imo's Pizza

Pizza Hut

Crazy Bowls

& Wraps

Crazy Bowls

Granite City Food & Brewery

Applebee's

Lion's Choice

La Bonne Bouchee

TGI Friday's

Ballas

McCallister's Deli

Penn Station Subs

Buffalo Wild

Wings

Hu Hot

Burger King

Houlihan's

Olive Street Cafe

Dave & Tony's

St. Louis Rotisserie

Joo Joo Restaurant

St. Louis Bubble Tea

Happy China

Balducci'sPizza

Steak & Shake

Imo's Pizza

Jimmy John's

Denny's

Syberg's Restaurant

Waffle House

Wok ExpressPenn Station SubsBandana's

BBQHardee's

Hooter'sMcDonald'sBurgers

Arby's Roast Beef