NASG Dispatch 2016 #5 September Articles

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Ron Borsella & Bill Pyper

Model Railroad Retailers

Covers the history of the Toy Trains Unlimited store in Hanover, PA. They repair A.F., and carry Lionel, MTH, K-Line, and parts. Includes photos of the store (the web site listed in the article was shut down in 2018 due to lack of interest).

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Peter Vanvliet

Model Railroad Organizations

Five years after taking over the NASG web site, the author describes the reasons for and a description of the new web site design. (related web page)

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Steve Monson

Layouts - S

The author describes a historical event that caused an NP steam locomotive to fall into the pit of a turntable. The author built a scene on his home layout to replicate the event.

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Dave Blum

Model Railroad Organizations

The author reports on which NASG A.F. Commemorative Cars are still available.

2016 #5 September

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Monte Heppe

Railroads

The author describes visiting the Milwaukee Railroad Shops Historic District in Sioux City, Iowa, and several other places on a recent vacation.

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Jeff Madden

Model Railroads and People

Moving to a larger scales makes sense for people at or approaching retirement age.

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Jeff Madden

Model Railroad Shows

A full report, with photos, of the Convention. Also covered are the model contest winners, and the layouts set up at the hotel.

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unaccredited

Model Railroad Shows

Details about the upcoming event.

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Ron Schlicht

Layouts - S

This article covers how Ron got started in the hobby, and describes his current layout, which features over 3,600 figures. Includes photos and a track plan. Page 43 of the PDF version of the magazine contains more photos of his layout.

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Jeff Madden

Model Railroad Shows

Photo essay of layouts at the 2016 NASG Convention.

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unaccredited

Model Railroad Shows

A description of this special clinic at the 2016 NASG Convention. Also includes other clinics that were offered, information about the Greeley's contest, and a couple more photos taken at the event.

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Jim Martin

Scenery - Vehicles

The author describes how he took a Matchbox tank truck, stripped it, and reworked it to become an old tow truck.

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Bill Pyper

Scratchbuilding

Using cotter pins and eyelets for eyebolts to hold railings and piping, and polling-pockets, respectively.

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Jay Mellon

Model Railroad Shows

Jay reports on the vendors at the Convention, and what they had to offer.

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Edwin C. Kirstatter

Freight Cars - Gondolas

The author took two A.F. gondolas and modified them to build this one car. Includes construction, prototype, and final photos.

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Roger Schneider

Layouts - S

This story is about Sam Powell's "Penn Creek Valley Railroad" being moved to a museum. Sam passed away in January 2016, but his layout will be preserved. The Pittsburgh S Gaugers club is helping with the move. The article includes photos of the layout being disassembled, and its new home. More photos can be found on page 41 (PDF version).

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Bill Winans

Model Railroad Organizations

The author reports on his stay in the hospital, work done by Monte Heppe and Michael Ferraro, the upcoming elections, and updating the Convention handbook.

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Bill Pyper

Layout Detailing

Consider putting figures in your locomotives and automobiles on your layout. Put trains on empty tracks when composing a photo for the Dispatch. Starting the Scratchbuilding 101 column.

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Alan Smith

Model Railroad Shows

The club set up their layout at the NMRA's 2016 National Train Show in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Jeff Madden

Model Railroad Shows

The author reports on the event, and includes several photos.