August Meeting

 For the second month in a row, clubmembers brought chairs outside to hold their monthly meeting on Tuesday, August 31 on or about 7 pm. Fourteen members were in attendance. It was a lovely evening, just a bit too cool by the end of the meeting.

Club prez and keeper of the finances Don S announced the club continued to be "in the black" with $800+ in the main account with all bills paid to date and around $100 in the "slush" fund, money that comes in from various sources such as train car and equipment sales, some from dismantled layouts, etc. Thanks, Rick, for the funds you added tonight.

Rick O passed around a vintage Mantua AB diesel set that came from the layout currently being dismantled by the Prez. Cars are available for club members to purchase but will need coupler alterations. Rick noted that the next Woodstock Train Show has been officially scheduled for Sunday, October 17 and tables have been booked.

Dave H was commended for the neat set of 3D printed bridges he has done for the club and located on the east wall of the layout. Dave, in cahoots with Jeff Culp. owned up to being the contributor of the club picture and article in the latest What's Up Woodstock. A copy was handed around the member circle.

The Prez has had signs printed up professionally by the Minutemen Press and showed them off to the members. Rod B volunteered to fasten one on the side of our building at the southeast corner with screws and Glen will fasten the large crossbuck sign on the inside of the entrance door with double sided tape. Two additional signs have been made up with directional arrows to lead people attending train shows to our door when the layout is ready for visitors. 

There was some discussion about the email on layout "breakers" sent out to members on an information basis by Glen. The theme was to keep yards electrically isolated from mainline trackage with breakers so that switching shorts do not shut down operations beyond yard areas. Joseph B. and Jim F. suggested the wiring plan involving 3 Quad areas [as noted in the previous blog] will make extensive use of breakers unnecessary and expensive. No other comments were noted. 

Nothing else merited discussion and the meeting ended at approximately 8:20 pm.