Northeastern Fallen Flags RPM Meet - Oct 11 2008


NYSW F45

NYSW F45

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Posting this from another site to gain a little more exposure hopefully..

Announcing the Northeastern Fallen Flags RPM Meet
A Pre-Conrail Modeling Event
October, 11th, 2008
LH Taylor Firehouse
High Bridge, NJ

Greetings, and please allow me to announce an update for the proposed Fallen
Flags - themed Railroad Prototype Modelers meeting that Paul Tupaczewski and
I have been working on; we have decided to include the other pre-Conrail
Fallen Flags such as CNJ, LV, RDG, LHR etc. since they are all relevant to
each other. This meet is for modelers to get together and bring any models
they are working on or have finished, for display and discussion and
learning. Slide shows and power point presentations will be presented on
modeling topics as well as prototype information, and clinics would be given
for learning new modeling techniques, all with a bent towards the
pre-Conrail, pre-1976 eastern fallen flags. Please note: It is not really
our intent to exclude any modeling era, but to focus on a specific era and
set of roads, and the presentations will reflect that.

This will not be an "official" NMRA, ELHS or ARHS meeting, meaning
membership is not required in any particular organization; all are welcome.
It will just be a gathering of modelers getting together to share their
efforts and learn some new ideas, etc. There will not be any judging of any
kind, just display. This is all about sharing and learning about modeling in
a prototypical fashion.

The event will be held on Saturday, October 11th, 2008, at the LH Taylor
Firehouse in High Bridge, NJ, from 10 AM until 5 PM. High Bridge is easily
accessible from Interstate 78, NJ Route 22 and 31 and County Road 513, and
is not far from 206, 46 I-287 and I-80. While there is not yet any Saturday
service on the Raritan Valley Line to High Bridge, I would welcome
volunteers to provide transfer service between Somerville or Raritan and
High Bridge for those wishing to commute by rail.
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Just a quick update for those who may be in the NY/NJ/PA area the weekend of October 11th............

We have five great presentations lined up for our first Northeastern Fallen Flags RPM Meet -

Dave Goessling is preparing a self-guided tour of the High Bridge area, identifying local railroad and industrial landmarks of interest; the station, wye, Taylor Wharton plant and railroad, and a short walk down the branch. There will be a booklet including maps, photos and postcard views, descriptive text drawn from books, anecdotes and of course directions. If there's enough interest, Dave would like to open this walking tour to the general public, so suggestions, additions and new information is welcome for future editions!

Paul Tupaczewski: Analysis of the EL/CNJ operations of pool trains ES-99/SE-98

Jim Harr: Modeling the Lackawanna's Delaware River viaduct in HO scale

David Ramos: Rail-Marine Interaction on the West Side of Manhattan, discussing the NYC, Erie, and LV operations and modeling

Ralph Heiss will be setting up a display where he will be doing "live weathering"....Not really a hands-on clinic or presentation as such, but more of a live demonstration using chalks, airbrushes, and washes, in order to show the different techniques and how to use the different mediums to get the result you are looking for, and with plenty of inspirational photographs of both models and the prototype to hopefully get people interested in weathering their equipment. It has been said that a model is only as good as its paint (and weathering) job!

There will also be prototype model vendors in attendance, and those currently confirmed to attend are -

Stella Scale Models (laser cut prototype models in HO)

Shortline Products (Northeastern prototype RR models and parts)

Amesville Shops (Pre-1900 prototype HO scale car models)

The meet will be held from 9AM to 5PM, and a pizza and pasta luncheon is planned. Admission, including lunch, is $15.00 at the door.

If you haven’t already done so, please join our Yahoo! Group for keeping up with all the latest info at -

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/neffrpm/

We hope to see you there for what we hope will be a re-occuring event
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Hope to see some people from here go if they can.
 
Too bad I'm not closer (and the price of gas hasn't fallen further) since it sounds like a good time will be had by all.
 
Yea it does sound good. I've always wished there was one here in NJ. I always see the western RPM meets and love the custom stuff they put out. So this was nice to see. And dont worry if you can't make it, its the first year and I posted it for the person who was starting trying to get some more exposure.
 
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