!at the throttle! · !at the throttle! continuing our disney adventure with our niece and nephew,...

!At The Throttle!

Continuing our Disney adventure with our

niece and nephew, Grace and Michael, It was

a given that we would ride the Walt Disney

Railroad as it is a fact that any railroad buff

MUST ride the trains at Walt Disney World!

Walt Disney was an avid railroad fanatic who

built a miniature steam railroad, The Car-

ollwood Pacific Railroad in the backyard of

his private home.

The Walt Disney Railroad was the major at-

traction for me. (Perhaps not so much for

Gayle, Grace and Michael…)

It’s a narrow gauge railroad in the Magic

Kingdom and operates on a mile and one half

loop that circles the Park. It is one of the

busiest steam powered railroads as it trans-

ports 3.7 million passengers each year.

The locomotives used at Disney World were

procured from the United Railways of the

Yucatan Peninsula in 1969. Here they found

five (5) locomotives of which four (4) would

be restored and become the mode of power

for the Walt Disney Railroad. The fifth loco-

motive was in such poor shape that it was

sold and most likely scrapped.

Boilers were constructed and made to look

much older than they actually were. The new

boilers were then fitted out with diamond

smokestacks, square headlights, boiler jack-

ets, crosshead pumps and were finished off

with bright paint schemes and lots of brass.

Each morning before the Park opens; the en-

gines are fired up in the engine house and are

made ready for the day’s activities. As the

engines leave the engine house, they take the

spur to the main track that circles the Magic

Kingdom.

The locomotives were originally built be-

tween 1916 and 1928. Each engine and ten-

der carries 1,837 US gallons of water and

664US gallons of fuel oil. The tender is

topped off with water every 3 or 4 trips

around the circuit from the water tower. The

water tower is located near the Fantasy Land

Train Station.

Recently, all of the engines underwent an ex-

tensive overhaul which included a thorough

cleaning and repair.

The “Walter E. Disney” is a 4-6-0, “10

Wheeler” with drive wheels of 44” in diame-

ter, a boiler pressure of 16lbs, and a top

speed of 50mph.

The “Lillie Belle” is a 2-6-0, “Mogul” and is

used mainly for park opening ceremonies.

Top speed is 45mph.

Volume 18, Number 8 August 2015

! Havin’ Fun & Runnin’ Trains & Runnin’ Trains & Havin’ Fun ! 2

CHCAGO AREA GARDEN RAILWAY

SOCIETY http://cagrs.com

Officers

President, Ron Althardt 847-634-0637

[email protected]

Vice President, Lorrie Rockey 630-709-6957

[email protected]

Treasurer, Wayne Clauss [email protected]

Secretary, Madison Parker [email protected]

Chairpersons Membership, Walter Radtke

205 E. Moehling Drive Mt. Prospect, IL 60056

847-255-2977 [email protected]

Open Houses, Beth and Steve March

847-367-5175 [email protected]

WebMaster, Ray Sargent 630-766-5738

[email protected]

Newsletter Editor,

John Peart 773-973-0217

[email protected]

Newsletter PRINTER, Pete Costanza

The Ink Well (847) 923-8060

The “Roger E. Broggie” is a 4-6-0. It’s named after the

man who acquired the locomotives for Walt and who

helped build Disney’s Carrolwood Pacific Railroad.

The “Roy O. Disney” is named after Walt’s older brother

and business partner; and who, after Walt’s death, came

out of retirement to oversee the construction and comple-

tion of Walt Disney World. This engine is a 4-4-0

“American Engine” with the same operating characteris-

tics with a top speed of 55mph.

The train ride never gets old and the scenery changes with

every trip. I guess that’s what adds to the Magic of the

Kingdom!

Our next meeting is, Sunday, August 23rd, at the Holiday

Inn in Itasca. The address is 860 Irving Park Road, Itasca,

IL 60143. Ph: 630-773-2340. Dinner is at 5:30pm. The

meeting will begin at approximately 6:45pm.

We will have a joint presentation on the Denver Conven-

tion by the Dafoe’s and the Lienau’s as well as a report on

the LGB Convention from Bill Schwartz.

Keep the Flowers Growing and the Trains Going.

Ron

CAGRS

Meeting Minutes

No Minutes for July Picnic


CUC 203 (Lab) Update

Lou Van Winkle, Ray Holich and Butch Hu-

vaera volunteered to help clean up Walter

Radke’s layout on Saturday July 11th. They

got three loops running but there is still work

to do before Walter would judge the layout

ready for an open house.

Walter came through angioplasty successfully

but his doctor suggested limits on his physical

activity. Because of this it is uncertain when

the next session of CUC 203 will be held.

Thanks so much to Lou, Ray and Butch for

stepping in while I was on vacation.

Steve

They just are fun, are they not? Well I found

another way to have them entertain me in my

darkest hours of this cold and wet summer.

The items I needed were just in front of me so

that is my excuse for not seeing them sooner.

First I had some stove pipes about 6 inches in

diamenter, putting them together made a pipe

about six feet high. Squirrels cannot climb

stove pipe, too slick. I then anchored the pipe

with a seven foot rebar driven into the ground.

Now the pipe had some movement and could

not be climbed. Taking a metal pie pan I drove

5, 8 penny nailes thru the bottom in a ring so

the pie pan could be placed on top of the stove

pipe without falling off.

After placing the pie pan on the stove pipe

with bird seed came the most critical part of

the project. I had to find a lawn chair, a small

table, a bottle of wine, some cheese and crack-

ers and place them about 10 to 12 feet from the

stove pipe feeder and wait. It didn’t take long

and the show was on. Up they would go and

then down they came.

Caring & Sharing

Corner

Dora Mecko 847-776-2176

[email protected]

August BIRTHDAYS ANNIVERSARIES

Ray Holich Frel

Beverly Fox Waytula

Jan Clauss Thiel

Moeller Parker 49 yrs

Mary Walsh Silverton 44 yrs

Bonnie Bush Bruch 41 yrs

Marsha Abbott

CAGRS U

Steve March

Fun with Squirrels

By Walter Radtke


August 8, 2015

Time: 1 pm – 7 pm

John & Lorrie Rockey

2N252 Pleasant Ave,

Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 630-709-6957

[email protected]

[W 41.907966, -88.068818 ]

Driving Directions

*** Please note - not all GPS systems will find

us - we are in an unincorporated area, and

many will miss-guide you to an incorrect area

in Glen Ellyn. From the North or South: Take 355 to the North

Avenue (Rt. 64) Exit. Go west approximately 1

1/2 miles to Glen Ellyn Road (stop light), turn

right. Take Glen Ellyn Rd. to the 1st stop light -

Armitage Ave. & turn left. Go 3

blocks to Pleasant and turn left. Our house will be

on the right hand side of the road - watch for the

cross-buck.

Features

The Santa Fe and Western is a loose depiction

of the double-track mainline of the Santa Fe

RR in Araizona and New Mexico. Because

the layout includes over five-feet of vertical

elevation, we could create an 80 foot stream

with five waterfalls. Some of the garden's fea-

tures include a scratch-built model of the Fred

Harvey hotel and Santa Fe Station in Las Ve-

gas, New Mexico; an eight-foot version of the

Canyon Diablo bridge, located 30 miles east of

Flagstaff, Arizona, and an eight-track storage

shed modeled after the Santa Fe's old engine

terminal building in Barstow, California. The

garden consists of 120 cubic-yards of soil;

over 20 tons of rock, and 13 pallets of retain-

ing wall block.

August 9, 2015

Tom Trojan

403 S Dalphia Ave.

Park Ridge, IL 60068

[email protected]

847-696-3725

Driving directions From Touhy and Greenwood in Park Ridge, go

S on Greenwood to Crescent. Turn Right (W)

on Crescent. Continue one block to Dalphia.

Turn Left (S) on Dalphia and continue to 403

Features

Two main links, approximately300 ft. each; a

160 foot trestle; five-track yard; 3 ponds; three

tunnels; six sidings; various flora and fauna.

Layout is still under construction. Both QSI

and Aristo Revolution systems operate the

trains.

August 9, 2015

Ray & Karen Holich

1601 Willow Lane

Mount Prospect, Il 60056

[847] 228-5396

[email protected]

Driving directions

From the South use I290 to Woodfield Mall

exit at Higgins Road, go straight on Frontage

Road three lights to Golf Road, Rt 58Turn

right, East, At Busse Road, CVS on corner,

turn right. Next light is Willow Lane turn left,.

Second house on right with two white pillars.

From the North use Route 83 South to Golf

Road, Rt 58, turn right. Next light is Busse

2015 Summer

Layout

Tours by Steve March

Note: All Open Houses are from 1pm to 5 pm

unless noted .


Road turn left. Next light is Willow Lane turn

left. Second house on right. From East take

Golf Road to Busse Road turn left. Next light

is Willow Lane turn left. Second house on

right

Note that Golf Road is under construction

near Algonquin Road. You may want to

take Higgins Road Rt72 instead

Features

The Rock River Pass RR is built on an The

Rock River Pass Railroad consists of about

650 feet of track in seven loops with a siding.

Digitrax DCC powers the two main loops,

each main loop is 175 feet long, and the small

loops are DC. The area between the Rock Gar-

den and the patio area narrows to about four

feet, hence the Pass.

The primary theme of the Rock River Pass RR

is the Circus. The town of Rock River is at the

East end of the layout. The Circus is located

inside a loop just west of the town. The build-

ings in the town are made from Jig Stone

molded concrete blocks. We have added build-

ing made from the Stoneworks style form

building.

A farm with scratch built farmhouse with a Jig

Stone fireplace and a barn made of cedar deck-

ing cut to size. Several bird house buildings.

Just like in the movie several Big Fish in the

Rock River. Plus an area of Southwest influ-

ence buildings. New this year are two adobe

style cement building modeled after the Piko

buildings.

We use a Dallee Trolley stop circuit for our

Town loop. It stops for a few seconds at the

front of the loop. I installed DCC bitswitch

loop controls on each main loop to allow two

trains to run on each loop without running into

each other. If the trailing train gets too close to

the train in front it will stop until there is a safe

clearance and then start back up automatically.

We added a loop, about 65 feet, of hand laid G

Scale track which has been re-purposed into

Standard Gauge. Running on this loop is a

1930's Pre-War American Flyer Standard

Gauge train. You have to see this to believe it!

August 9, 2015

Bob & Gloria Olsen

149 Hemlock Ave

Wood Dale, Il 60191

630-860-7069

[email protected]

[41.958837, -87.967225]

Driving directions From the Holiday Inn in Itasca (our monthly

meeting place) go east on Irving Park Rd. Con-

tinue on Irving Park east past the stoplights on

Itasca, Mill Road, Addison Rd and Wood Dale

Rd.

About a mile east of Wood Dale Road turn

right (south) on Ash St. Continue on Ash and

turn right (west) on Potter, the first street after

crossing the railroad tracks. Continue one

block on Potter then turn left (south) on Hem-

lock Ave. Continue three-quarters of the way

down the block to 149 N Hemlock Ave. Mail-

box is a train engine

Features

Our railroad has about 200 feet of track that

goes around two gardens. Visitors first travel

around the pond, through farm country, over a

trestle and back to the Pond. A trolley runs

from the high school to a church. Our build-

ings are from the North States Village collec-

tion of bird feeders.

The houses are all illuminated with white

lights


August 9, 2015

Michael & Frances McTague

1308 Candlewood Hill

Northbrook, Il 60062

847-559-5313

[email protected]

[42.128877 , -87.846625 ]

Driving Directions

From I-294 (Tri-State Tollway) exit on to Wil-

low Rd Go East on Willow Rd;

in 0.89 mi Turn left (N) on to Pfingsten Rd;

in 1.50 mi Turn right (E) on to Walters Ave;

in 0.25 mi Turn left (N) on to Crestwood Dr;

in 0.04 mi Turn left (W) on to Chesapeake Ln;

in 0.11 mi Go straight (NNW) on to Candle-

wood Hill Rd;

Features

Come and visit the Tortuga and Mctagooie

garden railroad. Modeled after the narrow

gauge lines of Colorado, 300 ft of track trav-

erse a 30 foot river and 60 feet worth of tres-

tles. The raised bed line features battery r/c

steam power from that era, with storage area

built into the line. New this year is a hand-

built turntable with a redesigned rail yard and

logging town.

The McTagooie and Tortuga Railroad is a

1:20.3 scale, narrow gauge logging railroad set

in the early 1900's. This above ground line in-

cludes 300 ft. of aluminum code 250 track, a

built-in storage shed, a 16ft. tunnel, a 30 ft riv-

er with falls and 35 foot side by side trestles.

Most of the rolling stock is built from PNG

and NNG kits.

Come and visit this 5 year old line which was

inspired by the great narrow gauge lines of

Colorado.

August 16, 2015

David & Judi Silverton

323 Alexandria Drive

Vernon Hills, Il 60061

[email protected]

847-680-3838

[42.234238, -87.965177 ]

Driving Directions

Interstate 94 or Rte 41 from the north or south.

Exit at Route 60 (Town Line Road) and go

west (pass Milwaukee Ave., Rte 21 and Haw-

thorne Mall) to Deerpath Drive. Turn left on

Deerpath and go south, 0.3 miles, to Alexan-

dria Drive (1st residential street on right). Fol-

low the curve to the left to 323 Alexandria.

Look for the Cross Buck.

IL Rte 83 or 45 from the north or south. Turn

east on Rte 60. Cross the CN tracks at Butter-

field Road and Aspen Drive then turn right on

Deerpath Drive and go south to Alexandria

Drive (1st residential street on right). Follow

the curve to the left to 323 Alexandria. Look

for the Cross Buck.Finish at (Silverton 323)

Features

The Sararon (pronounced Sara-Ron) Railroad

was founded in 2009 and has changed yearly.

See 1:20.3 scale, scratch built models of struc-

tures found in Colorado and New Mexico as

Narrow Gauge steam engines haul both freight

and passenger trains around the newly expand-

ed 155 foot main line. Additionally, a 52 foot

spur track, a 22 foot siding, and 60 feet of yard

tracks bring the total to 289 feet of track. New

structures for 2015 include the ‘Silverton and

Son Engineers’ building, a crew shack for the

rail yard, and a couple of “necessary” build-

ings. Don’t miss seeing the Squiggle Line,

‘Route of the Egg Liners’


August 16, 2015

Ron and Gail Althardt

15902 Woodbine Circle

Vernon Hills, IL 60061

[email protected]

847-634-0637

Driving Directions

From the north, take Interstate 94 to Route 60

(Town Line Road). Exit and go west on Route

60 to Route 21 (Milwaukee

Ave.). Turn left onto Route 21

and go south approximately 1.5

miles. Woodbine Circle

will be on your right as the

road narrows down to two

lanes (just past American Hotel Register

building with numerous flags in front of their

building). There is a Walter E Smyth Furni-

ture store on the corner of Woodbine and 21.

Turn onto Woodbine Circle here.

From the south, take Interstate 94 to Route 22

(Half Day Road). Exit and go west on Route

22 to Route 21 (Milwaukee Ave.). Turn right

onto Route 21 and go north approximately 1.5

miles. Woodbine Circle will be on your left

just after the Corporate Woods (The Walter E.

Smith Furniture Store is on the NW corner of

21 and Woodbine Circle), turn left here. The

subdivision is located on a “horseshoe” like

road with two entrances (north and south).

Look for the flashing cross buck in front.

If you are not coming via the interstate, Wood-

bine Circle is located midway between Route

60 and Route 22 on Milwaukee Ave. (Route

21) in Vernon Hills

Features

We welcome you to our home and Garden

Railroad. As you enter the “G & R Railroad”,

you will be greeted by “Smokey” our carved

black bear from Colorado. Just to Smokey’s

right, you encounter our whimsical Disney and

Circus village, outfitted with many of our

friends and features from Disney World as

well a Ferris wheel and Circus Tent. Mickey

would be proud! As you continue through the

layout you will see a number of different vil-

lages and period settings surrounded by ponds

and waterfalls.

The railroad was started in 1999 as a small

loop around the choke cherry tree (Now the

Crow’s Nest). Then we had the pleasure of

meeting Bill Valkner and needless to say, our

Garden Railroad expanded! Thanks to Bill’s

inspiration, creativity, expertise and deep

friendship, our yard was transformed into a

Garden Railroaders dream come true.

The yard and water features were constructed

using approximately 180 tons of rock and

moves over 40,000 gallons of water per hour.

These water features provide an interesting

backdrop to the settings throughout the yard.

You’ll also note that there are over 3000 annu-

als with a vast array of perennials that create

this colorful garden.

The railroad operates with nine miles of scale

track, twelve (12) running G-Scale model

trains. The Santa Fe Chief Passenger train (a

special section of the Super Chief) circles the

perimeter of the back yard, while a long

freight train makes its way over bridges cross-

ing the large waterfall moving towards a mas-

sive boulder fountain. As the train continues

its trek, it moves through a tunnel directly be-

hind the Fairy Castle. Some of the other areas

include farm houses, barns, and even a saw

mill, just to name a few. As you continue, you

won’t want to miss the Indian Village, com-

plete with Teepees, cowboys, and a working

geyser.

Our latest addition to the layout is the Big Boy

loop with the Coaling Tower and the Hudson

pulling the “20th Century Ltd.” There is also a

coal mine, diamond mine (for Gayle) as this


continues to be a work in progress.

As you stroll through the layout, don’t forget

to look for all of the different animals we have

tucked away. They include moose, bears, rac-

coons, and even a walrus to mention just a

few.

We hope you will enjoy our Garden Railroad

as much as we do.

August 16, 2015

Steve and Beth March

15660 W Timber Ln

Libertyville, IL 60048

[email protected]

847-367-5175

Driving Directions

From the intersection of I-90 and I-294 take I-

94 N to the Highway 176 exit (no north-bound

ramp is installed). From the bottom of the

ramp drive .8 miles west to Saint Marys Rd.

Turn right (N) and drive 0.5 miles to the sema-

phore at Oak Spring Rd. and St. Marys. Turn

left (W) and drive 0.3 miles to Oak Spring

Lane. Turn right (N) and drive 0.8 miles to

Timber Lane/Oak. The road is a bit twisty but

keep on it. Turn right (N) and drive 0.2 miles

to Timber/Tanya. Turn left (W) onto Timber

Lane and drive 0.2 miles to 15660 on the right

{42.296146,-87.937675}.

From the north you exit onto highway 137 and

turn right (W). Drive .9 miles to St. Marys

Rd. Turn left (S) and drive 1.2 miles to Oak

Spring Rd. Proceed as above.

Features

The Wisconsin Central Withee Twig Line

has been a work-in-progress for ten years and

has reached its current state only after owner-

ship was frightened by an impending Open

House. The layout is a 100 foot loop on an

elevated part of the back yard retained by dis-

carded METRA ties stacked about three high.

The track loop was moved from our previous

house to its current location and laid out in ap-

proximately it’s original shape. Composite

lumber stakes were driven by members of a

CAGRS-U team such that the tops of the

stakes followed a pre-defined track elevation

plan. One stake every foot (approximately).

Strips of composite were laid along the tops of

the stakes and the ten-foot sections of code

350 rail secured to the strips by screwing the

plastic ties to the strips. The track structure

was next back-filled with dirt to create the de-

sired profiles along the track.

The prototype of the WCWT is a central-

Wisconsin village named Withee. Our rail-

road models features of Withee that might

have been there at the turn of the century, the

century before last that is. Withee was a stop

on the Wisconsin Central of that era. Beth’s

Mom grew up in Withee and Beth has took the

train as a child from New Richmond WI to

Withee many times

Power and control signals are applied to the

brass-silver rail through a Digitrax DCC sys-

tem. We have installed two of the several

planned DCC-controlled turnouts. The in-

stalled turnouts define the ends of the town

siding.

Building construction is in its early stages be-

cause Beth didn’t believe that I would ever get

the track completed.

We want to welcome you all to our layout


August 29, noon to 8 pm

August 30, noon to 6 pm

Rustemeyer Family

Bill, Shirley, Don, Bob and

Judy

6067 N. Newburg Avenue

Chicago, IL 60631

[email protected]

773-774-2838

[41.99147 , -87.791909]

Driving Directions

If you are coming from the west, you can take

I-294 to I-90 (Kennedy Expressway) east to

Nagle, then north .46 miles to Newburg and

turn left. Go to the third block, 6067 N. New-

burg, white and gray house on the right. Any

questions please call us at 773-774-2838.

Features

Our railroad, Norwood Junction 5R Rail-

road, is named for the community where we

live, Norwood Park, which restored its histori-

cal train station that was built in 1907 and is

listed on the National Registry of Historic

Places. All the grass is gone from the back of

our city lot. Our layout is about 50 by 22 foot

and takes up the entire yard. The layout also

can overlap around our garage. The layout has

extensive lighting and is beautiful at night so

we can run even after the sun goes down.

There are a variety of plants from miniature to

regular size annual and perennials. We can

run up to seven trains at one time on our lay-

out. As you look over the layout you will hear

the sounds and chatter of the engines and see

many villages. This layout is a family affair

with sons Don and Bob and daughter Judy all

contributing

September 5, 10:30 am to 7:30 pm

September 6, 10:30 am to 4:30 pm

(see flyer on page 11)

Jill Holgerson & Jonathan Treubig

9878 Dunhill Drive

Huntley, IL 60142

847-515-1263

[42.186423, -88.394364]

Directions

FROM I-90 & ROUTE 47 (need I-Pass to

Exit)

Head North on Rt. 47, go 4.3 miles

Turn Right on Reed Rd, go 1.6 mile

Turn Left on Cambridge Dr, go 0.2 mile to the

bottom of the hill at Stop Sign (see Lake)

Turn Left on Dunhill Dr.

Destination will be First House on the Right.

(CROSSBUCKS)

FROM I-90 & RANDALL RD or ALGON-

QUIN RD

Head North on Randall Rd, go 6.5 miles

Turn Left on Algonquin Rd, go 2.5 miles

Turn Right onto Lakewood Dr, go 0.5 mile

Turn Left on Reed Rd, go 0.4 mile

Turn Right on Cambridge Dr, go 0.2 mile to

bottom of the hill at Stop Sign (see Lake)

Turn Left on Dunhill Dr. --Destination will be

First House on the Right. (CROSSBUCKS)

Description

Dunhill & York RR started in 2011; just 12

days before our first open house. It now con-

sists of 6 tracks. The first is now a small fairy

garden in the front yard. In the back you’ll

find 5 separate tracks.

No.1 is a small track with an oil refinery. No.2

is a little bigger and circles the 1st. It then

crosses over a small A-frame, aluminum truss

and a covered bridge; all are scratch built.

No.3 was added in 2012 for the NGRC. It’s a

curvy, oval track. No.4 added in 2013 is our

long track built for our larger locos to haul

freight or passengers. It runs around most of

our backyard and crosses track No.3 twice,


once on a concrete viaduct, where most of our

collisions happen. No.5 started in 2014 and is

a back-n-forth trolley line still under construc-

tion.

Our track is a mix of all makes and 90% came

from swap-meets & garage sales. The era is

FROM THEN TO NOW! and built in the Wal-

ter Radtke method “Stick It Were It Fits And

Have FUN”

September 13, 2015

Paul Allodi & Daughter, Anne Allodi

2609 School Drive

Rolling Meadows, IL

847-342-9092

[42.082426, -88.01722]

Description

The PandA (Paul & Anne) was

started in late 2009 in my daughter, Anne’s

back yard. It is an “L” shaped layout 6’ x 25’

built on a raised flower bed surrounded by a 3’

sitting wall. Track consists of an irregular loop

with 1 passing siding that was laid with the

help of a 5 man “Track Gang” composed of

CAGRS friends and was landscaped by Anne

and her friends.

Many of the rocks and trees came from the

layout of the late Dave Zack. Operation con-

sists of 2 trains alternating in opposite direc-

tions and passing on an insulated siding track.

Scenic features include: 2 bridges, a faux river,

and a rock tunnel.

September 13, 2015

Bob & Lin Hartnett

2701 School Drive

Rolling Meadows, IL

847-394-0695

[42.082426, -88.01722]

Directions

Traveling north or south on route 53, exit east-

bound at Euclid (this is a 4 way cloverleaf).

Take Euclid east to Rohlwing and turn left

(South). This is the first stoplight. Take Rohl-

wing 2 blocks to Campbell and turn left. (This

is a 3 way intersection) Take Campbell east to

the second stop sign which is School Drive

and turn right, drive one block and you are at

2701 School Drive. (The house will be on your

right)

GPS Coordinates:

Description

Outdoor layout. All LGB track, engines and

cars. Basic loop

September 19-20, 2015

Madison & Gayle Parker

2345 Alder Ct

Aurora, Illinois 60504

630-851-4056

MadisonParker @Yahoo.com

[41.735179, -88.258305]

September 20, 2015

(11am to 4 pm)

Sun City Garden Club

13400 Sun City Blvd

Huntley, IL 60142

Harry Sorenson

847-669-8936

Wayne Clauss and Joe Vavra


I have a couple of trains I want to sell that I

hardly used. One is a Aristo-Craft C-16 2-8-0

D&RGW ART-80102 in original box and only

ran about twice maybe three times. The other

is a Bachmann Spectrum 2-6-0 Mogul

D&RGW Item Number 81498 in the original

box and ran about six to eight times. Both units

are in very good condition. I don't know if any

of the members would be interested. I would

like to get $200 for the C-16 and $300 for the

2-6-0.

John Pierce

Hanover Park, IL

[email protected]

2015 Summer Layout

Open Houses

by Steve March

Date (* CAGRS Meeting) County Layout 1 Layout 2 Layout 3 Layout 4

Saturday, August 08 Rockey

Sunday, August 09 Cook north Trojan Olsen Holich McTague

Sunday, August 16 Lake Althardt March Silverton

Sunday, August 23 * McHenry

Saturday, August 29 Cook south Rustemeyer

Sunday, August 30 Cook south Rustemeyer

Saturday, Sept 05 DuPage Treubig

Sunday, Sept 06 DuPage Treubig

Sunday, Sept 13 Cook north Alodi Hartnett

Saturday, Sept 19 Parker

Sunday, Sept 20 McHenry Parker KV&EC

Sun City

Sunday, Sept 27

Members with Equipment for Sale


CAGRS JACKETS

Judy Rustemeyer is the Jacket Lady for the club..

Jacket Order Form:

Name:_______________________________

Address: _____________________________

Phone: _______________________________

Make Checks Payable to CAGRS

Contact Judy Rustemeyer 6067 N. Newburg Avenue,

Chicago, IL 60631 312-513-2227

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CAGRS SHIRTS Ron Messner is our Shirt Man. Our members

are seen here in the photo wearing our smartly

styled denim versions with logo. The shirts are

available with short or long sleeves.

All shirts are available in sizes Small thru

XXXL. The Polo short sleeve version is $28. for

all sizes. The denim shirts are $30 for all sizes

and sleeve styles. Please contact Ron for his in-

ventory. You can contact him by phone, email,

or at a CAGRS monthly meeting to place your

order.

Ron Messner

4936 Berenice 773-794-1779

Chicago, IL 60641 [email protected]

OFFICIAL CAGRS CLUB LOGO

SHIRTS AND JACKETS

AVAILABLE

Coming Up this Month

August 8 Open House: Rockey, Glen Ellyn

August 9 Open House: Trojan; Holich; Olsen, McTague

August 16 Northern area open houses to encourage new members

Althardt, March, Silverton

August 23 August Meeting, Holiday Inn, Itasca, 5:30

August 29-30 Open House: Rustemeyer

Coming Up September 5-6 Dunhill & York RR Open House, Work Shop and BBQ

September 13 Open House: Alodi; Hartnett (both in Rolling Meadows)

September 19-20 Open House: Parker, Aurora

September 20 Open House: K&EC, Sun City, Huntley

September 27 September Meeting, Holiday Inn, Itasca, 5:30

Chicago Area Garden Railway Society

205 E. Moehling Drive

Mt. Prospect, Illinois 60056-3845

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