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THE MAINTHE MAINTHE MAINTHE MAIN----LINELINELINELINE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ALL GAUGE TOY TRAIN ASS OCIATION

VOL. 32, NO. 10 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA OCT OBER 2011

NEXT MEET NEXT MEET NEXT MEET NEXT MEET –––– OCTOBER 13 OCTOBER 13 OCTOBER 13 OCTOBER 13THTHTHTH

ED KARPER MEMORIAL FREEED KARPER MEMORIAL FREEED KARPER MEMORIAL FREEED KARPER MEMORIAL FREE----BEE TABLEBEE TABLEBEE TABLEBEE TABLE In memory of our dear friend, “Old Smokey”, we’ll be having our 2nd Annual Ed Karper Memorial Free-Bee Table at the October Meet. Once again you’ll be able to do a little fall house cleaning and make room for your year-end catalog purchases and holiday toy train related gifts from relatives. Donated items for the Freebee Table can be added throughout the Meet as the table will be uncovered at approximately 6:30 pm at the conclusion of your nominations for next year’s Officers & Board of Directors. Come and help us celebrate in Ed’s Memory. This is one Meet you simply do not want to miss.


PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Welcome to October -

“Train Season” is officially open.

We have survived the “Great Blackout of 2011”. I was supposed to be in two places at once that evening. I ended up staying home as a radio watch stander for the Coast Guard Auxiliary. For those of you who

made it to the meeting, thank you for attending. For all of you who turned out in support of

our run at the San Diego Model RR Museum, THANK YOU for making this event a stellar success. This is one of our ways of “growing” our club and promoting some of our other events. I especially want to thank Steve Pierce and the erecting and tear down crews for without you this event would have been impossible.

Our October Meet is one of the most important in that we get to nominate our 2012 Officers and Board Members. The volunteers who have stepped up in the past have made this club what it is today. If you do not like how things are being run, don't complain about it, run for office. The other event is the Ed Karper Memorial FREEBIE TABLE. You never know what you will find there.

Upcoming events, Southwest Division TTOS will be hosting one of the largest toy train

THE MAINTHE MAINTHE MAINTHE MAIN----LINELINELINELINE is published around the first of each month. The Main-Line is the official publication of the All Gauge Toy Train Association of San Diego.

NEWSLETTER CONTRIBUTIONS Please mail or e-mail all contributions for publication by the 1st of the month to:

Bill Hohnhorst, Main-Line Editor 8150 Pasadena Avenue

La Mesa, CA 91941-6425 (619) 461-5039 [email protected]

MONTHLY MEETINGS Meets are normally held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at the Torrey Pines Christian Church, 8320 La Jolla Scenic Drive North, La Jolla, CA, beginning at 4:30 PM. Big All-Day Saturday Meets are held in June & December.

AGTTA CLUB WEBSITE www.agtta.com

2011 AGTTA OFFICERS & DIRECTORS President

Ed Samsen (760) 485-4791 [email protected]

Vice President Ken Steele (619) 644-1247 [email protected]

Secretary Jim Weatherford (619) 287-8687

[email protected] Treasurer

Jon Everett (858) 538-0930 [email protected] Directors

Dave Campbell (619) 575-7578 [email protected]

Bart Grey (619) 281-9347 [email protected] Steve Mitton (619) 621-9779

[email protected] Steve Pierce (858) 571-6238

[email protected] Greg Smyth (619) 476-9942 [email protected] Immediate Past President

Bob Wall (858) 452-8955 [email protected]

Website Coordinator Alan Hamel (858) 453-5297

[email protected]

HOWHOWHOWHOW----TO CLINICTO CLINICTO CLINICTO CLINIC ZW REPAIR – PART 3

REPLACING THE WHISTLE DIODE & CIRCUIT BREAKER

This month’s Clinic will again be hosted by How-To Clinic Coordinator & resident ZW expert, Jim Weatherford . This month Jim is going to show you how to take care of two more common ZW problems: replacing the Whistle Diode & Circuit Breaker. (Please refer to the Jim’s May Tech Tip.) As always, this is going to be another Clinic you simply don’t want to miss. The Clinic will begin at the regular start time of 5:15. We hope you will come out and welcome Jim back to the How-To Clinic Table.

CLINIC START TIME: 5:15 PM


meets on the West Coast on November 18-20 at the Pasadena Convention Center. I am looking forward to seeing a good turnout of our members there. If you going to have a table please put out flyers for our December All Day Meet. Again we are ALWAYS recruiting new members and promoting our club.

For those of us who still put trains around our Christmas Trees, send photos and captions to

Bill Hohnhorst for posting in the online edition of “The Main Line” for our December edition

On December 3-4 at Great American Train Show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds we will again have our tri-gauge layout on display. Bring your trains, RUN your trains and help promote our All Day Meet the following week.

December 6th we’ll gather for our annual Christmas Dinner. The raffle at the dinner has

ANNUAL WHITE ELEPHANT RAFFLE

It’s time once again to dig out some of those items you have laying around, which you’re never going to use, and bring them to the October Meet for our Annual White Elephant Raffle . You’ll be helping the Club and helping yourself in getting rid of some of that old unwanted stuff taking up room in the closet or garage. It might also win you some brownie points with your housemate or make room for that next irresistible purchase.

In case you don’t recall how it works here’s the idea. You bring an item to donate to the Raffle. In return you’ll receive one Raffle Ticket, valued at $1, for each dollar the donated item is valued at. For example, if you donate a boxcar with a value of $10 you’ll receive ten raffle tickets. It’s as simple as that. For those who do not wish to donate, raffle tickets will be available for purchase at $1 apiece. And donors can purchase additional tickets at $1 each to increase their chances of winning a donated treasure.

Now, get digging and just see me when you arrive at the Meet to exchange your oldie but goodie “stuff” for raffle tickets. Bob Wall


always been great. Bob Wall , can you top last year?

Has anyone been working on a “Santa Special” train? I would love to have a Santa Special for Del Mar and the All Day Meet. Cars could include a Ralston Purina Reindeer Chow boxcar (2454/6454 chipped roof walks OK), a 6372? Horse Car with antlers added lettered “North Pole Stables”, a barrel ramp car with a plastic Santa and Sleigh (if railing is broken remove it completely), a shorty hopper re-lettered St. Nicholas Mines with a full load of coal, and two Fort Knox type cars, one to be fit out as an elf workshop for late orders, the other as the late order wrapping department. To pull the whole consist, a custom painted “Baby Hudson” and a bright red SP style caboose to bring up the rear.

I am still working on my Louis Hertz conversions....I have most of the parts including two MTH motors and one each Lionel and MTH frame. Mikado and Decapod are my goals for these. For smaller locomotives two 261/262 2-6-0s are underway. Projects like these always eat time as rounding up parts is occasionally a challenge. I am also mentally engineering a Commodore Vanderbilt out of a Flyer 1681 Hudson. It looks like a little cosmetic work is all that may be needed....Side skirts and the distinctive nosepiece along with a dark gunmetal grey paint job. I am also enjoying the restoration of a number of early O Gauge items including several 150 series locomotives and passenger cars. To keep the peace, these pieces were in deplorable condition and were not display worthy. I only restore things that are in otherwise hopeless condition. I would never desecrate a L/N or mint piece for either a customization or a repaint of any kind.

Enjoy “The World's Greatest Hobby” and share it with others. Operating toy trains brings out the hidden kid in all of us.

Ed Samsen

MEMBERSHIP NEWS New Members – Jim Weatherford reports that in September we welcomed yet another new member. We extend a very warm AGTTA “Welcome Aboard” to Jim Taylor who lives in San Diego and enjoys collecting G scale. Thanks Jim for becoming an AGTTA Member. And a job well done to Bob Wall who sponsored Jim’s Membership.

2011 Membership Total – With Jim Taylor’s new membership JW reports that our membership total now stands at 144. Super! ☺

AGTTA 2012 BOARD NOMINATIONS We need you! Now is the time to get

GOOD governing! Let’s do better than the US federal, state and local governments and have a higher percentage of participation in the nominating and voting for the future leaders of AGTTA. By participation I mean more than just showing up at the Meets; become part of the life force that makes things happen. Some of us are getting older and slowing down.

We need new Officers and Directors candidates to bring new ideas and energy for events and expansion of the membership. Many of our current outstanding BOD members are willing to run again but that’s not to say we don’t welcome new blood (figuratively speaking).

We have five or six highly productive one hour board meetings a year and feel proud of the success the organization has experienced to date. So who among you is willing to devote a few hours a year to PAY BACK the enjoyment you have experienced.

We have noticed that when we solicit names to run for the Board some show up late or leave the hall and don’t participate. WELL, this year at 6 pm when the nomination process begins the doors to the hall be closed . Those not participating will not be allowed back into the hall until nominations are compete and the ED KARPER FREE-BEE TABLE “free for all” has been attacked and cleared.

Please support your club by devoting a little time to make it better. Thanks again to those currently setting up and putting away tables & chairs, bringing snacks and donating to the raffle.

Sincerely, Bob Wall

Just to refresh your memory, here’s what the Club By-Laws, “Article VIII – Election and Terms of Officers and Directors,” states:

“Officers and Directors shall be elected annually for one calendar year by written ballot at the November General Meeting. All Officers and Directors are eligible for re-election. Nominees must be current members of AGTTA over the age of 18 and shall be nominated from the floor at the October General Meeting. Installation shall be held and the term of the office commence January 1.”

CLUB APPRECIATION AWARDS It’s also that time of the year to begin

thinking about our annual Club Appreciation Awards. Every year the Club recognizes those


Members who have put forth that extra bit of effort in support of our Club.

A one-page sheet providing all the details for these very important awards and an area in which to nominate a member will be available at

the October Meet. If you believe that a particular club member deserves recognition then please take the small amount of time and effort required to complete the form. Then just give it to any Club Officer or Director. It will be appreciated.

San Diego Model Railroad Museum’s

Model Railroad Swap Meet

Saturday, October 8 th, 2011 7 am – 11 am

Cost: Buyers $2 / Sellers $5

Sellers must arrive by 6:30 for setup & must furnish their own tables

Coffee & Donuts are now available for sale

For additional info call Swap Meet Coordinator Jim Anderson – (619) 224-1041

or the Museum Office – (619) 696-0199

1649 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 696-0199 / www.sdmrm.org

CHRISTMAS A LONG TIME AGO Editor’s Note: My thanks to Lee Davis for sending along the pictures and remembrances of a happy time so many Christmases ago.

Hey Bill. Just got these pictures from my brother. As you can see it's 1945 and I am four years old, going on five come January. The Marx engine with the wrong cars are my Uncle Carl’s. I know the couplers are not compatible, but knowing my Uncle he made it work. The mountains in the back ground are plaster of Paris. The little house on the right front of the picture with the train in it is like a cardboard with sprinkles all over it. There is a hole in the back to put a Christmas light bulb in. I still have that house and a couple more. Also, on the carpet in front of the house it looks like I got a xylophone from Santa that year. Ha Ha. Lee


NATIONAL CITY TRAIN DEPOT

Street Faire / Get Together Sunday, October 9th, 2011

922 West 23rd Street, National City, CA 91950 (619) 474-4400

Call for Exhibitors!

The group operating the museum in the oldest San Diego County train depot (built in 1882) is holding this event and we want YOUR presence!

We solicit your historic, art, crafts, educational, or hobby group to come set up a table and distribute fliers about YOUR interests.

We want everyone to come see our museum while you are exhibiting because we want publicity and we figure you do too.

Here's the deal: One table, 2 chairs per group (More space is available by arrangement.

Limited tables and chairs are available for the day with donations of $5 for 1 table & 2 chairs)

Children will be visiting your table, so have something child friendly. Bring fliers to give away. Items to be sold need prior approval.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2011

Set up time is 9:00 - 10:00 The event will run from 10:00 - 4:30

Break down is 4:30 - 5:00

For info or reservations contact Chair Susan Walter at: [email protected] Or Assistant Chair Tom Matson at (619) 275-0216 or [email protected]

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED BY OCTOBER 5, 2011

So far, we have historic museums, spinners, speakers on rail history, blacksmiths, musicians, antique automobiles, tomahawk throwers, and train pictures for sale and we are

acquiring more participants. This is in addition to the regular exhibits at the depot such as the 3-rail model trains & the four

trolleys. We will also have refreshments for sale in the bookstore and may entertain having someone serving hot dogs & etc.

WE WANT YOU! The depot is open Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 9:00-5:00 and by appointment.

This event is sponsored by the San Diego Electric Railway Assoc, Inc. a California non-profit educational tax deductible corporation. Our tax ID is 33-0202834 and we are dependent upon

contributions.


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To be held To be held To be held To be held Sunday, October 23, 2011Sunday, October 23, 2011Sunday, October 23, 2011Sunday, October 23, 2011 at theat theat theat the ““““Orange Empire Railway Museum in PerrisOrange Empire Railway Museum in PerrisOrange Empire Railway Museum in PerrisOrange Empire Railway Museum in Perris””””

Orange Empire Railway Orange Empire Railway Orange Empire Railway Orange Empire Railway MuseumMuseumMuseumMuseum 2201 South “A” Street2201 South “A” Street2201 South “A” Street2201 South “A” Street Perris, CAPerris, CAPerris, CAPerris, CA ((((909) 657909) 657909) 657909) 657----2605260526052605 Website: Website: Website: Website: www.orem.orgwww.orem.orgwww.orem.orgwww.orem.org

EXPLORE – The West’s largest collection of Railroad locomotive, Passenger and freight cars, street cars, building and other Artifacts dating from the 1870’s.

BUY/SELL – Collectable toy trains and accessories from our club Vendors such as Lionel, American Flyer, MTH, Marklin, Marx and more.

VISIT - The Tinplate Trackers Layout - Bring your trains to run on the layout

RIDE – Street Cars, interurban cars and trains on the museum Railways. Trolleys & trains operate every weekend 11 am – 5 pm

BBQ LUNCH AVAILABLE: $7 each for Members & Guests, Includes: 2 Hotdogs or 2 Hamburgers, 2 Soft Drinks, 1 Bag of Chips and 1 Cookie

FOOD SERVED: 11:30 / RAFFLE STARTS: 1 pm

FOR INFORMATION CALL: Bill Hess – (714) 528-4551

TTOS-SP WEBSITE: www.ttos-sp.com

NOTE: This will replace our October Monthly Meet at the Brookhurst Community Center in Anaheim

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To make your food reservations please fill out the following information (food reservation required): Name: _______________________________________________ TTOS # _____________________

Number of Members / Guests : __________ X $7.00 each = Total Enclosed: _______________

Mail your completed reservation form & check payabl e to TTOS – SP Division to:

Mike Donovan, P.O. Box 5263, Fullerton, CA 92838

Mail by October 15, 2011

Your tickets will be held at the auction desk ....

Vendor Table Space: : : : Free

Setup: 8:30 am - Bring Your Own Tables

Public Invited: Train Meet Starts at 9 am – 2 pm +

Train Raffle: 1:00 pm

Park Admission, Train Show & Parking: FREE

All Day Pass for Trolley & Train Rides:

$12 Adults - $8 Children 5-11


Final Layout check prior to taking it down to SDMRM

Roland Pierce & Carl Lewis give the layout workers expert advice

SDMRM LAYOUT PHOTO GALLERY Photos taken by Bob Wall


Layout Setup - Mike & Lee level the layout

Layout Setup – Greg, Bob, Alan, Andy & Jon doing final assembly


Layout Setup - Steve sets up Cars Module

Bob Graves & Richard Thomson are ready to run


Christine & Caroline

Lee Davis teaches a young model railroader barrel loader operation


Actor LeVar Burton gives Debbie, Bill Hungerford’s care giver, a RR hug

Hobo Bill Hungerford


Editor’s Note: Jim thought the following Reference Guide would be both interesting and useful. Here are the last two pages. The first two were contained in the September Main-Line.

OCTOBER 2011 TECH TIP LIONEL POSTWAR ENGINE-TENDER GUIDE

By Jim Weatherford


CLUB NEWS Lights Out San Diego & AGTTA – As everyone who lives in San Diego County knows the lights went out on the afternoon/evening of our September Meet. Therefore we are adding the White Elephant Raffle, which was supposed to be held at the September Meet, to this month’s agenda. That means we will have a full plate of “goodies” at the October Meet. These include:

a) How-To Clinic, b) 2012 Board Nominations, c) Ed Karper Memorial Free-Bee Table, and d) The White Elephant Raffle.

Sure hope you will plan on getting there early so you won’t miss out on all the fun activities.

Special Raffle #3 – Needless to say no tickets were sold at the September Meet. Therefore as Bob Wall reported last month we’ve sold a bunch

of Raffle #3 tickets, but we have sold only about a third of our minimum ticket sales goal. So for those of you who have not yet bought tickets for our Special Raffle #3 (“Arrival In Escondido” Framed Limited Edition print) or if you would like to increase your chances of winning this beautiful print, BUY RAFFLE TICKETS at the October Meet.

AGTTA SDMRM Layout Run – Our 2nd 2011 Layout Run Session at the Balboa Park SDMRM ran from September 15th to October 2nd and was another huge success thanks to all those who ran their trains and those who came out in support.

Wanted – Member Steve Demro is looking for two Lionel 6430 - Cooper-Jarrett Box Vanilla Colored Trailers to go along with a flat car that he has. The lettering is copper and black. If possible, he would like to get the two trailers from the "same litter", meaning both trailers will have equal amount of wear and the same faded color.


Al’s Choo Choo Loco Repairs, Layouts & Collections

Call: (714) 654-0726

Ed’s All Gauge Train Sale See & Hold What You Buy

All Gauges - Everything Trains 3000 Trains & Everything For Them

2011 TRAIN SCHEDULE DEC 17

8 AM – 1 PM Ed Jablonsky - (619) 287-0819

4838 Old Cliffs Road San Diego, CA 92120

Electric Trains Keep Roland Roland Frandsen Jr.

Mon - Fri 9 - 2 & Sat 9 - 1 (619) 449-9503

(Please call before coming) 10259 Escadera Drive

Santee, CA

ROCK HOUSE STATIONROCK HOUSE STATIONROCK HOUSE STATIONROCK HOUSE STATION Call Greg Anastopoulos for Hours

Bus: (760) 788-9846 Fax: (760) 788-8164

[email protected] 2505 Main Street, Suite 5

Ramona, CA

SUPPORTING BUSINESSSUPPORTING BUSINESSSUPPORTING BUSINESSSUPPORTING BUSINESS

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STORES & BUSISTORES & BUSISTORES & BUSISTORES & BUSINESSESNESSESNESSESNESSES

Eric’s Train Repair SPECIALIZING IN POST-WAR

American Flyer Trains By Appointment Only

Phone Hours: 8am - 8pm - Mon - Sat

Eric Bense (858) 578-2395 10705 Lorie Avenue ericbense@aolccom San Diego, CA 92131 TCA #: 01-53270, TTOS, NASG

Steve Bovee, Owner

www.reeds-hobbies.com

E-mail: [email protected]

Elystoys Lionel, Am Flyer, Marx, Ives,

Hot Wheels, Dinky, Aurora Slots Tonka, Tootsietoy, Smith Miller

Jean & Dave Ely (515) 664-8217

Urbandale, Iowa [email protected]

Lionel Value Added Dealer Wanted to buy: Authorized Service Station Trains of all gauges American Flyer sales & service and vintage toys

D & S HOBBIES 28636 Old Town Front Street, Suite 100

Temecula, CA 92590 Phone: (951) 694-1773

Scott L. Kugler Mon: 9 – 6 / Thurs.: Closed Deborah L. Kugler Tues. 11 – 4 / Fri.: 11 – 6 [email protected] Wed.: 11 – 6 / Sat.: 9 – 6 Sun.: 11 - 4


Oct 8 Saturday SDMRM Swap Meet Jim Anderson (619) 224-1041 Oct 13 Thursday AGTTA October Meet Ed Samsen (760) 485-4791 Oct 23 Sunday 23 rd Annual TTOS-SP Perris Meet Bill Hess (714) 528-4551 Nov 6 Sunday TTOS-SP November Meet Ken Flory (714) 538-8218 Nov 10 Thursday AGTTA November Meet Ed Samsen (760) 485-4791

Nov 18/ Friday/ 27 th Annual Cal Stewart 20 Sunday www.ttos-sw.org/activities.htm Dec 3/4 Sat/Sun Del Mar Great American Train

Show Dec 6 Tuesday AGTTA Christmas Dinner Jon Everett (858) 538-0930 Dec 10 Saturday 2 nd Annual AGTTA Holiday

Open House Train Meet Bob Wall (858) 452-8955

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ALL GAUGE TOY TRAIN ASSOCIATION 6621 Cartwright Street

San Diego, CA 92120-2407

NEXT MEET: Thursday, October 13 th

4:30 – 8:00 Torrey Pines Christian Church

8320 La Jolla Scenic Drive North

NOVEMBER MEET DATE: Thursday, November 10th

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