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Saturday August 5, 2006

Jim Starosta’s

Greenfield, WI

G. Children, A. Doty, R. Eveleth,

D. Goeke, D Goeke, D. Goeke,

J. Goeke, M Goeke, G. Koerner,

C. Krasonya, L. Marotz, J. Maslowski, M. McGrath, B. Nelson & B. Nelson,

L. Nisiewicz & Audrey, K. Pilon,

R. Puls & J. Puls, R. Schlicht,

D. Smukowski & S. Smukowski,

J. Starosta, D. Stoll, & G. Stoll,

F. Vergenz, R. Wade & Wade. (29)

a) None Given

It was personal, not business

Jim Starosta greeted all of the BSG picnic attendees. The only reports given were what we all have been doing over this hot, dry summer.

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE "TRAINS" OPEN HOUSE AT DAVE & SANDY SMUKOWSKI’S

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 2006

159 CORTLAND LANE

WEST BEND, WISCONSIN

(TOWN OF TRENTON)

TIME:

FROM 12:00PM TO 3:30PM

DAVE & SANDY HAVE A 350 SQUARE FOOT "S" GAUGE LAYOUT INDOORS AND A GARDEN RAILROAD (G GAUGE) WITH ABOUT 1,000 FEET OF TRACK IN THE BACK YARD.

DIRECTIONS:

USE "MAPQUEST" OR CALL US AT 262-675-2664 OR E-MAIL @ davidsmukowski@sbcglobal.net.

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE

David & Sandy are both members of the BADGERLAND S GAUGERS MODEL RAILROAD CLUB.

Westosha Community Center in Bristol.

There is a sign out front.

Take either US Rte. 45 or I-94 south.

On US 45, go south thru Franklin & North Cape. At Hwy 20, go left (East). Follow 45 1 mile to Colony Ave. 45 goes south thru

Union Grove & crosses hwy 50 thru Bristol to county C (Kenosha county C). Turn left on Hwy C and go ½ mile to The Westosha Community Center, (It’s on the left side)  

From 94, go south and go to the Hwy C exit (from exit 1b to hwy 50 is about 33 miles, so, the hwy C exit is about another 8 miles or so). Take the hwy C exit and go about 6.5 miles to the center; it will be on the right side.

From the west, take 83 to hwy 50, and follow it to 45 and follow the directions above.

From the south, take either 45, 41 or 94 north to county C and follow above directions.

For your info- hwy 83 is closed from the IL-WI state line to thru traffic.

CAUTION: THERE IS A RACINE COUNTY C. DO NOT TAKE THAT EXIT.

If you have any questions:

Call Art Doty at (847) 395-1408 or Kathy Andrews at (262) 206-7648 or Truman Garrett at (262) 537-2965.

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September Meeting- Art Doty & Trumann Garrett, Sat. Sept. 23

October Meeting- No Host Found

November 3-5 Fall S Fest, Tinley Park

November 11^th & 12^th Trainfest

December Meeting- Jim Starosta December 3rd

January Meeting – Steve Lunde

February Meeting - Brad Nelson February 17th & 18th -Mad-City Model Railroad Show & Sale

March Meeting – No Host Found

March 3^rd & 4^th MSOE Traintime 07 Model Railroad Show

April Meeting - No Host Found

Titletown Train Show Green Bay T.B.A.

Call Ron Schlicht, if you wish to host a General Meeting. There is no specific criterion for hosting a meeting. Weekday evenings, Saturdays or Sundays are acceptable. If you want to schedule for next year it’s not too early.

*We try to keep away from a BSG swap meet Sunday, but that might be unavoidable.

2006 September 24

October 22

November 26

December 17

2007 January 28 February 25

March 25

September 23

October 28

November 25

December 16

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2006 September 17

October 15

November 19

December 17

January 21 February 25

March 18

April 22

The Lionel Club will also have an open house. The dates are as follows:

November 26^th & 27^th 2005

Hours: 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Admission: $2.00

Kids 12 and under: FREE with Adult

Parkland Plaza

2721 South Calhoun Road

New Berlin, WI

(Entrance is at the back of the building.)

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2006 October 14

December 9

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8:00 A.M. To 12:00 P.M.

2006 October 1

November 5

December 3

2007 January 7 February 4

March 4

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2006 October 15

VFW Veteran’s Building Burlington, WI

Trainfest November 11 & 12

December 3

2007 January 21 February 18

March 4

April 15

For more details visit website at:

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2006 September 10

October 8

November 12

December 10

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(I do not have a schedule at this time.)

Programs are held at the Milwaukee School of Engineering Student Center, 1025 North Broadway, Milwaukee, WI.

Doors open at 7:00 pm.

Programs start at 7:30 pm.

Programs are subject to change without notice.

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Did I mention rain in the last newsletter? Be careful what you ask for. After the newsletter was completed, I nearly drowned on the way to the printer. It rained so hard the windshield wipers couldn’t keep up with it

The 2006 Badgerland S Gaugers picnic was held at Jim Starosta’s home. It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood; Ray Puls arrived early in the morning to start up the chicken roast. (That isn’t a reference to some of our club members.) The weather turned out to be just about perfect, warm, and sunny with just a hint of thin clouds to make everything very pleasant. We had a very good turnout, 28 attendees total. 29 if you count Gary Children who was already committed to working at the East Troy Trolley Museum, but made a brief appearance at the picnic.

The food and beverages were excellent. As a matter of fact everything was so good that I had to make an emergency run to Jewel Foods for more supplies. Jim kept the coolers well packed and the food in the kitchen was kept warm in Nesco's. Jim’s basement was open to those who wished to see his layout and railroad memorabilia. If you are one of those who loved The Milwaukee Road, you more than likely thoroughly enjoyed the trip to the basement. (Jim has also volunteered to host this year’s Christmas party.)

This was a good time to talk about the summer, trains and general items of interest without having one of those "beat a dead horse" discussions relating to club activities. There are some really neat items coming out in S gauge this fall. Some of our members shared their knowledge regarding the new products and we got a preview of some of them.

Many thanks go out to all of those who brought some food and beverages along to fill our stomachs, many of which did not need more filling. A special thanks to Jim Starosta for hosting this event and Ray and June Puls who worked hard preparing the chicken.

The only bad news was that the picnic conflicted with the NASG convention. I have never attended one of these conventions and was unaware of the date. If we would have been a bit more informed we might have shifted the date for the picnic. Well maybe next year there won’t be any conflict of dates. Perhaps I will get a report from someone on the NASG convention to put in the newsletter, but I doubt it.

The new season will be starting up soon. With the summer being a bit on the hot side, the basement was a great place to be, for me that meant trains. For most of you summer is a break from trains, but then again I’m just a bit crazy. The youth layout has received a "major, major" facelift. I am about as excited as I have ever been, regarding the layout and I’m really looking forward to Trainfest and all of the places that the layout will be on display. Don’t forget to let me know early, just which shows that you will be attending. I always get asked when the shows are. It is usually in our newsletters under the BSG Calendar Of Events. (The events’ listing appears to be just another useless piece of information.)

Being retired I have a lot of time to spend on trains and just about whatever I care to. I also watch, maybe a bit too much, TV. You also get to see an awful lot of commercials. It is amazing just how many things are constantly being pushed on us these days. If I ever hear the following line in a commercial, I’ll know my life is over, as I know it.

"I knew enjoying model railroading was one of the best things in the world, but I didn’t know that it could lead to E.D."

(You have to watch a lot of TV to understand the above statement.)

Start thinking about the nominations for officers this year. We will need a new president, a BSG president, in addition to whatever clown, clowness (female-no gender bias) or clownist (clownist being and independent) replaces the one in Washington D.C. Don’t look for the above terms in Webster’s, I use a liberal literary license even though I am a conservative at heart.

This year will signal the official hard driving talk on Fall S Fest 2008. Most items will be resolved at S Fest committee meetings rather than having to weed through hundreds of inane suggestions at meeting and beating them to death for hours. If there are some ideas that you have contact Steve Lunde, he is the S Fest Chairman. There will be a listing of the other S Fest committee "persons" to whom you can request additional information in future newsletters.

I have volunteered to put together information on past Fall S Fests but as of now have not received any responses to my requests from any of the participating clubs.

The 2005-2006 financial reports should be available at the October BSG general meeting. It will cover the timeframe from September 1^st, 2005 to August 31^st 2006.

The Fall S Fest-2006 is scheduled from November 2nd (Thursday) thru November 5th (Sunday), and will be hosted by the CASG club in the South-Chicago suburb of Tinley Park, Illinois. 

If you have not registered or received any information on this years Fall S Fest contact:

Joel Lebovitz –

CASG Fall S Fest Registrar

159 Shadowbend Drive

Wheeling, Illinois 60090-3151

       Phone: 847/ 541-3945

The Badgerland S Gaugers will be participating in the large modular layout that will be setup at this year’s Fall S Fest. We would appreciate it if all of BSG members attending the S Fest would spend a little time (an hour or so) helping out and manning the layout.

No operating night and playtime sessions planned at this time.

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With the temperatures reaching record highs in our area and throughout the country, here is my BSG tip. Run through your lawn sprinkler, it will make you feel like a kid again. Who cares if your neighbors think senility has kicked in. As a matter of fact, ask them to join you, then sit down with refreshment and talk about the things that you did as a child. You’ll both feel younger after the experience. Now if you sit down on the living room floor and push your trains around making choo-choo sounds, consult your physician. This also probably means you are suffering from E.D.

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I have nothing to report at this time. It’s summertime. Almost everything that I buy is used and most of the new stuff that I purchase is the wrong scale. It’s the dreaded Hi-Railer disease N.S. (Non-Scaleitis).

1. American Flyer Tie Ejector Car,

2. Animated Track Gang

First introduced in S gauge in 1946, the popular #594 Animated Track Gang Set is available once again, 60 years later. This classic accessory features three animated figures. When a train passes by, the foreman moves forward, halting the two figures working with jackhammers

3. The 0-6-0 Dockside Switcher rejoins the American Flyer roster with two new road names. Bethlehem Steel and New York Central

4. Featuring die-cast metal trucks and directional lighting, the Baldwin switcher appears in the Western Maryland livery.

5. The American Flyer Northern returns as #809 in the striking Union Pacific greyhound livery. Complete with smoke lifters, or "elephant ears," this massive locomotive features the conventional RailSounds sound system and conventional transformer operation.

6. American Flyer Holiday Box Car.

7. American Flyer Christmas Caboose

8. The North Pole Central yard bustles with activity during the holidays. This classic 0-6-0 Christmas Dockside Switcher, colorfully decorated for Christmas, joins the American Flyer roster and adds motive power at a great value.

9. The Candy Cane Dump Cars drop off Santa’s favorite treat.

There are ten items if you want to count the two road names on the Docksiders. Well I bought the Docksiders last year and have no use for additional ones that look nearly the same as last years. In addition, their performance evaluation reads: Did not meet expectations.

The tie ejector car is not exactly a real winner, but better than some of their other offerings.

The animated track gang I can’t believe that a huge amount where originally sold. It is very toy looking and does not come close to any of the Lionel animated accessories. Why would I want one? I don’t.

The Baldwin switcher is another in a line of unattractive paint schemes that Lionel has produced. Did every railroad have ugly paint schemes or does Lionel just have a lousy marketing department?

Christmas cars, Christmas cars, Christmas cars, I don’t own one and never will. I suppose that a dump car, dumping candy canes is novel. The North Pole Docksider paint scheme actually has more effort than put into it than the current Docksider renderings. Dump cars are a great idea since I always seem to see people dumping Christmas cars at swap meets.

Finally, thank God, the Northern 4-8-4, and done in an absolutely beautiful U.P. paint scheme. Batting a hundred will not get you into the major leagues, but the U.P. is like a grand slam home run for Lionel American Flyer. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once and a while. This is the only item really worth talking about. I definitely have to see one of these engines. Coming up with the financing is another question.

As always read the disclaimer at the end of our newsletters. Dissenting opinions are welcome. For that matter any outside input into this publication is welcome.

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New Email Address:

davidsmukowski@sbcglobal.net

New Email Address:

kcalvin@wi.rr.com

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If any of our members would like to receive the newsletter via email please contact Ron Schlicht via email.

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Badgerland@yahoogroups.com,

Check this over occasionally

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If you are interested in using the For Sale column give me a call. I would like to limit the amount of different items to a maximum four per member.

I will list items under "Wanted" for two or three newsletters. Please contact me if you want a listing continued or it will be dropped. The same applies

to the "For Sale" column. If you sell an item contact me so that I can remove it from subsequent newsletters.

Nothing to Report.

American Flyer Docksider 21158.

This engine has won a box full of ribbons and has never been beat in the S Fest races. Price $160.00 plus $7.50 shipping.

Glenn Eisenbrandt
435 W. Starin Rd.
Whitewater, WI 53190
920-723-1125

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Milwaukee Road "Blue Ice" Reefer. Manufactured by S Helper Service

$45.00 each. *The BSG Club member discount price is $35.00 each

Hi-Rail trucks and couplers are furnished. Scale wheels are also provided.

The car numbers 29293, & 29294 are being sold separately.

The car numbers 29291, & 29292 may only be purchased in a four-car set, 29291 thru 29294. The price for the set is $160.00 to non-members and $130.00 to BSG members.

For details and car availability contact:

Ron Schlicht

5274 S. 49^th St.

Greenfield, WI 53220

Phone: (414) 421-8512

Email: rschlicht2@wi.rr.com

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For any new members who are interested in club hats or shirts

Contact Jeff Young.

If you "have not" received a club patch or a membership card

Contact Ron Schlicht.

If you "have not" received a club badge Contact Dave Smukowski.

Until the next time. See Ya. Ron Schlicht

rschlicht2@wi.rr.com

The views and opinions expressed in the Badgerland S Gaugers newsletters are those of the editor, unless otherwise credited, and do not necessarily represent that of the club, it’s officers, directors, or the membership.

The Badgerland S Gaugers do not offer any warranties, guarantees, nor assume any liability from information contained in this publication.

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Dave Smukowski Jeff Madden Jeffrey Young Ron Schlicht

Phone: (262) 675-2664 Phone: (262) 968-3729 Phone: (262) 250-0618 Phone: (414) 421-8512

davidsmukowski@sbcglobal.net NASGDispatch@hotmail.com youngsjk@aol.com rschlicht2@wi.rr.com

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Directors: Steve Lunde (06) – Dick Kloes (07) – Art Doty (08) – Trumann Garrett

Modular Layout Committee: Dick Kloes, Ray Puls, and Dave Smukowski.

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