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Chicagoland Association of S-Gaugers (CASG) r

Chicagoland Association of S-Gaugers (CASG)

Meetings

When:

The third Friday of every month. Members start to arrive at approximately 7:00 P.M. to meet friends, sell, trade, view videos, have coffee and donuts, etc. Business meeting begins at 8:00. Meeting day occasionally changed if S-fest, York, or other important events intervene. Changes are announced in the Newsletter. Call the Secretary or President to confirm the date if uncertain.

Where: most months -

American Legion Room
Hinsdale Village Hall
2nd Floor
19 East Chicago Avenue
Hinsdale, Illinois

The Hinsdale village hall is 5 to 10 minutes off the Ogden Avenue exit from Interstate 294.

Roman Papierz's American Flyer northern with a heavyweight
passenger train passing John Griffin's scratch built Schnabel
car heavy load train on the modules at the Southland Train show

Membership

Membership is $20 year. Click here for a membership form.

CASG Officers 2013-2014

President:

Joel Weber

Naperville, Illinois 60565-1230
630-428-3917
Weber1b@wideopenwest.com

Vice President
Dave Fron

Treasurer
Dick Bukowski
Mount Prospect, Illinois
847-296-2657
basstrek@hotmail.com

Secretary
Bob Brown
Streamwood, Illinois
630-830-8611
rwbrown1@yahoo.com

Office-at-Large
Leigh Maginniss

Trustees

Horacio Baggio, Andy Jugle and Al Roman.

Committee Chairs

membership: Joel Weber
modules: Joel Lebovitz

Will Holt's American Models U-25B's passing through town on one of his modules

The CASG newsletter is the Chicago Flyer. Click here for the current version in pdf format. Click here for the previous issue.

Fall S Fests

CASG will host the 2014 Fall S Fest at the Westin Lombard located adjacent to the York Town Shopping Center, near the junction of I-355 and I-80. The dates are October 24-25, 2014. The 2013 Fall S Fest will be hosted by our friends of the State-Line "S" Gaugers. The 38th Annual S-FEST will be held November 1 - 3, 2013 at the Holiday Inn Express in Janesville, WI (not new location!) For more information, click here for the flyer.

2002 and 2006 S-Fest Cars and Trucks

2002 S-Fest S Helper Service Refrigerator Cars - some still available. $40.00, plus shipping. Contact Will Holt willowassocwill1@netzero.net for availability.

2006 S-Fest semi-trailer trucks made by Tonkin. 1/64 scale diecast. Mack CJ Coe tractor, with bullnose trailer, with S-Fest-logo. $16.95 each, shipping is $6.00 for the first truck and $2.00 for each additional truck. Mail your check , with shipping address, to:
Will Holt
2186 Cabrillo Lane
Hoffman Estates, IL 60192

Club History

History of the CASG written by Don Heimburger (pdf format).

Associated Clubs

There are two modular groups associated with CASG: the Chicagoland Hi-Rail and Scale Modulars (CHASM) and Chicago Land Area Narrow Gaugers (CLANG). CHASM and CASG participate annually in the NMRA Fox Valley Division's High Wheeler 'at Harper College in Palatine and at the NMRA DuPage Division's All American Railroad Show will be at Lyons Township High School in LaGrange. We also often have a small layout at the Great Midwest Train Show

3-1/2' by 6' layout at the Great Midwest Train Show

Links

National Association of S-Gaugers
Badgerland S Gaugers
American Flyer S Gaugers of the Saint Louis Area -- AFSGSLA State Line "S" Gaugers

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Club module layout at World's Greatest Hobby, January 2012.

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