Meeting opened at 8:25 by president.
John displayed new railroad book available.
John spoke about the need of a new trailer for club
modules. He reported on checking with Lowe’s and found a 5 x 8 trailer
available for approximately $1700.00. Ed Bush mentioned that this
trailer would work and that it would be necessary to have angle brackets
installed for proper storage of modules. John also mentioned checking with York
Trailer and reported that they had a similar trailer available for $1600.00 and
would further check on its availability. He reported to the club that this
was a necessary item and we would have to spend some money to get a better
trailer.
A member spoke about putting bearing buddies on the trailer
to avoid problems with bearings. John reported that the wheel size of
trailer was 14 inch. Jeff spoke about the advantage of having a good trailer
that some of the corner modules could be stored in a new trailer with sufficient
space. Questions were raised about the stacking of the modules and suggestions
were made to have stacking racks installed by Phillips. It was also thought that
the exterior could be painted to help advertise our club. Storage was still a
problem that had to be worked out.
John reported speaking to Mike Delvecchio about the Morris
museum and their interest in having our club set up some sort of exhibit for the
holidays. Reported that the museum was located on
Charlie spoke of having a set up date and date was not set
up at this time. John spoke of getting in touch with Earl, Bill and Dave to help
in setting up the exhibit and told members that he would be in touch by E mail
or phone.
Charlie Smith reported on the
John reported on progress of meetings with owners of Sparta
Station and was in touch by E-mail with them and they wanted to know what we had
in mine with the club involvement with the Sparta Station. They were
looking for donations to get things started.
It was noted that a Lackawanna Steam locomotive that was
involved in the building of the cut off was in storage somewhere in
Ed Bush reported that the
Members were reminded that there was no meeting scheduled
for December and the January meeting would be one week earlier, January 23rd,
because of members going to the Springfield train show. Ed Bush mentioned
that there was still openings to attend this train show and asked members to get
to him as soon as possible for arrangements.
Meeting ended at 8:45 P.M.
Respectfully Submitted
Ed Ibold
