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CLUB NEWS
MEMBER NEWS:
I want to start out by apologizing for lack of updates. It has been almost two years since this page was updated. This is a point of contention with a few members, but as they say, "You can please some of the people some of the time,..." This site is typically where people get their first information about the club; Old information is not conducive to a good first impression.
We have had a couple of losses in the past few months. Longtime member RD Christal passed away after a long battle with declining health. We also lost Mark Whigham, although he was not a member at the time of his passing, he will be missed. Mark was responsible for bringing this website into the new millineum. He is responsible for all pictures on the site prior to this point; website promotion (listing on search engines, which is how folks find us) as well as the "flashy" javascript things. After Mark took over the site from me back in 2003, he transformed it into a professional looking site with many features that I could not have done without a lot of help. The only thing he did not change was my graphic that is used for the background (vertical tracks).
MONTHLY CLINIC:
No Monthly Clinics are currently scheduled. If you have a clinic that you'd like to do or have, please let me know.
REMEMBER:
Personal lockers must fit into a floor Footprint
of 36" wide X 24" deep, in colors of light tan or light gray.
Two irregular "footprints" which have snuck in, interfere
with "expansion"
UPDATED LAST ONE OUT CHECKLIST:
Click Here for Printable Version
- During final train run of your session, return track AND control switches which you have used, to their respective through mains.
- Stow / pack your items; Lock your locker (if applicable).
- Make one circuit around the room, in a clock-wise direction, starting at the lockers.
- Latch & test side door. Ensure plywood is standing between steel-bar door and glass door. (Otherwise the steel-bar door can unlatch the glass door.)
- Turn off timer under the Passenger Station.
- Unplug overhead light. As of Jan. 2009, it was a green extension cord plugged in by the DCC test track.
- Unplug big floor fan.
- Turn off all rotary, timers and the DCC master switch in the DCC test track area.
- Return throttles to their storage boxes.
- Turn off heater breaker switch (labeled on electrical master panel by the workbench.
- Unplug workbench light.
- Turn off timer below Route 66 (about half-way down).
- Turn off stereo.
- Turn off coffee maker.
- Turn off restroom light. Ensure commode is not running. During the Winter months, please leave the space heater running (close door).
- Turn off TV, VCR & DVD Player.
- Unplug big fan on restroom ceiling (plug behind TV).
- Lock overhead dock door.
- Turn off light switch by front door bulletin board. Ensure timer is "Off".
- Lock front glass door. Ensure that the knob on the inside is in the vertical position (running 12 to 6 o'clock).
- Firmly lock porch gate latch with padlock.
- Stop vehicle on driveway to chain-lock the drive gate at the top. If both gates were opened, ensure rod is stuck into it's hole in the concrete.
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