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Hours Open to the Public
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1. Scale Rails is open Tuesday and Saturday 10am - 2pm.
2. Scale Rails will no longer be open to the public on Thursdays. Club members are encouraged to come in as before and work on projects. This will also become good day for
Operating Sessions. The doors will
be open. Visitors will not
be turned away but members may not have time to answer questions. |
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Scale Rails Elections
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Jim Morse - President, - Chairman, Bob Slusser - Vice President, Dwight Sedgwick - Treasurer, Richard Polina - Secretary
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Operating Sessions
Lunch is provided, no time to go out. Contact Bob Slusser if you have questions. |
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DoW |
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1/9/2020
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Thu |
9-3 |
All day training session |
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1/30/2020 |
Thu |
9-3 |
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2/20/2020 |
Thu |
9-3 |
Cancelled due to layout issues |
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Train Shows
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Scale Rails completed a successful Train Show in February 2020. We had
825 guests. The show had five running layouts. Over 75 vendor tables with 34 vendors. Many guests also toured the Depot to see the main Scale Rails layout.
Next Scale Rails Annual Train Show is Feb 20-21, 2021 at Araba Shrine Temple in Ft Myers.
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Winter Clinics and Training |
Every winter Scale Rails of South West Florida conducts clinics which are open to the Public. These clinics
are held at our clubhouse, the Depot, starting at 10:00am and lasting about 1 hour on Saturdays, and are free
of charge. Clinics, which are conducted by club members, cover many elements of model railroading and are intended
to introduce people to some techniques for doing various aspects of modeling. Many of our members got their start by
attending these clinics.
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2020 Clinic schedule |
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Time |
Presenter |
Topic |
| 1/4/2020 |
10-11 |
Lee Dobyns |
Overview of systems in our layout (HO, Hon3) |
| 1/18/2020 |
10-11 |
Lee Dobyns |
Soldering basics |
| 1/25/2020 |
10-11 |
Bob Watson |
Building #6 Fast Track Turnouts |
| 2/22/2020 |
10-11 |
John Seaman |
Weathering cars and engines |
| 3/7/2020 |
1-2 |
Bob Salem |
Trucks, wheels and couplers |
| Canceled |
10-11 |
Steve Depaola |
Installing a decoder in a locomotive |
| Canceled |
10-11 |
Lee Dobyns |
Electrical Troubleshooting and LED's |
| Canceled |
1-2 |
Lee Dobyns |
Decoder programming, SPROG & DecoderPro |
| Canceled |
10-2 |
Lee Dobyns |
Building Fast Tracks Double Slip Demo |
| Canceled |
10-2 |
Lee Dobyns |
Building Fast Tracks Double Slip Demo |
| Canceled |
10-11 |
Tom Dahlheimer |
Scene Lighting Introduction (MTT Products) |
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Major Projects underway for 2020 and 2021
- Solving S curve issue in D Staging (turnouts too close). June 2020
- Added 3 boosters (2-Staging, split C/D yards and 1-Hon3). Feb 2020
- Completed Lower Level signals. 02/2020
- Install carpet in Main room. May 2020
- Develop project plan to improved lighting of buildings (N, HO, Hon3). July 2020 (Design)
- Complete New Town in Lower Helix. Spring 2020
- Review additional Operational change suggestions. June 2020
- Add 3 circuit breakers to San Bernardino. July 2020
- Upper Level Signaling upgrade project. July > Nov 2020
- Install two roadway crossing detectors on HO Palmer Lake area. Aug 2020
- Develop project plan for San Bernardino operational improvements. Sep 2020 (Design)
- Develop project plan for Operational improvements for Denver. 2020-2021
- Develop project plan for Operational improvements for La Junta. 2020-2021
- Develop project plan for five areas of turnout changes (Roundhouse sidings, Castle Rock siding, A Yard and Denver mainline turnouts to storage tracks, Summit Wye). Sep 2020
- Investigate AC ducts in main room for leaks. (TBD)
- Develop project plan for Upper Level Re-Phase. Jan 2021
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| Calendar |
June 13, General Club Meeting, The
Depot, time 11:00am
July 11, General Club Meeting, The
Depot, time 11:00am
August 8, General Club Meeting,The
Depot, time 11:00am
September 12, General Club Meeting,The
Depot, time 11:00am
October 11, General Club Meeting, The
Depot, time 11:00am
November 14, General Club Meeting, The
Depot, time 11:00am
December 12 General Club Meeting, The
Depot, time 11:00am
January 9, General Club Meeting, The
Depot, time 11:00am
February 13, General Club Meeting, The
Depot, time 11:00am
March 13, General Club Meeting, The Depot, time 11:00am
April 10, General Club Meeting, The
Depot, time 11:00am
May 8, General Club Meeting, The
Depot, time 11:00am
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N-Scale Layout
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The Club has finished rebuilding our N-scale modular layout so that it meets NTRACK standards and is located in the front room of the Depot. Check out all the lights on the layout.
Two new modules are underway. Will also install three new scene lighting modules. |
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