January 29, 2013 – Santa Train 2012 has been dismantled and I have 20 free G Scale winter trees available for anyone who will stop by and pick them up. One of the trees includes LED Christmas lights. Picture HERE. April 23, 2013 – Gone to Goodwill…..
David Palmeter
Dorothy Watts Memorial Open House
Hello,
Dorothy Watts passed away on January 1, 2013. David and Debbie Watts will have an Memorial Open House for Dorothy on Sunday January 20, 2013 between 3-6pm at the train shop.
If you could let the Club members know, we would appreciate it.
Thank you,
Rick,
Watts Trains
Great Show by the ILSR Modular Group – NEW – Vids
January 6, 2013 – Update January 10, 2013 – The Indiana State Fairgrounds Train show just ended and the ILSR Modular Group did an excellent job assembling and running the display! The crowd was large and appreciative. Pix to follow. Three videos now! Percy and Mike. Big Diesels and Brandon. Hustle Muscle.
Happy New Year!
January 2, 2013 – Happy New Year and Happy Newsletter! Bud has put together another spectacular ILSR Newsletter to kick off the 2013. He has a great tribute to Bruce Bowden, excellent Watts Meeting coverage (bonus video HERE), Jingle Rails pictures, a story on CSX bridges in Lebanon and more. Check it out HERE.
Christmas Train!
December 10, 2012 – Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! Have all the good little elves at your house gotten the Christmas train set up and running? Click HERE to see the member's Trains of Christmas Past and even one for THIS year. We would like to share your new or updated layout with the members and guests that visit the ILSR website. See the 'Contact' page and send your pix and vids to the webmaster. And have yourself a Very Merry Christmas!
Sad News About Bruce Bowden
11-29-2012 – David, we just got a call from Barb Bowden telling us that Bruce died Tuesday, 11/27/12. The calling will be Thursday, 11/29/12 from 4-8 pm at the Miller Moster Robbins Funeral Home in Connersville. The service is at 11:00 am on Friday, 11/30/12 at the funeral home. Address is 1704 Grand Ave. Connersville, 765-825-5641. Those of us fortunate enough to know Bruce know he had, not only an outstanding garden railroad, but was a well respected community leader in Connersville.
More information/obituary is at: www.millermosterrobbins.com
Bud
The Rose Rock and Crystal City Railroad
November 21, 2012 – Check out the video and read the very unusual story about the retirement of Lynn and Joanne Denison's outstanding "The Rose Rock and Crystal City Railroad" in the 'Garden Layouts' section.
November/December ILSR Newsletter Now On-line
November 21, 2012 – The latest issue of our outstanding club newsletter is on-line and in full color. Lots of important news items and activities to check out. Don't miss a word!
Welcome to New Members John & Diane Sievers
November 19, 2012 – We are pleased to welcome new ILSR members from Carmel, Indiana – John and Diane Sievers. They heard about us at Watts; they must have been shopping there, they are planning a layout. Glad to have you aboard, folks, and hope you will join us at our future events. The ILSR modular train display at the fairgrounds on January 5, 6, 2013 would be a good place to start. We will look forward to seeing you there!
Runnin’ Trains
October 25, 2012 – An 80 degree day in late October means running trains, as well as a chance to test the front porch Santa Train. Christmas is exactly 2 months away. Having been out of commission personally for several weeks, some of the track had disappeared under a layer of ground cover. A pleasant afternoon with the garden clippers, one pass with the drywall sander/track cleaner, a trip to the basement to bring up the power supply, a couple of minutes with a loose track power connection and we were under way. Santa, FRED and the helper elf enjoyed the ride – check photos HERE.