October 23, 2012 – Paul George is selling some passenger train equipment. See the 'For Sale' section for details.
David Palmeter
Club Meeting at Watts THIS Saturday the 27th
October 23, 2012 – REMINDER – Our Program Chairman has arranged a meeting at Watts for Saturday October 27, 2012. You can enjoy shopping and comments from Dave Watts at 1 pm, club meeting at 2pm. If your culinary or shopping skills allow, please bring a snack for the grazing table.
Welcome to New Member Spencer Spurlock
October 22, 2012 (Updated November 19, 2012) – We are pleased to welcome new member Spencer Spurlock from Fishers, Indiana to our club. Spencer is a high school student and has started collecting G Scale trains and track so that he can build an indoor layout. Glad you have joined us Spencer; we enjoyed meeting you at Watts Trains on Saturday October 27, hope to see you at future events.
Randy and Jacquie Banks Open House
September 22, 2012 – Since Randy and Jacquie Banks had spent a long hot summer preparing their railroad for the 2012 Four Club Tour, they decided to invite the club for an open house so that those who were working the Tour could see what they had done. The new sights included a "Depot' storage shed, a revised track layout to allow running 4 trains at a time and lots of landscape and trestle upgrades, among many other projects. Photos HERE.
Club Annual Picnic via the Pizza Train
September 21, 2012 – Great turnout for the ITM Pizza Train/Club Picnic! Many thanks to Lance Brock for the idea and the execution. After all the work he did to be a big part of the Four Club Tour, he and his helpers turned right around and organized one of our most successful club events in recent times. We had 41 members and guests and 8 future G-Scalers. UPDATE: The pictures are posted HERE.
Uno and Joan Magnuson’s Garden Layout
September 9, 2012 – I am proud to say that we have another layout added to our show and tell pages of member layouts. Uno and Joan Magnuson spruced up their highly detailed layout and took some great pictures to share with our readers. You can check them out HERE.
For Sale – Passenger Cars
September 7, 2012 – Ron Loudermilk has some G Scale equipment for sale, Union Pacific passenger cars. More details HERE.
September/October 2012 ILSR Newsletter Now Online
September 1, 2012 – NOTE – NOTE – NOTE – The front page headline date shown for the ILSR annual meeting at Watts Train Shop is not correct. The correct date, Saturday October 27, 2012, is shown on the last page 'Club Calendar'.
I am sure everyone enjoyed the full color coverage of the '2012 Four Club Tour' in your printed copy you should have received by now. Bud did an outstanding job with the photography, as usual! The online copy is HERE.
2012 Tour Coverage from Dayton
August 22, 2012 – From the Dayton, Ohio area, comments and coverage of our 2012 Four Club Tour in a recent Miami Valley Garden Railway Society Newsletter; a comment by the President, Jerry Humston and a very well written and illustrated article by Wil Davis. Check it carefully, you may see you or your railroad in one of the many pictures. Linked with permission from MVGRS President and Webmaster Jerry Humston.
Pizza Train – Sat September 15, 2012
August 22, 2012 – Disappointed that you didn't get to ride the train during the Four Club Tour? Well, here's your chance! By now all of our current members should have received the flyer about the Pizza Train Trip coming up Saturday September 15, 2012. If you didn't get the flyer, click HERE for a copy. All ILSR members, families and guests are welcome but you MUST get your check to Marion before the September 1, 2012 deadline. Details on the train and how to find Hobbs Station at the Indiana Train Museum in Noblesville are HERE.