Free Trees

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…..

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.

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.

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.

Banks Open House – Sat September 22, 2012

August 15, 2012 – Since the Banks have their self-described "whimsical" layout in top running order because of all the hard work they did for the Four Club Tour, and, since many of you were working hard to put on the Four Club Tour and didn't get to visit the layouts, Randy and Jacquie have graciously consented to have an open house on Saturday September 22, 2012 starting at 2 pm. A lot has been added and upgraded since their last open house, you don't want to miss it!

Great Job Folks!

July 14, 2012 – We did it! We took on a challenging, high risk event and put on a show to remember! And it was only because a lot of our members and supporters put in a lot of hours of hard work that it could happen at all. Thank you to everyone who made the ILSR 2012 Four Club Tour a great success! Also, a big thanks to the members of the Tour clubs who supported the event. David Palmeter, ILSR President 2012-2013