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September 2007 Meet Report and Contest Recap
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You
can click
on any of the thumbnails below, to see a larger photo of the absolutely
gorgeous models presented at the September 2007 Meet..
Model
Contest
*Congratulations*
to the
Model Contest winners by Popular Vote. Thanks
to *all* who
participated -
you are all winners by making a great show for us all.
New
web page feature: Closeups!
Click on the small thumbnails
to see a close-up view of the Model
Contest entries.
By
Popular Vote, the Model Contest
lucky winners were:
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1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Steam Locomotive
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Mark Schutzer
Southern Pacific #2467
4-6-2 Pacific in HO scale
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Diesel Locomotive
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Chuck Mitchell
Great Northern SW9 #189
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| Passenger Car
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Thank You to *all* that entered a
model,
you put on a great show and inspired
the rest of us. We hope you enjoyed our admiration of your
work.
Here is a picture of our September 2007 Coast Division Model Contest,
Show and Tell, and Photo Contest
tables:
In
the end, NMRA
contests are not about winning, rather, they are about the fun of
participating to share your pride and joy in modeling, and having fun
self-inspiring yourself. We all love love to see your pride and
joys. Bring something to share, and enter for the Fun of it in a future edition
of the Coast Division Model Contest. Click here to see the upcoming Model
Contest categories.
:-)
Model
Contest and Show and Tell Chair: John
Sing
Show
and Tell at
September 2007 Coast Division Meet
We also had great
participation and wonderful
models in our regular quarterly Show and Tell table.
Click on any of the many thumbnails
below to see the great models shared by participants in the normal Show and Tell table, including:
Ken
Lunders Stevens Creek Models - Chelsea Station
and SRR boxcar:
Mark Schutzer HO
Southern Pacific Steam:
Alf Modine O scale tender:
Dennis Williams - 3mm
scratchbuilt narrow gauge (built to use N scale track) :
Mike Blumensaadt, N scale Santa
Fe 1954 El Capitan :
Mike Blumensaadt
Santa Fe 1954
Golden Gate and passenger fleet:
Steve
Williams handbuilt N scale turnout:
John Sing N scale modern
Santa Fe:
Historic Model
Contest Award Placque from 1975:
Display Tables:
What Car is This?
Thanks again to all who participated, and we look forward to
seeing
you at Show and Tell in upcoming Meets. Bring something that you
would like share - a model(s), display about your current project, a
work in progress, it's up to you, as any
category is always welcome for Show and Tell. We love to
see what you're up to!
Coast Division Model Contest and Show and Tell Chair: John Sing
And thanks to our many
volunteers, we could not do any of this without each and every one of
you!
For example, here is picture Registrar John Ameling and Photo Contest
Chair Pat LaTorres:
Results of the September 2007
Switching Contest :
(Congratulations to
all who participated!)
The winners in the Brakeperson category (5 car problem) are:
| First Place |
Second Place |
Third Place |
Dave Loveless
(Promoted to Senior Brakeperson! As his time was fast
enough to earn this promotion)
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Don Shortt
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Sean Augenstein
(Welcome Sean, who is a guest and first time visitor to our Coast
Division meet)
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The winners in the Senior Brakeperson category (6 car problem) are:
| First Place |
Second Place |
Third Place |
Bill Burket
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Steve
Wesolowski
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Alan Havens
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Congratulations to all, and a special thanks to our Coast Division
Switching Contest Chair: Mark
Schutzer, who keeps the Allen Fenton Timesaver switching
puzzle running smoothly like a (fast) Swiss watch.
The Timesaver :
Is a fun, devilish little switching puzzle devised by the late, great
model railroader, John Allen.
Click on these links above to learn more about the Timesaver,
about John Allen, or his world famous HO Gorre & Daphetid
model railroad, which inspired an entire generation of model
railroaders worldwide. John Allen lived in Monterey,
California, and was a long time member of the Coast Division until his
passing in 1973.
Results of the September 2007
Photo
Contest :
(Congratulations to
all who participated!)
The theme was: "Working On The Railroad":
There were many artistic,
noteworthy, and
creative entries, and every one is worthy of award and
mention. Thank you to
all who brought your photo to share, we all love seeing your
work.
Click on any of the thumbnails below to see a larger copy of the Photo
Contest Entry. By Popular
Vote, the lucky Photo Contest
winners were:
| First Place |
Second Place |
Third Place |
"Track Gang at Rio Vista Jct"
by Ronnie LaTorres
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"Switching at Laws"
by Bill Burket
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"Conductor" by Ronnie LaTorres
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We had many entries, all of them interesting and artistic. Click
on a thumbnail below to see our other beautiful entries:
Here's picture of our Photo Contest table:
Thank you to all who participated. We hope you enjoyed a few
minutes
of
fame and the ongoing admiration, of your fellow NMRA modellers and
guests.
Bring a photo to the next Meet's Photo Contest! Click here to see the upcoming categories.
Coast Division Photo Contest Chair: Pat LaTorres
Upcoming Model Contest
categories:
Coast Division
Model Contest Results for December 2007 will be
determined
by Popular Vote. Arrive
and enter early to get more votes!
December 2007: "Favorite Model" (open
category)
March
2008:
Freight
Car, Caboose, Maintenance of Way
June
2008:
Structure,
Display/Diorama, Self-Propelled Cars & Traction
September 2008: Steam Locomotives, Diesel
& Other Locomotives, Passenger Car
Optional: NMRA Judging
is available at the Coast Division Meet to any Model Contest
participant for:
- Achievement Program Merit Points
- Regional/National Contest entry preparation 'dry-run' and friendly
expert advice
- Or, just to see how you would have done (smile!)
Please contact the current Coast Division Model Contest Chair, John
Sing, or the current
Achievement
Program chair Kermit Paul, if you would to have your model judged at
the upcoming
meet.
Upcoming
Photo Contest
categories:
December 2007:
"Trains in Action"
March 2008:
"(Protoype) Diesel Locomotives"
All photos should be matted (inexpensive,
resusable mattes can be had
at most art supply stores) and should be
between 5x7 and 11x14 in size. Hope to see your work there!
Results are determined by Popular Vote. Bring your photos early to get
the early votes.
Photo Contest Chair: Pat
LaTorres
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