Newsletter - The Daylight Observation
The Daylight Observation is the newsletter of the Daylight Division, published quarterly to inform members and other interested parties of Division activities and to provide educational articles for the advancement of railroad history and the art and science of model railroading. It is distributed to all members of the Daylight Division and to officers and newsletter editors of the other divisions in the Pacific Coast Region.
Current Issue:
January-February-March 2025 (2.9 Mb)
Published December 14, 2024
The Daylight Observation is all digital now!
Send an e-mail to the Editor to notify you via e-mail when the latest issue is available for viewing. Postcards with a link to the new issue and the next meet date will be mailed to members that do not have a good e-mail address on file with the Editor. Save your Division some time and money by sending your e-mail address to:
Editor, Robert Pethoud, e-mail: pethoud@comcast.net
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Contributing to The Daylight Observation
We want contributions to the newsletter from and for the benefit of our members. Many members cannot make it to our quarterly meets and would like to know more about our comings and goings. You can get AP points for the Model Railroad Author certificate by getting items published in division and regional publications. (See the NMRA website for more information or contact the Daylight AP Chairman, Dave Grenier at grenida@pacbell.net.)
We're also looking for photographs of your layouts with captions or short stories about each. What do you say people? How about some publicity for your layouts that you work so long and hard on?
Here are some suggested subjects:
| Daylight Member Profiles | Daylight Layout Profiles/Pictures |
| History in the Daylight • Stories of the Daylight Trains • Do You Remember this? |
Achievements in the Daylight • MMR Achievement Programs • MMRs in the Daylight |
| How Do I Do This? | Tips & Tricks |
| Designed in the Daylight • Layout Design Discussions/Questions |
Built in the Daylight • Daylight Scratch Builder |
| Youth in the Daylight | Book or Video Reviews |
| Things Seen in the Daylight • That’s A Prototype? • Layout Features Seen in the Daylight |
In the Daylight Gardens |
| Printed in the Daylight | Businesses in the Daylight |
| Jokes and Puzzles | Railroad Clubs in the Daylight |
| Events to Notice in the Daylight | Private Rail Cars Available |
| Operating in the Daylight | Railfanning in the Daylight • Railfan Trips you've Done |
Submit material to our Editor at pethoud@comcast.net or call (559) 438-7705. Thanks.
Back Issues
| Year | Jan - Mar | Apr - Jun | Jul - Sep | Oct - Dec |
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| 2025 | 1st Qtr 2.9 Mb |
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| 2024 | 1st Qtr 2.1 Mb |
2nd Qtr 1.7 Mb |
3rd Qtr 2.2 Mb |
4th Qtr 1.9 Mb |
| 2023 | 1st Qtr 1.5 Mb |
2nd Qtr 1.4 Mb |
3rd Qtr 2.0 Mb |
4th Qtr 2.3 Mb |
| 2022 | 1st Qtr 0.9 Mb |
2nd Qtr 0.8 Mb |
3rd Qtr .9 Mb |
4th Qtr 1.5 Mb |
| 2021 | 1st Qtr 3.6 Mb |
2nd Qtr 2.3 Mb |
3rd Qtr 1.0 Mb |
4th Qtr 1.6 Mb |
| 2020 | 1st Qtr 1.8 Mb |
2nd Qtr 824 Kb |
3rd Qtr 2.3 Mb |
4th Qtr 2.9 Mb |
| 2019 | 1st Qtr A • B 361 • 605 Kb |
2nd Qtr 2.4 Mb |
3rd Qtr 4.1 Mb |
4th Qtr 3.0 Mb |
| 2018 | 1st Qtr 189 kb |
2nd Qtr 744 kb |
3rd Qtr 94 kb |
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| 2017 | 1st Qtr 6.6 mb |
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4th Qtr 318 kb |
| 2016 | 1st Qtr 3.3 mb |
2nd Qtr 3.4 mb |
3rd Qtr 3.0 mb |
4th Qtr 3.0 mb |
| 2015 | 1st Qtr 1.5 mb |
2nd Qtr 1.9 mb |
3rd Qtr 2.1 mb |
4th Qtr 2.3 mb |
| 2014 | 1st Qtr 2.5 mb |
2nd Qtr 1.4 mb |
3rd Qtr 1.8 mb |
4th Qtr 2.3 mb |
| 2013 | 1st Qtr 1.8 mb |
2nd Qtr 514 kb |
3rd Qtr 889 kb |
4th Qtr 2.7 mb |
| 2012 | 1st Qtr 186 kb |
2nd Qtr 491 kb |
3rd Qtr 325 kb |
4th Qtr 4.2 mb |
| 2011 | 1st Qtr 3.7 mb |
2nd Qtr 3.6 mb |
3rd Qtr 369 kb |
4th Qtr 314 kb |
| 2010 | 1st Qtr 1.7 mb |
2nd Qtr 1.3 mb |
3rd Qtr 1.6 mb |
4th Qtr 1.9 mb |
| 2009 | 1st Qtr 716 kb |
2nd Qtr 487 kb |
3rd Qtr 370 kb |
4th Qtr 1.3 mb |
| 2008 | 1st Qtr 702 kb |
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4th Qtr 472 kb |
| 2007 | 1st Qtr 391 kb |
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4th Qtr 456 kb |
| 2006 | 1st Qtr 435 kb |
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| 2005 | 1st Qtr 257 kb |
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| 2002 | 1st Qtr 111 kb |
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4th Qtr 99 kb |
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| 1999 | 1st Qtr 172 kb |
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Division, Pacific Coast Region, National Model Railroad Association, Inc.
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