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Spring 2019 Division Meet
Our Spring 2019 Division Meet was held March 30 at SWU (Southern Wesleyan University) in Central, SC.
We had a great meet at this nice facility, with great entries in the Tips & Techniques contest. Sandy Eustis had a great clinic on "Consider the Wye". We missed out on Howard Garner's "Awesome Awnings" clinic as he had an injury. Attendance was down, but it seemed that all had a great time. After lunch, we were able to visit three excellent layouts: Bob Folsom's Norfolk & Western Pocahontas Division, Howard Garner's Cascade Western, and the Central Railroad Museum. The Central Museum also hosted an excellent scenario-based operations session for us.
Adding a Yard to the Pennington Junction RR by Geoff Duncan
This clinic will present the design and construction of a classification yard for the existing HO scale Pennington Junction Railroad. Topics of this multi-level layout expansion will describe the use of a space saving compound ladder yard design with car detection for automated uncoupling and coupling, the use of a wye for turning locomotives and trains in the yard and the construction of a helix to move trains between levels.
2018 NMRA Convention in Kansas City MO by Dave Winans
Dave Winans and Jack Varadi are two of the Division members who attended the 2018 Convention. They will present information on prototype tours, layout tours, clinics and other events they attended to give an overall view of the convention. KC has a railroad history that set the tone for the convention.
