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Division 4 NMRA MCR

NATIONAL MODEL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION
MID-CENTRAL REGION
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Winners from the January meeting were;

MODELS

1. JOE KURILEC

2. BRIAN HAAS

3. DAVID LAWLER

 

DIARAMAS

1. JOHN PUCH

2. TIM BONNESS

3. JOE FILIPIAK

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There was no contest at our February meeting mainly because we were busy swapping ownership of model railroad goodies through a process called an auction. The March meeting will have a contest which should be an easy one to enter for many of you. The subject for the contest is a steam engine that pulled a named passenger train. Almost all major railroads prided themselves in having fast, comfortable and fancy passenger trains with names like "The Sportsman" or "The Orange Blossom Special" and so on. The steam engines were fast and special. Some even had shrouding to make them stand out. The contest table for the models will be divided in two areas. One area will be for the non shrouded engines and the other area will be for the fancy, shrouded engines. Please identify the name of the passenger train that your engine pulled. There will be index cards at the table for you to write down the name of the train. A third area will be provided for the diorama entries. Special ballots will be given out to reflect the three separate sections.

 

The April contest is the second to last contest for the session. This contest deals with the interiors of a building. You can show the interior by either a top off or a side off view. The type of building is for you to choose. May will be the last contest for the session. This one is wide open for you to create a model load or a railroad model itself or even a diorama using toilet paper cardboard cores from the roll of toilet paper. You can build whatever you want in the model railroad theme and you can use as many tubes that you want. I am putting together next session's list of contests, so if you have an idea for a contest, please share it with me.

 

Well, I have to get back to sorting out what I brought home from the auction and ask myself why I felt I really needed that. I guess the answer is simply the fact that it's model railroad stuff!

 

 

MODEL CONTEST FOR 2024-2025 SEASON

 

MAR - Steam engine used to pull named passenger train

APR - Open sided or roof off view of interior of building

MAY - Project built from toilet paper cardboard tube

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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