SHMRRC
Minutes for the Monthly Meeting
Date: May
2, 2023
The meeting
was held at Mt. Lebanon United Lutheran Church, President Jeff Graybill
presiding.
Attendees:
Jeff Graybill, President
Warren Ashbrook, Vice President
Dave
Bodnar, Treasurer
Rich Aubel,
Secretary
Dave Tepe
Dave Murphy
Dave
Maynard
Dale Vilsack
Vince Lilja
John
Skariot
John
Kolonay
Bill Davies
J.R. Kolmer
Liz Kolmer
Presidents
Report:
Division 2
of the NMRA is holding a Rails to Pittsburgh Regional Convention in
Cranberry from May 4th to the 7th. Div 2 has
requested that anyone who wishes can bring their straight modules only for a
display. Since the modules will be in a
long hallway
there will most likely not be many running trains. We realize this is a very
late notice.
The
Greenberg Train Show at
the Monroeville Convention Center
is scheduled for August 5th and 6th with setup on
August 4th. We may not have enough members bringing their modules
to be able to have our usual loop but any modules that we take will be
incorporated with the NMRA
Div. 2 modules. Since we have converted to the Anderson connectors it won’t
be a problem to join with their modules.
A visit to
the Carnegie Library for the purpose of a setup there was promising.
Although the elevator is small it seems possible to accommodate our needs.
Discussions with the library staff will continue to determine a date or
event for the setup and also details about when we can setup. Earth Day was
suggested as a possible date so we don’t anticipate anything before 2024.
Discussion
with the Upper St. Clair Recreation Center did not go well. The activities
director asked if we could set up in a tent and we declined for various
reasons. Contact with the Rec Center ended after that.
An order
form for the SHMRRC shirts was circulated among the members. We currently
have orders for 12 shirts and an email will be sent out to allow any members
not in attendance to get a shirt. The email will contain information about
when the order will be placed.
Treasurers Report:
The total
in the club treasury is $5,327.25 which includes $5,092.25
in checking and $235.00 cash on hand.
Program:
Dave
Maynard informed the group that one of the best ways to strip paint off an
engine or freight car is to soak it in Pine Sol. There have been
suggestions by model railroad publications about what works but the Pine Sol
seems to be effective on both solvent and water based paints. The model may
need to be soaked twice to fully remove paint.
Next
Meeting:
The next
SHMRRC meeting will be at the Mt. Lebanon United Lutheran Church at 7:00 pm
on May 30, 2023