THE ABTO GAZETTE
July, 2015
Volume 23 Number 7
Mailing address: P.O. Box 50428, Mesa, AZ. 85208
Visit at: www.azbigtrains.org
Tim and Nancy Csabanya’s Module
IN THIS ISSUE
President’s Message
Treasurer’s Report
July Membership Meeting
Glenn Sampson Award
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President’s Message July Gazette
Have you noticed the days are getting shorter and the nights are
getting longer!? Yes, we have finally reach that date we always look for
ward to, June 21st because Fall is not far behind. But first we must get
through these hot muggy months of July and August. There is good news:
an air-conditioned environment to look forward to thanks to our friends at
the Cardon Children’s Medical Center who allow our club to use their lecture room to conduct meetings for
July, August, and September.
Last month Rich Hull was our featured speaker and presented an excellent overview of the history of America’s
love for the circus which lasted from the early 1900’s until the late 1950’s. Rich also showed off a few of the
1:24 scale circus trucks and equipment that he and his son are producing. His goal is to have a complete scaled
circus train finished in about two years.
I will be traveling for the month of July---first to attend the NGRC in Denver, July 6-11, and then on to visits
with family members in MT, WA, and CA, returning to Phoenix on August 6th.
Ken Hawkins, vice-president, will conduct the ABTO meeting on July 18th. He will also be the featured speaker,
presenting the topic of maintaining your engines and rolling stock. This will be a worthwhile meeting as many
of us neglect this area in our hobby. For the August meeting, I will report on the convention in general as well
as share some highlights from my workshops on scratch building structures for G-scale layouts that I will be
presenting at the convention. In September at our meeting, Dennis Busby will discuss another popular building
method—using precision board. Plan to attend all three of these summer sessions.
If you are interested in the running for office in ABTO or want to nominate someone else, now is the time to
contact Rich Hull as he is gathering the names of possible candidates for the 7 positions available: President,
Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, and 3 Members-at-Large.
The response to the Colorado Rail fans trip planned for September has been very positive. There are a few
slots still open, so contact Rich Hull ASAP if you are interested in enjoying several days of fellowship with
friends, seeing beautiful scenery, and generally having a fun time.
In the meantime, have a cool summer whatever you do and wherever you go!
Chief Engineer
John Meyers
CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Wednesday,
Saturday,
Saturday,
Mon.-Sat.
Wednesday,
Saturday,
July
15
6:00pm
July
18
10:00am
July
25
9:00am
July 27-Aug. 1 10:00am
Aug.
12
6:00pm
Aug.
15
10:00am
Board Meeting at Medtronic
Membership Meeting at CCMC-Ocotillo Room
Module Setup at Mesa Library
Mesa Library-please see page 3 for more information
Board Meeting at Medtronic
Membership Meeting at CCMC-Ocotillo Room
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CONTENTS
President’s Message...……………………………… 2
Treasurer’s Report……………………………………..3
Upcoming Meeting Information...……………..3
Mesa Library—Modules Event…………..………3
July Meeting Information..………………….…….4
Nomination of Officers…...………………..….…. 4
June Meeting Minutes……………………………….5
Nominations for Glenn Sampson Award.…. 6
Meeting Photos……………………………………….. 7
ABTO Officers and SIG ‘s…………………………..8
Big Train Show Photos/Swap Meet Info..…..9
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: MODULE EVENT at:
Mesa Library, 64 East 1st Street, Mesa, AZ. 85201
Setup Module—Saturday, July 25th———————-9:00am
Run Trains—–—Monday-Thursday, July 27—30—–-10am-2pm, 2pm-6pm
Friday, July 31st—-——————— 10am-1pm, 1pm-4:00pm
Saturday, August 1st—————––-10am-3pm
Teardown Module—Saturday, August 1st—–—-— --3pm
There will be a sign-up sheet at the July Meeting.
ABTO General Meeting & (Other Events) Tentative Schedule 2015
July 18
August 15
September 19
October 17
November 21
November 7
December 6
CCMC – Speaker—Ken Hawkins-maintenance on your locomotive
CCMC – Speaker – John Meyers-3 methods for Building Structures with Wood
CCMC—Speaker—Dennis Busby-Using Precision Board for Building Structures
Mike Lewandowski
Mike Temenski & Lynne McClure
(Phoenix Round-About to host Tucson TGRS)
(Christmas Banquet)
December 12 & 13, 19 & 20
(Christmas Open House)
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JULY MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Location: CCMC
1400 South Dobson Road
Rosati Education Center-Bldg 1432
Ocotillo Room
Mesa, AZ. 85202
Speaker: Ken Hawkins-Lubricating engines
Schedule: 10:00am-12:00pm
Food:
Continental Breakfast /Snack
RSVP:
KEN HAWKINS
@ [email protected]
623-640-6446
by Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Nominations Being Accepted for New Officer Team
This fall is the time ABTO selects new officers for 2016-17. It is the ABTO Board that handles the
day to day activities of our club and makes decisions the direction the club will go in the future.
If you have a desire to give back to the membership of this club, please submit your name to be a
member of the officer team for the next 2 years. Present board members can be nominated for
another office and any club member can be nominated for any elected position in ABTO. You
must be an active member for at least 12 months prior to the election. The following offices will
be voted on: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and 3 Member at Large. If you have
a desire to be a Board member of ABTO, please submit your name and a brief paragraph as to
why you are seeking the position you desire. Please submit this information to Rich Hull,
[email protected] or mail your information to 25025 S. Lakeway Drive, Sun Lakes, AZ
85248.
The names will be reviewed by the nomination committee and announced at the September
meeting. Nominations will still be accepted up to the October meeting. Eligible candidates will
be announced in October and will be asked to make a short presentation to the membership at
that meeting. The election will take place prior to the November meeting, with winners announced at that time. At the December Christmas party, the new Board will be officially introduced and will take office January 1, 2016.
Remember, you can give back to this club by serving as a member of the Board. All of you have
something to give back to this club. Let’s have a full slate of officers for this year’s election.
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ABTO General Membership Meeting, June 20, 2015 at CCMC
John M. opened the meeting at 10:00am.
Old Business:
A. Minutes: Were accepted as published in the Gazette.
B. Treasurer’s Report: Mike T., treasurer’s report was accepted as published in the Gazette. Ken H. approved
and 2nd by Vince Simpson. Mike T. reported that a deposit was made for the Christmas Dinner at the Ironworks Restaurant and also the balance for the curves for the modules is now paid in full. Net Income (2015
YTD)-$2400.00
C. The Publicity Chairman is open. Looking for a replacement. Contact Mike Q., if interested.
New Business:
A. Modules: Jim Kangas stepping down as co-chairman of Modules.
B. November 7th Round About: Tentative schedules was announced. The layouts will be on the Westside.
Will need members of ABTO to volunteer at homes. Tentatively at the last house, hopefully the Tucson group
will be able to leave by 3pm.
C. Update on Christmas Banquet: Ken and Kris Hawkins have made arrangements at the Ironworks in Glendale, where the banquet was held in the past. The cost will be $29.95 including the gratuity and tax.
D. The 2015 PSR Convention will be held in Scottsdale, AZ. this year in September.
New Business from the Floor:
Roy Towne introduced Rob, who had worked on the computer system at the Cardon Railroad layout. Mike
Temenski presented Rob with gift certificates for all of his work and time spent at the layout. An alternative
system is being discussed.
John Mazzoli mentioned that Helen Rabbit had donated a few engines to the Superstition Museum. John also
had free tickets to hand out to members to enter the museum and also mentioned there was a small layout at
the barn.
Mike Q. asked members to contact him if interested in participating in the Christmas Open Houses.
The sign-up sheet was passed around to all members for the Mesa Library Event.
Rich Hull spoke about the upcoming trip to Durango. There are 24 people going—17 from ABTO and 7 from
the Tucson Train Club. The deadline is by June 24th.
Rich Hull also will be heading the Nominations Committee and if interested in holding an officer position,
please contact Rich. October Meeting—officer nominations will be announced and each person would give a
short presentation, November Meeting—vote for new officers. Nominations are being accepted for the Glenn
Sampson Award, please contact Rich if you have a nomination.
Rich Hull made a point-to-point presentation about his Circus Train Collection and history of Ringling Bros. Circus. Rich also had a collection of cars made by a 3D printer available for viewing. Very interesting presentation.
James Ingram set up a small layout and spoke about the Automatic Control of DCC Trains. Will run after the
meeting.
Steve Gendler was introduced as a new ABTO member and he has a nice layout.
Terry Haas mentioned that the Mesa Youth Museum will be holding an event and is interested in ABTO participating with the module. More information to follow.
Raffle Winner-John Mazzoli
Door Prizes—1-Mike Quaintance 2-John Meyers 3-Vince Simpson
Meeting adjourned at 11:35am. Ken H. moved to adjourn and 2nd by Vince Simpson
Minutes submitted by Ginny Morris, Secretary
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Nominations being accepted for
Annual Glenn Sampson Award
The Glenn Sampson Annual Engineers Award was approved by the ABTO Board seven years ago.
Jim Gardner was the 2014 recipient. This is the only award presented by the Club on an annual
basis. The Board felt the club should recognize the work its members do on an annual basis. In
approving this award, the Board stated, "We don't need many awards, just one and the club
should play a role in who is picked to receive the award, thus the reason for presenting the
idea of the Glenn Sampson Engineers Award. Glenn exemplified the true spirit of volunteerism
in a club and had a tremendous ability to get along with all members. If there was work to be
done Glenn was there."
ABTO individuals need to nominate who they think should receive the award. They do this by
naming the individual and in a no more than one page description explain why this individual
should receive the award. These nominations would be submitted to Rich Hull. He will pick 2
other individuals, one who will be the President to work with him to pick the actual winner.
This award will be presented at the annual Christmas Party. Your nomination needs to be in
Rich's hands by November 8. You can e-mail your one page nomination to
[email protected] or by regular mail: 25025 S. Lakeway Drive, Sun Lakes, AZ 85248.
Phone: 602-684-1203 (cell) or 480-802-5308 (home).
There are some rules: A person can nominate anyone including him/her self. Board members
can be nominated. The rules are simple; you as a member just need to nominate that person
who should receive this important award. Again, send your nomination to Rich Hull by November 8.
Previous winners of engineers award:
Jack Slinkard *
Ennis Thompson *
Glenn Sampson *
Jerry McKenzie *
Rich Hull *
* Presented prior to being a board sanctioned project.
Bob & Sandy Rauperstrauch
Ginny Morris
Bob Clark
Jim Kangas
Dennis Busby
Jim Gardner
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Photos by Don Sorenson
James Ingram demonstrates the use of NCE-brand
DCC ‘Mini Panel”. For more information, please
go to http://vimeo.com/119669737
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2014/2015 Board of Directors
President:
John Meyers
602-841-7564
[email protected]
Vice President: Ken Hawkins
623-640-6446-cell
[email protected]
Secretary:
Ginny Morris
480-248-9130
[email protected]
Treasurer:
Mike Temenski
480-659-8410
[email protected]
Directors at Large
Daryll Smith
602-402-9458-cell
[email protected]
Steve Lewis
605-660-6911-cell
[email protected]
Mike Quaintance 480-721-7745
[email protected]
ABTO LOGO ITEMS are
available by special order. Also a
vest is available. Please contact
Ginny Morris if interested in ordering items. Pricing will be
quoted at a later date.
New SIGs and their Coordinators
1/
2/
3/
4/
5/
6/
Modules
Painting/Airbrushing
MTH 1/32 Scale
Gandy Dancer
Operating Sessions
Cardon Children’s Medical
7/ Euro Trains
8/ Live Steam
9/ Model Building
10/ Photography
Daryll Smith & Steve Lewis
Need Someone
Roy Towne
Roger Crooks
Glenn Saber
Bob Rauperstrauch &
Don Halver
David Kitchin
Stan Cornforth
John Meyers
Mike Quaintance
SWAP MEETS & SHOWS
Saturday, July 25th-9am—Summer Cactus Swap Meet, Phoenix, AZ
Saturday, August 15th-9am—Beat The Heat Model Train Show, Prescott, AZ
Saturday, Sept. 26th-9am—Grand Canyon Mini Swap Meet. Phoenix, AZ
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Big Train Show Photos—Tim & Nancy Csabanya Module
I enjoyed operating these trains during the Big Train Show-Ginny Morris
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Arizona Big Train Operators
1633 E. Lakeside Drive
Unit 1
Gilbert, AZ 85234
ARIZONA BIG TRAIN OPERATORS
OBJECTIVES
Membership in Arizona Big
Train Operators (ABTO) is open
to anyone with an interest in
gardening and the creation &
operation of large scale model railways. At our
meetings, items of mutual interest associated
with the hobby are discussed and demonstrated.
Meetings are typically held at member’s homes,
where they have the opportunity to showcase
their railway creations. General meetings are
usually held on the third Saturday of the month.
ABTO MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
The renewal fee is $30.00 per year and the new
membership fee of $35.00 per year entitles you
to attend all meetings and events, to receive the
monthly newsletter, and to have one name badge
created for you. Additional badges may be purchased for $7 each.
ABTO CONTRIBUTIONS
ABTO BOARD MEETINGS
Members are encouraged to contribute articles,
letters, illustrations and/or photographs related
to garden railroading for inclusion in the newsletter and/or posting on the club web site.
Board meetings will be held on Wednesday prior
to the general meeting of each month. Board
meetings are open to members who are current
on their dues and have an item for the agenda.
If you plan to attend, call a Board member to
confirm location, time and date
Members who have hobby-related items for sale
or trade may submit an advertisement for publication and/or posting at no charge. Please limit
each ad to a maximum of four lines. Accompanying photos will be considered for publication as
space allows.
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