Remember Your 2015-16 SOCIAL LUNCHEON Dues

Remember your 2015-16dues Please send your dues to:Ruth Taylor4081 S. Tarantula Hawk PlaceTucson, AZ 85735SOCIAL LUNCHEONOur social lunch has been drawing greatcrowds-come join us. The next outing isTHURSDAY September 17th. To try to havesome regularity, for the remainder of theyear the luncheon will be the 3rd Thursdayof each month. Come early to shoot somepool, no rules, just fun on the felt.NEXT GENERAL MEETING:SEPTEMBER 19th (2 locations)Trains running before the meeting:(8:30-9:30am)Bruce & Carolyn Lynn4901 W. Lambert LaneTucson, AZ 85742General meeting:(10:30-11:30am)Bob & Lucy Murphy2839 W. Lambert LaneTucson, AZ 85742Meeting information and directions are onthe following page.The place is The Red Garter Saloon, locatedat 3143 E. Speedway just east of CountryClub. Pool at 11:00 a.m., or be there at noonfor lunch. Call Chuck Cook at 977-7673 withany questions.

Running of the trains (pre-meeting):Directions to Bruce & Carolyn LynnFrom the southeast or east, take River Roaduntil it turns into Thornydale. Continue goingnorth past Ina to Lambert Ln. Turn west ontoLambert Ln.From the west and I-10, take the Twin Peaksexit. East to Linda Vista, North on Camino deOeste to Lambert Lane, then west to address.From N Oracle, take Tangerine Rd west to N LaCholla. Turn south on La Cholla to Lambert Ln,then turn west.In addition to the outside layout, Bruce will berunning their overhead garage trains, a doubleloop with a twin tower drawbridge.Note: Bruce has agreed to host multipleworkshops to share his knowledge with us.Look out for notices in future newsletters.Tortolita Mountain Railroad was startedin 2005. It has grown to 3 loops with about 450'of track.General Meeting:Directions to Bob & Lucy MurphyIf you’re coming from Lynn’s, Murphy is about 1mile east on Lambert Ln.From the southeast or east, take River Road toLa Cholla.Turn north going past Ina toLambert Ln. Turn west onto Lambert Ln.Bruce and Carolyn run track power onAristocraft Stainless Steel sectional track, withmix of steam and diesel with long trains.From the southwest or west, take River Roaduntil it turns into Thornydale. Continue goingnorth past Ina to West Pecos Way, whichmerges into Lambert Ln.From N Oracle, take Tangerine Rd west to N LaCholla. Turn south on La Cholla to Lambert Ln,then turn west.Although Bob and Lucy don’t have a railroadlayout, the rumor is that their buildings are reallywonderful. Be sure to check them out!The structures are all scratch built in the Lynn’sown rustic style.

Take Me Out to the BallGameBy Chuck CookEleven club members took the trip to see ourD-Backs play on Aug. 12th. We lost thegame 7-6, but had a great time. We had achance to ride the light rail in Phoenix and ofcourse got to enjoy ballpark food.Sharon Laird led the group and brought herbaseball glove to protect us from linedrives. Also along were the Martins, Ulmers,Conrads, Mitchells and Cooks. The Martinswere the big winners in Home Run Lotto (itpaid for Gary’s beer) and the Conradscollected at the end of the game becausethey held the envelope at the last out.Several members had not been to ChaseField before and were in awe of an enclosedstadium with great A.C.I think we will make it an annual trip. Maybenext year we will sit in the All You Can Eatsection?ABTO Tour UpdateOur trip to PHX to see layouts of our friends atABTO is set for Nov 7th. Here is a letter fromJohn up there who is in charge of theplanning. Mark your calendars and save thedate!Everything is shaping up. The schedule at thistime includes visiting 5 or 6 layouts in NW andCentral Phoenix. You will visit three layouts andend up at my layout for a barbecue lunch, livesteam demonstration on the club’s steam tablein the back of my 1/2 acre lot, plus ademonstration of the 1:32 scale MTH on mylayout proper. We also will have a flea market atour place. After lunch, you will visit 1 or 2 morelayouts, plus one in Casa Grande on your wayhome (optional). It is right off the I-10 and easyto get to.Can you arrive here as early as 9:00 for the firstlayout in Goodyear where light breakfast snackswill be available? That would give us about 30minutes at each of the morning layouts with 2030 minutes driving time in between. Then minewould take longer because of the addedactivities. You should be on your way homeby 2:30.We will finalize the details after the Boardmeeting on Sept 16 and I will send you theinformation for you to distribute to the clubmembers.Vice President’s ReportI hope everyone had a great summer andare well rested to resume our clubactivities. I know we had great participationat the National Garden Railway Conventionin July and it was great to see everyonethere. We did participate in a couple ofactivities during the summer; SummerChristmas at Diamond Children’s Hospitaland several evenings at the TucsonBotanical Gardens. Thanks to those whowere in town and helped out.We have the usual Fall line-upplanned. This year we may add one morechildren’s layout activity, the LymphomaSociety Light the Night Walk. This will beheld on October 3rd at Keno Stadium. Thisevent will be reviewed by the Board ofDirectors at the September meeting. ArtBruacksick will provide more detailedinformation.I have been notified that our long timecontact at the Pima County Fair, Peggy,would be retiring in August. That means wewill be breaking in a new contact for ourannual participation. Hopefully it will besomeone we already know.

A Very Special TrainBy Willis FaggAs many of you know, we have two greatgrandsons; William who is 11 years old and livesin Oklahoma and 9 year-old Caedan who liveshere in Tucson. Both have been my rail fanssince a very early age, but especially Williamwho has recently been accumulating equipmentin hopes of having his own garden railroadsometime in the future. We were thrilled whenthey both, along with our son (William’s dad),joined us for their first garden railwayconvention in Denver this summer.During the convention, William was very intenton purchasing a boxcar “for his collection”.Additionally, Caedan was committed topurchasing his own car with his own money.Dottie and I were not sure why Caedan wanteda car other than he does have a starter set heuses at Christmas time. Perhaps he was wantingto keep up with his cousin.Fast forward to mid-August when Dottie and Iwere preparing for a very special event, our 50thanniversary. Actually our anniversary date isreally early September but in order to get ourson to attend we needed to schedule thecelebration early. The event was really a fullweekend with the official party on Saturdayevening. William and his dad arrived onThursday and spent the afternoon at Caedan’shouse working on a “special project”.On Friday we invited all of our out-of-townguests to our home for a “pre-party party” tothank them for making the effort to help uscelebrate. As the evening progressed andsunset approached the boys invited everyoneoutside where they had been running trains. Ascan be seen in the photos, one of my engineswas adorned with congratulatory signs for theoccasion. Additionally the train included twonew cars which just happened to be thosepurchased in Denver. The cars were speciallydecorated with signage and interesting lookingLED lighting. As darkness fell, the lighting systemwas activated and what a show it was.The lights (both on top and the underside of thecars) have the ability to display multiple colorsand patterns. The light display is controlled via awebsite menu on our IOS devices and a Wi-Filink using our personal network. As wasexplained to us later, William was responsiblefor the concept. Caedan was brought on boardduring our trip to Denver where the cars werepurchased. The system, electronics andsoftware was developed by our son withconsiderable help from William, who is learninghardware design but is already a capableprogrammer.The boys had a great time demonstrating theirgift to us and everyone in attendance wasimpressed. It truly was a special train.

SIDETRACKEDIf you ever find yourself in northern California,be sure to visit the Sonoma TrainTown Railroad,one mile south of the Plaza in Sonoma.INTERESTING TRAIN LINKSHave you seen the Tucson Garden RailwayKids Club information on the Tucson BotanicGardens web site? It’s great press for ourclub Thanks to whomever got it publishedthere!A Quick ReminderOur grandchildren loved riding the train alongthe 4 mile track, over bridges, and by miniaturevillages.They had lots of fun feeding the goats at thetrain station, but the alpacas were tooaggressive for the little children.Beginning with the September meeting, theBoard Meeting minutes will not be publishedin the monthly newsletter, BUT will beavailable on our TGRS web site (see below):

CalendarSeptember 17, 2015Social LuncheonSeptember 17, 2015Board Meeting- MartinSeptember 19, 2015General Meeting- Lynn / MurphyOctober 3, 2015Lymphoma/Leukemia Society “Light the NightWalk”October 8, 2015Board Meeting - MitchellOctober 17, 2015General Meeting – PearsonNovember 6, 2015Richies WalkNovember 7, 2015ABTO Tour – PhoenixNovember 12, 2015Board Meeting – TBDNovember 13-14 2015Gadsen Swap MeetNovember 14, 2015Open House & General Meeting – MartinDecember 3 2015Board Meeting – TBDDecember 5 2015Holiday Luncheon – Golden CorralDecember 26-31, 2015VA TrainsJanuary 6-10, 2016Possible Home ShowJanuary 8-9, 2016Gadsen Swap MeetTGRS Officers and Board of DirectorsPresident: .Glenn Mitchell- president@tucsongrs.orgV-President: Willis Fagg - vicepresident@tucsongrs.orgSecretary: Pat Sommerhalder- secretary@tucsongrs.orgTreasurer: Ruth Taylor - treasurer@tucsongrs.orgEditor: Claudia Nelson - editor@tucsongrs.orgAt Large Board Members:Dennis Mahar - memberatlarge1@tucsongrs.orgBilly Joplin - memberatlarge2@tucsongrs.orgBob Averill - memberatlarge3@tucsongrs.orgNorm Ulmer - memberatlarge4@tucsongrs.orgTGRS Website: TucsonGRS.orgContact: webmaster@tucsonGRS.orgThe Tucson Garden Railway Society is a non-profitcorporation incorporated in Pima County, Arizona.Society members are interested in all areas of garden andmodular large scale railroading. We welcome newmembers and hope you will consider joining. Membershelp each other build layouts and learn about railroadingand modeling. The TGRS dues are 30.00 per year andare due on June 30th of each year. For new members,dues are pro-rated at 2.50 per month remaining in theyear until June 30th, the first year. Additional namebadges cost 1.00 for each badge after the first.If you are interested in the TGRS please contact one ofthe officers at the e-mails listed below. If you wish to joinimmediately, send a check and your name, address andtelephone number and the names for any additionalbadges to:Jerry Tulino6911 E. Baker, Tucson, AZ 85710

October 3, 2015 /Leukemia Society “Light the Night Walk” October 8, 2015 Board Meeting - Mitchell October 17, 2015 General Meeting – Pearson November 6, 2015 Richies Walk November 7, 2015 ABTO Tour – Phoenix November 12, 2015 Board Meeting – TBD November 13-14 2015 Gadsen Swap Meet November 14,