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THE ABTO GAZETTE April, 2017 Volume 24 Number 4
Mailing address: P.O. Box 50428, Mesa, AZ. 85208
Visit at: www.azbigtrains.org
IN THIS ISSUE
President’s Message
Annual Auction & BBQ
March Meeting Minutes
Calendar of Events
Meeting Photos
The late Mike Quaintance’s Railroad
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Saturday, April 1 10am-2pm Spring Open Houses-see page 3
Sunday, April 2 10am-2pm Spring Open Houses-see page 3
Tuesday April 11 6:00pm Board Meeting at Medtronic
Saturday, April 15 9:330am Annual BBQ and Auction-Adobe Mtn., Phoenix, AZ
Wednesday, May 17 6:00pm Board Meeting at Medtronic
Saturday, May 20 TBA Membership Meeting
ABTO President’s Message April, 2017
Welcome new member:
Neil Campbell
15693 West Ashland Avenue
Goodyear, AZ 85395
Well, to start the month off on a sour note I wrote an apology email to Glenn
Mitchell, President of the Tucson Garden Railroad Club. The reason being after we
had 39 members sign up for the Turn-a-Round, we had 2 members call and cancel for
various reasons. When we got to Tucson we had approximately 12 members that did
not show up. The Tucson Club provided a great Mexican meal, paid out of their
funds. This was an embarrassment to me for the Club and the members who did
attend. Those who did not attend missed a typical Tucson good time and meal. If
you can’t make it, just call one of the officers to let us know. I offered to compensate
Tucson for the unused food but they politely refused and said “not to worry.”
Another point that was brought to my attention by a member was that most of our
members were not wearing our club name badge that is given when you join, and
many spouses have them. The explanation stated that you could not tell the mem-
bers from just being part of the crowd. I don’t think it is too much to ask to wear
them to show that you are a member on an organized outing so the host’s can tell
you belong and not someone who just dropped in.
Thanks to all who helped at Falcon Field for a successful show.
Looking forward to the Spring Open Houses April 1 & 2.
Now for the good news. Our annual Auction & BBQ will be April 15th
. This year we’ll
be just inside the gate to the left where the picnic tables are. Remember to bring
MONEY and enjoy the food and auction. Please RSVP. Food will be provided.
The May Gazette will be a few days late due to missing officers and members riding
the rails through Europe.
Ken Hawkins Chief Engineer
HOSTS NEEDED:
Hosts are needed for the May
and June Membership Meetings.
If interested in hosting, please
contact Ken Hawkins, President
Cell: 623-640-6446
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CONTENTS
President’s Message...………………………………2
Calendar of Events…...……………………………….2
New Member& Hosts Needed..…..………...… 2
Treasurer’s Report……..……………………………..3
Annual Auction and Picnic Info ………………..3
March Meeting Minutes…………………………...4
Falcon Field Photos…………..……………………...4
Auction & Picnic Information………....………..5
April Auction/Bar-B-Q Information…….…….5
Swap Meets……………………………………………...5
Viaducts & Tunnel Portals For Sale…...……..6
Falcon Field Article & Photos……….…………..7
Membership Meeting Photos………………….. 8
Pam & Craig Morris Railroad Photos………...9
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THE ABTO GAZETTE ABTO MEMBERSHIP MEETING MNUTES—Saturday, March 18, 2017
held at Florence Quaintance’s Residence
Ken Hawkins, President, opened the meeting at 11:15am.
OLD BUSINESS:
1. February Minutes-were approved as noted in the March Gazette. Approved by Dave Kitchin and Dennis
Woolfolk.
2. Treasurer's Report-Steve Lewis apologized for the error in the Treasurer’s Report as reported in the March
Gazette. A Blast was sent to all members with the corrected Treasurer’s Report and this report was approved
by the membership.
3. Falcon Field-Steve Lewis mentioned that a sign-up sheet was on the table. Daryll Smith mentioned that set-
up of the kidney bean shape track will be set up Friday, March 24th
at 10am. The event is held Saturday, March
25th
from 9am-2pm and members will operate trains during the open hours and then tear down the module at
2pm.
4. Spring Open Houses will be held Saturday, April 1st
and Sunday, April 2nd
from 10am-2pm each day. Darrell
Woolfolk, coordinator, spoke about the signs and showed the new date and time pieces to be attached to the
present signs. There was quite a discussion and suggestions on how to attach the pieces to the present sign.
Jim Gardner showed his donation jar.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Ken thanked Florence Quaintance for hosting the meeting and wished her a Happy Birthday and it was also
Ken Hawkins Birthday.
2. April Auction and BBQ will be held Saturday, April 15th
at Adobe Mountain. It was reported that there will
be approximately 120 items in the auction. The Viaducts, Bridges, etc. will be on display but not part of the
auction. Food preparation, etc. will be under the charge of Darrell Woolfolk and Darrell also mentioned that a
lot of food was left over from last years’ auction and Darrell said that members will be able to take any leftover
food home. The food was left over due to no shows after signing up that they would attend. Ken emphasized
if you sign up to come to the BBQ, please attend or if you must cancel please contact a Board Member.
3. Tucson Turn-A-Round-Ken Hawkins emphasized that there were 15 no shows and they missed a good time
and a good Mexican meal. Due to the no shows, Tucson Club was left with a lot of leftover food, due to this
situation, Ken asked the membership to offer to pay for part of the meal to the Tucson Club and it was
approved.
4. Membership-Steve Lewis, Treasurer mentioned that there are 61 returning members, 4 new members and
13 no renewals.
5. Thanks-Ken thanked Florence Quaintance and Pan and Craig Morris for opening their railroads to members
prior to the meeting.
Door Prize Winners: Vince Simpson, Colleen Rose and Jim Gardner
Raffle Prize Winner: Roger Crook
Meeting was adjourned at 11:45am by John Mazzoli and David Kitchin.
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SIGs and their Coordinators 1/ Modules Daryll Smith & Steve Lewis
2/ Painting/Airbrushing Jim Gardner
3/ MTH 1/32 Scale Roy Towne
4/ Gandy Dancer Roger Crooks
5/ Cardon Children’s Medical
Center Bob Rauperstrauch &
Don Halver
6/ Euro Trains David Kitchin
7/ Live Steam Stan Cornforth
8/ Model Building John Meyers
SWAP MEETS & SHOWS
Saturday, April 15-Prescott Mini Swap
Meet-Liberty Traditional School-Prescott
Saturday, April 22-Grand Canyon Mini-
Swap Meet-Our Saviour’s Lutheran
Church-Phoenix, AZ
Saturday, May 13-WVRHS Model Train
Swap Meet-Glendale Christian Church,
Glendale, AZ
Check www.ArizonaModelTrains.com for
exact addresses, etc.
APRIL BAR-B-Q and AUCTION
April 15, 2017
Adobe Mountain RR Park
23280 N. 43rd Avenue
Glendale, AZ
Telephone-623-670-1904
Schedule 8:30am—Set Up Items
9:30am—Auction
noon—–- Lunch
1:00pm—Auction continues , if
needed
Lunch is hamburgers, hot dogs with fixings,
side dishes, drinks, and tableware
COMPLIMENTS OF ABTO
RSVP: notice change of contact person
Darrell Woolfolk @ [email protected]
by Wednesday, April 12th, 5:00pm
Enter the Park and on
the left will be the main
building and patio where
the auction and BBQ will
take place
Auctioneers will be Jim Kangas
and Don Halver with Jack
Johnson assisting.
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THE ABTO GAZETTE Hello Club members,
The Modules SIG event at the Falcon Field Open Houses was a huge success! The Modules members banded together to
erect a new, larger, kidney-bean shaped layout that was 30-feet long by almost 20-feet wide that used more pieces of existing
module sections. The new layout was the work of Steve Lewis and his RR Track program.
It was a beautiful day (March 25th) for outdoor railroading. The large crowds made the event fun and we fielded many ques-
tions from the young and old alike. Colin and Daryll put on several demonstrations of Live Steam. When people understand
that the engine is moving under the power of steam and not electric or battery power they are truly amazed. Danny Farrow
started the day by running his FA1 and FB1 with a dome passenger car. The car gave us a spectacular display of ‘brake
smoke’ as one of the trucks experienced an electrical short that melted a wire which caused the smoke. There is a picture of
Danny making repairs along with the offending wire.
As the day unfolded we had battery, electric, and steam powered trains all running at the same time. And, quite often we
had two trains running on the same main line in harmony throughout the event. Our Engineers included Danny, Daryll,
Darrell, Colin and James Ingram.
One notable happenstance occurred just as the public started up. A gentleman that lives at a RV park in Gold Canyon ap-
proached out layout and noticed the iron work of our modules, He made his way to Danny Farrow with a short piece of
Eaglewings Ironworks section in his hand. As it turned out he has 149-fee of 2-track module sections that he wanted to
donate. He contacted a museum (with a railroad) in Apache Junction and was told “No thank you, we’re not interested.”
When he spoke to us and found out we’re a non-profit charity club he offered to donate all his module sections to our club.
You can do the math—this was a valuable donation. Danny and Daryll will pick up the items and transport them to our
storage unit.
Aside from the usual activities, I want to recognize the “salesmen” on our club. Ginny Morris, Colin Criswell, Darrell Woolfolk,
and James Ingram worked the crowds handing out flyers for the Spring Open House and answering questions about the club,
trains, and various other topics.
Thanks to all who came out and helped with set-up, tear down, and educating the public. This was another successful event.
Daryll & Steve
Falcon Field Module Event
Photos by Daryll Smith
More photos on page 4
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Pam and Craig Morris Railroad
Meeting Photos by Don Sorenson Florence Quaintance
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THE ABTO GAZETTE Spring Open House Addresses
Saturday, April 1 & Sunday, April 2
10:00am-2:00pm each day
Pam and Craig Morris Railroad
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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 pur-
chased for $7 each.
ABTO CONTRIBUTIONS
Members are encouraged to contribute articles,
letters, illustrations and/or photographs related
to garden railroading for inclusion in the news-
letter and/or posting on the club web site.
Members who have hobby-related items for sale
or trade may submit an advertisement for publi-
cation and/or posting at no charge. Please limit
each ad to a maximum of four lines. Accompany-
ing photos will be considered for publication as
space allows.
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 BOARD MEETINGS
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
ARIZONA BIG TRAIN OPERATORS
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