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The
Semaphore Newsletterof the
MinnesotaTransportation
Museum
May 2016
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In this issue:1
Train Days
Summer Hours2
Summer Programs3
Volunteer CoordinatorState Fair coming upOsceola Mother’s Day
4Coming Events
5C&NWHS Visit
New Member System
6Board Meeting Minutes
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Summer Hours atJSR Begin June 3
The Roundhouse will beopen 10-4 Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, andnoon to 4 on Sunday thissummer. Rides will be onSaturday as usual. This isa good time for new volun-teers to get acquaintedwith the Museum. If you'reinterested in history, like totalk to people and wouldlike to volunteer, pleasecall Ray Carr at home at(651) 733-5299 or by e-mail at:[email protected].
April 30th and May 1st was oursecond Train Day(s) with our Di-rector of Programming and Devel-opment, Danielle on board. Lastyear’s Train Day (singular) broughtin record numbers and new com-munity partners. This year waseven bigger, with a 2-day celebra-tion and 1,525 in attendance (950on Saturday and 575 on Sunday).We had volunteers at JacksonStreet, Union Depot, and at ouropening weekend in Osceola, andwe managed to pull it all off! TwinCities Kids Club was our partnerfor Train Days at Jackson Streetand helped greet customers asthey arrived. Choo Choo Bob’s isnow an official kid’s area sponsor.To celebrate we had EngineerPaul perform on Sunday and hosta toddler “ribbon cutting” for thecorner with the Choo Choo Bob’sfocus. This was a hit with familieswith small kids. On SaturdayPeace Coffee and Lunds Byerly’ssponsored a Jazz Coffee morningwith a New Orleans style JazzQuartet and local swing dancerson site to perform. With such largenumbers the caboose rides andshuttle buses were running at fullcapacity for a large portion of the
Train Days a Success
day. The Twin City Model RailroadMuseum were on site with two lay-outs, one was an interactiveThomas display. We worked withthem to promote their new space,while having them at the eventwas great for reaching greater au-diences. We had food trucks onsite serving burgers and crepesand as usual the blacksmithscame up with a great giveaway.While the Union Depot’s TrainDays event was more focused onequipment and railroading, we fo-cused our event on families andentertainment with the aim of ex-panding our reach and visibilityfurther. As usual, the simulator atUnion Depot was a hit, with re-ports of huge numbers all week-end.
On the evening of the 30th, twolarge Twin Cities non-profits, Eatfor Equity and Cycles for Change,hosted a dinner at the museumbringing in another 150 people.
Train Days a Success continued
The theme for that evening tied into train days,emphasizing the importance of the railroads inbuilding communities in the past, and the workthese two non-profits are currently doing tohelp strengthen our community. Thank you forthe Board Chairman, George Bergh for repre-senting MTM at this event and helping out withset up and tear down.
Huge thanks to all of the volunteers and staffwho helped pull this huge weekend off. Wehad people helping with set up, running thesimulator, interacting with guests at the UnionDepot, directing parking at Jackson Street,driving the buses, making coffee (constantly),working the tills, giving tours, operating thetrain rides, helping with clean up, printing material, and much more.
- Erik Johnson
Summer ProgramsOur Director of Programming and Develop-ment, Danielle Enblom, is working on new programming for the summer. Vintage BusBrewery Tours were a huge success last year,and we’ll be scheduling them all ahead of timethis year and listing them on the website bythe end of the month. We’re currently schedul-ing kids performers and food trucks for selectSaturdays, and have an exciting event beingplanned with Twin Cities Kids Club.
Information will be released soon.
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Displays set up at the roundhouse.
SDP-40 325 on display at St. Paul Union Depot.
Our booth in the concourse at St. Paul UnionDepot.
National Train Days JSR Attendance: Saturday we had 875 visitors, Sunday 578.
New Volunteer CoordinatorLong-time MTMer Ray Carr has offered to work with new volunteers. If you, or anyone you know,is interested in doing something at either the Roundhouse or on the train at Osceola, please con-tact him at home at (651) 733-5299 or by e-mail at [email protected].
Summer projects at the Roundhouse include finishing the installation of two storage sidings in theback yard, continued work on the lounge car GN 1084, and body work on the F-unit GN 454A.Work is also in progress on reinstalling track 13 in Bay B to eventually house the steam program.There are also exhibit and displays in development for JSR.
Docents are always needed at the Museum and car hosts on the train. The Tots 'n Trains pro-gram on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at JSR has proved to be very popular. The 'course mate-rial' is in place for the rest of the summer but helpers are needed for crafts. We are also lookingfor other interested Moms to help plan the rest of this year and next year.
If any of these or other projects sound interesting to you, please contact Ray at home at (651)733-5299 or by e-mail at [email protected].
MTM at MSF Again This Year!MTM is partnering with Operation Lifesaveragain this year at the Minneasota State Fair.The simulator will be there but we'll have alarger booth this year. Specific informationwill be developed as the Fair gets closer butbetween MTM and OLI the booth will needcoverage for 36 shifts of 4 or 6 hours each.The Education Building is open 9am - 9pm.If there is enough interest in becoming anOperation Lifesaver representative, classescan be arranged. Gate tickets will be pro-vided. Plan your trip to the Fair around a shiftin the booth and get in free!
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Mother’s Day in OsceolaWe had a slam bang day in Osceola. Theweather was perfect, the passengers happyand crew and car attendents feeling great. Engineer Noel Petit was doing a second con-secutive day, as were brakeman Nancy andScott Stearns and many of our car attendents.All of our trains went out on time. Both of ourbrunches were sell outs and the dinner waswell attended. Hats off to Andrew Tighe whowas able to rearrange seating so people whohad the wrong day or other mixups were notleft standing on the platform. Every Mother wasgiven a rose as she stepped off the train. All inall a great day in Osceola. Everyone left with a smile.
5/3 1100 OSCV Dining Charter5/4 1030 Tots ‘n Trains5/8 ------ Mothers Day5/11 1100 OSCV Lunch Charter5/12 1900 TCD/NMRA
1100 OSCV Dining Charter5/14 1200 C&NW Convention 140 box lunches5/17 1100 OSCV Ride Charter5/18 1030 Tots ‘n Trains
1100 OSCV Lunch Charter5/19 1000 Thurs (tent.) Church group 40s
1100 OSCV Brunch Charter5/25 1100 OSCV Lunch Charter
1600 JSR Photo Shoot5/26 1000 JSR Trinity Academy-Hudson5/28 1030 James b’day 80yo
6/1 1030 Tots ‘n Trains1630 OSCV (tent) Cory Rauben dinner
6/8 1030 HAP group6/11 1030 Ernest b’day
1100 OSCV Dining Charter6/15 1030 Tots ‘n Trains
1045 JSR Photo Shoot6/17 1830 MTM B of D Meeting6/19 ------ Fathers Day6/21 1100 OSCV Dining Charter6/22 1000 JSR Mpls YMCA
1300 ISD622 Mplwd Oakdl, NSP6/23 1000 ISD622 MONSP
1300 ISD622 MONSP6/24 1000 ISD622 MONSP6/27 0930 JSR Bernies Montessori6/30 0930 JSR North Trail Elem. School
1100 OSCV Dining Charter
7/23 1030 Matthew b’day
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July
May
June
Coming Events
Board meetingsare on the thirdThursday of everyother month.
June 16, 2016
August 18, 2016
October 20, 2016
Equipment wish listGot one of thesecollecting dust?
We have identifiedsome items that are in need at MTM.
wood chipperdisk/belt sanderdrum sanderweed mower
Our official donation contact is:Larry Coulter 952-261-7812
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Minnesota TransportationMuseum Corporate Office
193 Pennsylvania Ave ESt. Paul, MN [email protected]
Osceola & St. Croix ValleyRailway
PO Box 176114 Depot RoadOsceola, WI [email protected]
Jackson Street Roundhouse
193 Pennsylvania Ave ESt. Paul, MN [email protected]
Classic Buses
193 Pennsylvania Ave ESt. Paul, MN [email protected]
Minnehaha Depot
Minnehaha Depot c/o MTM193 Pennsylvania Ave ESt. Paul, MN [email protected]
Executive DirectorErik Johnson [email protected]
Newsletter EditorWarren [email protected]
Chicago & Northwestern Historical Society visit
On Saturday, May 14th, 127 attendees of the C&NW Historical Societyconvention, visited Jackson Street Roundhouse. As part of their tourfor the day, the group enjoyed their box lunches in the proper surroundings.
New Member SystemThe new online system has finally launched. With this system, we willbe able to provide our members with streamlined and improved com-munication and registration, online access to keep track of memberperks, an e-version of member cards and coach passes, and more. Itwas our hope to launch it earlier this year, however it took longer thanexpected. We thank you all for your patience and apologize for any in-convenience this may have caused. Check your inboxes for the link tosign in and get started! For members who do not use email or prefer acard to be sent to them, we will also be sending a mailing out thisweek. In the future we will ask members to select getting their card on-line (and helping MTM to be more environmentally responsible andsave on admin costs), or receiving their card and welcome letter.
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MISSION: MTM is a non-profit organization that collects, preserves, interprets and operates historic railroad and transportation equipment and artifacts in order to tell the story of transportation history through unique attractions and engaging experiences.
Minnesota Transportation Museum Board of Directors
0. ATTENDANCE
Present
Excused
Members
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. APPROVE MEETING AGENDA
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MISSION: MTM is a non-profit organization that collects, preserves, interprets and operates historic railroad and transportation equipment and artifacts in order to tell the story of transportation history through unique attractions and engaging experiences.
III. APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETINGMINUTES
IV. TREASURER’S REPORT
V. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT
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VI. OTHER REPORTS – no action required
Review Board of Directors Responsibilities (Bergh)
StEPs, Grant Status with MHS (Bergh)
Jax St Historic Designation (Bergh)
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MISSION: MTM is a non-profit organization that collects, preserves, interprets and operates historic railroad and transportation equipment and artifacts in order to tell the story of transportation history through unique attractions and engaging experiences.
Correction: Don Mason requested that George ask Andrea Pizza to present at the next Board meeting.
VII. NEW BUSINESS – board action required later
Committees Needed (Bergh)
Finance
Development
Bylaws Review & Update for Clarification
Osceola Leases (Van Niewaal)
both
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MISSION: MTM is a non-profit organization that collects, preserves, interprets and operates historic railroad and transportation equipment and artifacts in order to tell the story of transportation history through unique attractions and engaging experiences.
Pet Policy (Van Niewaal)
Collection/Personnel Policies (Van Niewaal)
VIII. OLD BUSINESS – board action required
IX. OPEN DISCUSSION – discussion among board and members
X. ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION
XI. UPCOMING BOARDMEETINGS
