[Accrs] Club Cars vs Era (changed heading to reflect the topic)
Alameda County Central Railroad Society
accrs at mail.accrs.org
Sun Jul 9 21:03:35 PDT 2017
Lee,
Yes it is a topic for discussion and to think about. August will be
the annual BBQ. September would be on Labor Day weekend and probably
the Good Guys car show. October would be the first real opportunity to
hold a meeting when most of us could attend and it would come about the
time we should start paying dues. Dues of $25 per year are really
great when other clubs charge $40-$60 PER MONTH. A car from your era
would be a small expense given our dues. I know that I have a few
duplicates running around the layout that say "club" on the bottom.
That string of 10 grey balast cars were made from cars I had accumulated
a long time ago. They are club cars now. The earlier two empty ones
I also added a long time ago. They are appropriate for several eras.
Dean
On 7/9/2017 8:02 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society wrote:
> Message From: Lee And Joan Buckner buckyrailfan at aol.com
>
> Hi Guys:
>
> That sounds like a good idea to me, that each of us donates a high
> quality car to the club of an era we each choose. Can discuss it at a
> club meeting, which I hope to be able to attend in the near future.
>
> Lee
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alameda County Central Railroad Society <accrs at mail.accrs.org>
> To: accrs <accrs at mail.accrs.org>
> Sent: Sun, Jul 9, 2017 12:10 pm
> Subject: Re: [Accrs] Head count
>
> Message From: Dean & Margaret Lewis lewis2 at earthlink.net
> <mailto:lewis2 at earthlink.net>
> There is nothing wrong with running steam. Most of the club cars
> that would fit in that era are in the worse shape. They have been
> around the longest. Running steam with modern cars is not realistic
> unless it is an excursion. *For shows and the Fair, is only seems
> appropriate to run cars that match the era. * I have a whole string
> of ATSF 40' reefers that I would run with F-units. I certainly
> wouldn't run them with a SD40-2. Likewise, I wouldn't run my 4-8-4
> on the TOFC train I was running the other day. Let's clean and rehab
> the cars that we have, get rid of the junky ones and go from there.
>
> Here is a novel idea. Why don't each of us donate a new quality car,
> of an era of our choice, to the club. That would more than make of
> for those we should remove from service. Pay our annual dues and add
> a new car at the same time. Now that would make a CLUB.
>
>
> On 7/9/2017 11:00 AM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society wrote:
>
> Message From: Andy Kelseykj6dtq at gmail.com <mailto:kj6dtq at gmail.com>
>
>
>
> I think we should keep a fleet of roolingstock that is older than
> the 70s for those of us that like running steam. Being there are
> some members that are picky and chew out members running equipment
> that is out of era in one form or another. I personally don't
> want to come to the club to get chewed out because all I could
> bring was a locomotive and the only cars available are out of era.
>
> Before any disposal takes place this should be brought up in a
> meeting. This is a CLUB environment and not a personal railroad.
> We need to as a club represent multiple facets of the railroading
> world and not scare people off because what they want to model
> differs.
>
> Andy K.
>
> On Jul 8, 2017 1:16 PM, "Alameda County Central Railroad Society"
> <accrs at mail.accrs.org <mailto:accrs at mail.accrs.org>> wrote:
>
> Message From: Dean & Margaret Lewis lewis2 at earthlink.net
> <mailto:lewis2 at earthlink.net>
>
>
>
> Good old person to person contact is best. Sure technology
> is a wonderful thing, but for us, it really doesn't seem like
> the way to go. I would rather see us do more on the layout.
>
> We could add another lightning bolt or two. We could change
> out all those hot colored lights with LED's. It would make
> it cooler in the building. Adding the hot box detector on 37
> with speakers by the control panel would be a nice addition.
>
> I also would like to see a concerted effort to clean and rehab
> the club cars. Some of them need to go in the dumpster. They
> have really come to the end of being useful. I have worked on
> several cars that need repair but I can't do it all. I know
> that each of us have a period we like to model. With that
> said, I think that freight cars that can't resonably be used
> in a semi modern era of mid 70's and on should be dropped from
> the club freight cars. Those are the ones in the worst
> shape. Cars like the green pipe loads are nice, but they
> have old friction bearing trucks. If we want to continue to
> use them, replacing the trucks with modern roller bearing
> trucks might be an idea.
>
> WE just need to get everything back to as close to like new as
> we can get it.
>
> Dean
>
>
>
>
> On 7/8/2017 11:42 AM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society
> wrote:
>
> Message From: Gary Lewis glgslewis at comcast.net
> <mailto:glgslewis at comcast.net>
>
>
>
> How much will it cost and are you volunteering to set it
> up and maintain it? Will it say hello to visitors and
> answer their questions?
>
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
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