Standard Gauge Module Association ZOOM - tomorrow - Weds April 6, 7PM eastern

Great gathering.

Steve

It was just a great time with great people and great friends to share our hobby with including great information and lots of neat trains and of course lots of laughs. This really made my long week much better so thank you to all!

@Jim Waterman posted:

Standard Gauge Module Association Zoom meeting -tomorrow Weds April 6 at 7PM Eastern time

We exist to promote and run Standard Gauge trains of all eras - come listen in and have some fun!.

So much new and exciting in the world of Standard Gauge to discuss this time - please feel free to attend - ALL are welcome. For those that have attended, you know that it will be time well spent.

Agenda

7 PM

Jim Waterman, Introductions & Club Update

Wayne Strobel, Review of recent Manalapan, NJ show

Kirk Lindvig, Future Shows, Spring York breakfast

Ken Fischer,

Jim Kelly-Evans

7:30 pm

Wayne Strobel: Update on SGMA Litho Manufacturing Building

7:50

Kirk Lindvig: Update on Bay Window Caboose & USA Track

8:00

Dave Carse: Modern Era Standard Gauge Book Update and new parts line

8:10

Norm Beaver: Custom Standard Gauge Dreyfus Hudsons - how they were made

8:25

Joe Mania: Update on Toonerville Station & Parts

8:40

Ash Rajan: Bill Brown (Jerry Brown, the streamliner guy) and history of the trains, a little about completing #25, the last M10000 recently found on ebay.

8:55

Jim Waterman: Latest news from Waterman Loco Works

9:10

Clem Clement: Interesting finds

9:25 - til you're tired

Open Group Discussion

Meeting Details

Date

6-Apr-22

7:30pm, Eastern Daylight Time

Meeting Link

Zoom Meeting ID

996 5634 6854

Meeting Password

928176

Great job running the meeting, Jim.  Thanks to Ken for organizing it and to all who presented.

Interesting as always.Thanks to all the presenters and Ken for putting this together. Zoom groups like this are a great way to learn and promote our interests and one of the great things to come from the pandemic. I look forward to seeing some of you in person in a few weeks at York.

Jim,

I had a great time.  Enjoyed every second of it!

Bob Nelson

PS.  Still wishing that Erie-bilts will make it on to your production schedule!

@navy.seal posted:

Jim,

I had a great time.  Enjoyed every second of it!

Bob Nelson

PS.  Still wishing that Erie-bilts will make it on to your production schedule!

He doesn’t have time based on my existing orders😜🤪

Steve

Thank you both for joining, really enjoyed the interaction and look forward to having each of you on the calls.

@Kenneth Klemmer posted:

Interesting as always.Thanks to all the presenters and Ken for putting this together. Zoom groups like this are a great way to learn and promote our interests and one of the great things to come from the pandemic. I look forward to seeing some of you in person in a few weeks at York.

Ken (and all) - please make sure to stop by and have a cup of coffee and see a bunch of unique standard gauge trains at our SGMA breakfast Friday morning 7:30 to 9 am!

It's always a great time and one of the highlights of my York experience.

Jim

When is the next SGMA show?  I would like to play with my SG trains!

Bob Nelson

@navy.seal posted:

When is the next SGMA show?  I would like to play with my SG trains!

Bob Nelson

Hey Bob - stand by - we discussed at the SGMA breakfast at York but no decisions made. Most likely either Oaks PA in July or Chantilly VA in August. Possibly the Great Scale Train show in MD in mid Oct, although that is dangerously close to the Fall York meet.

Jim

@Jim Waterman posted:

Hey Bob - stand by - we discussed at the SGMA breakfast at York but no decisions made. Most likely either Oaks PA in July or Chantilly VA in August. Possibly the Great Scale Train show in MD in mid Oct, although that is dangerously close to the Fall York meet.

Jim

Jim,

I need to start making plans.  Any decision yet on the whether the next SGMA show will be at Oaks, PA in July or at Chantilly, VA in August?

Bob Nelson

The SGMA will be applying for space at both the August Dulles/Chantilly show and at the October Timonium show.  There was no real opportunity for a worthwhile display at “York” unfortunately. The “Midwest” SGMA group is planning to participate in Trainfest in November. I’m meeting with the Director of Winterthur Museum (Delaware) this coming Tuesday to discuss a holiday season show there, and my brother Chuck has made an agreement with the Eau Claire Wisconsin public library to show a large SGMA layout in their new community room during the holidays.

Lots of opportunities to “play trains” this year!  I hope we will see you at one or more of these events.

Kirk

Other than Ebay, where tinplate appears to be at "collectors" prices, is there any place where late model (2005 and up) standard gauge tinplate trains are readily available?   

@th55 posted:

Other than Ebay, where tinplate appears to be at "collectors" prices, is there any place where late model (2005 and up) standard gauge tinplate trains are readily available?   

Sidetrack Hobbies has a wide selection.  Trainz sometimes has it at semi-reasonable prices.

York, and other larger train meets generally have a fair amount.