We have lost Dale Manquen

Mike Pyrtko posted:

....................I remember him mentioning that he was a product of the Cleveland public school system.  Does anyone know if that was Cleveland, Ohio?  If that's the case, I share that history.

If anyone here on the forum can enlighten me, I would be most grateful. .........

I have no direct information to state that Dale Manquen was not from Cleveland, but it is actually another Dale (Dale H) who has the Cleveland Public School thing in his signature.

As to the main thread, since I've not commented, I'll say that  I didn't know Dale Manquen aside from appreciating all of his posts on the Forum, but I did meet him in person one time when he attended York with one of his novelty train setups (if I recall it might have been the one with 2 trains running on loops that flipped over upside down around each other as the trains ran around the loops). 

Seemed like a very nice guy in person as well.  I will miss his informative posts.  Condolences to his family and friends.

-Dave

Never had the pleasure of meeting Dale but I did enjoy his forum posts and his videos on the upside down layouts. He will be missed. Deepest condolence to the Manquen family.

Sorry to hear. I was offshore when this thread first started and missed it. While I never met Dale, a discussion in a thread is what inspired me to build my rotisserie layout table. My condolences to his family and friends.

Dave- 

Thanks for setting me straight- I did confuse the 2 gentlemen.

Sorry

My prayers go out to his family. May he rest in piece.

As the initiator of this thread, I'd like to add what I believe to be one of Dale's lasting legacies:  He analyzed & explained how the TMCC signal from the Command Base to the engine REALLY WORKS. ...... in spite of the still-continuing folklore put out by Lionel!!!  In his website post of 2 August 2011, "TMCC Signal Basics" , he cleared the air.  [George Brown of OGR has just recently published another,  similar, explanation:  "The Real Story" on p. 92 of Run  291.]

My condolences to his family. I corresponded with Dale several times and he was a kind sharing person in an age where people "hoard" information.