Ozark Garden Railway Society

Dispatch May 2012

April Meeting The OGRS met at BRAUM’s on North Kansas for the April meeting. President Dennis Rayon thanked everyone who helped with the setting up and taking down of the layout at the Ozark Model Railroad swap meet. Craig Chesbro gave a clinic on battery power. He demonstrated ways of fitting remote control, sound components and a battery in locomotives and tenders. Craig also discussed different types of batteries and the amount of voltage needed to operate G scale trains. This was a good clinic for someone thinking about getting into battery operation. GREAT JOB CRAIG!

May 19th Meeting • Bring a train to run! We can run electric/track power or battery. We can sit, sip and snack on the upper deck in chairs. Bring your "lawn chairs" and we'll set up on the lower grassy area for

the meeting. We should save about 1/2 hour to run some crazy rolling stock - Goose, Fortuna Flyer (take turns), Hethatchie, etc.(bring a Thomas, too). If there's time, Craig Chesbro has made a special camera rig on a car that allows you to do remote "pans" while rolling. Let's experiment on a few runs of making movies! Wonderful time to PLAY! About Table Rock Railroad: Table Rock R. R. is a 30s short-line serving the logging, mining and quarrying industries in the Western mountains with about 400' of brass track. Its rolling stock uses every variety of power from batteries to transformers to steam to gravity. There are five mills, a mine, a quarry and a logging operation. There are two tunnels, eight bridges, three ponds, and three trestles. Grades go up to 5%. Most stone has been "gleaned" from the surrounding woods. You'll see some fossils in the stepping stones. The waterfall is called "Trilobite Falls". • Clinic – Clinic will be around 1:30. Demo of Stonework's "Stone & Cement" Technique in shop. Will be creating formwork and pouring a planked Station Platform - approximately 16" x 16". It will take about 11/2 hours from start to finish. "Quickrete Patcher Technique" survives outdoors 24-7-365 rain, snow, hail, and whatever. Ideal solution for platforms, roofs, buildings, stone bridges, portals, mills, etc. Download able article published in Garden Railways Magazine - August 2006. Jerry Frye's covered wooden bridge was featured. Go to http://www.rrstoneworks.com/pdf.htm and click on "Concrete Roofs" pdf. If you'd like the finished platform . . . you may win it! You'll go home with the formwork and de-mold in 2 days. Then you can bring the mold and casting master sheet to the next meeting. • Plant Swap - Time to divide (and control) your plantings . . . bring with you and swap out for new and different plants! No cost! When you walk down the side road to the railroad/backyard, leave plants on concrete area in front of lower garage door. If they need water . . . that's there, too. After the meeting, we can pick out the plants you want and we'll drive them up the road with the golf cart.

Everyone can start showing up around 11:00. We will have fixings for sandwiches and will have lemonade and water to drink. If you would like, bring a salad, fruit, or dessert.

Directions from NORTH heading South: In Aurora on Hwy 39 (Walmart)-about 25 miles. After you pass East/West Hwy 76 crossing and go down the long hill with the Scenic Outlook (Lake Road 39-1), and after "Rapid Roberts Conoco", Turn Right at Lake Road 39-5 and go West (now you're on the map insert) If you have a GPS in your car . . . Use "Intersection of Edgewater and Maple" Shell Knob 65747. (there are 2 "Maples" in Shell Knob in the GPS . . . if you go across the Table Rock Lake Bridge heading South with your GPS . . . it's the wrong "maple") Parking along our narrow and hilly road could be a problem with all the dock traffic (private docks 2). There will be a shuttle EZgo (Linda driving) that will go from the old golf clubhouse parking lot down to RR. A fun and scenic ride down the hill in the fresh air! Our golf cart will also be shuttling. Phone (Landline) 417-858-9326

Things Too Remember 

If anyone has something to submit to the newsletter such as how to articles, tips, trivia, history of railroading, pictures of your projects, etc. Send email to Glen Carlisle. [email protected]

Meetings For 2012       

June – Hoisted jointly by Craig and Charlene Chesbro - Fred and Marilyn Allen in Mt. Home AR. July – Rex and Melanie Easterly in Springfield MO. August – Tom DeGeere and Jean Munson in Springfield MO. Sept. – Steam-O-Rama in Republic MO. Oct. – Dennis and Martha Rayon in Mt. Vernon MO. Nov. – Jim and Bonnie Schneider in Osage Beach MO Dec. – Christmas Dinner in Bois D’ Arc MO.

Scheduled Clinics For 2012      

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June Craig Chesbro: Soldering July Rick Brown: Making figures August Glen Carlisle: Decaling September No clinic – Steam-O-Rama October Dennis Rayon – Modeling With Magic Sculpt November Keith Richardson: Mountains Exterior and Interior December No clinic – Christmas Dinner

Not Seen Very Often Submitted by Rex Easterly

High Iron Travel's "Southwest Explorer" passed through Strafford, MO at 12:18 p.m. April 28th, 2012 with AMTRAK 145 leading the way.

The Gandy Dancers Trivia Section The Answer to Last Month’s Trivia Question The railroad term pig’s tail refers to: a. the bell rope on a steam engine. Did You Know In 1878 the Santa Fe and the Denver and Rio Grande railroads were competing for access to the Raton Pass. Both railroads had laid track to Trinidad Colorado and the pass was the only route into New Mexico. There were several legal battles and even threats of violence between railroad section gangs on both sides against the other. The Santa Fe hired local gunfighters to help against the Rio Grande. Short of funds, the Rio Grande had to concede the pass to the Santa Fe. A year later, the discovery of silver in Leadville Colorado brought back the rivalry between the railroads. This time, the Rio Grande had enough funds to hire their own army of gunmen. The Santa Fe decided that they needed bolster their own forces so they hired Bat

Masterson to put together a force of 75 gunmen. The names included some famous gunfighters including Doc Holiday, Ben Thompson, Dave Rudabaugh, and Dave Mather. This new army had some success in aiding the Santa Fe in its efforts until June at which time the Fourth Judicial Court ruled in the favor of the Denver and Rio Grande. With the help of the sheriffs of the counties that the railroads went through, the Rio Grande attacked the Santa Fe forces. The Santa Fe strong holds at Denver and Colorado Springs fell quickly. However, the Masterson garrison in Pueblo held out for quite a while, but eventually it had to concede defeat. This battle between the Santa Fe and the Rio Grande railroads became known as the Royal Gorge Railroad War.

Drip Irrigation Part 2 By Glen Carlisle A simple search on the internet will indicate that there are

several companies that make drip watering systems. Even though some of the other systems are cheaper, Sherry and I chose the Mister Landscaper system because it is sold by Lowes home improvement stores making parts easily accessible. Another plus is that is very simple to install. The system can be connected directly to an outdoor facet. It is recommended that a back flow valve be installed on the facet before connecting the drip system. Sherry and I have several flower beds as well as the train layout to water. Therefore, we divided our yard into different watering zones. We then connect the garden hose to the zone that we want to water. By installing a four way manifold to the facet, we can water up to four zones by the use of a timer. The Mister Landscaper system consists of a half inch poly tubing supply line which the drippers and misters can be connected directly too. Quarter inch vinyl tubing is used to reach plants that are not close enough to the main supply line to be watered directly from it. The system offers several different misters with different spray patterns ranging from 90 degrees to 360 degrees. This allows the application of water to just the area where it is needed. They are also color coded to allow easy identification. To change mister heads, just screw one out of the stake and another one back in. The system has three different size drippers which are also color coded, half gallon per hour (red), one gallon per hour (black) and two gallons per hour (green). Another option is the adjustable dripper on a six inch stake which can be adjusted from

one gallon per hour to ten gallons per hour. The eight steam spray pattern adjusts from 1 ft. to 3 ft. This is a good option where there are several plants planted close together. There are many other components to this system that assist in the installation. In part three, I will discuss the basic installation of the system and some ways to hide it in the layout.

OGRS OFFICERS President: Dennis Rayon mailto:[email protected] Vice President: Tom DeGeere mailto:[email protected] Secretary: Glen Carlisle [email protected] Treasurer: Trish Sharpensteen [email protected] Membership Chairman: Bob Eggleston [email protected] Historian: Bob Newquist [email protected]