short vid on updates & test run of my peavine sub layout.

enjoy & leave comments thanks for watching

Ride at the front of dbl. headed 2-10-2 with 70 loads & a hack on the draw bar on the Great Union Northern & Iron Range RR brought to you by UNDERSTAFFED PRODUCTIONS Richmond, Michigan at www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yrovCUu0DQ&feature=plcp

I am a member of Waynesborough Model Rail Road Club. We are a small club of around 15 members. We have a rather large layout. Some of it dates back to the early 70's, and we are currently in an expansion doubling our size. My question is for other clubs. How do you advertise for lack of a better word, and gain new members? Also a small club trying to expand as you know takes money that we don't have. How do other clubs find donors or money to not only expand and grow, but survive.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated to a struggling older club.

Alan

Here is my first attempt at making a video. This is a mine run from Gunflint Yard to the farthest mine on the line, Christina Mine. Gunflint Yard and the mines are on the upper level of my two level layout. They represent the Tower-Soudan area of Northern Minnesota on the Vermillion iron range. The train goes from the yard to the mine, swaps out empties for loads and heads back....real exciting operations video.

It was my first attempt since I picked up a Makayama movie mount for my Ipad2 and I wanted to see what my Ipad could do with videos and the IMovie App.

   I made it back from the convention in one piece.  Next time I won't dither so long in deciding whether to go or not.  I missed out on the Mt. Rainier railroad excursion, that would have been super cool.  But it was still an amazing time!

In my blog on motorizing the Athearn wreck crane Ken Rickman presented an idea for transferring power from the wheels into the rotating cab of the crane. I didn't like Geoff's method on his article on the parts he used to transfer the power from the wheels to the crane cab. Then Ken presented an idea that I took and modified. His suggestion is here: http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/8956?page=6

Well i am back. Going through bankruptcy is a pain. But now things are looking better. Hope by spring or summer i can get my shed built so i can start up my new layout. Will have a 8X10,  So it should be big enough for my layout. Should be getting some kits for kit bashing and some that i like for the way they are. The loop and lookout rr is a kind of rip off of a logging and coal train back in West Virginia not far from where our family lived. Its no longer there. I added some features from another ghost town called Spruce. Lots of research on it.

Here is the final track layout for the terminal board.

All of the track is laid but only the main yard and the fiddle yard are wired up so far.

In case you are interested, this was drawn in Adobe Illustrator by tracing over a photo of the layout. I stood on a chair and looked down! Here is the original(not full width as the lens wouldn't stretch that far)