Monday, March 18, 2024

Zoom Call April 12th, 2024

 Just a heads up that the next JRD Zoom call will be April 12th.

Items for Discussion

1.    May Meeting

2.    Joint Build - Hopper

3.    T-Trak Group

4.    What's on your Work Bench?


Monday, February 5, 2024

JRD Zoom Hangout This Friday - February 9th

 JRD Hangout this Friday February 9th on Zoom. Check your email for invitations 

Topics

Next Meeting in Ashland

First T-Trak Meeting

Whats on your Workbench?


Thursday, January 11, 2024

Layout Tour 2

Layout Tour 2

Ed Fischer’s HO Piedmont and Tidewater Railroad represents a short line that runs up the Northern Neck from Reedsville to Fredericksburg, which was planned but never actually built--pure freelance.  It also includes a rebuilt Virginia Central Railway from Fredericksburg to Orange---proto-freelance.  No stacks, no racks, no locals ducking into holes to let the varnish by; it is a switching layout with lots of places to spot railcars but not a lot of extras like scenery.

Layout Tour One - Jim Moores Southern Railway

 Our First Layout is Jim Moores Southern Railway themed layout The layout is HO Scale and measures 16ft by 27ft.  The setting is the Appalachian Region of Southwest Virginia, Southern West Virginia and western North Carolina in 1949. The layout focuses on coal hauling with a few through Freights and Passenger Trains.  

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Friday Night Hangout December 8th 7PM

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December 8th at 7th

Topics:

Next Meeting

New Tools in Philip Taylor Collection

What is on your work bench

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Annual Meeting at Fredericksburg Meeting

 Our annual meeting for the James River Division will be on January 13, 2024 during the meeting in Fredericksburg, VA.  Please contact the Superintendent or Ken Montero if you wish to run for office or have an agenda item. 

Agenda

1. Election of Officers

2. New Business

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Workshop 2 for Fredericksburg - Manifest Destiny — Expanding the USMRR Aquia Line by Bernie Kempinski

Manifest Destiny — Expanding the USMRR Aquia Line by

Bernie Kempinski


It is a well-known axiom that model railroads expand to fill all available space. Bernie will describe how he used system analysis tools to help design the optimal plan for his expanding O Scale USMRR Aquia Line railroad. He’ll also discuss what’s new on the railroad including an automated telegraph, random events, time table and train order operations in the 19th century. If you’re not interested in the techy stuff, there will be plenty of pretty pictures, bad jokes, and dancing girls. There will even be a movie. Just kidding about the dancing girls, but come anyway.





Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Decoder Pro Clinic at Hobby Barn December 9th

 For those who missed the JMRI Decoder Pro Clinic at the November Joint Meeting there will be another chance at Jerry Stanley's Hobby Barn on December 9th. Space is limited.  

Follow this Link for full details and reservation form



Workshop 1 for Fredericksburg in January

 Kurt Thompson, MMR®, Chesapeake Division’s AP Director will go over the requirements and paperwork needed for a member to earn this AP certificate. In a setting more of a seminar than a clinic, Kurt will also present the paperwork he submitted 25 years ago when he earned his first AP certificate. If you are interested in seeing through the “fog of the requirements” or just have some questions about your own paperwork, this clinic is for you. Bring along your paperwork as there will be time for questions and answers as well as some input about your paperwork. Remember that this certificate was easy enough that Kurt earned his.

Link to Meeting location at the Howell Branch of the Rappahannock Central Library

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Zoom Call April 12th, 2024

 Just a heads up that the next JRD Zoom call will be April 12th. Items for Discussion 1.      May Meeting 2.     Joint Build - Hopper 3.    ...