Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | NASG Dispatch 2017 #5 September
Articles Listing

A Salute to S Gaugian!

The S Gaugian magazine is 55 years old this year. Don Heimburger started it in 1962 when he was 14!

Which Comes First?

Are we are railfan first or a model railroader? The author shares his life's experiences.

Election Results

Photos and a brief description of each of the 5 people that were elected for this year's NASG BOT election.

Musings from the Yukon

The author visits the Yukon and Alaska, and shares a photo of a building that could be modeled. He also describes his trip on the 3-foot narrow-gauge White Pass & Yukon Railroad.

Coupler Upgrade

The author shares a couple of examples of upgrading older S-scale models with Kadee couplers.

Update of the NASG Library

The NASG librarian proposes his future plans for the Mobley Library.

President's Message

The author defines the difference between a "project" and a "program". He then encourages people to get involved in the NASG.

News from the NMRA

The NMRA has two exhibits planned, and they have received the funding in California.

NASG at the WGH on Tour

The NASG booth at the WGH show, sharing a couple of photos from recent shows.

2017 NASG Annual Convention

The author reports on the event. Several people contributed photos to the article.

NASG Model Contest 2017

A description of the contests, and photos of the winning models.

NASG Business Meeting

Notes about the 2017 NASG BOT meeting. The rest of this article is really a continuation of the report started on page 17.

Vendor Rooms

A report of the vendors at the NASG Convention, along with photos of several of them or their products.

Web Site Continues to Grow

Added the Freight Car Loads listing to the NASG web site's "Product Gallery" section. Also added were a complete listing of the W.A. Drake cars, and Dave Heine's article about using battery power to model wooden rails on this layout. The rest of the article covers how S-scale modelers can find each other online, an update on the last issue's When Modeling... Turntables, and this issue's When Modeling... Boats.

Raising a Tent

The author describes how he models a tent.

Scrap Building a Water Tank

Using some common household items, the author builds a water tank. Includes many construction photos as well as prototype photos.

End of the Line

Well-known S-scale modeler Bill Fraley passes away.

Signs of the Times

The author shares a collection of prototype signs that offer a bit of humor.

Cheap Watches by Train

In the 1880s you bought a good-quality watch at a train station!

S Clubs Are Busy

A series of photo essays are featured in the PDF version of this issue, including Washington & Old Dominion S Gauge Club, Golden Gate American Flyer Club, Rocky Mountain Hi-Railers, a visit to the Steam into History (a non-profit Civil War-themed heritage railroad), a visit to the B&O Railroad Museum, a visit to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Ed Sauers layout, some of the Greeley's Contest entries, the South Jersey S Gaugers layout, and the North Penn S-Gauge club.