Matt Glazer - President
Elliot Courtney - Vice President
Jimmy Paterniti - Treasurer
David Stavans - Secretary
A big thank you to outgoing club president J.C. Mayer who worked very hard over the last few years to guide our club through a difficult transition process from old layout to new layout.
More progress was made at our February 15 work session. Matt, Elliot, and Phil worked on wiring up the staging yards below Niagara Falls. We'll need to purchase some more wiring supplies to complete this project.
Otto installed the last customer siding on the B&O branch, and Elliot and Matt worked on wiring feeders and blocks. The B&O branch will not be fully operational until the block detection wiring is completed later this year.
David S., Elliot, and Phil put the first coat of plaster on the backdrops at Albion and Lockport, with the help of Corey and Nick.
Otto and E.J. discussed some solutions to address some sagging structure in our helix. Relief came in the form of some additional spans and relocated legs. Discussions also included the installation of a small workbench and computer station for an operator inside the helix.
Nick and Otto leveled out the subroadbed just east of CP 373 to eliminate a slight rise in the tracks. David S. and Nick made repairs to the superelevation in the area to compensate.
Last week, Phil made extensive repairs to Albion, including an adjustment of the Falls Road Secondary track all the way back to CP 373. This helped compensate for a poor transition from the mainline into the curve. A few customer sidings need to be installed here, but that is contingent on the design of some buildings.
Matt G. made an adjustment to the yard and brewery lead at High Falls to compensate for a similar bad transition that was a bit too sharp for some equipment.
On Sunday, February 16, several members paid a visit to the WNYRHS Train Show at the Hamburg Fairgrounds, and made the purchase of many trains and artifacts. Lunch was at Duff's in Amherst for tasty wings and weck. A supplemental to-go order was later delivered to club advisor Otto because we felt sorry for him not being able to go to the train show.
Next meeting is Tuesday, February 18.
Next work session is Saturday, February 22.
