Central Arizona Chapter
March Minutes


The meeting was held at the home of Fred and Virginia Rayher. Virginia served a terrific meal, and we were given a tour the well constructed building which houses Fred's layout room and storage area. We also saw the wonderful assortment of model railroad items that Fred has collected over the years.

The business meeting was called to order by CJ. All members were reminded to send in their national ETE dues if they haven't already done so.

On the topic of module layouts, CJ related that he and Bob Rebsamen had discussed ordering a kit from Kuhn Eurobahn Trains (http://www.eurobahntrains.com/). This would give us the opportunity to examine one and see if we can improve it. Steve Young volunteered to contact an ETE San Diego member he knows to give advice on modules. ETE provides a specification for modules which can be found at http://www.ete.org/modspecs2.htm, and general information about the Module Special Interest Group (SIG) can be found from the topics at the ETE web site (http://www.ete.org/) in the "Members" area. Everyone felt this was subject was worthwhile pursuing.

The remainder of the day was spent discussing various topics and enjoying the friendship of our group.

Members present were CJ Hanselman, Steve (and Debi) Young, Fred (and Virginia) Rayher, Delon Freije, Sam Taylor, Jim (and Margie) Poor, Tim (and Karen) Johnson.

Respectfully submitted,
Tim Johnson, Secretary