Central Arizona Chapter
October Minutes


The October meeting (not a business meeting) was held on the 9th and 10th at the McCormick Railroad Park Rail Fair event in Scottsdale. Attending were C.J. Hanselman, Bill Nagle, Jim and Marge Poor, Kent Taylor(ETE), and Tim(ETE) and Karen Johnson(ETE). 

There were four layouts represented. The four corner modules were set up. Kent brought the castle modules, and Tim and Karen brought one finished and one unfinished corner modules. Kent brought his N Scale Zillertalbahn layout which is under construction. C.J. brought his Kleindorf (the finished layout we've displayed before), and a Halloween themed mini layout with the Percy loco featured.

It was a good opportunity for the community to meet us, and see something different. We received many compliments from the public and fellow model railroaders. Saturday was the busiest day. While Sunday had fewer visitors, there were some who had been there on Saturday.

Overall, there were not too many interested in modeling European Trains, but several who stopped by had either experience with trains on the Continent, or had been given a European model when they were younger. A few did pick up the ETE brochures we had out.

Respectfully submitted,
Tim Johnson, Secretary