I'd second Gerald's comments about the Spring Meet. It was a thoroughly
enjoyable day and evening! Many thanks to all of the individuals who
contributed to making the meet such a success.
Above all, it was great to finally meet so many of you whom I've come to
know through this list, and look forward to the next gathering I can
attend.
Best regards, Rob Adams
gaedgar66 wrote:
> Hat's off to Bob Rees, Rich Grotowski, the Depot Museum volunteers
>and various BRHS mbrs for a super meet! The Oregon Coliseum was full
>of tables of Q models and RRiana for sale, the 3 clinics were great &
>although I had to lv early for our daughter's last Prom night, I'm
>sure the dinner & programs were top quality considering the providers.
>It was a privilege to meet Rupert Gamlen, New Zealand's #1 Q fan as
>well as other BRHS mbrs, some of which I had heretofore only 'met'
>via this Yahoo group. (and yes, there were some interesting Q models
>on display in various scales). The depot was super with homemade
>goodies provided by the local volunteers and the obligatory visit to
>the nearby Black Hawk statue was a must to evoke the spirit of the
>Q's overnight Chi-Twin Cities train.
> Given conversations with Galesburg meet organizers the Sept 17-19
>annual meet there will be another "winner" so circle that w/e on your
>calendars.
> Also w/e of the 2005 Annual Meet in Dubuque has been narrowed down
>to the 3rd or 4th w/e - anyone aware of any other major RR events
>that would conflict with either w/e?
> See you @ Galesburg! Gerald
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>PS - the Zephyr should be in many mbr's hands now - a wide variety of
>info whether you model, collect, railfan or are LE, LW, Steam, diesel
>or any other Q interest. We need more authors though for both the
>Zephyr & the Bulletin - whether a paragraph of 'news', photo to be
>added to a work in progress (see list in that new Zephyr) or an in-
>depth article of any length or something in-between, put it on paper,
>send to Box 456 and let staff work with you to get more Burlington
>info in print & into everyone else's hands! Danke shoen....
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>And my apologies to anyone @ Oregon I did not get to visit with long
>enough (Brad, Bob, Rob, Tom, etc etc) - between my table of Q items,
>my clinic, etc - there were NOT enough hours in the day! BRHS or any
>entity for that matter only survives if 'x' number of members show an
>interest in each other's welfare; i.e. give of your time, talent,
>dues, etc to share information and comaraderie. The Burlington
>remains as the 1st name of the 1 of the surviving Big 4 RR's with all
>its principle lines intact largely because the "we're the best and
>will work to prove it" attitude exceeded that of all its friendly
>competitors. (thank goodness!). We owe nothing less to our efforts
>to collect, preserve & disseminate Burlington info, large & small.
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