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Subject: [CBQ] re: BRHS meets
From: "gaedgar66" <vje68@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:33:49 -0000
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Tks for your thoughts Paul.  In no particular order: regardless of 
where/when you model the Q (unless strictly doing a terminal like the 
Zephyr Pit & even there you would find foreign power), IF you wish to 
be accurate, one needs to know what interchange was done along the 
way, what foreign & private marks showed up most often in trains, 
etc. In my case, E. Dbq to LaCrosse, the Q took delivery of bananas 
from the I.C. in E. Dbq (there even was a little shack NE of the 
depot for banana messenger use), taking them to LaX & Twin Cities. 
The Q used IC trackage rights (& CGW used the Q south of E. Dbq) and 
Milw trains came unto the Q & vice-a-versa depending on derailments 
or high water further north.  Thus as much a dyed-in-the-wool Q fan 
as I am (after all I founded the whole thing as CB&Q His. Soc. summer 
of "76), I need to know about other RR's to model the Q correctly, 
not to mention GN/NP passenger trains!  You may recall my postings 
last Dec and earlier where I summarized consists of frt trains on the 
Q thru Ottumwa and E. Dbq so that modelers could better match the 
prototype (& a note here: I COMPLETELY respect anyone's method of how 
they model the Q.  If a Q fan likes those "50's red Athearn Q 
passenger cars interchanging with Maine Central, more power to them!)
I totally agree with your frustration at NOT finding ALL the Q stuff 
you might like @ a Meet.  I for one can never understand commercial 
dealers coming to a Q meet with mostly SP or Santa Fe models (or 
taking Q to a UP meet) BUT dealers tell me they sell all sorts of 
stuff in the most unlikely places. As for our own members, unless 
they have a large quantity of models or Q collectibles to sell they 
do NOT take a table & thus that GP-20 you want is not available.  My 
solution, with Rich Gortowski's encouragement, was to have a silent 
auction @ the St. Paul meet where you could sell as few items as you 
liked for a very modest fee.  This will be repeated @ Dubuque!  So 
clean out the train room and bring that Blackbird Athearn GP or "63 
Aurora Div TT you no longer want & sell it @ the silent auction.  And 
there are members who do sell Q exclusively or nearly so: Dave Lotz 
(Q Connection), me (all my Q "paper"), etc. Patronize them! (& I am 
unaware if any BRHS mbr, seeking a table in a timely manner, who has 
not gotten one in favor of non-mbrs.  That said, at most meets, take 
away the non-mbrs' tables and you have far less to pick thru. 
CLINICS:  These can be a real challenge.  With 1600 members if even 
as few as 5% offered to do a Clinic on Q models, memorablilia, 
photos, etc. that would be 80 mbrs.  Unfortunately there are FAR 
fewer who offer to put on 30-60 minutes of Q insights. So meet organ-
izers need to make do with whomever they can get at times.  Ditto for 
publications: take away a 1/2 dozen "authors" and there goes most of 
our content.  So write up whatever you have & send to Hol or Jim; 
they can add other bits & pieces & bingo!  An article!!  One page or 
20 - whatever, all are appreciated by Q fans!
Lastly, speak up @ Business meetings.  Until the St. Paul meet I have 
never held office (except 3 yrs as Editor back in CB&Q H.S. days). To 
find mbrs to serve in any capacity can be very trying.  Bulletins, 
Zephyrs, meets, etc take a lot of behind the scenes effort. If Gene 
Tacey as Pres got a nickle an hour for all his time (not to mention 
phone calls), he would be rich! Also, the Bd of Dir's have only one 
vote each & I can tell you they do not vote as a bloc.  The Society 
is what you, me and everyone makes of it (and yes, those who can only 
pay dues & not get involved, you're needed too because meets, printed 
paper, etc all cost $$$.  So let's all commit to helping at a meet in 
some capacity, repping BRHS @ train shows, doing a little article 
and/or recruiting a new mbr.  Gerald



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