Fraternity-Testvériség, 2005 (83. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
2005-10-01 / 4. szám
Page 5 Fraternity- Testvériség President’s message continued from page 3 being destroyed - it was a great success; the celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of the American Hungarian Foundation which were culminated by the George Washington Awards ceremony in NY; the Protestant Ball, where scholarships were awarded to two theological seminary students; the Hungarian Scouts Christmas Bazaar, in Washington, D.C. where the next generation of scouts beautifully performed dances from various Hungarian regions; and the Budapest ensemble which was touring the U.S. under the management of the Hungarian Folklore Centrum. These were all extremely worthwhile and I urge all of you to support Hungarian-American events. May God bless all of you, and have a Merry Christmas season! Jules G. Balogh Note: if you have not yet filled out our questionnaire on pages 21-22 please do so and send it back. I will read all of your responses. Your responses will help shape the future of HRFA. WORLD’S GREATEST HOBBY By John K. Morey (Vice Chair of the Board atul Director for the Ohio District) The Western Reserve Modular Railroad Club is located in Northeastern Ohio. Most of our members come from the suburbs and towns surrounding the greater Youngstown area, but we have active members who live as far away as Akron, Ohio. The Club currently has 31 members, including 5 junior members, who are some of our most enthusiastic participants. “Can 1 play?” “Home” for the Western Reserve Modular Railroad Club is a refurbished house trailer that holds the sections of the elaborate O gauge layout we use for public shows, including all the equipment we need to run it. While the layout is owned by the Club, most of the locomotives and rolling stock that operates on it is provided by individual members. We hold monthly business and social meetings at the homes of members in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana Counties. We operate our layout by invitation at local elementary schools, shopping centers/ malls, libraries and other public locations. We have also set up and run our trains at major train events like The Great American Train Shows and The Greenberg Train Shows. The overall size of the complete layout is 19 feet wide by 33 feet long. We have 3 loops, with wide radius curves which allow us to run the largest model locomotives manufactured. Remote System allows us to move around the layout and control the engines using hand held remotes. By using these remotes, we can mingle with the public and allow them to control the trains. The layout consists of 8 side modules and 4 corners, a tunnel section, and a bridge module. We also have 3 center modules which are used as a storage yard for the large variety of engines and cars Club members bring to each show. Club members erect their own scenery to create scenic vignettes on each of the modules. Some of the module scenes include an oil refinery and loading dock, switching yard, engine house with a turn table, train depot, race track, golf course, plus farms and city scenes. Construction drawings for our modules can be viewed on the Western Reserve Model Railroad Club web page under the Modular Layout heading. The web page was designed and is maintained by Bill Párisi, a club member with professional expertise in Information Technology. The web site is: parisiconsulting.com/ wrmrrc/ All of the members enjoy this hobby and it also brings joy to them whenever the young kids look at the layout. It surprises us that many of these children have never seen model trains in action. Members all have different favorite railroads and collect and operate a wide variety of colorful, trains that grace the rails of our layout. Some run Lionel steam engines built over 50 years ago and others operate the latest diesels with the corporate logos of today’s mega railroads. Either way, they are fun to watch and great fun for us to run in public. "Wow! I wish I had this at home!"
