Re: Fw: Centramod

["Ron Fiebelkorn" <rwf49@hotmail.com>]

I always thought that it was very advantageous for the Temple Club to have a 
permanent location/setup.  Having different scales in the club also seems to 
make sense since some members are already involved in more than one scale 
and it gives an opportunity to share more ideas between members.

Wish we could find a place in Austin that was big/cheap enough to allow a 
couple of clubs to set up layouts.

Ron



>From: "Ed Weltens" <ed.weltens@sbcglobal.net>
>Reply-To: ttat-members@aoot.com
>To: <ttat-members@aoot.com>
>Subject: Fw: Centramod
>Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 12:47:37 -0600
>
>Sorry about the last message without an explanation.  This is an e-mail 
>from a member of the Temple Centramod group.  I found it interesting that 
>Centramod is made up of people who model all different scales.
>
>Ed
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bevard Hargrave
>To: Ed Weltens
>Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 7:16 PM
>Subject: Re: Centramod
>
>
>Centra-MOD has been around at least 20 years.  I joined during 2002.  Its 
>the nearest club to me in Whitney; alas, it is still over an hour away from 
>me.  It has members, like me, scattered all over central Texas.  For 2002 
>Christmas party we went up to Grapevine to ride the Tarantula Train to 
>Ft.Worth.  About 60 folks drove all the way up the from central Texas.
>
>Centra-MOD tries to pull in the entire family of each member.  I'm always 
>amazed at the way members from the various scales pitch-in to help the 
>folks in the other scales with projects.  It provides a much healthier 
>social environment than you might expect.
>
>Somehow, The City of Temple, Texas came into ownership of the Moody, Texas 
>Santa Fe Depot, which has been restored and relocated to downtown Temple 
>next to the Amtrak (old Temple, Texas Santa Fe) Station.  Centra-MOD has a 
>five year lease on Moody Depot for a nominal amount.  Centra-MOD puts on 
>the Annual Temple Fall Trainshow which is typically the third weekend in 
>Sept each year.
>
>Centra-MOD has pretty well filled the inside of Moody Depot with modular 
>layouts of various scales.  There is a huge new state-of-the-art HO modular 
>layout nearing completion and in the testing trains stage.  Next in size is 
>a 3-rail O gauge layout.  And then a medium sized N layout.  There five or 
>six layouts in operation and a couple on the shelves.   Centra-MOD has a 
>travelling 3-rail O guage layout that lives in a trailer.
>
>Run days at Moody Depot are 3rd Saturdays, 1:00 to 5:00.
>
>There are still no viable train hobby shops in Waco or Temple.  James Smola 
>of South Loop Pawn and Hobby Shop in Stephenville (76401) is an 'official' 
>Lionel and an 'official' AtlasO Dealer.  He's a absolute wizard at 
>repairing his customers R/C airplanes; and he loves the challenge of fixing 
>busted planes and upgrading trains, I think..
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Ed Weltens
>   To: hargrave@hillsboro.net
>   Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 11:25 AM
>   Subject: Centramod
>
>
>   Bev,
>
>   Saw your posts on OGRR forums and was curious about the Centra-MOD runs. 
>  I am in the Tinplate Trackers group in Austin, but am still interested in 
>the Temple scene.  What are your runs like?
>
>   The guys in our club sure miss going to the Temple train shows.  I might 
>have to go up sometime on my own.
>
>   You can see my web site at www.texased.net  I hope to add more to it 
>soon as I have accumulated many pictures.
>
>   Ed


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