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Our visitors from down-under, from left to right, are: Alyson Wilcox, Dave Head (Diamond Valley Railway), Halley Wright and Simon Briggs (Sydney Society of Model Engineers), Peter Laws who is giving the thumbs up (Brisbane Bayside Steam Railway), and Shane Ferris (Queensland Experimental and Model Engineers).

Photo: courtesy of Joe Holman

THE WHISTLEThe official publication of the BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY OF MODEL ENGINEERSOperators of the BURNABY CENTRAL RAILWAY Vol 42 Issue 8 August 2012

Next Monthly General MeetingWednesday September 5, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.

Rainbow Creek Station

Anyone who wishes to join the Society is welcome to attend this meeting.

In This Issue

120 North Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, B.C.

Page 2: Calendar Page 4: President's Message Page 6: Train Meet

Page 3: Announcements Page 5: Aussie Locos Page 7: 6060

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published by, and for, the members ofThe British Columbia Society of ModelEngineers (BCSME). Any opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the policies of the Society. Allcontent is the copyright property of The BCSME, and the individual contributors.

BCSME Address & Track Site

Rainbow Creek Station

Burnaby, B.C., CanadaV5C 6K1

Editor of The Whistle

Joe Holman307 1340 Duchess AvenueWest Vancouver, B.C., CanadaV7T 1H6

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The Whistle is the official newsletter

120 North Willingdon Avenue

Phone: 604-291-0922

Web Site: http://www.bcsme.org

e-mail: [email protected]

Please add the word Whistle in the

the Society the better this newsletter

is the 3rd Sunday in every month.

President Tom Carr 604-463-9156Vice-president Kent Cavaghan 604-597 9018Secretary Gerry Wittenberg 604-582-5940Treasurer Bruce Wilson 604-871-9141Business Manager Barrie Sansom 604-435-9802Site Manager Ken Klakowich 604-299-5655Shop Manager Eivind Luffe 778-789-1416Operations Manager Ian MacGregor 778 233-8202Communications Manager Joe Holman 604-925-1879Financial Review Bill McKenzie 604-789-2720

These meetings are generally held on the first Wednesday of every

at Rainbow Creek Station.

These meetings are generally held on the last Wednesday of every

The BCSME Directors & Officers

Monthly General Meetings

month, unless it happens to fall on a statutory holiday, at 7:30 p.m.

Directors Meetings

month, unless it happens to fall on a statutory holiday, at 7:30 p.m. at Rainbow Creek Station. Members are welcome to attend these meetings!

CALENDAR OF EVENTSWCRA Mini Rail Days

Sunday August 5, 2012

Phone 360-387-0727 for details

Saturday & Sunday, August 18 & 19, 2012

Labour Day Weekend BBQSaturday, September 4, 2012

Saturday, September 8, 2012

SHAS Harvest FairSaturday & Sunday, September 15 & 16, 2012

Powell River Forestry Museum Fall FairSaturday and Sunday, September 21 & 22, 2012

Also check: www.wcra.org

Camano Island Short Line MeetRE-SCHEDULED to Saturday and Sunday, August 18 & 19, 2012

VIME 40 th Anniversary Weekend

Also check: www.vime.ca

Also check: www.bcsme.org

WCRHP 2 nd Annual Harvestfest

Also check: www.wcra.org

Also check: www.vime.ca

Also check: www.prforestrymuseum.org

Labour Day Weekend BBQSaturday, September 1st, 2012

Starting at 5:30 PM

Bring your own meat, and a dish to share!

TEA, COFFEE, SOFT BEVERAGES, ANDCONDIMENTS PROVIDED

Graphic: www.freeclipartnow.com Open to all members and our guests!

NEW TO THE LIBRARY

Once again Ian has found another gem for you reading pleasure!

Please remember to sign out whatever materials you take home and, as usual, remember to return those things you borrow in a timely fashion.

Ian has been known to get somewhat grumpy if you forget about returning things!

For Sale A Maximat V10 Lathe (at left). Comes with a vertical mill, cabinet, chucks, etcetera. Also there is a vertical Mill (at right) that is hardly used.

Contact: Lindsay McDonnell

604-420-1778

or [email protected]

Work Parties at the TrackThere are currently three nights when work parties are regularly needed

at the track:

1. site maintenance work parties are scheduled for Tuesday nightsbeginning at 5 pm. Dinner is provided. See Ken Klakowich for details.

2. the garden railway committee hold work parties every Saturdayand Monday nights beginning at 5:30 pm. Dinner is provided.Talk to Kent Cavaghan if you are interested.

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Presidents MessageIt appears that our long awaited summer has finally arrived, and seems to be staying for a while. Its a beautiful time of year at the park, with flowers blooming and a variety of berries ripening. The huckleberries are excellent this year, and it appears we will have a good crop of blackberries as well.

Francina and I enjoyed our trip to Klamath Falls, OR for the Great Northern convention; it was hot and sunny the entire week. We also had a nice visit to Squamish for the 100 th Anniversary of the PGE at the WCRA. Both events were very well organized and were over far too soon.

By all reports the Summer Train Meet on July 7-8 was a success, with several visitors from the Triennial Trek at the park. A special thanks to everyone who helped out and made our guests feel welcome, including Linda Cavaghan and Gaye Fransen who looked after buying the breakfast groceries on short notice and made sure everyone got fed. Also a big thank you to Ken Klakowich who played host to our visitors from down under.

The TraiNgang held their annual family barbecue at the park on Saturday evening, July 21st. This event is always popular, and this year was no exception with over 50 people in attendance. Gerry Wittenberg was kept busy on the Hudson providing train rides for everyone. Thanks to all the BCSME members who attended and helped make the evening a success.

Congratulations to our friends at the Vancouver Island Model Engineers (VIME), who celebrate their 40 th Anniversary on the weekend of August 17-18. Im sure we all wish them continued success for at least another 40 years.

A reminder to all our members that we need volunteers each weekend to help operate the park and run our trains. If you live in the lower mainland we need your assistance. It doesnt matter if you arent able to run trains, there will always be something you can do to help out, even if its just for a few hours.

I challenge every BCSME member living in the lower mainland who has not attended a meeting yet this year to so so, and lets see if we can set an attendance record in the process.

Tom Carr

EMD F40 For Sale Powered by a single cylinder Kohler 6 HP motor. It is 72 long & will fit in the back of a small size pickup.

Asking price: $6,000.00 CDN

Please contact Eivind for more info 778-789-1416

One Sunny July Afternoon... ...some members came out to the track to enjoy the sunshine, the fellowship of other hobbyists, run and test their locomotives.

It was also a good day for some to Below: Wittenberg & Bill Mckenzie do some training on steam locos in steaming up Bill's 3 truck Shay a low stress environment, with no prior to its first run of the year. passengers to carry or schedules to keep.

A big thank you to both Rob Burgess & Gerry Wittenberg for bringing this idea to fruition. It was a really great day! Let's do it again soon.

Above: Ian MacGregor and Jim Mackie mulling over Jim's 2-4-0 saddle engine.

Photos: courtesy of Eivind Luffe

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Pulling Power From the Land Down Under! Loco Y121 was built by Andrew Mierisch of the Diamond Valley Railway in Melbourne. It is modelled after the Victorian Railways Y class diesel electric locos.

This gas-electric engine is 2 (approx.) scale & is powered by a Nissan A12 4 cylinder motor that runs a 200 amp aircraft generator, that in turns powers two fork lift motors, one on each truck, chain drives to each axle. The Y121 is fully multi-unit

capable. At Diamond Valley Railway they connect 4 locos together and control them from the lead loco!

The XPT was built by Peter Laws of the Brisbane Bayside Live Steamers. XPT is a short form for Express Passenger Train. This loco is modelled after the XPT diesel electrics owned by County- Link which operates inter-city rail service in New South Wales.

The XPT's scale is 17 times that of HO. Peter used the HO model drawings done by a fellow Australian by the name of Chapman whose known for his precision in modelling, and has adjusted the scale upwards accordingly.

This loco is powered by a Kubota 13 HP 3 cylinder 650cc diesel engine, connected to a Suzuki

Hatch automatic transmission, which in turn is connected to each truck by drive shafts Each truck is fitted with a gear box which is connected to the axles by chain drives.

A unique feature of this loco is that there is a switch in the cab for engaging first gear which, when thrown, keeps the loco at a very low speed of about a mile an hour: it not only allows the train to begin pulling away quite smoothly when under load, but it also allows the club to put a child in the cab and let him/her drive the loco, under supervision, in a highly controlled and safe manner. It has been a big hit with the club's riders!

4904 is another loco built by Peter Laws. Like the XPT it is 17 times HO scale. This particular loco is modelled after the New South Wales 49 class diesel electrics, and is painted in the Southern Shorthaul Railway livery.

This loco was built in 2011, and is powered by a Kubota 10 HP 600cc 3 cylinder diesel engine. It's equipped with a Suzuki Hatch automatic transmission which in turn is drives a Datsun 180B differential which is mounted on the rear truck. The differential then chain drives the truck's centre axle, and it in turn chain drives the other two axles on the truck.

Peter modified the transmission by connecting the drive shaft to a gear, not normally used for this purpose, that moves in a direction opposite to that of travel: he then turned the differential upside down to counter this. According to Peter, this type of drive configuration is on at least 12 locos in Australia, and works quite well! Peter also modified the differential by welding up the sun gears inside and attach two chains to the centre axle of the truck. This allows for safety. The rear cover had to be removed and turned 180 to allow the breather to be right side up. The little web inside the differential has to be cut out as well.

The loco's brake is a disc brake mounted on the gear box. In addition, Peter puts hand brakes on all his locos as a redundant system. Photos: courtesy Frank Fleury

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2012 Summer Train MeetPictures: courtesy of Frank Fleury, Joe Holman, and Alyson Wilcox

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A Work In Progress Last month BCSME member Ernie Beskowiney brought his newest project to the to the Summer Train Meet for us all to admire. It is a model of Canadian National's loco 6060 which is a 4-8-2 Mountain class engine. This loco, and others of its class, with its unique semi- streamlined shaped smoke box cover was nicknamed Bullet Nose Betty

Locomotive 6060 is still in use. It is now called the Spirit of Alberta and carries passengers on a tourist excursion railway departing from the town of Stettler.

Hopefully Ernie can be persuaded to keep us updated on the progress of this project...it is a real beauty!

Photo: courtesy of Joe Holman

Rail Polishing!Many visitors often ask what all that steel is that's built on top of those cement piers. It's a very natural question to ask since most have never seen anything happening there! So it was nice to see the raised track gang out running a couple of their locos during the Summer Train Meet. Richard Seebacher fired up his 3 Britannia loco, with some help from life member Joe Carroll, while Joe took the Society's 5 Hercules loco for a run along the rails. Now, folks, you know what all that steel is for!

Photos: from left to right courtesy of Frank Fleury, Alyson Wilcox and Joe Holman

All the Way From Tennessee We had the pleasure of hosting Lutz Braun and his wife Pamela, who did a big circle tour of several southern US tracks, including Maricopa and Train Mountain, before deciding to come north of the 49th and pay us a visit. Lutz is a member of The Mid-South Live Steamers, which has its track at Columbia about 56 km south of Nashville.

He brought with him his 10 Wheeler. George Towne built the loco and sold it to Lutz about 12 years ago. The boiler is made of 3 gauge steel. Thanks Lutz for stopping in! Photo: courtesy of Joe Holman

For SaleChloe 7.5"g 0-4-2T sugar cane steamer built by Allen Models.

Propane fired, steams well.

$7500 - Includes driving car and propane tank

Contact Lindsay McDonnell at604-420-1778 or: [email protected]

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