In
July 1989 I cofounded the South Jersey S Scalers as a more local club while I
was still frequently attending the Central Jersey S Scalers club. The South Jersey
S Scalers became the South Jersey S Gaugers. They are still very active
celebrating their 30th anniversary in July 2019. SJSG remained in
a more decidedly Hi Rail interest then the few of us who became interested in
an S Scale only direction. For
about 20 years we were meeting at an S Scale layout in Swedesboro
NJ. All of the above was great times with good friends. But all good things
come to an end eventually. The Central Jersey S Scalers ended in about 2014.
The layout in Swedesboro was dismantled. My good freind Ken Davis who was a
part of all of this with me from the beginning passed 5-28-19. I had mostly
been staying home and working on my own trains and layout anyway. So
it is time that “I am putting the band back together” with some new players.
I have been blessed with John Peters Sr and John Peters Jr moving close to
me. They are my success story getting them interested in S Scale in 2017. We
share identical modeling interests from PRR, PRSL, Reading, and some “modern”
interests like Conrail and Norfolk Southern. The
plan is to meet about once a month to talk about modeling, and run trains
like I had for so many years…. |
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The
virus killed all plans for anything to get started in 2020. Hopefully 2023 will
get us started.
The
Dave Bailey built 32’ long S Scale hump yard is 10 minutes from my house now.
We may be able to see that as well.
I can show you photo stacking.
Updated 11-20-22
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