| APN News |
Next Business
Meeting:
September 20, 10:30am
Next Operating Session
September 27, 2008
tentative
Member
Published!
Look in the June issue of
Model Railroader Magazine
for an article by our own
Scott Kurzawski.
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August 16,
2008
Meeting minutes
Click here
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| Latest Additions |
08/02/2008
Juan Celorio
Welcome APN's newest member
Click here
07/27/2008
APN turns 27
Smiling faces from our
Happy Birthday party
Click here
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| Railroading |
Upcoming Events
September 20
Public Run Day
Houston Area
Live Steamers
September 20-21
26th Annual Temple
Model Train Show
October 4-5
Alamo Model RR Engineers
Fall Train Show
San Antonio
October 4-5
SteamFest III
Steam Train
Bluegrass Festival
New Orleans
October 7-12
Circus Model Builders,
Carnival Historical &
Model Builders National
Gathering
Ft. Worth, TX
October 10-11
Railfan Weekend
Temple, TX
October 11
Murder Mystery Dinner
Train Ride
Palestine, TX
October 11-12
LMRA Model Train Show
Lockheed/Martin Rec. Area
Ft. Worth, TX
October 17-18 & 24-26
Day Out with Thomas
Texas State Railroad
Rusk, TX
Weekends from
Oct 18 - Dec 6
Fall Layout Tour
Houston and beyond
October 25
Halloween Murder Mystery
Train Excursion
Austin TX
November 1-2
T&P Railway Museum
Model Train Show
& Extravaganza
Marshall, TX
November 15-16
N. Louisiana Train Show
Minden LA
December 13-14
Holiday Train Show
Ft Worth
Click here
for links to
these and other events
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| Railroading in other media |
A few good reads
 Although
we have our own library, the public library is also a source for
books on railroading and our hobby. One example is this book
that most model railroaders would enjoy: "Playing with Trains: A Passion Beyond Scale"
"Check it out" at the
Montgomery County Library.
Click here
 Or
check out this suspense thriller about a railfan that tries to stop
a killer responsible for a mysterious series of train wrecks: "Foamers"
Click here
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 Recommended
reading from the APN library:
"Model Railroading with John Allen"
by Linn Westcott
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Trains for your ear
Instead of music,
how
about a free download of an MP3 "old time radio" melodrama
for your iPod / MP3 Player?
Click here
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2-10-0 Road Test
How does it perform?
"It corners as if it is on rails!"
Click here
to this link to read Road &
Track magazine's road test of a 1924 Baldwin Decapod.
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Welcome to the official website of the All
Points North Model Railroad Club
Founded in 1981 as a social
club, APN currently has over 2 dozen members. In 2001 APN
completed construction of a new 2,500 square foot clubhouse
located on two acres of land in Conroe, Texas (just north of
Houston).
In early 2003 we began construction of our
permanent layout. We feature an operating HO scale
point-to-point railroad with
over 530' of mainline run. We also have a narrow gauge
HOn3 line. Construction of the layout continues to progress.
We are one of only a handful of model railroad clubs in the
United States that owns both the land and a building solely
dedicated to model railroading. Members have access to the club
anytime, day or night, allowing them to run trains or access the
club's library, or use the work bench or paint booth to work on
their models.
Saturdays will almost always find someone at the
club house sometime during the day. Running trains has priority
on the third and fourth Saturdays of the month, with a business
meeting also held the third Saturday and called to order at
10:30 AM. On the first and second Saturdays of the month trains
take a back seat to construction work on the layout.
About once every other month we hold an Operating Session (running trains
on our layout to simulate the movement of freight and
passengers). Email notices are sent out to the membership
with a timetable for this event. Starting in the fall we
will also experiment with alternating with other layout owners
in the Houston area and operate as guests on their layouts.
APN has
a limited number of memberships available to individuals with an interest in
any phase of the model railroading/rail fanning hobby. Membership is
restricted to individuals 21 years of age or older.
Click here for an Application for Membership.
Potential members are welcome to visit our clubhouse.
For more
information contact:
John Christiansen, APN President:
(713) 851-1641
Duane Darling:
(281) 257-8555
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The membership of All Points North Model Railroad Club
Click on an individual's
picture for more info on that member
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Train meet on Ralphred siding, just outside the town of Big Bend
Click on the picture to view a movie clip of the meet (0.7 MBytes)
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Comic strip courtesy of
www.fborfw.com
(refresh page for random comic
strip)
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 Want
to know more about Model Railroading?
The
National Model Railroad Association
is the largest organization devoted to the development, promotion, and enjoyment
of the hobby of model railroading.
The NMRA has a web page devoted to beginners in the hobby.
Click here
to go to that page. |
Other sources to consider:
-Visit the World's
Greatest Hobby Website
-Visit the nearest local Hobby Shop that carries Model Trains
-Call and arrange a visit with the nearest
Model Railroad Club
-Join APN!
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Boy Scouts
of America
Railroading
Merit Badge
Click here for
requirements |
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If you are an adult leader of a Houston Area Boy
Scout Troop and would like to arrange for a workshop on the Railroading Merit
Badge, please contact one of the following:
Houston Railroad Museum
Galveston Railroad Museum
Galveston County Model RR Club
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Created on 01/25/2007
Updated
08/23/2008 |
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