Sunday 16 October 2011

Fall Meeting October 29th

Hi Everyone,

On behalf of the LMRA, we would like to welcome yourself out to our October 29th, 2011 meeting being held at the East London Anglican Ministries 2060 Dundas Street East, London Ontario. Attached is a flyer is provided in two formats, PDF and Word Document.

The night will feature one guest speaker:
Helmut Ostermann - historian, modeller and photographer.

Helmut photo's have been featured in several magazines, books and online reference material. In addition he has one of the largest collections of black and white photos in the surrounding region.

Brief Outline of Presentation:
The feature presentation is titled "Striking moments in transportation history" This presentation will start with a diverse amount of Railway history and then transition to Interurban electrics, Great Lakes shipping, Vintage Aviation, Old Automobiles and Trucks, and then finish with some Buses. After a suitable break I will finish the evening with a program of 1950's Steam, Diesel and Electric
railway material of which a fair amount will be from London and surrounding area. In addition, photo's will be on display and also available for sale.

The rest of evening will be a quick update of the Layout Tour 2011, 2012 Tour and any additional matters.

In addition to the guest speaker, we will have prize tables with the traditional raffles, Modelers Corner with Bring and Brag.
Prizes will be awarded by category, all members and guests are welcome to bring any models.

Doors will open at around 6:15pm and the meeting will commence just after 7pm and will be wrapped up before 10 pm.

We hope to see you, out there and please pass this email on to friends or future modelers, as the LMRA encourages all modelers and new modelers to attend.
Any newsletters like the Junction Gang News, please attach event to next newsletter. Flyers will be out at the Woodstock train show.

Any further questions, you can contact myself, Lorne James, LMRA President at jameslg@amtelecom.net, or by phone at 519-773-8652.
or Bob Merriam, LMRA Vice-President at rmerriam@amtelecom.net, or by phone at 519-866-5931.

Download Flyers here!!

I hope to see everyone out at the meeting.

Regards,
Lorne James,
London Model Railroad Association, President