Members, The Board of Directors has passed a motion to amend our bylaws. For the next step, and to have complete transparency, I am sending this out to the membership for comment. Please make those comments to me at Bruce@oscalekings.org. Feel free to copy any other member of the Board. Read more…
September 2020 Hello fellow O scale 2 railers! I found it hard to believe that it was August last month and now here we are at September 2020! I want to take a line or two and thank those of you who voted in our Hall of Fame election. Results Read more…
Hello fellow O scale 2 railers! I’m not sure about you but it’s hard for me to believe that this is August 1, 2020. So being August 1, the nominations for the Hall of Fame are closing today. Please watch for a ballot on the website within the next week Read more…
I think I told you last month that summer was upon us; looking at the forecast, I’m going to tell you it is now here! Hot and Humid… Hot and Humid… Hot and Humid. As I write this, the Midwest is being baked. My hometown of Mount Airy, Maryland has Read more…
Summer is upon us! From the days of running a retail model train shop, I would dread it. Summer was always our slowest time of year. I guess because everybody was out mowing their lawns, planting flowers, and digging up old shrubs, particularly azalea bushes (which was really just harvesting Read more…
Would like to start out by announcing the winner of our quarantine modeling contest. And the winner is… Wait for it… Jerry Skeim Congratulations to Jerry! Photos of the contest entries are still on the website. Go back and take a look. Jerry’s prize is another year added to his Read more…
Happy day after April Fool’s Day. And yesterday was truly April Fool’s Day on me. Seemed like everything I touched became a problem. I sat down to prepare this message only to have my voice to text software fail. After hours of research, trial and error repairs, and other possible Read more…
Hello fellow O scale 2 Railers! Excitement is starting to build around here as we are less than two weeks away from the Chicago/March meet. The O Scale Kings will have a presence in the trading hall with our booth. We still need volunteers to spend an hour or two Read more…
Well gang, I must apologize. It’s already the 5th of February as I sit to write this. I have been told that once you retire, you’re supposed to have all sorts of time to accomplish all the things you couldn’t while you were working. In my case, it seems it Read more…
Happy new year! I hope everybody had a prosperous 2019. I’m excited! As you know, we had elections the end of December for number one, a new treasurer, who is Joseph Norman. A big thanks, a really BIG thanks to Bob Plageman for all his efforts serving as treasurer. And Read more…