OSK President’s Message, March 2021 David Vaughn President@oscalekings.org I am a big fan of the O Scale Two Rail (OS2R) community. Great Scale; better community. I grant you that the term “community” can be overused and trite. But let me tell you about how I see our OS2R community and Read more…
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE, FEBRUARY 2021 To OSK Members and the OS2R Community: My friend Tony Koester is an astute and experienced observer of model railroading. He has dabbled in OS2R and constructed an O Scale module as a Model Railroader project layout (see “Wingate,” January-April 2020 issues). Tony brought the module Read more…
Happy New Year to the OS2R community. May your 2021 be better than 2020 (not that that is asking for much)! I am David Vaughn, the new President of OSK. I thank the members for the privilege to serve. I also thank Bruce Blackwood, George Wallace and the OSK Board Read more…
So this marks the occasion of my final President’s Message. I’d like to start out by thanking each of you for your support, your membership in the O Scale Kings, and for reaching out to me with your suggestions over the last two years. The O Scale Kings membership is Read more…
Happy Halloween! I hope a visit to your layouts found gondolas and hoppers full of candy. The weather has started to take a turn toward winter here in Maryland. We had our first freeze warning early this morning. This is good news! Cold weather eliminates most yardwork for a lot Read more…
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…