STAYING ON TRACK
There have been two continuing articles for the newsletter I need to finish. The first is about women in railroading and the second about weathering wood.concluded(. . . regarding the Harvey Girls) Lois Tait of Perris was "a wannabe Harvey Girl." Dissuaded by her father, she became a teacher instead. Now in her mid-70s, she is a founder of the Harvey Girls Historical Society at the Orange Empire Railroad Museum in Perris.
Fred Harvey, she says, had wanted male waiters but the men he could hire out West "got paid, went to a bar, got drunk and landed in jail." He said, 'if this is the way it's going to be, I'll get women.'" Before most of the restaurants closed in the mid-50s, they'd employed about 100,000 young women.
To Ms. Tait, the Harvey Girls are "a part of women's history that's been neglected." In an era when working women often were at the mercy of the men who hired them, Mr. Harvey offered young women "an opportunity to go west and live in a safe environment and be respected."
Darlene Sexton, 26, is one of a new generation of women discovering the romance of railroading. Ms. Sexton, an administrative assistant for a title company and mother of a 4-year-old son, went to Travel Town Railroad Museum in Los Angeles as a volunteer, to work off a community-service commitment for traffic violations.
Within two years, she became the first woman engineer and the first woman engineering instructor on Travel Town's trains. "It's the most awesome thing" she says, "If I wasn't a mom, my dream would be to work the Union Pacific or Santa Fe."
As for Ms. Moses and Ms. Lindeman [founders of the International Society for the Preservation of Women in Railroading], they are ready to take their women-in-railroading group "wherever the tracks may lead."
Beverly Beyette, "Tracking women railroaders," The Dallas Morning News, May 24, 2000, Page 5C.
This concludes the series of articles on Women in Railroading which began with the August 2000 issue. - see WOMEN
CORRUGATED ROOFSFIRE
DEAD FLAT
DIRT IS DIRT
FADED ROOFS
Item Number Vendor Brass bristle brush 50301 Micro-Mark Pounce wheel 15200 Micro-Mark Brass bristly brush, pen type 14258 Micro-Mark Fiberglass brush 14259 Micro-Mark File card 70216 Micro-Mark Railroad tie & bridge stain 81721 Micro-Mark Archer PCB Etchant 276-1535 Radio Shack Dust paint 414305 Polly Scale Nupastel Design, 36 colors 27050 FaberCastellMaterials Used in the articles on Weathering Wood
This concluded the series of articles on Weathering Wood which began with the May 2000 issue.
MEETINGS
Here follows a listing of meetings coming up in the near future:Live Oak, TX - October 7th - 8th. Alamo Model Railroad Engineers Train Show. Live Oak Civic Center, 8101 Pat Booker Road. Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Admission is $5.00 single and $8.00 for family.
Fort Worth, TX - October 14th - 18th. 18th Annual Railroad Show. Lockheed Martin Recreation Area, 3400 Bryant Irvin Road. Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is $5.00. Under 12, free with an adult.
Round Rock, TX - October 28th. Austin Area Model Railroad Jamboree. First United Methodist Church, 1004 North Maya. From 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Admission is $4.00.
St. Louis, MO - July 8th - 15th, 2001. NMRA National Convention, Gateway, For information or registration contact Gateway 2001, P.O. Box 6846, Chesterfield, MO 63006. Their web site page is: http://www.gatewaynmra.org,.
NOMINATIONS
At the October meeting Bob will ask for nominations for positions on the Board of Directors for those members leaving. The actual election will occur in November.PLAY DAY
Play Day will be November 3 - 4 at the Highland Baptist Activity Center. Setup will be on Friday evening and take down must be completed by 6:00 p.m. Saturday.