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A. Club Info Home Page (this page) 2008/2009 Meeting Schedule (on the SSG blog) Contact Phone Numbers (on the SSG blog) . . (we've put some of our information on a blog, so various members can easily update it) About & Bylaws Business Card Holder (on the blog) Put in hobby shops, to dispense contact info Club Library (on the blog) List of books, videotapes, & DVDs that members can check out Members Only Files: Password req'd - kept in the private SSG Yahoo Listserver * Maps To Meeting Locations . . Instructions To Access * Membership List . . (use above link) New Members Message - Sent to new members upon being added to the members-only private Yahoo discussion group B. Club Videos On The Internet QuickTime vs YouTube: The YouTube version is provided in case you cannot play the QuickTime version. You can get Quicktime Player for Windows free from Apple here. Video #1 - May 2007, Meet the Susquehanna S Gaugers This video introduces you to about 13 of the total 24 Susquehanna S Gaugers members. There is also a short demo of the Z-Stuff automatic crossing gate system by member Dave VanGilder. (Videotaped 5/6/07, 9 min) YouTube . . . . . . Quicktime Videos #2 & #3 - Layout Tours (photos shown in below "Photos of Members Layouts" section Layout #1, "Heavy Steam Division" (Videotaped 5/6/07, 8 min). YouTube . . . . . . Quicktime . . . . . . Photos   Layout #3, "Christmas Fantasy" (Videotaped 2/17/08, 9 min) YouTube Video #4 - 2008 Steam Up This YouTube video shows the Susquehanna S Gaugers 4th annual "Steam Up" held April 4 & 5, 2008. Members "challenged" several Northerns by hooking them to a 143-car train. Another member wired up a back-to-back pair of automatic reverse loops, with an automatic passing siding in one of the loops. There is also a demo of an automatic block controlling 2 trains on the same track, using a RR Concepts 'Switching Interface Module'. YouTube === Automatic Controls Videos === Video #656 - Automatic Controls Demo by Mark Anderman, Williamsport Pa Videotaped 4/1/07, at Susquehanna S Gaugers Steamup by Chris Cooley and edited by Mark Anderman, this shows 3 trains running automatically on the same circle of track, using an automatic control system wired up by Dennis & Corvin Oberholtzer and Mark Anderman, using stock Gilbert pressure-activated track trips & semaphore. (6 min) YouTube . . . . . .Quicktime . . . . . .Anderman's Wiring Diagram Comments: We believe this system could probably be modified by removing the block in the mainline, and using just the 2 blocks in the sidings. The semaphore would control power to the sidings; i.e. at about 2/3 of the way around the loop, the train on the mainline would "release" one of the trains parked on the sidings, thus maintaining spacing between trains, but without using the 3rd block on the mainline. [===] This scheme is demonstrated in the largescale video "How It Works" (YouTube .Quicktime) which shows a similar arrangement in largescale. Video No. 658 description on the AutoControls.org Video Page, has the links to the Automatic Block Demo from the 2008 Steam Up. Video No. 659 description on the AutoControls.org Video Page, has the links to the video, photos, & wiring diagram, for the 2-track Automatic Passing Siding, that was operated at the Nov. 2008 Toy Train Expo. Additional railroad videos -- are on the Track2 'Model Railroad Videos' page, including 2007 NASG Convention in Baltimore MD & 2008 NASG Convention in Lowell MA. C. Photos of Club Events Events Photos of Members (7 photos) Club Temporary Public Displays S Gauge Steamup 2004 -set up as many trains as possible in 2 days S Gauge Steamup 2006 -set up as many trains as possible in 2 days (added 5/19/07) D. Photos of Members Layouts Layouts #1-Heavy Steam Division #2-Curtin Canyon New 2009 layout Old layout #3-Christmas Fantasy #4-Pennsylvania Mainline updated 5/19/07 #5-Winter Wonderland #6-The S And O (added 5/23/07)   #7-Centre Highlands (added 5/30/07) Nonmember Associate: #8-Jefferson Central in Hersey Pa (see also LVSG gallery) #9-Penndot Central (perpetually under construction) These Layout links are also on the "S Gauge" section of the Trainweb.org/pa Photo Page   E. Links To Other Clubs & Repairs SSG List of Nearby S Gauge Clubs NASG List of Nationwide S Gauge Clubs Track2 RailNet - North Central Pa Model Railroad Info - Club Contacts. Repairs Photos Track2 RailNet, List of 'North Central Pa Club Contacts' - list of contact people for most of N Central Pa Model RR Clubs, ALL scales Track2 RailNet, List of S Gauge Repair People Track2 RailNet/Trainweb.org Photo Page - photos of other scales of layouts NASG List of S Manfacturers F. - Links To S Gauge Reference Info "S-Trains" Yahoo Email Discussion Group, by Paul Yorke S-trains.com, by Paul Yorke NASG.org - National Association of S Gaugers S Scale Model Railroading Homepage, by Craig O'Connell O-Gauge Railroading Forum Why Use Blogs for S Clubs - On NineDollarWebPage.com G. SSG Club Archives About SSG Handout (pdf) Officers' Tasks Previous Meeting Locations Old SSG Newsletters Old Quicken Treas. Recs Old Interest Form Letter to SHS, Requesting Smaller Radius Curves Nov 99 H. Misc 'S' Archives Computer-Control S Ga DCC using QuickBasic & DOS, with NCE DCC & SHS SW9 w/Soundtrax decoder James Edwards PCC Cars custom-made in Philadelphia Pa in mid 90's Custom-made Closed Frog S-Trax Switches I. Members Web Pages AndermanFlyer.com - Mark Anderman AF parts BobbyLines.com - Bob Persing reproduction Plasticville Mark Benfer's blog on healthcare Track2 Railnet - Jim Ingram - see Sect E above.