TCD

The Crossing Gate

THE CROSSING GATE is our quarterly newsletter containing schedules of upcoming meetings, presentations and clinics, plus articles, modeling tips, photos and lots more.

TCD members are more than welcome to submit articles, tips, photos, letters, comments.  Just email Dennis Rogers, the editor, at editor@xxxx (substitute "tcdnmra.org" for "xxxx").

Below you'll find PDF archives of our previous issues.  Each is posted here approximately 3 months after our members receive their issues in the mail.

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Bonus pictures!  Click here to see web pages of photos that weren't included in the current or previous issues of  THE CROSSING GATE
PREVIOUS ISSUES in PDF format:
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In this issue:
2007 NMRA Convention report, layout tour pictures
In this issue:
Changes for the TCD, trip to the National Railway Museum, Business Meeting Minutes, layout tour pictures
In this issue:
25 years of the TCD, part 2 of engine performance, peeling paint, spring layout tours, TLR '07 Convention recap
In this issue:
Miving to Mill City Museum, TLR '07 primer, more modeling tips & tricks, engine performance
In this issue:
Modeling tips, Wayzata depo, new Superintendent
In this issue:
Division at the Crossroads, Proposed By-Law changes
In this issue:
Railroading for young people, Kalmbach Memorial Library, Pike Registry

In this issue:
Auction results, TLR Convention primer, new members

In this issue:
Layout tours, vacationing by rail, December auction
In this issue:
Upcoming changes for TCD/ Mounting Switch Control Boxes/ Almeda & Indian Beach Operation
In this issue:
The Life and Death of Glouster Depot/ Light Rail's Final Leg Opens/ Spring layout tours
In this issue:
A steamy summer for the Grand Excursion 2004 / Light Rail's Opening Day / Errors in kit design & workmanship
In this issue:
A Ride on the Minnesota Prairie Lines / Looking for Non-Rails / Seen on the Internet
In this issue:
Special Business Meeting / Proposed By-Law Amendments / TCD Rideshare Program / 3 Division Members win at TLR convention
Also: see the "Crossing Gate Extras" page for additional photographs not included in this issue
In this issue:
A founder looks back at the early TCDivision years / A young modeler's view of the future / A brief history of the TCDivision
In this issue:
A tour of MTC's Light Rail Maintenance Base / Great American Train Show Model Contest winners / A look at the Achievement Program
In this issue:
Maple Leaf 2003 Convention Report / Railroad Club at the U of M / A quilt shop in an old depot

In this issue:
New monthly meeting location /
TCD visits the 261 / NMRA model contest at GATS

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