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2021 News Archive |
Date: 05/29/2021
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Date: 05/11/2021
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Date: 04/23/2021
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Date: 04/03/2021
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Date: 02/25/2021
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Date: 01/31/2021
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Date: 01/20/2021
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2020 News Archive |
Date: 12/27/2020
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Date: 12/04/2020
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Date: 10/28/2020
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Date: 10/04/2020
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Date: 08/14/2020
For anyone who may be planning to attend the September 11-13 open meet, please note that one of our trestles has been removed for upgrade. There is a good chance the new trestle will not be complete by the time of our meet. The trestle in question is just west of the Station on the inner loop. Please keep this in mind when making plans on whether to attend or not. |
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Date: 08/10/2020
The club has decided that we will cancel the Halloween Run, which means that all public runs for 2020 have been cancelled. Due to COVID-19, we feel there is no way that we can keep all volunteers and guests safe while still providing the same level of fun that we strive to provide. We are hopeful that 2021 will present the opportunity to re-open to the public.
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Date: 07/26/2020
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Date: 06/27/2020
We have made the decision out of abundance of caution for both visitors and volunteers to cancel our September Public Run. We will be monitoring the situation and may look for opportunities to do additional runs that were not initially planned for at the beginning of the year.
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Date: 06/04/2020
A determination has been made that the June club meeting will be held. The meeting will be held outside to allow social distancing. It is suggested for people to bring chairs. Please only attend if you are comfortable with the situation. |
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Date: 05/19/2020
NEOLS and the Medina County Park District have jointly made the decision to cancel the August public run. While Ohio and local governments are relaxing restrictions, we feel it would be extremely difficult to successfully follow mandated protocols and more importantly, keep our volunteers and attendees safe. We will continue to evaluate our other upcoming events.
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Date: 05/08/2020
Due to the extension of the shelter - in - place order from the state capitol, and the cancellation of all Medina County Park District events in May and June, we must cancel the NEOLS monthly meeting that was scheduled for May 17th. We will keep you advised as the situation develops as to whether or not there will be a June meeting.
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Date: 05/07/2020
The Medina County Park District has cancelled June Special events. We support this decision entirely. Our June Public Run will not be held this year. Hopefully as the situation with COVID 19 becomes clearer, some park activities will resume.
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Date: 04/07/2020
Due to COVID-19, the 2020 Railroad Camp has been cancelled. At this time the June public run is still on as scheduled.
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Date: 03/29/2020
Due to COVID-19, the April business meeting has been cancelled. We will continue to monitor COVID-19 along with government agencies to determine if additional events will be cancelled.
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Date: 03/14/2020
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Date: 02/05/2020
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Date: 01/21/2020
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2019 News Archive |
Date: 12/19/2019
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Date: 12/01/2019
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Date: 11/03/2019
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Date: 09/15/2019
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Date: 09/04/2019
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Date: 07/28/2019
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Date: 06/23/2019
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Date: 06/09/2019
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Date: 05/17/2019
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Date: 04/27/2019
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Date: 04/12/2019
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Date: 03/07/2019
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Date: 02/10/2019
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Date: 01/22/2019
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2018 News Archive |
Date: 12/28/2018
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Date: 11/26/2018
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Date: 11/02/2018
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Date: 10/20/2018
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Date: 09/16/2018
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Date: 09/10/2018
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Date: 08/19/2018
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Date: 08/04/2018
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Date: 07/14/2018
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Date: 07/12/2018
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Date: 07/06/2018
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Date: 06/30/2018
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Date: 06/15/2018
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Date: 05/22/2018
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Date: 04/30/2018
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Date: 04/21/2018
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Date: 04/09/2018
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Date: 04/01/2018
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Date: 03/11/2018
The first public run of the year has been changed from June 16th to June 23.
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Date: 02/28/2018
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Date: 01/15/2018
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Date: 01/11/2018
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Date: 01/03/2018
The next meeting date incorrectly indicated that the next meeting was on January 7 when it is actually January 14. This has been corrected. |
Date: 01/02/2018
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2017 News Archive |
Date: 12/17/2017
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Date: 12/10/2017
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Date: 11/20/2017
With 2017 coming to a close soon, we hope everyone who came out to the railroad this year had an enjoyable experience. We look forward to seeing everyone again next year. Is there something that you wish was available on this website, something you don't like, or something you think should be changed? Please let me know here.
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Date: 11/11/2017
Hope everyone that came out for the Halloween run had an enjoyable time, it was fantastic weather. We look forward to seeing everyone next year!
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Date: 10/28/2017
Hope everyone that came out for the Halloween run had an enjoyable time, it was fantastic weather. We look forward to seeing everyone next year!
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Date: 10/01/2017
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Date: 09/22/2017
Our website server hosting company is going to be doing some maintenance on the server that runs this website. Because of this maintenance, this website could be down for some period of time on September 24th from 10:00pm to 2:00am ET. |
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Date: 09/17/2017
We had another fantastic day for the public run. We hope everyone who came out had a great time.
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Date: 09/04/2017
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Date: 08/18/2017
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Date: 08/07/2017
We had a fantastic day for a public run. Hope everyone that came out had a great time!
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Date: 07/13/2017
Looks like we should have great weather tomorrow!
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Date: 07/13/2017
We had another successful Open Meet last weekend. We had great weather which was enjoyed by all who came out. The signal system is nearing completion on the inside loop!
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Date: 06/29/2017
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Date: 06/21/2017
Well, we had a fabulous day for our first public run of the year. If you missed it, don't worry - we will be having more.
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Date: 06/04/2017
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Date: 04/14/2017
The 2017 Rail Camp is completely full, we will not be taking any more campers this year.
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Date: 04/14/2017
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Date: 04/02/2017
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Date: 03/24/2017
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Date: 03/12/2017
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Date: 02/16/2017
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Date: 01/29/2017
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Date: 01/14/2017
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2016 News Archive |
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Date: 12/20/2016
Hopefully everyone had a wonderful 2016 and are ready for 2017! We have officially posted all of the 2017 event dates.
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Date: 11/29/2016
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Date: 10/21/2016
We had some fantastic weather for our annual Halloween Run this year. We would like to thank everyone who came out and we hope to see you next year!
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Date: 09/25/2016
Another open meet and public run done! We hope everyone that came out enjoyed themselves.
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Date: 08/18/2016
Another block of signals working!
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Date: 08/17/2016
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Date: 07/31/2016
Our public run on Sunday was rainy, but we still had a decent turnout. We even had a few steamers running! Hopefully everyone that came out enjoyed themselves. As a general reminder, our club functions exclusively with volunteer help. If you are interested in the hobby, feel free to stop in during a meeting or considering applying for a membership.
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Date: 07/11/2016
Our first open meet of the year has concluded. We had very nice weather for this time of the year and a decent turnout. Hopefully everyone that attended had an enjoyable time. For anyone that missed it, we have another open meet in September.
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Date: 06/19/2016
We hope everyone enjoyed the first public run of the year. If you missed it, don't worry, we will be having more!
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Date: 06/14/2016
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Date: 05/22/2016
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Date: 04/21/2016
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Date: 03/18/2016
Information for the 2016 Railroad Camp has been posted on the Special Events Page. Registration is first come first serve, so don't delay!
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Date: 02/15/2016
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Date: 01/14/2016
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2015 News Archive |
Date: 12/22/2015
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Date: 12/14/2015
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Date: 11/11/2015
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Date: 11/9/2015
An official Facebook Page has now been created for the Northeastern Ohio Live Steamers. Hop on over and like our page! |
Date: 10/22/2015
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Date: 10/19/2015
Well folks, that does it for 2015, our last public run has finished for the year. I hope everyone had a great time. If you are interested in the hobby, please feel free to stop out during one of our business meetings to learn more about the club.
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Date: 10/15/2015
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Date: 10/07/2015
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Date: 10/01/2015
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Date: 09/20/2015
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Date: 08/15/2015
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Date: 07/29/2015
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Date: 07/26/2015
It has been a while since I made any major changes or corrections to the website. I would like to ask all visitors if you have any suggestions on ways to improve this website. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to e-mail me.
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Date: 07/19/2015
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Date: 07/18/2015
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Date: 06/26/2015
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Date: 06/23/2015
Please note that the next public run is at a different time, from 4:00-8:00pm.
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Date: 06/13/2015
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Date: 05/20/2015
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Date: 05/10/2015
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Date: 04/15/2015
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Date: 04/13/2015
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Date: 03/12/2015
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Date: 03/08/2015
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Date: 01/13/2015
The August public run date has been changed from August 1 to July 25 at the same time.
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2014 News Archive |
Date: 12/27/2014
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Date: 12/20/2014
Happy holidays to you and your family! This year has been another great year for NEOLS and we are looking forward to en even better one in 2015.
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Date: 11/13/2014
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Date: 10/21/2014
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Date: 10/16/2014
I am sorry for the very long delay in updates, it has been a very busy month for me.
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Date: 09/29/2014
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Date: 08/30/2014
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Date: 08/24/2014
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Date: 08/15/2014
I would like to remind all members of NEOLS that this website has a members section that has member's specific news and information. If you do not have the password, please e-mail the webmaster and it will be provided to you.
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Date: 08/03/2014
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Date: 07/26/2014
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Date: 07/24/2014
The first physical work has been started on the signal system that will be installed in phases for the railroad.
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Date: 07/13/2014
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Date: 06/28/2014
I would like to point out to anyone that would like to come to our next public run that the run is at 4:00-8:00 this time.
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Date: 06/20/2014
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Date: 06/17/2014
Sorry for the longer than expected time for getting the railcamp photos up.
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Date: 05/31/2014
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Date: 05/21/2014
I did some back end work on the website today making sure everything is still up to date and I haven't let any bad coding through. So everything has been re-certified to the correct standards. Aside from boring website stuff, we have repaired the damages to the track caused by recent heavy rainfall. These repairs were done during what was supposed to be one of our "fun runs" I would also like to remind everyone that our September open meet this year is also our 45th anniversary run! It should be a lot of fun, and we are looking forward to having a lot of guests.
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Date: 05/19/2014
I would like to let everyone know that the Rail Camp for 2014 has been filled. We do plan to have a camp in 2015, and information will be available next year. Please check sooner rather than later, it fills up quickly!
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Date: 04/22/2014
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Date: 04/04/2014
Registration for the single 2014 Rail Camp has been opened. There is a strict limit of 16 campers, and since we are only doing one Rail Camp this year, we are asking for all new campers, so no repeat campers will be accepted unless we do not get 16 new campers signed up.
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Date: 03/14/2014
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Date: 02/16/2014
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Date: 01/26/2014
As an addition note to the public, it was decided by the club that we will no longer be offering private birthday parties or private events. This was a tough decision the club came to due to many internal reasons. If you wish to ride the trains, please come out to our public runs or consider becoming a member.
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Date: 01/11/2014
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Date: 01/01/2014
Happy New Year! Hopefully everyone had an enjoyable 2013, and are looking forward to 2014! We have elected new officers that take effect as of today. Please note our club has a new secretary with new contact information. Please check the officers page for this information.
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2013 News Archive |
Date: 12/17/2013
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Date: 11/23/2013
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Date: 10/22/2013
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Date: 10/20/2013
Well, We had an interesting Halloween run to say the least! The weather was good for both evening runs, but it was raining hard enough for us to have to cancel the afternoon run on Saturday. Sorry to everyone who got turned away due to parking space, hopefully everyone who wanted a ride eventually got one. We look forward to seeing the public again next year. Our 2014 run dates have been posted, mark your calendars. I would also like to remind everyone that membership to NEOLS Club is open to anyone interested, you do not have to own equipment. We are always looking for people to help out, it takes a lot of work to maintain everything we have. But we also have a lot of fun on the days that we run the trains.
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Date: 10/06/2013
Wanted to let everyone know about a cheap coal supplier decently close. Thompson Bros. Mining Company, 3379 E. Garfield Road (St. Rte.617), New Springfield, Ohio 44443. Phone (330) 549-3979 New Springfield is south and east of Youngstown. Ohio stoker coal (golf ball and smaller size) is 9 cents per pound in quantities up to 500 pounds. Over 500 pounds is 5 cents per pound. This coal smokes, but doesn’t clinker significantly, and burns hot. It is clean and well washed, stored on a concrete pad. Purchasing is easy, drive onto the scale, wait for office person to give you a wave, pull forward off scale and park. Go inside and tell her what you want - in our case, Ohio stoker. The two times we have been there, that pile is about 75 ft. in front of the scale. Pull up to the (very large) pile, get your shovel and gloves, start filling up. We use buckets and got 700 pounds easily in a 6 ft. pickup bed. Drive back onto the scale, pull off, and go inside to pay - cash or check only. Nicest people ever to deal with.
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Date: 09/29/2013
We had a good public run on the 21st and from what I hear a well attended open meet on the 28th. Due to being absent from both these events, I was not able to take any pictures. If anyone has any, please let me know so I can get them up on the site.
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Date: 09/13/2013
Mike Udolph has sent me some photos he took of the open meet. If anyone else has photos they would like to get to me, please contact me and we can figure out the best way to do so. No new charter reservations (birthday parties / private events) will be scheduled for this year. Information regarding future charters should be available sometime in January 2014.
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Date: 09/08/2013
We had a really amazing September open meet! A lot of new faces to our railroad, and a lot of older ones too. Hopefully everyone had a good time and a safe trip home. If anyone has photos they took at the open meet, feel free to e-mail them to me and I will be sure to put them up.
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Date: 08/15/2013
Just one thing for today.
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Date: 08/09/2013
Another great railroad camp has come to an end, we hope everyone had a great time!
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Date: 08/05/2013
We had another great public run on Saturday. The weather was great, and we had good attendance by both engineers and public riders.
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Date: 07/15/2013
We had great weather for our first 3 day open meet of the year. It was exciting to see some new faces and equipment! If anyone has photos they would like to share with the website, please contact me.
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Date: 06/22/2013
Today was our first public run of the year and it went really well, especially considering it was hanging around 90 the entire time.
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Date: 06/16/2013
One update today
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Date: 06/10/2013
One extra item:
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Date: 06/10/2013
Got a few things today:
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Date: 05/20/2013
Had a good meeting with a lot of steamers running.
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Date: 05/09/2013
All of the spots for the two RR camps for 2013 have been filled. |
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Date: 04/25/2013
Dates for the 2013 RR camps have been posted, spots are filling up quickly.
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Date: 04/19/2013
It was brought to my attention that I incorrectly updated the website with the next meeting date of May 12. It should have been May 19.
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Date: 04/16/2013
It has been fairly slow in terms of news the last month or so, and only a minor update today. I would like to remind everyone that if you are noticing something on the website that doesn't work, or doesn't look right - please don't hesitate to contact me so I can figure out how to fix it. If no one contacts me about problems, I may not know that there even is a problem that needs fixed.
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Date: 03/19/2013
Small update today:
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Date: 03/17/2013
Small update today:
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Date: 02/26/2013
A few updates to the website backend. |
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Date: 02/23/2013
I realized that I did not actually have anything on the website indicating how to actually become a member of NEOLS. I have now created a new webpage that should help with this.
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Date: 02/12/2013
Small update today:
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Date: 02/08/2013
I have been working on making a more accurate and up-to-date version of the track plan. I am fairly happy with the results, and feel it is about as accurate as it can be. I used satellite imagery from Google Earth to help generate the track plan. To view the new version, go to the track plan and info page and you can see the small version and the large format version is available. |
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Date: 01/21/2013
Today is a small landmark for this website; it has been six months since this website was launched. I am pleased with the progress and the way things are working currently. However, I would like to reiterate that I am always open to suggestions, comments, or even complaints. This website was built on the grounds to service the NEOLS club as well as provide important information to the public about our club, so anything I can do to improve this will be greatly appreciated. Since the website is six months old, I have taken down the "General Notice" that has displayed on the top of the home page. This notice read: "I would like to remind all NEOLS club members that this website has a members section with additional important information, useful features and member's specific news. I would encourage anyone who does not have the password for the member's section to contact me for the password." I have no other updates for the public section of the website today:
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Date: 01/18/2013
Small update today:
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Date: 01/13/2013
First meeting of the year went well. Not much in the way of updates today.
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2012 News Archive |
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Date: 12/17/2012
The e-mail that was set for Brian Tusin on the officer's page was an outdated e-mail address. It has been updated with the correct one. |
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Date: 12/16/2012
I noticed a small error in some of the coding on the home page and the members page. This may have caused things to display strange in some browsers. Everything is fixed now, and I also re-validated every page for strict coding guidelines. |
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Date: 12/13/2012
It has been a little while since the last update, so there are a few items this time:
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Date: 11/23/2012
Added photos from the Day after Thanksgiving Run. |
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Date: 10/22/2012
Photos taken by Joshua Karas of the Halloween Run have been added to the photos page. |
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Date: 10/22/2012
The numbers are in for the Halloween Run. We gave 489 rides Friday evening, 536 rides Saturday afternoon, and 677 rides Saturday evening for a grand total of 1702 rides. We hope everyone that attended had an enjoyable experience and didn't get to wet! |
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Date: 10/20/2012
We had a good Halloween Run, a little wet, but good. This is our last public run for the 2012 season. As such the next public run has been changed to "done for 2012." For the 2013 public run dates, you can go to the public run dates page. Pictures from the Halloween Run today have been added to the photos page. |
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Date: 10/20/2012
Changed the next public run to October 20, 2:00-4:00 & 6:30-8:30 Added pictures from the October 19 6:30-8:30 public run. |
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Date: 10/15/2012
The next meeting date has been changed to November 11. |
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Date: 9/26/2012
Corrected the times for the October 20th afternoon run to 2:00-4:00 (was listed as 2:00-3:30 previously). |
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Date: 9/16/2012
Uploaded photos from the S Gauge Run. |
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Date: 9/15/2012
Uploaded photos from the public run today. Changed the "next public run" to October 19th from 6:30-8:30. |
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Date: 9/14/2012
Information regarding next years Rail Camps will be available next spring. |
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Date: 9/11/2012
Updated the track info with more accurate information. The Public Run Dates has been updated with the dates for next years runs. |
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Date: 9/10/2012
More pictures from the Open Meet have been uploaded that were sent by a member. Video taken by a member at the Open Meet added to the videos list. Added Rail Serve Live Steam Suppliers & Friends Models to the links page which were suggested by a member. |
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Date: 9/9/2012
More pictures from the Open Meet have been uploaded. Changed the next club meeting date to October 14 at 2:00. |
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Date: 9/8/2012
Pictures from Saturday of the open meet have been uploaded. |
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Date: 9/4/2012
Added Railroad Supply and Little Engines to the links page. |
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Date: 8/23/2012
Corrected the next meeting time from 2:00 pm to 12:00 pm. |
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Date: 8/12/2012
Set the next meeting date for September 9th. This will be a short meeting to discuss the Halloween run and any concerns. |
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Date: 8/10/2012
Photos page has been updated with photos from August 10 for Railroad camp. |
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Date: 8/9/2012
Photos page has been updated with photos from August 8-9 for Railroad camp. |
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Date: 8/4/2012
The next public run has been set to September 15th. Photos of the Public Run on August 4th were added to the photos page. |
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Date: 7/31/2012
A video from Joshua Karas was uploaded to youtube and can be found under the videos area of the photos and videos page. Or you can view it directly following this link - nmraneols2012. |
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Date: 7/30/2012
Three photos from the NMRA Div. 4 run were provided by Harry Boivin III and can be viewed in the photos section. |
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Date: 7/26/2012
The photos section of the website has been put back up with a set of photos from the July open meet. If you have photos from an NEOLS run or event, please let me know and I would be happy to put them up on the website! More videos were also added to the videos section. These are mostly older videos I was able to find on youtube. If you have a youtube video of the NEOLS club railroad, please let me know and send me the link so I can add it to the website. |
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Date: 7/25/2012
The photos section of the website has been taken down temporarily due to concerns over the photos. If you have any photos you personally took, I would be happy to put them up. Please contact me if you would like to do this. |
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Date: 7/22/2012
An issue has been discovered that is causing some photos to not display in the photos and video section. I am working on fixing each image individually and should be fixed soon. I will update this listing when all photo pages have been fixed. UPDATE - All photos are displaying correctly now and have been tested. If you see a photo that is not working - please let me know. |
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Date: 7/21/2012
Welcome to NEOLS.net. This website is a fully functional alternative to the current NEOLS website. This website will be updated on a regular basis and has a new design and feel. Being a brand new website, there is a chance there are mistakes in spelling, data, and design. If you feel something is incorrect, please do not hesitate to e-mail me at webmaster@neols.net. Also, please contact me with any comments or suggestions to the website, I would really like to know your opinions. Some key features to this website and reasons why this website was created are below: -New standard design template. -Validated using W3C standards. -Next run date and meeting date instantly available at the top of the main page. -News feed for all changes to the website and news of club activities. -Regular Updates -Members Section. If you are a club member, I strongly encourage you to access the members section available at the bottom of the Site Links list. This section has unique information specific on club documents, news, and events. If you do not have the password, please e-mail me at webmaster@neols.net |
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