Where is the First Division?

East Boundary: East borders of Crook and Deschutes counties and the Eastern border of Kalamath county.
North Boundary: North borders of Lincoln, Benton, Linn, Deschutes and Crook counties
South Boundary: South borders of Crook and Deschutes counties and the Oregon/California border.
West Boundary: Pacific Ocean

What Do We Do?

The First Division supports model railroading in the Pacific Northwest. We are dedicated to all scales of model railroading and promoting the hobby.

First Division
Officers

First Division
Board Members

Committee Chairs

Achievement Program Chair
Glenn Edmison - GEdmison@aol.com

Membership Chairman
Open

Education Chair
Rich Pitter - richpitter@aol.com

Favorite Model Contest Chair
Christopher Jones - LLLand CIJ@aol.com

Audio/Visual Support Chair
Ed Schaenzer - eschaenzer2@charter.net

Brakeman's Rag Editor
Glenn Edmison - GEdmison@aol.com

Web Master
Bill Howell - pbnrr@yahoo.com

Superintendent
Dirk Kruysman
dutchdirk@charter.net

Paymaster
Dirk Kruysman
dutchdirk@charter.net

Chief Clerk
Nick Lehrbach
lehrbach@rosenet.net

Dirk Kruysman
dutchdirk@charter.net

Nick Lehrbach
lehrbach@rosenet.net

Glenn Edmison
GEdmison@aol.com

Bill Howell
pbnrr@centurytel.net

James Dougall

Gene Neville
geneneville@earthlink.net

Contact an AP Judge

Division 1 Business

Brakeman's Rag Archive

Model Railroad Clubs In The Division

Events Around
The Division

NMRA Links

Up Coming Mini Meets

Fall Mini Meet 2011

The Division One Fall mini-meet will be hosted by Lee Temple and the Willamette Cascade Model Railroad Club. The meet will be held on October 8, 2011. The meet will be held at the Emerald People's Utility District Corporate Headquarters at 33733 Seavey Loop Road (near 30th Avenue Exit to Lane Community College). The Doors will open at 8:00 AM for coffee and donuts, clinics will start at 9:00 AM. We will have a full slate of clinics, model railroads to tour and there will be NMRA judging for NMRA merit awards and the Achievement Program for those that are interested. You must be an NMRA member to have models judged in these sanctioned events. You DO NOT have to be an NMRA member to enter a model or to vote in the Most Popular Model Contest. In either contest you can bring buildings, dioramas, freight cars, engines, etc. so bring something that you can enter.

Lunch will be provided on site by Temple's Trains & Things and we hope you will mark your calendars for this event. We usually have people from as far north as Albany, as far south as Medford, as well as people from the Oregon Coast representing various parts of the 1st Division of the Pacific Northwest Region of the National Model Railroad Association.

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The Spring mini-meet was hosted by Nick Lehrbach and Dirk Kruysman and was held on April 30, 2011 in the Douglas County Library. The meet was filled with clinics ranging from making trees to DCC decoder installation to Railroad graffiti as an art form. There were lots of door prizes and lively conversations about Railroading/Model Railroading.
Favorite Model Contest Winners: Nick Lehrbach - Locomotive Division, Scott Rouse and Fred Smith - Rolling Stock Division, Dean Seehawer - Structure Division, Dean Seehawer and Sid Jack - Miscellaneous Division and Fred Smith - Railroad Photography Division.
Fred Smith also entered a flat car with load for AP judging. He earned his merit award and also a share in the Favorite Model - Best Of Show Award.
Get your share of the spot light by entering the Favorite Model Contest at the Fall mini-meet.

Spring Mini-Meet 2012

To be announced.

A Call For Volunteers!

Currently Division 1 is looking for volunteers to fill some key positions in our organization.

We are in need of a person to fill the Membership chair position. We all know how important it is to recruit new members and to keep the members we already have. We need someone with innovative ideas to fill this position.

We are also in need of an Education chair person. Education is a vital part of the modeling experience. We need someone who is willing to share their modeling experiences and to encourage others to do the same.

Volunteering to help your division can be a rewarding experience and can earn you AP points. If you or any one you know are interested in either of these two positions or would like to help our division in other ways please contact one of the board members listed above.