About Us
SASME Information and Resources
Track plans and information on the club and resources for members.
Officers
President: Frank Flasch
VP: Jim Homan
Secretary: Charlie Weesner
Treasurer: Paul Chandler
Directors: E.J. Causbie, Ron Elwood, Andy Baldwin, Tom Compton
Committees
Narrow Gauge
Chair: Don Willhoit
Members: Charlie Weesner, Preston Sands
Layout and Conformance
Chair: E.J. Causbie
Co-chair: Paul Chandler
Members: Jim Homan, Don Willhoit, Ron Elwood, Andy Baldwin
DCC/Electrical
Don Willhoit, Jim Homan, Charlie Weesner
Operations
Chair: Jim Homan
Members: Don Willhoit, Paul Chandler, Ron Elwood, Charlie Weesner
Railfan
Mark Kahn, E.J. Causbie, Andy Baldwin
Equipment Inventory
Chair: Andy Baldwin
Members: Don Willhoit, Jim Homan
SASME's Tucson & SouthWestern HO standard gauge layout
SASME's Crown King & McNary HOn3 narrow gauge layout
The SASME standards for club track work, motive power, and rolling stock. These
standards apply to any member-owned motive power and rolling stock wishing to
operate on the SASME Club layout.
5a SASME STANDARDS.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [42.6 KB]
The Tucson & SouthWestern Rules
TSWRules5Final.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [375.4 KB]
The handout from Robin Preiser's clinic on SASME operations.
Operations Primer.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [2.6 MB]
A copy of a clinic handout on SASME consisted locomotive pairs and instructions on creating and deleting consists.
Consisted Engines Info.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [372.3 KB]
The handout from Jim Homan's clinic on building cars to club standards.
Addendum: Never use self-tapping screws for fastening the trucks to the bolster. Self-tapping screws expand the plastic and will interfere with the truck swivel. Which can cause a truck not to swivel thru a tight radius turn or turnout and cause derailments.
SASME standards clinic.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [351.5 KB]
The form for club members to request a change to the layout. Print out a copy, complete the form, and submit it to the membership at the next regular business meeting.
LCR01.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [692.6 KB]
Society Events
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