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The Southeastern Region publishes the SouthErneR, our quarterly newsletter.  It provides a mixture of articles and news about our Divisions.

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  • Summer: May 15
  • Fall: August 15
  • Winter: November 15
  • Spring: February 15

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Latest Edition

SouthErneR Fall 2024

  • Building a Cement Plant page 8
  • Diorama Contest page 10
  • River Rails SER Convention pages 12, 14 & 18
  • 2024 NMRA Convention page 20
  • Improving Your Models Score page 22

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SouthErneR Summer 2024

  • Tribute to Bob Harpe at CGRPM
  • Ed Tougaw’s I&WV RR page 12
  • Another Flat Car Project
  • 2024 Board of Directors Election Results

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SouthErneR Spring 2024

  • SER 2024 Convention Preview
  • John Kelchner's Reading and Southern
  • 2024 Board of Directors Elections
  • Scratch Building Dewey Fire Station
  • Photo Gallery – Piedmont

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SouthErneR Winter 2024

  • Tim Chandler's Kennecott Mill
  • SER 2024 Convention Layouts
  • Division News

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SouthErneR Fall 2023

  • John Stevens, NMRA Honorary Life Member
  • 2023 NMRA National Convention Report
  • Playing with Water
  • Craig Mountain Lumber #3

SouthErneR Summer 2023

  • 2023 SER Convention Preview
  • SER Elections
  • Bob Moody's HO scale NC&StL layout 

SouthErneR Spring 2023

  • What Year is This
  • Social Media and Model Railroading
  • Moving a Model Railroad or How Do I Reuse Modules

SouthErneR Winter 2022

  • 2022 Mini-Meet
  • Gateway 2022 – NMRA Convention
  • SER Division News

The SouthErneR Fall 2022

  • From Your Achievment Program Manager
  • Making a Small Photo Booth
  • Southeastern Region Division News

The SouthErneR Summer 2022

  • Achievement program
  • Carolina special
  • Being a Club is Not Easy

The SouthErneR Spring 2022

  • Model Train Station
  • Photo Gallery
  • Summer Test Run

The SouthErneR Fall 2021

  • Detailing the interior of a Walthers Rolling Mill
  • It was fun while it lasted
  • The business of railroading

The SouthErneR Summer 2021

  • 2021 Board of Directors Candidates
  • SER Convention 2021 Layout Preview
  • Southern Railway Cherokee Division

The SouthErneR Spring 2021

  • Flat Car for Camera Mounting
  • Layout Scenes – Rail and Tie Color
  • New Railfan Mecca
  • Our New Education Chairman

The SouthErneR Winter 2021

  • An NMRA Recruitement Opportunity
  • The Business of Railroading
  • Train Wheel & Truck Muck
  • The President's Car

The SouthErneR Fall 2020

  • Convention layout preview.
  • Product review – Ultimation Sander.
  • SER 2020 Awards.
  • Washes.

The SouthErneR Summer 2020

  • The Business of Railroading
  • A Different Fascia Controller
  • Scenic Details

The SouthErneR Spring 2020

  • 2020 Board of Directors Election
  • 2020 SER Convention
  • Gary Jarabek – A Gentle Giant
  • The Business of Railroading
  • Bent Tanker Handrails

The SouthErneR Winter 2020

  • The Business of Railroading 
  • Christmas Village Gift Show
  • Convention Layout Previews 
  • Open Streets Emory Event 
  • Silica Open Loads

The SouthErneR Fall 2019

  • Business of Railroading
  • Making Corn
  • Our First Pilgrimage
  • SER 2020 Convention

The SouthErneR Summer 2019

  • 2019 SER Convention
  • Operations Train Control and Signals – Part 2 
  • The Business of Railroading

The SouthErneR Spring 2019

  • Choo-Choo City Rails
  • 2019 Board of Directors Election
  • Operations – Train Control & Signals
  • And Much More!

The SouthErneR Winter 2019

  • Another Look at Trees
  • Operations – A Series – Control of Trains Part II — TT&TO
  • Convention Update
  • Scratch Building Modern Industrial Buildings

SouthErneR Fall 2018

  • Gulf Division Mini Meet
  • 2019 BOD Elections call for Candidates
  • Making a Magnetic Dispatcher's Panel
  • Operation Series – Control of Trains

SouthErneR Summer 2018

  • Convention Awards and Contests
  • Gulf Division Mini Meet
  • Model Railroading In the Digital Age II
  • Coupler Improvement Daze
  • Mole Valley Railway-From G Scale to On30

SouthErneR Spring 2018

  • Blue Ridge Rails-Convention Preview
  • SER Election-Candidates and Ballot
  • Operations and the Model Railroader
  • The Business of Railroading
  • Building a MW Shower Car<

SouthErneR Winter 2018

  • Layout Construction for Operations 
  • Building the “Almost Ready for the First Pour” 
  • Things That Go Thump, Thump, Thump 
  • One Man’s Railroad: Having Fun & Making Progress

SouthErneR Fall 2017

  • The Mid South Division and the Decatur Union Depot
  • Impressions from the National Train Show
  • Division News

SouthErner Summer 2017

  • Crossroads of Dixie Convention Highlights
  • Achievement Program
  • Division News

SouthErneR Spring 2017

  • Crossroads of Dixie – 2017 SER Convention
  • Modeler's Challenge
  • The Business of Railroading
  • Bring Up Operations
  • It's All in the Timing

SouthErneR Winter 2017

SouthErneR Fall 2016

  • 2017 Convention Birmingham Industrial History & SER Modeler’s Challenge Update
  • Why Model Z?
  • Malmesbury—Great Western Ry Branch Line Layout
  • Suggestions for Better Layout Performance
  • Bringing Up Operation
  • The Business of Railroading
  • Pictures from Indy

SouthErneR Summer 2016

  • MMR Bob’s Burrito
  • Operating on Burnt Flats
  • Models and Photos and Plaques, Oh My!
  • MMR’s Resistance to Frogs
  • Woodward’s Mystery Model Motivation
  • Birmingham See & Do
  • Division Doings

SouthErneR Winter 2016

  • No More Deadlines!
  • Rocket City Rails
  • Electronic Voting
  • Coastal Bluffs Train Show
  • Winter BoD Meeting
  • Piedmont Division Model and Photo Contests

SouthErneR Fall 2015

  • Awards Celebration at Portland Daylight Express
  • Portland Model Contest Highlights
  • Gift of NMRA Membership to Members of our Armed Forces
  • Modeling with the Wrecking Crew
  • Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad Montage
  • Summer Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
  • Fall Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

SouthErneR Summer 2015

  • New Master Model Railroaders
  • Greenville Convention Coverage
  • Model Contest Winners and Photos
  • Photo Contest Winners and Photos
  • The Greenville & Western and Aiken Railways
  • Robert Folsom's Norfolk & Western Railway
  • Euro-Trip 2014 Part 3

SouthErneR Spring 2015

  • Palmetto Excursion – Convention Layouts, Clinics, and Schedule
  • A Day at Duluth
  • SER Clothing Line
  • Armed Forces Membership Donation
  • Union Pacific & Idaho Northern (Formerly the UPD&G)
  • SER Board of Directors Meeting in Panama City 

SouthErneR Winter 2015

  • The Kit Built Contest
  • Cleveland 2014 Model Contest
  • Gold Award—Best of Show
  • Palmetto Excursion
  • PE 2015 Registration Form
  • More Cleveland 2014 Model Contest Photos

SouthErneR Fall 2014

  • Chris White's British Railways
  • Union Pacific & Idaho Northern
  • SER Fall Board of Directors Meeting 
  • Cleveland 2014 Model Contest Bridges

SouthErneR Summer 2014

  • Memphis Convention Coverage
  • Model Contest Results
  • Photo & Pass Contest Results
  • Photos of Contest Winners
  • Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
  • Annual Meeting Minutes 
  • Don Niday's Fn3 Scratchbuild Steam Engine
  • Euro Trip Part 2

Spring 2014

  • Model Railroad Magic
  • Memphis 2014 SER-MCoR Joint Convention
  • Winter 2014 SER Board of Directors Meeting
  • SER Election Officer & Director Bios
  • Peachtree Express 2013 Model Contest Results
  • Models of the Late Great Mike Callahan, MMR #134
  • Euro Trip 2014 – Part 1  Innsbruck, Austria 

SouthErneR Fall 2013

  • Peachtree Express Contest Results
  • New SER Contest Guidelines & Rules
  • Summer 2013 Board of Directors Meeting
  • 2013 Annual Meeting
  • Fall 2013 Board of Directors Meeting
  • Bob McIntyre Remembered

Summer 2013

  • Railfanning Locations in Georgia
  • Using the Prototype to Pattern Model OPS
  • Saluda Diorama
  • Come All Ye Rounders
  • The O-Scale Layout of the Late Louis Ertz
  • Trolley’s of Lisbon

Spring 2013

  • Movie Night – via U Tube
  • NMRA National Contest Program
  • Railroad Pass Contest – Make your Own
  • Trip to Memphis
  • Herzog Ballast Train Photos
  • Winter SER Board of Directors Meeting
  • The N & HO Scale Layouts at AZO

Winter 2013

  • Railroad Pass Contest
  • Thumbs Contest
  • Howard Garner’s Cascade Western Photo Tour
  • The Attic Layout of Greg Scharfetter

Fall 2012

  • Whitesboro Street Yard
  • Late Night at Grand Rails 2012
  • Don Bergman’s Rio Grande Southern
  • Gorre & Daphid Railroad Recreation
  • Bring Your Model Railroad to Life with Details
  • Gatlinburg Convention BOD Meeting Minutes
  • Aiken – Fall BOD Meeting Minutes

Fall 2011

  • Editors Meeting in Sacramento
  • Macon Tracks Contest Winners
  • Middle Georgia Model RR Club Modular Layout
  • Memphis Railroad & Trolley Museum
  • Peachtree Express 2013 – Off & Running
  • 75th Anniversary Milwaukee 2010 PhotoBooks

Summer 2012

  • Gatlinburg Convention Review

    Annual Business Meeting
    Awards Banquet Photos
    Contest Results & Photos

  • Annual Business Meeting
  • Awards Banquet Photos
  • Contest Results & Photos
  • Grand Rapids 2012 National Convention
  • Knoxville Model Railroad Layout

Spring 2012

  • Magic of Model Trains
  • Special New Contest for 2012
  • “Tracks To The Smokies” – 2012 SER Convention
  • Peachtree Express Meeting
  • Modular Railroad Exhibit
  • NS Heritage Locomotives
  • Winter 2012 Board of Directors Meeting

Winter 2012

  • George Bloodworth’s L&K Railroad
  • Progress on the UPD&G Railroad
  • Built to Switch – Compact N Scale Layout
  • Peachtree Express 2013 – Off & Running
  • Fall SER Board of Directors Meeting

Summer 2011

Spring 2011

  • Macon Tracks 2011 Convention Clinic List
  • Brosnan Yard Photos
  • Piedmont Train Show Pix
  • Winter Board of Director Meeting in Savannah
  • World’s Greatest Hobby on Tour

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