VEC Library

Val Ease County Library

Welcome. The following original articles and photos by Jeffrey MacHan have been published in Ztrack Magazine, Scale Rails Magazine and Model Railroader Magazine. The Library collection is yours to enjoy, so come back often, no library card required!

Before you begin your enjoyment of these historical documents, please take a few moments to familiarize yourself with the VEC Library regulations. Your respect for these basic rules of good civic behavior will help to make the library experience as agreable as possible for all of our esteemed patrons.

Rule #1. No fighting nor boistrous (that means loud) behavior.
Rule #2. No discharging of firearms within the reading room.
Rule #3. No consumption of food or beverages in the reading room.
Rule #4. No spitting or other discharging of bodily fluids on the premisses.
Rule #5. No tearing of pages from reading material for use in the "facilities".
Rule #6. No removal of any orginal manuscript from the Library.
Rule #7. No animals, tame or otherwise, in the reading room.
Rule #8. No disrobing at any time in the reading room.

Non compliance with these regulations may result in suspension of library privileges.
Thank you.

Reminder: unless otherwise noted all content is copyright Jeffrey MacHan and may not be reproduced or retransmitted in any form without the express written permission of the author.

Kofferbahn von Sankt Bartholomä - award-winning HOe suitcase layout by Marthe Simard and Jeffrey MacHan

VECRR setup at Exporail - See the VIDEO!

Professionally restored Webseries by the VEC Library Staff!

"Val Ease Summit" Construction Diary by Howard Kannitbee, P.E.,
VECRR Superintendent of Engineering

Bill Kronenberger 1947 - 2007 Remembering Z Ambassador Bill K.

ZTRACK MAGAZINE

General Interest and "Last Spike"

THE NMRA BULLETIN / SCALE RAILS MAGAZINE / CLINIC HANDBOOK

*Copyright NMRA Scale Rails Magazine and The Bulletin.
**Copyright Jeffrey MacHan, published in the NMRA Clinic Handbook 2004

MODEL RAILROADER MAGAZINE

***Note: The above documents are first drafts of the MR article submissions. The final texts and photos as published in the November 2004 issue of Model Railroader Magazine are copyright Kalmbach Publishing and can not be reproduced here.

THE TORONTO STAR

The November 25, 2001 issue of the Toronto Star (Canada's largest circulation daily w/ 1,250,000 readers) has something to say about small trainZ

FUN LINKS ZONE

Events database: All VECRR exhibitions, shows and museum displays.
Writings database: All model railroading articles by the Chief Imagineer.
1954 Roster database: VECRR rolling stock roster.
1954 Motive Power database: VECRR locomotive roster.
Honor Roll database: Awards and recognitions received for the VECRR.
VEC "Who's-Who": The lucky inhabitants of Val Ease County.
Life Member database: Distinguised Valeasians recognized for their service.

Fine print: unless otherwise noted all content is copyright Jeffrey MacHan and may not be reproduced or retransmitted in any form without the express written permission of the author.

Val Ease County Library

Reminder: unless otherwise noted all content is copyright Jeffrey MacHan and may not be reproduced or retransmitted in any form without the express written permission of the author.

*Copyright NMRA Scale Rails Magazine and The Bulletin. **Copyright Jeffrey MacHan, published in the NMRA Clinic Handbook 2004

***Note: The above documents are first drafts of the MR article submissions. The final texts and photos as published in the November 2004 issue of Model Railroader Magazine are copyright Kalmbach Publishing and can not be reproduced here.

Fine print: unless otherwise noted all content is copyright Jeffrey MacHan and may not be reproduced or retransmitted in any form without the express written permission of the author.

*Copyright NMRA Scale Rails Magazine and The Bulletin.
**Copyright Jeffrey MacHan, published in the NMRA Clinic Handbook 2004