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Alvin All-Star Railroad (AASRR)

What's New
Posted                       Additions/Updates
May 21, 2003 Added a 2003 "Before and After" page to the HO Layout section.
May 18, 2003 Two AASRR students attended "Choo Chew Saturday" at the Bitter Creek Western Railroad on the Nipomo Mesa. This event benefited the Santa Maria Valley Railway Historical Museum (SMVRHM), one of our field trip destinations and generally a big help for this project.
May 16, 2003
May 15, 2003 Added a group picture at the bottom of the May 13 Amtrak field trip page
May 14, 2003 Posted our May 13, 2003 field trip: Amtrak trip to Santa Barbara, and a visit to "Art from Scrap".
May 9, 2003 Posted our May 9, 2003 field trips: SMVRR downtown yard, and the SMV Historical Museum
May 8, 2003 May 7, 2003 activities: mostly operations
May 5, 2003 May 5, 2003 activities: divider scenery, sugar mill facades, and operations
May 2, 2003 May 2, 2003 activities: divider scenery, painting, realia, and hand signals
April 30, 2003 April 30, 2003 activities: divider scenery, building facades, and building painting
April 29, 2003
April 25, 2003 Posted our field trip to the Santa Maria Valley Railway Historical Museum
April 21, 2003
March 18, 2003 Preparing for 2003 by adding a "Schedule 2003" section, and starting a "Layout 2003" section on the HO Layout page.
  (School year break.)
April 2, 2002 Added a Before and After Comparison (HO layout)
March 31, 2002
March 29, 2002 AASRR Open House (culminating event)
March 28, 2002
March 27, 2002 More operations practice, more new views of the layout
March 26, 2002
March 23, 2002 Added Short Stories to several sections
March 22, 2002 Remove blue tape; enginehouse windows/roof (HO)
March 19, 2002
March 18, 2002
March 16, 2002
March 14, 2002
March 8, 2002 Work on the buildings begins (HO)
March 7, 2002 Ground texturing and roads are completed (HO)
March 6, 2002 Ground texturing and roads (HO)
March 4, 2002 The first hands-on experience (HO)
March 1, 2002 The HO layout is setup in the classroom
February 26, 2002 Updated the Schedule
February 14, 2002 Updated the Schedule
February 11, 2002 Sugar beet gondolas and switch stands are in place on the HO Layout
February 5, 2002 Posted samples from a Thank You! Notebook written to the Museum for the field trip
January 26, 2002
January 22, 2002 Redesigned the entire site
October 28, 2001 Added the sixth phase of the HO development section
September 25, 2001 Added the sugar mill section of the HO development section
September 20, 2001 Added the fifth phase of the HO development section
September 18, 2001 Added the fourth phase of the HO development section
September 20, 2001 Added the third phase of the HO development section
September 15, 2001 Added the second phase of the HO development section
September 7, 2001 Started the web site with the synopsis section and the first phase of the HO development section

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