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Lorell Joiner  ¤  O Scale Hall of Fame 1994  ¤  Denver, CO

Lindsey Adams 2005	Ed Alexander 2000	John Armstrong 1998	Al Armitage 2003
Irvin R. Athearn 2002	Bill Clouser 1994	Bob Colson Sr. 2001	Minton Cronkhite 2000
Tom D. Dressler 2005Y	Ed Duddy 2002Y	Frank Ellison 1995	Joe Fischer 2000
Clifford Grandt 2002	Max Gray 1995	Dan Henon 1994	Lorell Joiner 1994Y
Vane Jones 1993	Levon Kemalyan  2001	Stu Kleinschmidt 2003Y	Bill Lenoir 1998
Rollin Lobaugh 1995	Jan Lorenzen 2005	Rich L. Meyer 2004	Bill Pope 2004Y
Bob Smith 1993	Rich Wagner 2003	William Walthers 1998	Vince Waterman 2004
Bob Weaver 1993Y	Bob Whelove 1997	Jerry White 1997Y	Bill Wolfer 1996

Lorell Joiner young at heart, age undisclosed

Model Railroader, O Scale

NMRA Master Model Railroader #83

Layoutmeister & Business Owner Great Southern Cartel, custom layouts his own O Scale Great Southern (under construction yet again in 2000-200?)

Videos PBS Series Tracks Ahead. Volume 4 (contains 7 programs) Lorell's layout was covered in the last on this video, Program #213. Tracks Ahead highlights the Santa Fe Railroad, which ran a feeder line from Williams, Arizona, to the south rim of the Grand Canyon in the early part of the 20th Century. Abandoned in the 1950s, the line now operates as a tourist line. This program also profiles artist and photographer O. Winston Link, who captured striking vignettes of humanity framed by the harshness of the West Virginia hills and the lifeline of the railroad. Also examined is a railroad hot spot in Iowa, Trainland, USA, as well as the magnificent Texas layout of Lorell Joiner. MODEL RAILROADER LAYOUT TOURS Volume 1, Burce Chubb's HO scale Sunset Valley; Brian Holtz's HO Scale Denver & Rio Grande Western; Malcolm Furlow's Hon3 San Juan Central; Lorell Joiner's O scale Great Southern; and Bill and Wayne Reid's N scale Cumberland Valley System. VHS; color; 60 minutes. Kalmbach Video, Building Reliable Model Railroad Track with Lorell Joiner shows modelers how to build and maintain track. Lorell covers working with flex-track and commercial turnouts as well as handlaying track, avoiding derailments, building sub-roadbed, ballasting, and weathering. VHS; color, 53 minutes.

Author see partial list at The Model Train Magazine Index "A Tribute to Vane and Corey Jones" by Lorell Joiner, 48/ft, O Scale News. OSN 118, pg. 44.

And Others Talk about Lorell… "Lorell Joiner and his Great Southern" by Bob Hegge, Model Railroader. June 1980, pg. 60

Sponsor/Host: TWO (2) O Scale National Conventions in San Antonio, Texas 1988 & 1996 (see Convention History), held in hotels off the beautiful Riverwalk within walking distance of the Alamo and many other attractions. Those few who braved the heat of a Texas Summer for the event really enjoyed it. The crowd was smaller, both in dealers and attendees, than when the national is held on the East Coast; but this host arranged each day's activities so that there would be ample time for everyone, dealers and attendees, to talk with other modelers and enjoy a clinic. Lorell also held a private dinner for the dealers (and a visit to the Great Southern) at his own home during the convention. The national ran so smoothly that you just knew how much work was done beforehand — no surprises at the hotel, no upsets in clinics or the trading rooms, and posted schedules everywhere. Lorell had ample help from nearby clubs; air-conditioned buses were available for the layout tours; and even on the hottest day (105), a walk down by the Riverwalk was comfortable with cool breezes from doorway fans as well as air-conditioned restaurants and stores of every kind just steps away. Lorell just smiled and looked relaxed as we all enjoyed the meet (and his Texas heat). He was there each day before we arrived and last to leave for home. By the end of the meet in 1996, Lorell was heard muttering something about "Never again..." but maybe in a few more years?

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