1. All members are invited to supply cars for the layout in accordance with club Standards and the Member Car Limit. Reporting marks and car numbers are assigned on a first come basis and duplication of existing numbers is not allowed.

2. The owner is responsible for maintenance and repair. The Car Dept with car owners permission, will make certain "running repairs" as time, manpower and supplies allow. The running repairs are defined as coupler height adjustment, centering spring and knuckle spring replacements and wheel cleaning.

3. New or repaired cars are to be placed on the standards bench and tagged, for inspection by the Car Department prior to being placed on the layout.

4. Cars and Locomotives are to have owner identification via the member's club number displayed on the underside. To aid in quick identification the following 0.numbers 01 thru 09 are to be two digit and 10,16,18,19,60,61,66,68,81,86,89,90, 91, 96, 99, 161, and 191 are to be underlined.

5. All cars shall have insulated couplers, draft gear, and trucks, except when electrical pickup is needed.

6. The Member Car Limit is to be determined by the 2nd Vice President. The car limit is to be reviewed periodically and adjusted to reflect current needs as the Club. The Car Department will provide a physical count when requested. The current Member Car Limit will be posted in the Car Department.

     a. Equipment displaying Columbia Gorge logo and/or the words Columbia Gorge Lines are exempt from consideration from Member Car count.

     b. The 2nd Vice President may authorize members to exceed the set Member Car Limit for a specific period of time. A copy of the Authorization is to be posted in the Car Department.

     c. The member car count is the aggregate of freight and passenger cars, cabooses, maintenance of way and individual platforms of articulated cars.

7. The Car Department has an area set aside for cars that need to be “Home Shopped For Repairs” and periodically the Car Department will post a list of names of car owners who have cars which need that special attention only a car owner can give. The car will be tagged with inspectors name, date and problem.

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