FOUNDERS' BIOGRAPHY  Trudy Platzer  Founding Chairman / Las Vegas Railroad Society (LVRRS) Chief Executive Officer on Volunteer Basis for LV Railroad Society 1999 to 2911 A Las Vegas Resident Since 1977 Marketing & Public Relations Volunteer for LVRRS 1999 to 2011 Founder & Organizer / Volunteer of the LVRRS' 'Victorian High Tea Society' Founder & Organizer / Volunteer LVRRS' 'Victorian Railroad Ladies' Former Local Business Owner - European Luxury Car Service Former Executive Board Member / Women's Chamber of Commerce of Nevada 5 yrs Former Owner of On-line Marketing & Events Website Former European Clothing Designer Member of 'International Brotherhood of Live Steamers' Member of 'National Railway Historical Society' Member & Supporter of Various Railroad Museums & Organizations   Bruno Platzer Co-Founder/ Las Vegas Railroad Society Mr. Platzer is a highly respected business owner in the Las Vegas community, as also a well-known member of various national and international railroad groups and organizations.  Executive Board / President of Las Vegas Railroad Society  Las Vegas Resident Since 1977 Co-Founder Las Vegas Railroad Society Specialized in National & International Railroad History Lecturer/ Master Machinist Live Steam Locomotive & Train Models Member of 'International Brotherhood of Live Steamers' Member of 'National Railway Historical Society' Member & Supporter of Various West Coast Railroad Museums & Organizations Long Time Member with 'Friends of Cumbres & Toltec' TRUDY PLATZER: On behalf of the Las Vegas community and all local children, Trudy Platzer is an extraordinary and driven visionary, steadily moving this unique community project forward and up, long after other have already given up. A WINDOW INTO TRUDY PLATZER'S HEART:      - People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered        Forgive them anyway!      - If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish and ulterior motives        Be kind anyway!      - If you are successful, you may win some false friends & true enemies        Succeed anyway!      - If you are honest & frank, people may try to cheat you.        Be honest and frank anyway!      - What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight        Build anyway!      - If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous.        Be happy anyway!      - The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow.        Do good deeds anyway!      - Give the world the best you have, even if it may never be enough for them        Give the world the best you've got anyway!      - The final analysis will be between you and your destiny         It was never between you and just them anyway!         And the reward of self-respect is priceless!  A GLIMPSE OF TRUDY PLATZER'S VOLUNTEER SPIRIT AS FOUNDING CHAIRMAN OF THIS UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION, 1999 TO 2011: 'LVRRS' PUBLIC RELATION & MARKETING TASKS, ON VOLUNTEER BASIS       - By-weekly government communication & negotiations (1999 - 2007)      - Created on-line data base of 12,000+ (1999 - 2011)      - PR/Marketing duties (1999 - 2011)      - Handling all monthly on-line newsletter announcements (2005 - 2011)      - Development & maintenance of website (2005 - 2011)      - Direct business networking (2000 - 2010)      - Handling all media press releases (2000 - 2011) 'LVRRS' EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM RESEARCH & EVENTS COORDINATOR, ON VOLUNTEER BASIS (1999 - 2011)       - Creator of the entire educational concept of the project      - Development of future educational program activities      - Handling current educational program activities &/or public speeches      - Ongoing nonprofit research      - Developing & conducting small business events & seminars (2007 - 2009)      - Handling all educational program event reservations      - Recruiting all speakers for business seminars (2008 - 2009)      - Creation of monthly online newsletters (2008 - 2010)      - Advertising event monthly online and to media      - Created & adopted fundraising event & educational program activities        of the 'Victorian Railroad Ladies'      - Created and adopted duties of the new LVRRS' 'Botanical Garden Club'      - Created & adopted fundraising event like 'Victorian High Tea Society' /         Now seeking 'high tea' food sponsors  'LVRRS' BOARD MEMBER RECRUITMENT, ON VOLUNTEER BASIS (1999 - 2011) - Training, informing and inspiring new Board members verbally & in writing - Creating and handling all meeting topics for monthly meetings  'LVRRS' VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT, ON VOLUNTEER BASIS (2008 - 2011) -Training, informing and inspiring new volunteers, Board members, Committee members    verbally & in writing - Follow up / Phone calls 'LVRRS' SECRETARY TASKS ON VOLUNTEER BASIS (1999 - 2011) - Filing papers (Tons and tons and tons of it) - Answering public phone calls - Writing 'thank you' letters - Organizing donation pick up - And so much more........... WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOLUNTEER? Contact Us    TWO VERY UNIQUE  INTERNATIONAL CITIES LAS VEGAS welcomes VIENNA The LVRRS' Founders bring Vienna to Las Vegas in more ways than one, and people who are close to the founding couple couldn't agree more.  VIENNA - AUSTRIA - EUROPE   PALACE: Schloss Schoenbrunn - Vienna - Austria  Bruno & Trudy Platzer Founders of the LVRRS speak fluently 2 languages. Picture: In their home town in Vienna - Austria, in 1996.  One of the most beautiful old train countries in Europe. www.Vienna.at Trudy's great-great-great grandmother  used to work for the Empress 'Maria Theresia' and generations later Trudy's family on her father's side still used to work in the palace Schoenbrunn: WOLFGANG A. MOZART ...2006, Mozart's 250th Birthday Celebration... January, 27, 2006 Mozart was born in Salzburg 1756 -  1791   Top: Snap shot from top of Salzburg's castle. Salzburg - Austria www.Austria.at   Trudy Platzer 1994 In Salzburg - Austria In front of the 'Mozart Museum' It is the house in which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in, 250 years ago. "VIENNA IS FOREVER IN MY HEART"   Trudy Platzer 1999: "Vienna is forever in my heart, with the 'Sound of Music' the famous Johann Strauss waltzes and delicate Wolfgang Amadeus tunes!"   "In a good way, my heart is divided now, since I also fell in love with our new home town back in 1977: Las Vegas, Nevada, in the USA" "I am indeed very, very lucky!"

The Founders Trudy & Bruno Platzer traveled throughout the world: Austria, Hungary, Germany, Switzerland, part of Asia, and the entire United States, conducting years and years of world-wide research about the world's railroad history. Many view Bruno Platzer as a 'walking library' when it comes to railroad history, it is always fascinating to listen to his stories. ailroad rules and regulations, etc.     Trudy fell in love with Las Vegas when she arrived back in 1977. Trudy has a Vienna-Austria couture graduate diploma.    Trudy   Platzer      She also celebrated 2nd place in a  city-wide Vienna- Austria  couture contest.   Trudy Platzer:1970 Green Belt Graduate in Judo Orange Belt Graduate in Karate          Trudy throwing another student  over her hip in Judo class wild memories....   Trudy / 2006: "Looking back can be fun, I really had a great time.."       Trudy: "I guess, Judo in my early years also influenced my thinking throughtout my life's journey. Judo teaches us to yield the attacker's energy away from our body instead of absorbing it. Allowing them to use their own destructive mental energy to finally make them fall. It is a positive and wise move to yield an enemy's negative force in any situation in life, never blocking their intended flow of destruction, but moving that negative flow of energy into a constructive learning direction instead. The final outcome can disarm the enemy, or enlighten them, is up to their own culture and attitude at the very end. I personally, love all people, even misguided ones." SEASONS   Trudy Platzer Founder/CEO Trudy absolutely loves Christmas. She is determined to offer the best Christmas ever to all Las Vegas Children on an annual basis. Her foresight, unlimited creativeness and innovativeness will enable her and her followers to create the most nostalgic Christmas environment, this town has ever seen at this future 'Railroad Heritage Park'.   SALUTING OUR LOCAL CASINO OWNERS AND CELEBRITIES , We appreciate Las Vegas' celebrities, as they are also in the business to create wonderful memories for our locals and tourists. Their songs, their movies are all imprinted in all our minds, helping us at times to escape mentally from the more serious side of our lives... . Late Robert Goulet & Trudy Platzer 2004 Late Tony Curtis & Trudy Met the 1st time at Party @ Turnberry Place 2003 Las Vegas is indeed a fantasy land of.... CHAMPAGNE WISHES & CAVIAR DREAMS Shirley & Trudy   2005 Trudy Platzer & Maria Stehle Celebrating With Late TONY CURTIS' His 80th Birthday! Trudy gave Tony Curtis an update on the LVRRS railroad park that day. Toni urged our Founding Chairman not to give up! "We will never give up Tony, Las Vegas needs this!" Mr. & Mrs. Derek David 'The Platters'  Mr. & Mrs Derek David & Trudy Platzer   GOVERNMENT PHOTOS   Trudy Platzer & Mayor Goodman 2001  Trudy & C.W. Shelley Berkley    Left: Bruno Platzer/ Co Founder Mayor Oscar Goodman  Trudy & Councilman Larry Brown Early 2000     BRUNO PLATZER [Co-Founder LVRRS] Bruno Platzer, known for his passionate love for the railroads and its history, owns also the reputation of being a precision builder of his private collection of 1.5" scale and 2.5" scale steam locomotives. He is well-respected and recognized world-wide within the live steam railroad hobby arena for his compassion for fine detail. His personal museum quality engines and trains have been featured on a national and International level: Various Las Vegas newspapers Press Release Front covers of world-wide distributed railroad magazines Also featured on national and International railroad museum websites And featured during television documentary  BRUNO PLATZER'S VOLUNTEER EFFORTS Among many other volunteer efforts, there are those special occasions when Mr. Platzer is delighted to keep up with national PR volunteer efforts, hauling the public at other cities' railroad parks. Folks in other cities have always enjoyed taking a ride on his train. Many of the passengers were young men, who fantasize that one day they also will try to build such a complicated piece of machinery. And that's what it's all about: Because if such young people learn to machine certain pieces for a steam locomotive, eventually they can machine just about anything....   Right: Bruno Platzer volunteering, hauling public in Griffith Park, CA   BRUNO PLATZER LOVES TRAINS, ALL SHAPES AND SIZES....     Ahhh, Durango - Colorado, what a place to be...       Bruno Platzer: "I highly recommend for anybody to take a drive to Colorado,  and to take the train from Durango to Silverton. It is an awesome experience, any time of the year." More of Bruno Platzer on Trains     Just remember, our slogan remains forever the same.... "Forever Steam!"