The Edwin R. Permon Award

Given in Memory of Edwin R. Permon, from his friends and colleagues in the Bedford Village Boomers and the DIGITAL Railroad Club, to the person whose work in Modular Railroading best promotes the concept and the cause of Modular Railroading. Presented annually at the Bedford Village Depot Fall Show.

2006 (Tie)	Amherst Belt Lines	Group Corner Module	Enlarge	Enlarge	Enlarge
	George Kenson & Friends	Three Rail O-Gauge	Enlarge	Enlarge
2005	Stanley Slowik	Harbor Side	Enlarge	Enlarge	Enlarge
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2004	Victor Evdoklmoff	Roxbury El	Enlarge	Enlarge
2003	Eileen & Ken Parks	NYC Waterfront	Enlarge
2002	Bob Hawkes & John Newingham	Farmer’s CO-OP	Enlarge
2001	Ed Finn	Village Depot	Enlarge	Enlarge
2000	Norm Jones	Fire Department	Enlarge	Enlarge
1999	Richard Donaghy	Downtown Pepperell	Enlarge
1998	Alistair Millns	Festnogg English Mining Town	Enlarge
1997	Eileen & Ken Parks	Container Yard	Enlarge
1996	Paul Andriscin	Vermont 6th in Virginia 1865
1995	Gary Munsey	Amherst
1994	Cliff Straw	DEC
	Stan & Debbie Ames	City Crossing
	Pat & Dale Nuss	Pat’s Ski Area
1993	Justin Maguire	Hog Island
1992	North Conway	Plaistow
1991	North Conway
1990	James Pirkey

Edwin R. Permon was a member of both the Bedford Boomers and the Digital Equipment Corp. Railroad Club, and was very active in the NMRA HUB Division as well. Ed drove for standardization in module design early on when HO modules were first coming of age. He recognized that a large club did not need a permanent home but could be built in sections in members homes and joined together for large shows.  The Boomers and Digital club owe much to Ed for pushing for standards that allow us to take our modules to shows and set up with other clubs.

Ed had an outrageous sense of humor and could find subtle humor in the deepest subjects or could take a light topic to the ridiculous.  This sense of humor showed up in his club activities, his modeling projects, and his interaction with other club members.  In particular, he felt Model Railroading should be FUN!  Modules didn't have to have a specific prototype, or an exact modeling era; they could be whatever the builder wanted them to be.  To this belief, we established the Edwin R. Permon award when Ed suddenly passed away at an untimely age.

The "Permon" is awarded each year at the Annual Exhibition to the module or series of modules  that receives the most votes.  It is open to all modules and participants with the exception of modules that have already won. The voting is conducted by the participants at the exhibition and the award winner is announced the evening prior to the public opening of the show.  There are no rules about completeness, accuracy to detail, or similar restrictions. A plaque is presented, suitable for affixing to the module and a name plate is added to the permanent award plaque maintained by the Boomers.