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ILTCO would like to invite everyone to come see the largest LEGO train
layout ever (~50 x 70 feet, or well over 15 x 20 meters) at the National Model
Railroad Association (NMRA) National Train Show, July 7-9, 2005 in
Cincinnati!!!!
The show is open to the public on Friday July 8, Noon-6PM, Saturday July 9,
10AM-6PM, and Sunday July 10 10AM- 5PM. It is held at the Cincinnati conference
center, downtown Cincinnati.
No less than 13 clubs (COLTC, GFLTC, GMLTC, GtwLUG, MichianaLTC, MichLTC, MSLTC,
NCLTC, NGLTC, NILTC, TCLTC, WAMALTC, and rtlToronto) will be bringing the best
of their club's layouts to create a colossal consolidated LEGO train display!
There will be many other clubs represented by members coming from all over the
world to and displaying what ever they can carry on a plane/train/automobile!
We have already seen some previous teasers of what is going to be on display,
and it is going to be a true LEGO-extravaganza!! Several large models will
premier at this show, and because many clubs could easily fill twice their
allocated space, they will only be showing the best of their best. At all times,
no less than 20 train loops will buzz with activity, and 100's of additional
engines and cars will be on display. The display will be staffed by well over 50
members of various LEGO trainclubs.
This is a very exciting time for the LEGO train hobby and its
enthusiasts in that we will be getting recognition at the national
level. We have been assigned the largest available layout space out of
all the other gauges, and this is the first large-scale Lego contribution at the
worlds biggest and most well-known train convention. We'll show them that Lego
trains are a genuine force to be reckonend with!!
ILTCO will also be hosting a low key social event after setup, July 6th
- Thursday night.
Read more at.
http://www.iltco.org/library/articleShow.php?articleid=32
and see more about hte overall train show at:
http://www.nmra.org/convention/trainshow.html
The show will be coordinated by
Paul Janssen (COLTC, "host" club)
janssen.10@osu.edu
and Steve Barile (GPLR)
sebarile@sstanamera.com
See you in Cincy!!!
Paul & Steve
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In lugnet.announce, Paul Janssen wrote:
Oops, 14 clubs, I forgot Indylug/CILTC!!
Paul
ps. My (poor) excuse for this omission is that they keep changing their name to
CILTC, and then back to Indylug, so when typing the list, I left out CILTC, but
forgot to put IndyLUG back in, sorry guys/gals!!
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In lugnet.trains, Paul Janssen wrote:
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In lugnet.announce, Paul Janssen wrote:
Oops, 14 clubs, I forgot Indylug/CILTC!!
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Actually, you were correct with 13, as you included the GMLTC on your list and
shouldn’t have.
JOHN
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Paul Janssen wrote:
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In lugnet.announce, Paul Janssen wrote:
Oops, 14 clubs, I forgot Indylug/CILTC!!
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Actually, you were correct with 13, as you included the GMLTC on your list
and shouldn’t have.
JOHN
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Once again, J-2 is out of the loop. Hopefully the GMLTC will have a
representative or two there at the big show - it depends if I’ll be able to get
out of work for a few days. <sigh>
JohnG, GMLTC
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In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach wrote:
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Once again, J-2 is out of the loop. Hopefully the GMLTC will have a
representative or two there at the big show - it depends if I’ll be able to
get out of work for a few days. <sigh>
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<ahem> The 13 club number is derived from LTCs who are actually displaying
their layouts at the show, not from representatives who might also attend.
HTH,
JOHN
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In lugnet.announce, Paul Janssen wrote:
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ILTCO would like to invite everyone to come see the largest LEGO train
layout ever (~50 x 70 feet, or well over 15 x 20 meters) at the National Model
Railroad Association (NMRA) National Train Show, July 7-9, 2005 in
Cincinnati!!!!
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This event is going to be spectacular and I can hardly wait to go!
JOHN
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.announce, Paul Janssen wrote:
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ILTCO would like to invite everyone to come see the largest LEGO train
layout ever (~50 x 70 feet, or well over 15 x 20 meters) at the National
Model Railroad Association (NMRA) National Train Show, July 7-9, 2005 in
Cincinnati!!!!
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This event is going to be spectacular and I can hardly wait to go!
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Indeed, I’m charging the camera and the video camera already! Really looking
forward to being there to see this come togehter.
Jake
---
Jake McKee
Community Liaison
LEGO Community Team
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(snip)
Here's a teaser of something coming to the show...
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1202755
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In lugnet.trains, Scott Lyttle wrote:
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(snip)
Here’s a teaser of something coming to the show...
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1202755
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CUT it out! :-)
(beauty)
JOHN
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Scott Lyttle wrote:
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(snip)
Here’s a teaser of something coming to the show...
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1202755
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CUT it out! :-)
(beauty)
JOHN
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Yep, and for those not making it to NMRA, we’ve had a request for it to be on
the train layout at Brickfest. With the announcement of a challenge/competition
over at Brickfest, we’re definitely wanting to bring it now!
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In lugnet.announce, Paul Janssen wrote:
I was notified that the dates in my post were somewhat incorrect.
The Train Show is from July 8-10, the opening dates/times were corrected, but
the summary was shifted by a day.
Schedule:
Wednesday July 6: 1 PM - 6 PM: Set-up for clubs only (not for dealers)
Thursday July 7: 8 AM - 8 PM: Set up.
Thursday, July 8: 8 PM - ??, ILTCO social event
Friday July 8: 9 AM - Noon: access to NMRA attendees.
Friday, July 8: Noon - 6 PM : OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Saturday, July 9: 10 AM - 6 PM : OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sunday, July 10: 10 AM - 5 PM : OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sunday, July 10: 5.30 PM - 10 PM: tear-down.
Paul
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In lugnet.trains, Paul Janssen wrote:
> Wednesday July 6: 1 PM - 6 PM: Set-up for clubs only (not for dealers)
> Thursday July 7: 8 AM - 8 PM: Set up.
> Thursday, July 8: 8 PM - ??, ILTCO social event
> Friday July 8: 9 AM - Noon: access to NMRA attendees.
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> Friday, July 8: Noon - 6 PM : OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
> Saturday, July 9: 10 AM - 6 PM : OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
> Sunday, July 10: 10 AM - 5 PM : OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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> Sunday, July 10: 5.30 PM - 10 PM: tear-down.
Sorry to be a little grumpy here, but this doesn't match what's written on the
ILTCO Page.
http://www.iltco.org/library/articleShow.php?articleid=32
For example it says July 9, 6PM tear-down. Implying no show on Sunday.
It is very important for people having to book vacation and travel to know when
the show is actually on. I would expect that the ILTCO page would be the
correct one, and if not that it would be corrected. Seems to me it should be
the place to go for accurate information. Not somewhere deep down in a Lugnet
thread.
Again sorry to be grumpy, but could someone please fix the ILTCO page if it is
indeed wrong.
Thank you,
Derek
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Sorry everyone!!! Some cut and Paste has resulted in the propagation of the mix
up... This is the correct schedule (below)! I will fix the ILTCO dates now!
SteveB
Wednesday July 6: 1 PM - 6 PM: Set-up for clubs only (not for dealers)
Thursday July 7: 8 AM - 8 PM: Set up.
Thursday, July 8: 8 PM - ??, ILTCO social event
Friday July 8: 9 AM - Noon: access to NMRA attendees.
Friday, July 8: Noon - 6 PM : OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Saturday, July 9: 10 AM - 6 PM : OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sunday, July 10: 10 AM - 5 PM : OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sunday, July 10: 5.30 PM - 10 PM: tear-down.
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In lugnet.announce, Paul Janssen wrote:
> ILTCO would like to invite everyone to come see the largest LEGO train
> layout ever (~50 x 70 feet, or well over 15 x 20 meters) at the National Model
> Railroad Association (NMRA) National Train Show, July 7-9, 2005 in
> Cincinnati!!!! • ...
> No less than 13 clubs (COLTC, GFLTC, GMLTC, GtwLUG, MichianaLTC, MichLTC, MSLTC,
> NCLTC, NGLTC, NILTC, TCLTC, WAMALTC, and rtlToronto) will be bringing the best
> of their club's layouts to create a colossal consolidated LEGO train display!
> There will be many other clubs represented by members coming from all over the
> world to and displaying what ever they can carry on a plane/train/automobile!
Dang. I wish I'd known about this a month or two ago; I would have flown out to
Cincinnati just to see it.
Would you expect this to be an annual event?
Thanks,
- Joe
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In lugnet.trains, Joe Strout wrote:
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In lugnet.announce, Paul Janssen wrote:
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ILTCO would like to invite everyone to come see the largest LEGO train
layout ever (~50 x 70 feet, or well over 15 x 20 meters) at the National
Model Railroad Association (NMRA) National Train Show, July 7-9, 2005 in
Cincinnati!!!! ...
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Dang. I wish I’d known about this a month or two ago; I would have flown
out to Cincinnati just to see it.
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It’s not too late. Or.. it’s about a 6hr drive from Chicago to Cincinnati, maybe
a carpool could be arranged for those of us not lucky enough to attend the whole
deal?
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Would you expect this to be an annual event?
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I expect that LTCs will be displaying at the NMRA National Train Show well into
the future.
2006: Philadelphia, PA - http://www.nmra.org/2006/
2007: Detroit, Michigan - http://www.nmra.org/2007/
Some Michlugers have already started talking about cool things to build for the
2007 event.
Jason Spears | BrickShelf Gallery | MichLUG | CLB
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