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Excellent news. Needs wider circulation. Hence my post to a few more
groups.
John Neal wrote:
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> Well, I met with the local guys who have been showing Lego trains at the
> GATS (on and off since '85 I learned!) and let me tell you! But first
> off, I should say that, originally, I wanted to be in a group such as
> the PNLTC and so I started contacting people whom I thought would be
> interested in forming such a club, (not knowing about this group of
> guys). The name "Upper Midwest Lego Train Club" was just one I came up
> with to describe the group I was trying to form.
> Then Ben Fleskes steered me to John Gerlach, who is apart of this local
> group. I emailed John and he invited me to come and meet some guys and
> check out their set-up, which I did last nite. And here's my report...
> Let me tell you! They have got a SWEET set-up, with literally 10's of
> thousands of bricks at their disposal, and I didn't even SEE their train
> set-up, which was packed away in a trailer! I said "Is this heaven?"
> and John said "No, Northeast Minneapolis." All seriousness aside, they
> are well, well established in train modeling; pioneers, if you will, and
> so my little quest to form a club has ended upon the discovery of these
> guys and their willingness to accept newcomers into their "fold".
> You gotta like a group who just get together and build and show and
> haven't really stopped to worry about such banalities as a name, logo,
> web site, etc. Those were the FIRST things I thought of! But those
> things are finally coming, too, which is good because I'm getting tired
> of referring to them as "the local lego train guys" (altho TLLTG was
> starting to grow on me:)
> In conclusion, heaven is in NE MPLS, and my dream of being a part of a
> Lego train club is coming true. As the group formalizes and after they
> set up a web page, they will quickly become a high profile club on par
> with the PNLTC. They are not really into the Lugnet.trains or rlt and
> its goings-on, so I am unofficially acting as a conduit (humbly, of
> course) at this time to say that, if anyone is interested in
> participating in such a club, they should post here.
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| Based on the formation of at least three other Lego train clubs (Pacific Northwest, South Georgia, and Upper Midwest), is there any interest in doing the same in Southern California? Gary GaryLouie@EarthLink.Net (25 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| Well, I met with the local guys who have been showing Lego trains at the GATS (on and off since '85 I learned!) and let me tell you! But first off, I should say that, originally, I wanted to be in a group such as the PNLTC and so I started (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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