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Re: GMLTC at the NMRA National Convention
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Mon, 26 Jul 1999 17:17:40 GMT
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Sounds very impressive. Are there any pictures of the event on-line?
Congrats on what sounds like a great event.
Eric
In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach writes:
> First of all, we ROCKED the NMRA show! We had a location right near the front
> doors, with great visibility. We had 30 - 40 people around the layout at
> almost all times through the entire show. I saw some big HO and N gauge
> layouts that were several times the size of our layout that had 10 people
> looking at them. And of course we were a HUGE hit with the kids.
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> John 2, Larry, Brian and Steve all brought new custom built rolling stock to
> show off. J2's "Thomas" was a very useful engine, and was very popular with
> the kids. Brian's amazingly decorated trains showed everyone how much detail
> can be added with decals and tape. Steve's Euro-styled passenger train made
> several circuits Sunday afternoon, after minor modifications due to tunnel
> clearance. My red&yellow passenger train was the workhorse of the weekend,
> making hundreds of trips around the track, and three trips to the floor -
> *crash*!
>
> Larry's car shed was a lovely addition to our layout, and my RCX controlled
> turntable was pretty impressive in its first show. (It didn't work perfectly,
> we had a few derailments - but we'll fix those in "release 2.0"...)
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> We received some very nice press coverage, with two pictures in the Sunday St.
> Paul Pioneer Press. (We bought *several* copies!)
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> My personal highlights were when representatives from the next two NMRA shows
> (2000 in San Jose, California and 2001 in St. Louis) asked us if we were going
> to be at their shows. And, when the president of the NMRA stopped by our
> layout on Sunday to tell us what an "awesome" job we were doing, and how much
> he enjoyed having us at the show. He commented on how one of the NMRA's goals
> was to get kids involved in model railroading, and what better way to
> introduce them to the hobby than with LEGO trains!
>
> Overall it was a GREAT weekend!
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>
> John 1
> (of course, remove ".nospam" to reply...)
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