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Re: GMLTC at the NMRA National Convention
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Mon, 26 Jul 1999 19:23:13 GMT
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John Gerlach wrote:
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> 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.
A number of times people were three deep around the layout. The best views
were from inside the center of the layout though (thanks to John Neal).
> 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*!
No kidding, all the rolling stock was amazing. The stuff sitting in the
yard was way cool.
> 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"...)
Lots of oohs and aaahhs from people as they watched the turntable.
> 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!
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> Overall it was a GREAT weekend!
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> John 1
> (of course, remove ".nospam" to reply...)
I took two rolls of film and they better turn out. Bill T. shot some video
and
Steve Demlow had his digital camera so someone should have pictures. I
should
get my film back in the morning and have the raw pictures up this week. If
others took pictures but have no Besse space, drop me email and I can put
them up in my directory for all to see.
--
Paul Foster
http://reality.sgi.com/foster_stco/lego.html
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| Yes, as J1 said, we awed them. We literally are a crowd stopper. And when I say *we*, I mean it in the larger sense, as in all of us who build cool things out of Lego. What was so impressive was not anything we did specifically, but that we did it (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| 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 (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce)
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