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Re: GMLTC at the NMRA National Convention
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Steve has a Web page set up with pics from his digital camera. I've
"test-driven" the site, and assume he'll release it publicly this evening.
Alan In lugnet.trains, Eric Kingsley writes:
> Sounds very impressive. Are there any pictures of the event on-line?
>
> Congrats on what sounds like a great event.
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> Eric
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> 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.
> >
> > 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"...)
> >
> > We received some very nice press coverage, with two pictures in the Sunday St.
> > Paul Pioneer Press. (We bought *several* copies!)
> >
> > 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!
> >
> >
> > John 1
> > (of course, remove ".nospam" to reply...)
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