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Subject: 
1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 22:22:22 GMT
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Hi All,
I was hoping to get a ruff idea of how many would attend, so please e-mail me
or RE: if you are more then vaguely interested. I thought I'd start this off
by picking a place, date, events, speakers. I would love to hear any ideas...

(BTW Lets try to keep this discussion on lugnet.trains.org@lugnet.com)

Possible Location
1) San Diego (Carlsbad), California (obvious)
2) Denver, Colorado (centrally located)

Possible Date
1) August 24-27, 2000
2) August 10-13, 2000

Possible Events
1) All night Building Party
2) Set Guinness record of longest continuos LEGO train track
3) Show and Tell
4) Set Auctions (real auction)
5) Parts Swap Meet

Possible Guest Speakers
1) A master builder from LEGO
2) NMRA rep on the topic of toy trains and revitalizing the young model rail
roaders

SteveB
PNLTC



Message has 5 Replies:
  Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
 
(...) Let's see....both the lady-wife and myself, so that's two. She's really an O-scale fan (Lionel) but she -understands- my own fascination with Lego trains (and other sets). (...) Best for us, as we're in SoCal already... (...) Still OK. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
 
I would attend; my wife is a probable attendee (...) Either one (...) The 27th is our anniversary, so that would be fun, but either works (...) All (...) A master builder from LEGO My question is how we get our stuff to the location. Denver is (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
 
All- What about coordinating the conference with the NMRA show in San Jose next summer? And if you'd like, I was a LEGO Master Model Builder five years ago. Right now there are only three left in the U.S. The model shop went through the fitness (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
  Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
 
A Train Conference sounds good to me, but I can't speak for the rest of the newly formed Greater Florida LTC members. So you can count me in and maybe the club (1 to 4 people). (...) I vote for Carlsbad, I have not been to the Legoland park yet. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
  Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
 
I will be away from a computer for 2 weeks so you won't hear much from me. I really think all of the comments are great and we'll have some sort of vote set up on where... when I return. Hang in there... SteveB SEBarile wrote in message ... (...) me (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)

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