 | | Re: NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24 —Tim Courtney
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| | | (...) Well, we discourage "guest trains" from the audience, simply because we had a rather unique experience with a kid whose trains we offered to run. BUT - if you're an established member of an established train club, I don't see how running your (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | | | | Re: NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24 —John Gerlach
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| | | | (...) You've had problems with guest trains in the past? Do tell! The only problems the GMLTC has had recently is when a kid brought his Hogwart's Express. We're so used to running our 8-wide trains - they require almost full throttle - we ran his (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | | | | | Re: NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24 —Tim Courtney
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| | | | (...) Ohh, I wish that was our problem :-) There's a mentally handicapped child who is at one of our shows every year. He really loves the trains, but is quite loud and disruptive - and his parents have difficult time controlling him. One of our (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | | | | | Re: NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24 —Tim Courtney
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| | | | (...) Gosh, I'm tired. I meant this last parenthetical to mean ... "this was a problem, since they were being so disruptive." -Tim (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | | | | | Re: NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24 —Brian Williams
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| | | | Well the whole NILTC club was very pleased ( and a few members surprised) to receive a visit by John Gerlach at our Thomas show today. He stayed for only a few hours but it was a real blast! The highlights included: a. Joint NILTC/GMLTC 8-wide (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | | | | | Re: NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24 —John Gerlach
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| | | | (...) After only wiping out a few of the track-side structures on the layout.... Gotta love that 8-wide overhang! The Challenger still needs some fine-tuning, this was its "world premier", since I had never actully run it powered. "Thanks" to all (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24 —John Gerlach
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| | | | (...) Replying to self - it was only an 800 mile day, not 900... ;-) JohnG, GMLTC (21 years ago, 24-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il, FTX)
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