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Subject:	Re: NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il
Date:	Mon, 18 Aug 2003 18:25:37 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org.niltc, Tim Courtney wrote: > 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 trains would be a problem. So, please, bring them out! 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 right off the table... OOPS!! He was pretty cool about it though, and laughed while I rebuilt it. And yea, I'm seriously considering a trip down there. Gotta run the 'Challenger' sometime soon... :-) JohnG, GMLTC

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		Re: NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24
(...) 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
(...) 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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