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Subject:	Re: SCLTC enters final two weeks at SDMRRM; Pictures!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains.org.scltc
Date:	Wed, 4 Jan 2006 21:43:23 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Aaron M. Sneary wrote:

In lugnet.announce, Ted Michon wrote:

SCLTC’s annual winter show at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum is now in its final two weeks!

The layout looks great again this year, but man, that’s a convoluted track plan.

I heard rumor while I was there that the museum was interested in possibly establishing a permanent home for a LEGO layout. Any progress in that area?

Aaron

Aaron-

Thanks for the compliment.

The track arrangement, compared to others we have done, is really very straightforward and, in fact, (ignoring sidings) very symmetrical. After doing our largest show ever at the Orange County Fair for 3 straight weeks and almost 300 show hours, we were rather worn out (and buried in dirt, since the tents were open on two sides for those 300 hours) and didn’t get cracking on the SDMRRM design until almost the last minute. The under and over cloverleaf with a ton of bridges at least gave us something we had never done before and with the addition of ballasted track and animated carnival made some nice firsts for us at the museum. We held out the city structures in anticipation of a simultaneous even that luckily didn’t come off so that we were able to take it to LLCA for a mini show in early November.

I’ve never heard a rumor about a permanent LEGO exhibit at SDMRRM. For one thing, there’s no place to put one! The room we use is a multipurpose display room for special occasions, traveling exhibits like ours, and rentals. We have discussed building a small permanent exhibit in an enclosed case that could be placed in the entry way or some other small spot, but the basic problem is “no room at the inn”. I did hear mention of some expansion into adjoining buildings, but nothing in the context of a creating home for a LEGO exhibit.

We are very popular at the museum (at least with the visiting public and the people who count gate receipts) and will probably draw our usual total of 30,000+ visitors this season. On Thursday last week, the museum enjoyed its highest grossing single day paid attendance ever in 25+ years of operation.

-Ted

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		Re: SCLTC enters final two weeks at SDMRRM; Pictures!
(...) Not so much a rumor, but whishful thinking on the part of some museum members. But a display case at the museum would be great. We could even advertise when the large display will be. Mat (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

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		Re: SCLTC enters final two weeks at SDMRRM; Pictures!
(...) photos snipped (...) The layout looks great again this year, but man, that's a convoluted track plan. I heard rumor while I was there that the museum was interested in possibly establishing a permanent home for a LEGO layout. Any progress in (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

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