Marc Horovitz to give seminar in Kansas

[Rene Schweitzer]

 Garden Railways Seminar -- Marc Horovitz, founder and editor of Garden Railways magazine, will be the main speaker at the 2008 Garden Railways Seminar on Feb. 28 in Wichita. The event will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Wichita Independent Business Association, 445 N. Waco. It's sponsored by Garden Railway Gizmos, a garden railroading shop at 1425 N. Broadway.

The seminar will cover garden railroading topics including landscaping with plants and trees, layout and design, electric- and steam- powered trains, controllers, tunnels and trestles. Displays of modular layouts and vendors will provide hands-on, interactive experiences for learning about the hobby.

Other presentations during the event will be provided by the Wichita Area Garden Railway Society, a Sedgwick County master gardener, the Bonsai Club and Garden Railway Gizmos.

Cost for the seminar is $10 and includes lunch. Reservations are required by Tuesday by calling Garden Railway Gizmos at 316-262-4300 or by e-mail at [e-mail]. For more information, go to the Web site www.gardenrailwaygizmos.com.

[tangerine-jack]

Count me in!  I'll be in Wichita for 17 days starting tomorrow working on the UP.

[ttrigg]

I would love to go, but DA BOSS has vetoed the plane ticket.

[altterrain]

 Well, you would have to git in yur TIME MACHINE to see it since it was last year!

 -Brian
 

[reeveha]

The seminar is this Saturday, Feb 28,2009 from 9am-6pm at the Wichita Independant Business Association (WIBA). The address is 445 N Waco, Wichita, KS.  Its the Southwest corner of Central and Waco.

The deadline for reservations is TODAY, Feb 24th, 2009 by calling [phone] or emailing [e-mail].  Money will be collected at when registering at the seminar.

Thanks Rene for the notice

[tangerine-jack]

Here I am in Mulvane Kansas. Not the most exciting place in the world, but charming in it’s own way. It’s one of those places where people are nice to you because that is the way they are. And yeah, its cold.

I got a chance to go to Garden gizmos. Claudia, the owner, is truly dedicated to the hobby and a wonderful person. When in the Wichita area be sure to stop in, the store gets from me an A+. Thanks for setting all this up Claudia!

M and M railway set up at the expo for our viewing pleasure. it’s run by a great couple, Manfred and Millie, that are truly passionate about the hobby and willing to share. All of the folks at the show know, I mean really KNOW their garden railway stuff. I learned more in 30 minutes talking to some of these people than in 5 years of reading books and looking on the internet. Thanks also to Lamont who brought some excellent models for use to look at, that man has some talent!

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Now for the hero of the day, Marc. This man has knowledge of garden railways that is just frightening. Because of his hard work over the years we have a top quality magazine and an excellent forum by which all modelers can come together for the greater good. He is a great man to talk with and willing to share his knowledge freely. I was very fortunate to get the chance to speak with him, even if only for a short time.

 

 

[pimanjc]

The Clinic went great on Saturday.  The events started with Marc visiting the M&M RR of Manfred and Millie Hein, in Newton, KS, the HedgeApple-RioGram of Jim Carter, in Wichita, and the L&M RR of David and Lana McClain, in Wichita on Friday.

 Saturday, Marc was the keynote speaker.

 

And several of us helped in presenting the clinics mentioned above.

Jim Carter [ pimanjc ] talks about RCS, Airwire, QSI, and TE.

 

 JimC.

[pimanjc]

Additional pictures from the clinic:

 County Extension personnel [Master Gardners] spoke about plants suitable for our area.

David Roberts told about changes in the dates for HAGRS this year:

Fred Hein demonstrates his modular RR:

Claudia Ralston and Jack Parker informed us about different power systems: track, DCC, battery [NIcd, NIMH, LI-PO, Lead-acid, gel]

David McLain and Steve Stockham taught us about considerations in building tunnels and trestles:

Phil Weller and Jim Carter demonstrated Locolinc, RCS, Airwire, TE and QSI.

Marc Horowitz completed the seminar with an excellent clinic on Live Steam Engines.

The below link is to a  youtube video about the M&M indoor GRR with Marc Horowitz as special guest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQTVx53XbHw

JimC.

[Rene Schweitzer]

 Jim, could I get you to submit that video for our new user-submited video section? Just fill out the simple form here: http://www.trains.com/grw/default.aspx?c=vsf&id=104

[pimanjc]

Rene,

Video is submitted.  I have 25 other videos on Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/user/pimanjc.  If you think any of them would be desirable for posting, please feel free to let me know. 

 BTW:  I hope to meet you in person at the Nationals in July.  I will be there Wed. through Sat. AM.

Jim Carter [pimanjc]

[Marty Cozad]

woow

now I wish i could have gone, thanks for sharing all the photos.

Is Rene coming next year to speak??

[tangerine-jack]

I hope you can come next year also Marty.  I was only there because I happen to be working in the area on the BNSF for a few weeks (I go home this Friday), and the company paid for it all.  Even so, I had to miss a few hours in the middle due to work issues, but I got most of it in anyway.  It's worth coming to even though it wasn't as big as some of the events that happen nationaly, but I like the smaller venues as I can get a chance to speak with the lecturers on an individual basis.  Wichita and surrounding area is very nice (and clean like Canada!) so I'm sure a weekend here won't be boring or you at all. 

 Lots of good railfanning here!  Just today I saw some warbonnet Santa Fe's, and a FerroMex train. This is a very busy rail junction!