BIG TRAIN SHOW, June 9-12th, ***update Sunday pics***

[Anonymous]

VIC
WHERE WAS YOU BACK UP BATTERY . [#oops]
THANKS FOR THE PICTURES. BEN

[vsmith]

Pics from Sunday, mostly from the terrific Door Hollow Shortline.
(again adding captions)

Pee Wee, a 2-4-4-2 scratch-bashed from B'mann drives


Bob Baxters B&O grasshopper complete with scrathed period coachs


A Mack rail/logger powered by a Aristo block


A Bachmann Indy tank-loco bash


Sign says it all, another wonderful creation by Mr Walas, the Nemo express

the front of the Nemo Express, the fins move with the wheels


A really detailed B'mann Porter bash


A bashed LGB Chloe, I could NEVER do this to mine


Don Gages incredible 2-cylinder Shay


A logging mallet built from Aristo 040 drives, this ones nice!



This little beauty was brought by a friend of Chris Walas, it is really cool


Wallace and Grommit take the Borracho Speeder on the rounds on the Door Hollow Shortline



The Class A gets a few laps in also




A neat HLW Mack MOW bash with an Ozark crane kit made the rounds..

Only to be attacked from behind by the ruthless Lemurian Ogres!


Nemo didnt hang around to become fish sticks and fled the scene in the opposite direction...


No pics from indoors, sorry, but the camera acted up.... (really it did, dang battery!)

[vsmith]

Whheeew! Sunday was busy, and fun!

Got to the show early, but still missed the MLS breakfast, ended up settling for a HOT DOG,[xx(]

Answered a bunch of questions about my Climax model, hope some of them takes up the razorsaw and gives it a try. Spend alot of time just watching the trains run at the awesome Door Hollow Shortline layout next to the MLS booth.

Show was pretty cool, found a maker of operational brass switch stands i had been looking for, and got about a pound of Ozark parts and a few kits

Got to run both the Speeder and the Climax on the Door Hollow Shortline leter in the afternoon, that was great to see.[:D]

more pics tonight!

[Anonymous]

dang i only got as far as port richey florida .and ran out off juice dang batterys have to recharge. maybe next year solar power!

[underworld]

Great pics! Looks like a fantastic show.

underworld

[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the pics Vic! looking forward to more!

[vsmith]

Some pics from Friday, had good time putting faces to MLS memebers names, had to split early though, so sorry to all for not being able to hang around longer, see ya Sunday

(it occured to me I should add captions to the pics for those who arent familiar with the MLS people. [:I])

Chris Walas's Lemurian War Wagon, my favorite item at the show


Stan Cederleafs Shaysler, a diesel/Climax hybrid, these did exist!


An Accucraft C-21 at Dwight Ennis's Live Steam layout



An lively Critter at Bob Starr's Live Steam layout next door

An Aster Mike at same

Bob's Critter making the rounds


This is the portable Door Hollow Shortline being set up, Don Gage and Bob Baxter built this using 6 hollow core doors, the whole kit-n-kaboodle fits into an Aerostar van



This layout was a huge hit and was a center of attention outdoors both days along with the live steamers.

Will take more pics Sunday[8D] (see below)

[Marty Cozad]

Yes, I to can't wait to starting seeing photos. But I understand how hard it is to post them if you don't have a laptop etc.

[Amtrk14]

If LGB has their new Amtrak AMD-103's and Amfleet cars on display, can somebody please take a picture of them for me, and post it?

Thanks,
Sean

[Chompers]

I wish i could go, but i'm on the other side of america... in the north east. now if they could have the show say in rochester then i would gladly go!!!!! :) :) :0 :) :) :0 :) :) :0:) :0 :0 : ): 0

[vsmith]

ONE DAY till Saturday and the Shoe starts, Tours started today!

Going tommorow to drop some stuff off and get a sneak peak at the outdoor layouts.

[Bucksco]

LGB will be there. Stop by and say "hello"!

[Train 284]

I wish I could go, but I will be out of town, 2,000 miles out of town in the midwest!

[Rene Schweitzer]

Marc Horovitz will be there--stop by the booth and say hi!

[vsmith]

At the Rusty Boat AKA the Queen Mary, in Long Beach CA

Who here is planning on going?

I'm planning on Sunday, early, I promised to bring my Class A Climax project to the MLS booth and I'm trying to finish my Borracho Speeder project so i can have something to chase the Eggliners with[:p]