For those who are interested, here are some photos from the Train Show.
It starts with a big empty space the day before the show opens. The tables and chairs are being unloaded.
We have the vendors and other exhibitors unloaded and setting up first. This is the display for Operation Lifesaver, the grade crossing safety organization.
Starting at 3:00, the modular railroads start setting up. These are the Atlantic Coast S-Gaugers.
The White Elephant Table is being loaded down in this photo. Of course, we sell almost as much off of it before the show starts as after!
Now it is Saturday and show time. We have running layouts in G gauge from the Tidewater Big Train Operators,
O scale from the Tidewater O-Gauge Association,
and S scale from the Atlantic Coast S-Gaugers.
N-scale is represented by two clubs, South Hampton Roads N-Trak,
and the Lee Hall Model Railroaders' table-top N-scale modules.
We now have the "L" scale Hampton Roads Lego Users Group (HARDLUG) at the show each year.
Let's not forget the group I'm in, the Tidewater Modular Railroad Club, holding down the HO fortress. This is the wye leading into the staging yard.
New modules for this show include this mine and powerplant from Conrad Haas,
and these grain elevators by Steve Orzech.
The lift-up bridge module is back in service after several years thanks to the efforts of Len Brue, George Schmidt, and George's grandson, Dyllen Miller. Thats Dyllen avoiding the camera.
McKeever was the junction between the main line modules and the single-track branch line group. It's been so long since we used it that the tracks are overgrown, and now branch line CEO John Cryderman is having the diamonds removed.
On my own modules, the Tidewater and Albemarle operates this de-turboed GP20 rebuild.
At the T&A enginehouse, Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad #205, a GP7, pays a visit.
That's it for the pictures, but if you can make it to Virginia Beach tomorrow, be sure to visit!
John
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salt water cowboyThink you could scare up a hurricane or something to get the show postponed? Me and my fishing gear are already heading there NEXT weekend!!!! (grrrrrrrrrr) Matt
Think you could scare up a hurricane or something to get the show postponed? Me and my fishing gear are already heading there NEXT weekend!!!! (grrrrrrrrrr)
Matt
Come to the show and you will have 5 extra days of fishing !
Just want to get the word out about the Tidewater Division NMRA Train Show at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. There will be layouts and displays of almost all scales, plus plenty of vendors. It's well worth the trip if you can make it!