I appreciate all the feedback to my question regarding access at the Amherst show.
Not sure if I will be going next year or 2019 depends on my work/vacation schedule. It soiunds doable though,
Joe Staten Island West
I am not sure I saw any feedback on show news. I did not attend due to distance and cost, but others reported Tangent announced a new run of X58 PRR 50' box cars and derivatives such as LV, PC rebadge, CR etc. Also Moloco had some show only PC box cars. Not sure if anything else of note was announced.
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
KemacPrr One great thing about the scooters and this show is that the aisles are wide so a scooter does not become a rolling road block like at some other shows. Had a great weekend up there. After 20 straight years attending still a great show that I look forward to every year. ------ Ken
One great thing about the scooters and this show is that the aisles are wide so a scooter does not become a rolling road block like at some other shows. Had a great weekend up there. After 20 straight years attending still a great show that I look forward to every year. ------ Ken
The firemarshal requires either 10ft or 12ft aisles for safety reasons. Some dead end aisles may not have to be that wide (I thing my clubs U is at least 10ft).
I'm amazed, no pictures of the show. Nobody took a camera?
BMMECNYCThe firemarshal requires either 10ft or 12ft aisles for safety reasons
The Amhurst folks are very strict about keeping aisle widths. They mark the floors with tape, and your booth or display had better inside those lines, or big trouble
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
DAVID FORTNEY I'm amazed, no pictures of the show. Nobody took a camera?
Considering the vast majority of cell phones and smart phones have camera's, I imagine just about everyone had a camera who went to Amherst. Question is, did any of them use their camera's and if so, can the upload any. *shrugs*
Unfortunately for me, I moved about 9 years ago and Amherst is not economical to travel to so I'll have to settle for Timonium this coming weekend.
DAVID FORTNEYI'm amazed, no pictures of the show. Nobody took a camera?
Who had time to take pictures?
riogrande5761Considering the vast majority of cell phones and smart phones have camera's, I imagine just about everyone had a camera who went to Amherst. Question is, did any of them use their camera's and if so, can the upload any. *shrugs*
I hear you about photobucket - it's getting to be more of a pain, and also it's blocked at work so even if I wanted to upload a few on my break, all I see are red X's. When I get home after a 11 hour day, it's all action and then bed time so I don't usually have much time to that kind of stuff until the weekend. Long story short, it doesn't get done much of the time.
As a follow up, the ticketed attendance was 19,541. That doesn't count vendors, volunteers or other exhibitors. Estimated count for all of these is 3,750. BTW if you check the Amherst Railway Society Facebook page you can view a video of #11 in operarion.
Some of the Tangent X58 box cars not available until Feb 20, but at Amherst, made their way to Timonium via a vendor so I was able to take home an X58 in 1978 Conrail.
G Paine BMMECNYC The firemarshal requires either 10ft or 12ft aisles for safety reasons The Amhurst folks are very strict about keeping aisle widths. They mark the floors with tape, and your booth or display had better inside those lines, or big trouble
BMMECNYC The firemarshal requires either 10ft or 12ft aisles for safety reasons
They use sidewalk chalk in the Young building, and its not always exact (this year the marks were off by 6-8 in one corner). We have double marks on ours (barrier and layout marks). We typically violate the layout marks, but the barrier marks are the ones you have to fit within for the fire marshal. The barriers get pushed into the layout anyway.
I suspect its because 1 guy does it without a helper (I came up early 1 year to assist in making the chalk marks, setting out tables etc). When measuring long distances, it helps to have someone holding the dumb end of the tape.
Did the fire marshal come around measuring? I didn't see him this year.
We kinda push the boundary limits a bit too since we're backed up against a cold wall and the chalk measurements don't leave much room to move behind the tables. So far it hasn't been an issue. Of course, now that I said it...
Jim
For those who didn't make the show the BIG attraction was outdoors.
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