Keith Schmidt KC9LHK You don’t bring nothin with you here and you can’t nothin back, I ain’t never seen a hearse with a luggage rack. George Strait Check out Flickr Train Photo Page
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
Just wanted to say it was great to meet you all and finally put faces with names. As always, Trainfest was wonderful and I had a great time. I'm ready for next year's Trainfest already.
Mike
hey there i am holding up my first HO CNWs! it was a big moment for me honestly. my first 6-axles! my layout is coming into vision!
it was nice meeting you guys, count me in again next year!
Your friendly neighborhood CNW fan.
Gee, I didn't realize I was so bald!!! Maybe I should have worn one of those spiffy hats like Chris is wearing.....
I was nice meeting all of you. Shall we consider ourselves the "Terrific Ten"?
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
zardoz wrote: Gee, I didn't realize I was so bald!!! Maybe I should have worn one of those spiffy hats like Chris is wearing..... I was nice meeting all of you. Shall we consider ourselves the "Terrific Ten"?
sounds like a plan! and by the way, i moved back 6 more feet now to watch trains. i'm heeding your warning!
I think it looks like a group of nice people from our forum! Would like to meet you all in person if you are ever out this way!
Mookie
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
da Milwaukee beerNut wrote:Chris K looks like a bishop who escaped from a radical chess set!
Yeah, like something from Alice In Wonderland.
And you, Jim, look younger than you should! I guess railroading for too long ages one.
This group was completely exclusive of anybody who went to Mookiefest in October. Wouldn't it be neat to get Kalmbach to host a combined gathering somewhere like Galesburg or Rochelle! Or Lincoln! Or Chicagoland!
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
kschmidt wrote:Well with this writing Trainfest 2006 will be in the history books, and history it might make. According to announced attendance on Sunday morning, attendance on Saturday November 11th set a new record with over 13,000 people attending. The weather was cold but, clear. The last couple of years Trainfest had been experiencing warmer weather with sun. So this could be a record setting year for attendance.
kschmidt wrote: Another announcement from Trainfest - Jerry's Bay View Hobby Shop will be closing. Those from Milwaukee know this hobby shop to be a real gem. Jerry has been at the Kinnickinnic Ave location for 30 years, plus he worked 20 years at Casanova's running there train department. Jerry will be turning 70 in 2007 so he decided to pull the plug. The hobby shop will be closing in March 2007(I believe). If you get a chance to stop in and see Jerry wish him well. This was his last Trainfest.
Another announcement from Trainfest - Jerry's Bay View Hobby Shop will be closing. Those from Milwaukee know this hobby shop to be a real gem. Jerry has been at the Kinnickinnic Ave location for 30 years, plus he worked 20 years at Casanova's running there train department. Jerry will be turning 70 in 2007 so he decided to pull the plug. The hobby shop will be closing in March 2007(I believe). If you get a chance to stop in and see Jerry wish him well. This was his last Trainfest.
Casanova's! Wow, does that name bring back memories! If I recall correctly, that place had a HUGE model railroad department; at least it seemed that way to a 16-year-old. Too bad about Jerry's closing, but after 50 years I suppose it's time to tie- up.
CShaveRR wrote: And you, Jim, look younger than you should! I guess railroading for too long ages one. This group was completely exclusive of anybody who went to Mookiefest in October. Wouldn't it be neat to get Kalmbach to host a combined gathering somewhere like Galesburg or Rochelle! Or Lincoln! Or Chicagoland!
It was great meeting all of you folks at the Kalmbach booth on Saturday. Sorry that a few of you couldn't make it but we will shoot for an even bigger and better group photo next year. It was fun to see the worried looks on the faces of the Kalmbach folks as our group more or less squeezed out the rest of the public at photo time.
As fas as a second meeting location more convenient to some of you .... well there is Rochelle. Galesburg has a great train show and maybe Kalmbach should be encouraged to take their booth there. We'll drop polite hints in Bergie's ear. And now we learn that he was in Peoria for the weekend rather than partying with us!
We in Milwaukee will be sorry to see Jerry retire. His shop is small but packed with stuff and as those of you who go to Trainfest know, sometimes he has in inventory stuff that has not been available for years
Memories of Casanova's hobby shop. I first went there probably around 1959. To get to the train department you had to walk through the gun, knife, hunting, and sporting goods departments. They had a rack with "men's magazines" -- not like Playboy but lurid covers from Argosy etc --- heady stuff for a 12 year old. And that was back in the day when hobby shops had shelves of brass locomotives in stock to sell. There was something pleasantly dingy about Casanovas.
Dave Nelson
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