Bob, I believe the people who are working on the new World's Greatest
Hobby shows are some of the people who originally started GATS. Our
club never did participate in any of the GATS shows. They asked us to
enter their so called "best layout" contest for some prize money. I
have a real problem with promoters who won't pay for their main
features. In many cities GATS wore out their welcome with the clubs.
We have done several shows this year and we've enjoyed them all,
but we've also had to turn down three shows just recently. The price of
gas is becoming a big factor and I believe it will become a factor in
attendance at shows. Our club doesn't own any trailers to haul our
modules so we've always used members vans and suburbans etc. A couple
of our members including yours truly either have or will down size
vehicles as the prices continue to rise.
Maybe our clubs can get some kind of government incentive like the
oil companies do!
Bob Werre
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>It has come to my attention that the Great American Train Show (GATS)
>or their other name Great Western and Alantic Train Show has gone out
>of business. Has anyone else heard this rumor? I see that their web-
>site is no longer active.
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>Unfortunitly this was the only traveling show in this part of the
>country, Northwest, where we could set up and show S scale and still
>make a small amount of money for our trouble. There are some other
>club shows but these don't usually pay anything and/or are one day
>shows where set up and take down are a problem. With the price of gas
>that it is a little stipend is needed to help defray some of the
>cost.
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>Anyway I was wondering if anyone has some other information.
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>Bob Boring
>Northwest S Scalers
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