I went to Okonomowoc with the idea of a possible hosting of the NASG big show. Roy Meissner and the rest of the group were great hosts, very helpful. As was Ed L. and the rest of the officers I met there.
That year ( if memory serves right) the O Gaugers had their meeting here and it was a disaster. They lost $$ big time. After hearing that we got cold feet, so it never came off. The DFW area is very hot in the summer, averaging over 100 in the afternoon. So most activities need to be early in the morning if outside. A convention around early May would be more comfortable, but restrict attendance, kids in school, etc. We have the grapevine old time train complete with robbery on the weekends. Tower 55 one of the busiest crossings in the country as well as a viewing area along both the UP and BNSF. Might even be able to get a tour of the BNSF HQ. In about a year GE will have it's new Locomotive manufacturing shop open and producing. Home layouts are lacking ( to my knowledge) except Chip Romig's giant Scale display. He indicated he was going to add a narrow gauge line to it when I was there in January. Go here to take a tour. http://www.coloradoandsilverriver.com It is impressive! For the flyer enthusiast there is a 24 member club, the Lone Star Flyers. Very active and a great bunch. They have their own club house with their layout set up between local shows. Yes, there is a narrow gauge group that also shows around here, very innovative. Also a great group. Ted Weiler Weatherford TX Along the old Texas & Pacific ________________________________ From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, August 30, 2012 9:42:06 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Gettin to Texas A lot of years ago Houston had offered to host the NASG but it didn't work out. Since then the enthusiasm in most has died. Normally several of our group would attend regardless of location, but this year I wasn't able after being at most since the mid 80's. Billy Click and Company might have been the only Texas people there. Locally, we figured it would be too far for most people even within the State, plus we figured that many would be concerned about the heat/moisture and certainly a hurricane event would be a possibility. We had thought the Dallas region was going to make that happen at one time. Heck you have two clubs plus a mess of NG guys in a loose club of sorts. Time to get your committees formed! And John shouldn't be too scared of crossing the Mississippi, as I'm sure they'll let him back! Bob Werre >From: Alan Lambert > Fort Worth, Texas > >I kow that. I reread what you said and joked about it. > >Bill's car body is something to look forward to. He is >making >it easier for us to get something new, that we can afford. >Chattanooga was too far for me. That is my big pet peeve. >Nobody comes to my area with anything scale oriented. >Houston >might have something but that is too far for me(400 miles >one >way)to drive. I was hoping you would see my comment as a >joke. >You are still a list friend and I hope you see that. > Alan >
