You guys did a great job on that layout – it made quite an impression on me. It was the first major convention that I attended and it convinced me that S scale was alive and growing and that I should continue in it. I think Jim is right: getting the scale out in front of the public is one of the best ways to promote S.
Thanks, Roger Nulton From: grchud Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 8:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Train Turntable Jim and Bill, Thanks for the reminder and diagram of the 1990 NASG Convention layout! Almost forgot about it. The best modular layout at any S event that I can remember in nearly thirty years in Scale S! Don DeWitt and the group did an outstanding job of putting it all together. It must have been frustrating to change the drawing almost daily as some would cancel and others added as convention time approached. I recall getting frequent email updates. I also recall being approached by an interested buyer while carrying the turntable module into the hall. Gary Chudzinski >Bill: Maybe it was before your time but I recall having a turntable module in the S-Mod set up at the joint NASG-NMRA convention in Pittsburgh (1990). I believe the owner/builder was Gary Chudzinski. I wish I still had the drawing of the set up, maybe Don Thompson or Don DeWitt still has one and can post. It was large with a loop and two or three stub end "branches";. There were modules from all over the country including Doug Miller's Rotary Coal Dumper. Not something you can do often but it certainly made a splash then. I am really happy modules continue to be used and make positive news for S - congratulations. Wish I could have been there to see them, Dan has alreaddy beat me up for not coming! Jim Kindraka Plymouth, WI Jim, While the memories are a bit foggy now I was at Pittsburgh. The diagram is here. http://users.bergen.org/dondew/CJSS/1990NASGNMRAConvLayout.html The S Scale Workshop of Canada uses a turntable to spin a complete train which to me is a brilliant alternative to a loop set up or dealing return loops. Thank You, >Bill Lane
