Some might remember the mid 80's NASG in Chicago. They used those
yellow school buses without AC, bathrooms and no padding--glad I was
younger then!
Bob
On 7/26/13 12:36 PM, Jeffrey Madden wrote:
And the famous "bus backup" during the 1990 Pittsburgh Convention. I
wasn't in S then, but found out later that Pete Mihelich and some
other S folks were on that layout tour bus. The tour bus ( a big tour
type) pulled up to a famous HO modeler's house (Riley I think) on a
narrow, hilly, one-way street sandwiched on both sides by parked cars.
After the visit, the driver found out that the street was a dead
endmany - uhhhh - the bus toilet was full, so out of order, and those
in the back had a pretty bad odor to deal with. We managed to get to
the last layout in a pouring rain (you know what that does to the
potty urge?). And no bathroom available. Since it was dark, I, and
maybe others, wandered around a neighborhood until I found a secluded
bunch of trees. There are some real lessons here for layout tour
planners.
Jeff Madden
