boB
Well you're correct in the quietness of this list. I haven't had any
Yahoo changes but nearly every list is completely filled with this stuff.
I will let the wider S community know about doings here in the Houston
area. We have been invited to display our modules at four upcoming
shows plus my Great Plains Northern Terminal Railroad will host visitors
in late November as part of our yearly Fall Layout Tour --probably one
of the largest in the country.
The city of Galveston will be our first show next weekend. Their Museum
was pretty much wiped out with Hurricane Ike. In fact I just learned
that two passenger cars have been sold to scrappers--an ex ATSF business
car and an ex Rock Island observation. I did extensive photo work on
the ATSF car before the damage, BTW is was renamed the "American Flyer"
by it's owners. It's a slow climb back to being a real museum.
Anyway, this is the fourth time we've been involved in this show. It's
also somewhat unique in that we setup outdoors under the overhang of the
station. So we're protected from the rain but we've had issues with
wind gusts. boB, you would like this because you can switch a yard
without string or even an engine--just plan your gusts of wind
carefully! Andre' and other guys operating the real stuff would like
this also because they usually have a 1:1 GMC switcher moving boatloads
of kids around the yard.
The show after that is just a few miles away in Texas City where they
have another museum devoted mostly to model railroads. That will happen
in early November.
In January, we'll be operating during the return of the World's Greatest
Hobbies show. When that marketing program started, Houston was among
the first cities to be visited. It's was a big event and we expect this
one to be similar with 20,000 attending. We expect to have our biggest
layout ever.
In February we again expect to participate in a one day show called The
Greater Houston Train Show which is an annual event that has been around
before my time--and that's becoming a long time. It's a much smaller
event but is similar to our own conventions with smaller vendors,
contests, modules and clinics.
So call us busy! You can check our club's website--Houston S Gaugers in
case you are traveling in our neighborhood. Your invited!
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
PS, and by the way were are DCC, handlaid code 100 rail and we use any
coupler that works!
The board's been pretty quiet, lately. Did I scare everybody off, or
is everybody been NEO'd?
Is it time for the DCC/non-DCC discussion again?
boB Nicholson
