Hello everyone,
I read all of your posts, for the forum member's who won't be able to make it, you will be missed and we hope to see you next year. For the forum members who will be attending, i will send out an email with all info needed in about two weeks.
Thanks to all,
Alex
Hello everyone,
I just sent a mass email to all of you who are attending our open house, if you didn't receive an email from me please let me know either here or send me an email.
Thanks very much,
Alex & Dina
Alex,
Ginny and I would like to come. Hope that is OK.
Scrappy
My wife took the train the NJ this weekend. Should have gone and snuck off to Alex's open house but I have to work. 
Hope you all had a great time!!
U missed a great time Farmer Bill...was my first time and I felt welcomed by so many people...Alex and Dina are great hosts and such nice people...looking forward to next year and hope I can spend some more time with everyone...
Hello all it was a fantastic day with record attendance,a big thank you to OGR for us having all these great friends !!!! Here's some photos, there will be a ton more coming soon.
More photos
Alex M posted:More photos
Looks like Theresa lost her head at the get together!
Don
Here are a few more
Theresa and I had a great time, in spite of the GPS giving us the extended tour of lower Staten Island. We both met some wonderful folks. Dina, the food was great, especially the Spaghettio's! Alex, superb craftsmanship on the model of Marty's house. I was really surprised that Theresa agreed to come, as this was out of her comfort zone. She always says we have to do more things together, and since she never suggests options, I gave it a shot and asked. It would have been nice to head to Long Island and spend the night at my brother's place, but that was pushing it just a bit. Maybe our next adventure will be to visit the open house hosted by the NJ Highrailers?
Don
Another awesome day at Alex and Dina's place.
Thank you to Alex and Dina for hosting another fine OGR party. I missed 2 of the last ones due to a small conflict with some little unknown NY football team. I was not missing another one!
Food was awesome, I did not have to have dinner! And the desserts were overwhelming.
Thank you for a great afternoon. We are only 7 weeks away from the next Choo Choo Party!
Great pics!
Peter
uh-oh-spaghetti-o?
Looks like a good crowd. Sorry I missed it!
Thanks to Alex and Dina . . . . . . . a fantastic day !!
Alex and Dina,
You guys did it again!!! We had a wonderful time. Great Friends, great food, great day! Let's get together again soon.
Another outstanding get together. The pictures and videos posted say it all.
Just think, if we didn't have this OGR Forum none of this would have happened. Thank you OGR but most of all a heartfull thanks to Alex & Dina hosting this annual open house.
I really enjoyed yesterday's event at your place Alex. Dina sure cooked some wonderful food there and it was great to see everyone there. Hope to see everyone at York come October.
Another great day with awesome folks. Ditto what Captain John said and thanks again Alex & Dina for a tremendous good time.
Oh, and the layout is progressing extremely well, looks great and operates perfectly. No surprise there.
What can you say about a day at Alex and Dina's to play with trains, talk to friends, eat WAY too much and have a great time, except GREAT TIME, GREAT FRIENDS, GREAT PARTY, GREAT FOOD, and oh yes, a GREAT LAYOUT. After all, the trains are what its all about (yeah, right).
And how thoughtful and what a great gift for Marty, one of the truly best people in the hobby.
Sue and I had a wonderful time, totally enjoyed ourselves, so thank you very much Alex & Dina.
Gerry
Thank you for inviting me. IT was a great time hearing war stories and seeing old familiar faces. Hopefully I will make it next year!
Pat Marinari posted:Another great day with awesome folks. Ditto what Captain John said and thanks again Alex & Dina for a tremendous good time.
Oh, and the layout is progressing extremely well, looks great and operates perfectly. No surprise there.
There was a layout there?
Great photos. I got to get there some day. Always have a conflict. Glad everyone had a great time. Thank you Alex and Dina for all you do.
Thanks again to Alex and Dina for hosting another wonderful event! I thoroughly enjoyed myself talking with everyone and seeing the progress on the layout.
Seeing Marty get his house was a highlight - a great gesture for a fine gentleman who always is willing to share his expertise with anyone who asks.
Just one suggestion for next year - do you think we could get some dessert??? 
-- Greg
Best part of the day was that MArty wore an NJHirailer shirt all day We had to fight him to get that Patriots Jersey off but it worked
What a great day, great food, great company, and even great weather. I also didn't get my elbow in the way of any trains this year! 
Alex , Dotty. and everyone with your very kind words, thank you from the bottom of my heart. This was a huge surprise to me. I am very thankful for this great honor. I knew nothing about this and was blown away. Alex is very well known for his great craftsmanship and building skills. I am sitting looking at the model as I post and cannot believe how accurate it is. Dotty provided Alex with dimensions and photos and Alex made his magic happen. I cannot thank everyone enough for the great support you have all given me over the past few years.
I always felt fortunate to have the large station on my layout built by Alex. Now I am energized to create an area for my house Alex created. Dotty took pictures of the layout through my front windows and Alex pit them inside the model so if you look inside the windows, you see the layout. The day was fantastic as it was and the house was a monster surprise.
To Alex, Dina, and all the great friends present yesterday, thank you very much. I am very lucky to know such great people and be able to call them friends.
Alex and Dina have done a fantastic job putting on this great event. I look forward more to my trip to Staten Island than York. Great trains, great food, and the greatest people anyone will ever know. It is a huge treat to be with the people who were at the open house. Alex has done a great job moving forward with his layout. It looks great and runs great. Trains ran perfect all day. This was a great day. Dina is one great cook. I can not thank her enough for all her hard work.
Marty
Boy do I wish I lived closer to Alex.....
Looks like a great time and I love the video of Marty getting his house.. ..
OUTSTANDING EVENT!!! IT WAS REALLY GREAT SEE OLD AND NEW FORUM AND YORK FRIENDS
Alex,
Monica and I had such a great time. Many thanks to you and Dina for a wonderful day!!!
Did you guys finish all the desserts???
Best,
michael
Great pictures and looks like it was so much fun. Too bad I live on the other coast! Thanks for posting though.
That looks like it was big-time fun. Alex and Dina, I don't know you, but you are clearly great hosts.
Steven J. Serenska
Great day had by all. It was nice to meet and talk to the OGR forum members at this fine event put on by Alex and Dina. The weather was great. The food was awesome Dina! And the desserts, oh those desserts.
Thanks Alex and Dina for a wonderful day!
The desserts were absurd! We'd have all died of sugar poisoning if we tried to eat half that huge amount of sweets!
Alex, Dina
Thanks for a hosting this great get together and the food was out of this world. It is always good to have a face to face conversation with people you talk to on line.
Bob D
Let's see...about the same time all this was going on I was probably sitting at a rest stop on the Ohio Turnpike eating a slice of Sbarro's pizza.
This looks like more fun! Maybe next year!
Here are some more photos:
Train fabric covers I made for Alex's train room stools
Football fans....
Goodfellas move over!
What's not to like about a day like this??
Better than dessert..Thank you Alex
Looks like a good time was had by all. Next year I will mark my calendar correctly (I thought it was next weekend). Glad everyone enjoyed themselves.
Sean
Great group and congrats Marty! Someday hope to make the party if they will allow us Schenectadians to attend.
dk122trains posted:Great group and congrats Marty! Someday hope to make the party if they will allow us Schenectadians to attend.
I heard people from that part of the state had to pay a premium at the door. 
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