Great OGR Forum friends visiting this week.

Very nice. Empire record building is great.

Outstanding!!!!! Love the building and Hershey paint scheme now does the diesel use JT;s Hot chocolate for exhaust!

Looks like you guys had a great time. Love the Hershey diesel. 

Great company to spend the day with. Looks like Alex did a superb job on the " Hershey" engine. Awesome job on the record store Gerry. Erol, next time your in Boston you gotta rent one of those " Segway's"  to sightsee.

Glad you all had a good time.  Love that Hershey locomotive and Empire Records.

Marty, Dotty and Ralph

 

Thanks for being a great host and friend. We had a great time visiting you and Dotty and seeing Boston. However most of all, we like visiting Ralph.

 

That other lawyer Morlitz is a copy cat. He has to visit you right after I did.

 

Erol 

Looked like a great time, with great people and a beautiful layout.

I wish I could have joined you guys, just to busy right now.

 

The Empire record store looks great, I had forgotten about the Hershey engine. it looks great.

 

I see Ralph the cat is getting into the action too.

 

Alex

Engine & building look great.

Alex,

 

Ralph is very popular.  Erol brings him treats when he comes to visit and that makes Erol the man when he is here.

I had a great time visiting Marty, Dotty and Ralph yesterday. Marty & Dotty are great people and it's always fun to talk to them and share things.

 

Looking at the pictures above, I can only say that the photo really doesn't do justice to the fantastic job that Alex did on the Hershey's engine. Many of you know that Sue and I take two of our grandchildren to Hershey for several days a couple of times each summer and the kids love it. So do I. So when i thought about a Hershey's engine and spoke to Alex, he thought the idea was pretty cool and did a great job. I just picked it up at the HiRailers meeting on Wednesday night and had to show it off.

 

I do intend to bring it to the HiRailers show on 10/26 (http://www.njhirailers.com/show-dates) which is our Halloween show, so come join us, enjoy the show, bring the kids or grandkids and have some fun. Locolawyer, that means you. Candy bars and trains -- what could be better??? And yes Don, I expect to use Jeb's  chocolate smoke fluid.

 

BTW, one of the really neat things about the Forum is prior lives and close connections. David1 mentioned the Hershey train, BUT HE WAS A CUSTOMER AT EMPIRE RECORDS about 50 years ago. And I undoubtedly waited on him. Really amazing for a couple of 45 year old guys.

 

Gerry

 

 

 

 

 

Marty, looks like a great time with Erol and his family. Being a lover of history, Boston is a great town to walk around and take in the sites. Looks like Ralph enjoyed the visit from Erol as well. Did you hit up the North End for Canolis?

 

Gerry, that picture of you sandwiched be3tween your grandkids on the carnival ride is priceless. Also, the building Alex crafted for your gift to Marty is outstanding and would be a welcome addition on anyones layout. Nice!

 

Thanks for sharing the pictures Marty.

 

Paul

This does not get any better, Marty. You and Dotty are blessed by having so many train friends, and Erol and Gerry are two of the very best. Having Forum members visit is really the best part of what our OGR Forum is all about. These friendships last a lifetime and like a good stock, they pay dividends year after year.

 

You were also blessed with some of the best weather of the summer. Glad you all had a wonderful time.

Trains, Friends and Grandkids, what could be better? a visit to Marty"s layout

Looks like a great time  Love the Hershey engine  I bring the grandkids to Hershey every December.  They have a ball and Hershey has some real cool things including real reindeers.

 

By the way the shirt Gerry is wearing is one of the TCA Metropolitan Divisions convention shirts for 2015  Go Ape in 2015 with King Kong on the He11Gate bridge.

Glad to see Erol back around when we visited with Marty the other week I asked about him/you as you were not at Alex's and hadn't seen you on the forum as of late.

 

Marty, after leaving your house we asked Cassie if she would like to go into Boston to the Tea Party Ships or Plymouth? She chose the Tea Party Ships so we went into Boston and took the Tea Party Ships Experience, very inter-active and historical. Recommended history Educational to-do. Then went by Paul Reever's House and old North Church. Then headed to Jon's and got there about 1:00 in the morning. Thanks for a great time; and I'm sure Cassie says hi to Ralph

 

Love the Record Store too.

 

Will send Email soon.

Gerry,

 

Beautiful photo's looks like you're having a great time with your grandchildren. That's what it's all about

 

Thanks,

Alex

 

Erol,

 

   I see you're hanging out with Ralph the cat, he really likes ya!!!!

What more can you ask for, hanging out with Marty, Dottie, Ralph

and a fantastic layout.

 

 

 

Gerry the Daredevil!

Marty and Dottie are great hosts  This was one of my favorite visits  And we got to tag the wall with anti Patriots propaganda

 

 

We all know who rules this roost.

 

Ralph Rules

 

Looks like a blast......looking forward to seeing everyone in a few weeks.

 

Peter