Invitation To Run Your SG Trains On SGMA's Layout At Trainfest 2017

That does sound like fun ! Wonder if there is an event like yours in the Philadelphia  PA area?

Thanks for the shout out!

JohnnieWalker posted:

That does sound like fun ! Wonder if there is an event like yours in the Philadelphia  PA area?

It is a SGMA tradition, that at every train show where SGMA erects one of our a modular layouts to allow fellow Standard Gauge enthusiasts to run their Standard Gauge trains on the SGMA layout.  I don't know at what train shows the East Coast SGMA group is going to attend but in the past several SGMA layouts have been run at train shows in the Philadelphia area.  In fact, before moving to the Midwest I was the SGMA Modulator for a show outside Philly in Oaks, PA and again for a train show in Chantilly, VA near Washington, DC.  I will contact some East Coast SGMA members and ask them to post their show schedule here.

Bob Nelson

Hello Bob 

Can you use some help setting up on Friday ?    Happy to help ..and bring a train or two .  You had a beautiful layout last year , looking forward to the show . 

Here is a link to see the layout from last year ...with my 1912 running  on more straight track then in at ever seen in it's life !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk-xt0KJH98

Cheers Carey 

Carey Williams posted:

Hello Bob 

 Can you use some help setting up on Friday ?   

 Cheers Carey 

Carey,

Come on down!  We can use your help!!

Bob

Hello train world ..next weekend Trainfest ..come on out and join the 20,000 + visitors ....billed as the largest toy train show in America ..see link 

https://www.trainfest.com/

Last night oiling up a very trains to take to the show ....

Bob you want to double head Cascades ? 

Cheers Carey 

any standard gauge folk in that area,,please do so,i was honored to have my lti Milwaukee Hiawatha on the layout when they were in Pittsburgh for the tca convention in jun,what a super sight to see,i say go for it,you will be smilin

Thanks for the mention. Hope to see you. We're expecting mid-50s, light rain and a great day!

Tomorrow, Friday, November 10th, is layout setup day for SGMA at Trainfest 2017.  This will be SGMA's sixth consecutive year at Trainfest and should be another great one.  

If you are coming to the show, please visit SGMA's layout during the show and say "Hi" to all your fellow "tinplaters".  And if you run Standard Gauge, please be sure to bring to the show your favorite SG train in order to experience for yourself the thrill of running it on SGMA's layout.  If you do, you will be able to watch, hear and smell your train as it rumbles and roars down a long length of a SGMA mainline, filling the air with ozone and smoke as it races past you.  IMHO, there is nothing better!

So join us at Trainfest 2017 this coming Saturday or Sunday, November 11-12, in the Expo Center at the Wisconsin State Fair park.  See you there!

Bob Nelson

It was a pleasure seeing you again Bob! I enjoyed seeing the first run of the Milwaukee Super 381, very impressive.

Carey Williams, you have a great collection of very rarely seen Standard Gauge, it was great to see the GG1 and NYC steam engine with those massive cars. Thanks for bringing them!