Monthly DuPage Show is this Sunday, Mar 8th

Art:

I will be there; I think Ken will be as well. Looking forward to it!

Enjoy!  I'm just hoping that the weather won't interfere with the Altoona, PA train show on the 15th.  It's usually okay, but this year, who can tell?

Yep, I plan on being there.  At least right now the weather appears it will be nice on Sunday with 40 degree temps.  Ken

Come to think of it....we have a Daylight Savings Time change this weekend...

Hmmmm….

I just might have to adjust my schedule.

- RICH

Rich -

I hope that means that you are coming to the show?  Haven't seen you for a while.

Art

Matt - You had mentioned that you might possibly be coming back again this weekend?  If so, that would be great and we can get your passengers safely sent back to the twin cities with you.  If not, I will be sure to get them from Tim and we can then get them safely sent to you.  The biggest worry is with Stan around as he is a huge C&NW fan too. 

Art

Rich,  On your way home why not stop by the Griffith Club and see what is going on, it is right on your way.  We have an open House Saturday & Sunday from 10:00-5:00. Ed was there for our last open house and he just may pop in again.

If you happen to see LJ at DuPage introduce yourself and see if he remembers you.  (inside joke)

Hi Art

   I will be there. The weather has screwed my travel up and leaves me home this weekend! Have you heard from Eric (Zett), Charlie or Jack? Looking forward to seeing all.

best

Ray Marion

Ray,

Until the weather gets a LOT better, I'm not raking the Vette out to DuPage County Fair Grounds! Maybe May?

"I hope that means that you are coming to the show?"

…and to breakfast if I can swing it.

"On your way home why not stop by the Griffith Club?"

Depending on what time I'm coming home, that's exactly what I'll do.

Hopefully see you all Sunday.

- RICH

I hope to make it this week but too early to make breakfast.

Do you still meet up later for coffee?

Don

Art

I will see you there.

Yes, we usually get together for coffee at 9:30 - 10:00

Art

I realize that you know that daylight savings time starts this weekend, but it is easy to forget.  I wonder how many will be late or miss breakfast because of it?

Art

It's official:

I'm going to DuPage for the first time in over 15 years. Who knows, maybe I can find some items I'm looking for.

Art, can you e-mail me your cell number in so we can meet up? I don't know if I can make breakfast, so i might have to find you at the show.

See you all Sunday.

- RICH

I'm out this weekend, need to work on the baby room. Yep, destroyed my train budget.

Ray I have not messed with the couplers yet, hopefully soon. 

Art with your chicago station pictures you really need to concentrate on grabbing some Rock Island power Sunday.

Ok who went to the show today? I'm not feeling good the past week so I decided to skip this months show. All I know I have not passed on any sickness to anyone. Let me know how the show was. Thanks Guys.

My automatic-setting alarm clock did not update to DST, so I overslept. Oh well, I spent too much money on Marklin on some not-to-be-mentioned-by-name auction site.

Don't feel bad, I overslept too.  I woke up 10 minutes late as the alarm didn't go off.

It was a great show today in my opinion.  Good crowds and a lot of vendors too.  Had to park further out than usual. 

Picked up Matt's K-Line 21" C&NW passenger cars and had help carrying them to the car.  AlanRail loaned me a Lionel Milwaukee Hiawatha Station Sounds Dining car to take home and stretch it's legs along with his engine and other cars. 

Bought three used buildings for my towns of Spencer and Ruthven.

The two outside ones have full interiors.  They will make great additions to my towns.

Had a good gang at breakfast this morning even though it was the start of Daylight Savings Time.  Excellent conversations as usual and it made the day a lot of fun.

Art

You never know what you will find at the Dupage Train Show. Nice purchase, Art.

Thanks, Brian.  It made me a little sad to see all the remnants of what obviously was a well done and scenicked layout being sold on a table at DuPage.  Made me realize that this is how most of our layouts will end up after we are gone.  Left to our wives to have dismantled and sold off for someone else's future enjoyment.  The other side of the coin was that it must have provided many hours of pleasure to the creator.

These are a good example of the types of treasures that can be found at DuPage.  I paid $45 for these three buildings but may have been able to get them for even less, but I felt that they were a good value at that price.  The left building has a full interior with a bar with a bartender and customer and a pool table with accessories.  The bakery building on the right has a counter with stools and a bakery case filled with goodies.  The garage was a model front that I had planned to get anyway and the fact that it was signed for Williams Motors sealed the deal for me.

After a little cleanup, new lightning and signs, I will use the right two for background in Spencer and the bar on the left will go in downtown Ruthven.

Art