Rattler21 - I haven't heard back from you, but I am assuming you received my email reply.  One of us will be happy to help you get your things inside at the show.  Join us for breakfast if you can and we can go from there.

 

Art

Should be a good one. The December Show is typically one of the best of the year.

It sounds like you guys have a good time every month.

I will be there!  My Brother and his son will be joining too.

Ken

Art - I'll be there. Maybe oatmeal this time instead of the 12 egg omelette and basketball sized pancakes!! 

John - If you still need help getting things in, let us know at breakfast.  Look forward to seeing you.

 

Ken - That's great Ken.  Look forward to meeting your brother and his son.  Are they into 3-rail trains too?

 

Jeff - I know what you mean, they do serve a big breakfast there.  I've not seen anyone leave hungry.

 

Art

We will be there.  Looking for the 50th anniversary passanger cars......

rboatertoo - That's great.  I don't recognize you from your forum ID, but I'm getting old and need for you to cut me as much slack as you can.  Will you be able to join us for breakfast?

 

Art

Art,

I will be joining you for breakfast. Hopefully the weather holds out and we get a lot of sellers!

franktrain

Not making breakfast, we have to drive for an hour......

Frank - That's great!  I hear the weather is currently forecast to be warmer and no precip.

 

Art

I'm planning on going this month.

Art I'll see you  The Verdict Restaurant on Sunday.

Eric - Great, looking forward to seeing you there.

 

Scot - Great, can you take pictures again?

 

Art

Art

My Brother has a Ogauge collection.  His son has a shelf N scale layout. 

It's MONDAY- Art, the show is a week a way! I'll be there, too.

 

Ahhh to be retired. . . 

Alan - Your getting cranky enough that we will welcome you into grumpy old men's club.  I guess by telling you on Monday I run the risk of your forgetting it by Sunday? 

 

See you Sunday.

 

Art

I will be at the swap. One day I must make breakfast again.

I live not to far away and I have been there before, so I might consider going this weekend.

Sounds good Daniel.  You're welcome to join us for breakfast at The Verdict.

 

Art

I have been receiving some good-natured ribbing about how early some of us have been going to breakfast.  I don't know what is going on either but it seems like a couple of us are getting there earlier all the time.  I have gotten there at 6:30 and found Milt there reading a book waiting for us.  Another time Jim was there real early too.  My excuse is that the traffic at that time is almost non-existent and I didn't take that into consideration.

 

Art 

It looks like Stan, Les, Ron, Jack, Ron & Debbie are going, but no commitment about breakfast.

Art

It was fun seeing everyone at the breakfast this morning.  Not sure if anyone took any pictures at breakfast, but there was one long table and a separate booth that attended the breakfast.  I was the 1^st one at the restaurant at 6:25 am with my brother and his son.  Got there earlier than expected!  The buildings were crowded this morning which is good for the show.  Art and Les stopped by my house after the show to see my Christmas Layout.  The Picture below is a quick snapshot of them in front of my layout, but unfortunately not the best quality due to the lightening in the room.    Ken

Ken - Thank you again for your hospitality.  You have done a beautiful job on your Christmas layout.  I already had the Christmas spirit but this put me over the top.  I couldn't believe that you had 6 trains running at the same time!  With all your passenger trains I thought I might have been at Brian's (Passenger Train Collector) by mistake.  I especially loved your Milwaukee Road passenger pulled by Lionel's 261, that is on my wish list.

 

Lastly is you hadn't kept an eye on me, I was tempted to make off with your cute little dog, Isabelle.  She's a real charmer.

 

Art

Yesterday was a great day at DuPage in my opinion.  I don't think anyone took any pictures and I didn't buy anything, but we started with a great group at breakfast.

 

Former members that were there:  Rattler21, sp2207, kjstrains, Jeff T, Franktrain, AlanRail, DaveRipp, RD, and me Chugman.  Non-forum members were: Les, Bill, Mike, Doug, Howard, Stan, and Ken's brother and nephew.

 

The weather was great, a little misty but temps in the high 40's which is not bad for Chicago in December.  I thought the crowds were great with a lot of vendors too. 

 

I didn't buy anything, but drooled over the new Atlas passenger cars in Milwaukee Road.  Les bought a really cool Ives passenger train, which I don't know much about but was impressed with.  As I left I saw people carrying out lots of boxes, in fact it reminded me of York in that regard.  It sounds like this was the curtain call for Denny's Trains from Oswego.  He told me he has been showing at DuPage for 44 years!  It won't be the same not seeing him in building 4.  And Eddie that has sold Artista figures at DuPage had his last show and is retiring due to his health.  He is a great guy and will be missed.

 

If I missed anybody, I'm sorry.  I had a great time.  Merry Christmas

 

Art

Sorry I was a no-show, I was under the weather yesterday. Sorry to hear Eddie is done, he was always up for a conversation.

I made the swap only, and before I left home, I made my first ever purchase from the OGR For Sale forum.

At Du Page, I picked up a custom S Scale signal I commissioned from Z-Stuff for trains. 

That was about it. Nice weather, good day out.

Zett - Sorry you weren't feeling well, but we appreciate your not sharing with us.  We did miss you and hope you feel better soon.

 

Art

Art

Again, thanks for stopping by with Les yesterday.  Isabel is a lot of fun, but is a handful too!!  She does not always warm-up to unfamiliar people that fast…so she obviously took a likening to you!   So, is Denny closing his shop in Oswego or just no longer going attend the show?  Ken

Ken - I think that he is just not going to DuPage any more.  It sure will seem different not seeing him taking the whole end of building 4.  It was a meeting place for a lot of his train friends.  You could always find friends there to chat with.

 

Art

I suppose it might be appropriate to post this here...

 

I really wish I could have made the show; I've been fighting Mr. Influenza for about about a week. I wanted to tell all of you that these monthly get togethers at the Verdict/DuPage show have really added another dimention of fun to this hobby; THANK YOU.

 

I wish all of you and yours Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. 

 

Jon

 

 

This was the first time I met the fellas for breakfast before the show. It was great to see old friends and make some new ones but 6:30 is really early!

Had breakfast and went to the show and walked all the buildings plus the parking lot vendors and was done by 9:30... didn't know what to do with myself...

Did you guys ever consider getting together for brunch?

 

Had a great time and Merry Christmas to the breakfast club!

 

ps: OK Brian.. I made it for breakfast now it's your turn!

Monthly DuPage Show is this Sunday - Who's Going?

Hi Art • Always enjoy seeing your breakfast photos from the show.