Thanks to Bob Amling this video was produced as a Remembrance of the way it was
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Great video Ben (and Bob). Looking forward to a last look at the old layout on Saturday.
Agreed. Absolutely great video. Grandson and I see you all tomorrow.
Awesome! Thanks for the memories.
I smile every time I see Tim Finley. I was at one of the Trainstock events. Tim was there and it was his first time seeing the layout. He was literally running around the place with his camera like a 5 year old. Every time I past him he would he would say, " This is great!". Fun times indeed.
Great video.....sorry that I can't be there tomorrow....I will cherish my memories from the prior TrainStock's I've attended......best wishes for a great event and safe travel to all......
Peter
Wow, just wow. I watched this video this morning. Twice! Fantastic trains and even better people. Don't skip ahead. Watch it all.
Best of luck to the New Jersey High-Railers. You are great ambassadors for the hobby.
The video says it all. NJ Hi Railers are the best. I cherish all the times I have visited over the years and am broken hearted that I cannot be there for the final show.
All the best guys for the future.
This was so professionally put together, from the editing to the cinematography.
A job well done to everyone who got it done.
That is a very well done video!
Bob, you did a fantastic, and very professional job, of shooting, writing and editing this. This is a lasting tribute to "the way it was."
I sure hope you guys find a new home for the NJ Hi-Railers, and I hope you can salvage large parts of this railroad.
Great video. Looking forward to seeing it one more time tomorrow.
Bob
@bluelinec4, Ben thanks for the memories. I'm sad because I can't make it to one last great gathering at your tremendous club. That's the place, the layouts and most importantly the people. I look forward to visiting with the NJHRs again once you have found a new home.
Superb! Simply Superb! A great club with great members. You all are a true credit to the hobby, and I only hope that somehow, somewhere, you will find a new and truly lasting new home.
Wow! I’m just blown away at what a great video this is. Not so much because of the trains, but what a great extended family you all created around our amazing hobby!
You guys are the best and I wish you success in finding a new home soon.
I wish we could be there to celebrate this weekend, but my boys have their usual busy schedules.
Me and my boys had such a great time visiting the club summer of 2023. Still very thankful to Ben and Junior for their amazing hospitality!
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Cool video, and I'm looking forward to a new NJ-HR layout bigger and better than ever!
Outstanding video. Great production quality. Man, I wish I could fly up there and see this thing before it’s taken down. Hope you guys have an extra special train stock this year.
Very nice. See you all tomorrow.
What a GREAT video, well done NJ Hi-Railers!
I wish you guys the best from North Carolina!
Great video and production.
Can't wait to see the layout and some of you in person for the first time tomorrow.
Thanks for sharing the Video Ben. Tim (I think, he was the Gentleman standing next to you in the video), that was the most accurate statement to talk about the group that models the Tehachapi Loop. They don't like having fun like some of us in the Toy Train Gallery where the San Diego 3-Railers are.
Great video Ben......brought back so many fond memories when Sue and I visited you guys last year.
I was apprehensive, as the only other "club" layout I have ever been to was a "Hornby" 3 rail club in Brisbane (100klm up the road from me here on the Gold Coast, in Australia) and they were a bunch of "old boys" who didn't like strangers.
You guys made me feel right at home, and I was just awe struck!!! Even let me run my brand new MTH Norfolk Southern SD-40 I just picked up from Pat at E-Z Catch Trains on Staten Island that morning.
I wish you all the best in finding a new "home", and getting the trains up and running again.
Peter.....Buco Australia.
@Buco posted:Great video Ben......brought back so many fond memories when Sue and I visited you guys last year.
I was apprehensive, as the only other "club" layout I have ever been to was a "Hornby" 3 rail club in Brisbane (100klm up the road from me here on the Gold Coast, in Australia) and they were a bunch of "old boys" who didn't like strangers.
You guys made me feel right at home, and I was just awe struck!!! Even let me run my brand new MTH Norfolk Southern SD-40 I just picked up from Pat at E-Z Catch Trains on Staten Island that morning.
I wish you all the best in finding a new "home", and getting the trains up and running again.
Peter.....Buco Australia.
You mean this one.....
I visited the club with Peter and his wife while they were here in the States. I will second Peter's comments. Ben and the crew were great!
Bob
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@Buco posted:You guys made me feel right at home, and I was just awe struck!!!
Buco, you nailed it. 100% the truth! That’s what makes this place and group extra special. So welcoming you feel like old friends right away and don’t want to leave.
My first train club experience was at a Holiday open house. I was just getting back into the hobby and was interested in joining. All I got out of the first member I asked told me to fill out an application and the club would let me know if I was accepted. I got some more info out of another member, before you could ever run trains you had the serve time as a spotter, then an assistant dispatcher, and then dispatcher. Once you were allowed to run trains you had to do so under supervision. It would be more than a year before you could run trains on your own.
The NJHRs will let you bring your trains and run them on their layout during Trainstock. Answer any questions about the club, the layout, trains, the hobby, hockey...whatever. They're friendly, want everyone to have a good time and go out of their way to ensure a good time is had by all. That's the difference between their extended family and a lot of the other clubs out there.
I count myself fortunate for being able to visit this amazing place before the next chapter. Wonderful video and production, such a great story of one of the greatest clubhouses of all time. Here's to more success with the new plans!!
That short piece of video was just fantastic Bob @RSJB18. I will keep that safe in my laptop memory.
Thank you so much Bob, and yes we had a great day with you (birthday boy) and your son, and Mark Spadaro.
That day was how you make memories that last forever.
Peter.....Buco Australia.
An excellent video telling the story of the history of the layout as well as the story of the hobby. I didn't get a chance to read this the other day but I'd say it means so much more after being there at Trainstock.
I was telling my brother the other day about how nice the NJ HiRailers are. I had told him about in 2019 at the OGR 50th how Ben was explaining the control panel as well as several other things while I was taking pictures. I said to my brother how I flubbed a picture while listening to Ben and had to delete and retake the picture.
The video is a testament on how we all should be to each other, personal. I had told my brother how friendly those at the club had treated me as well as others I have come to know from seeing them at York.
I'll pop this video on my Facebook just like I popped one of the pictures I took with my phone while we were there yesterday to show what fun I was having. I know Facebook's algorithm is against video posts, but I know some of my friends on there usually see what I post. I do intend to post some of the pictures I took yesterday during the week on there as well as start up Tall Building Tuesday once again since I have new material.
When you all get into the new place and have everything for an open house, count me in, I'll be there with my camera once again to capture the running on the rails and just about everything else I can see.