NMRA National Train Show in Cleveland

Wow! Look at the vendor list!

http://www.nationaltrainshow.o...hibitorListAlpha.pdf

If I show up, where can I find U???

Be sure to stop by and visit our Independent HiRailers Midwest Division layout. I'll try and post some photos for those who can't make the show.

 

 - RICH

It appears the NMRA National Convention didn’t limit themselves to just the Cleveland area. Looks like a few were spotted in Erie.


I caught this on the news





Looking forward to the pictures, Rich.

K.C.

And I am across the Isle with the HO Scale Free-mo Display.  I also may Be by the Rindt's Relic's Display.  Come and see some of his O scale Offerings

I hope you went through the USS Cod next the the Rock Hall. http://www.usscod.org/

 

 

I'd have a long winded reply but I just made it back home. The size of the show was amazing. I've never seen such large displays. For me, O scale was almost poorly represented until I heard a magic voice......

 

 

There's just something about when HW tells a story. He has me awestruck as if I saw Santa as a kid.....just a story about his blue ray player not playing his own video. A hearty chuckle and a great sense of humor. Seems he has a much bigger personality in person!

 

It is so easy to talk to Mike and Andy from MTH. However when I got their attention and maybe got out a question or two, I remembered life on the road and the people I had met. I only enjoyed the ones who made me smile. No sense bending their ear on some gripe or wish. These guys must spend so much time on the road. If I may say, Mike says he travels "over there" like 4 or 5 times a year, (at least?). Plus traveling, shows, product development and such. Still great guys to talk with about what's going on.

 Sorry Mike for the losy pic!

 

Not really much G gauge to speak of there. I saw an ad saying there would be some. There's a Piko display with their new Camelback, one LGB G scale train, and a big Bachmann display.

 Not much to buy anyways. MTH had a new looking O scale NYC DF Hudson that was a scale wheeled model. I couldn't get Mike to say it was for sale. My girl was glad about that.

maybe this one?

http://mthtrains.com/content/22-3522-2

looks great to me.

Atlas had much more showing in the smaller scales too. They did have some O scale there and it caught my eye....

Thanks for the excellent pictures, and report on the “Big Show”, Engineer-Joe…  

Has O-Gauge always been lightly represented at this event? 
Was Lionel there Hawking Their Ware?

Thanks again!!..

K.C.

O guage has been very lightly represented in my history of attending, but at one of

these in Columbus, Ohio some years ago, 3rd Rail announced that they would be

doing brass three rail.  That was a biggie. I was pretty underwhelmed at this one, and surprised people think this was a big show, but I guess York spoils you.

York, while great for O scalers, is a little narrow in scope. Thus it's not a public show. The Cleveland show is much more a train show for the 'public' and thus more generic. We forget that while we here on the OGR Forum feel like a big group......we are still a minority scale in a small hobby. There is nothing wrong with that....but I know that going into any 'train' show. I'd like to have attended the show myself......but about to head out to the national Hudson meet......the car not the NYC loco!

The NMRA's National Train Show is indeed a show and not a meet (York is a meet).  The goal of the NMRA event is to expose the public--especially the public--to the scope and diversity of the entire model railroading hobby.  All scales from Z through Large Scale are represented in some form or fashion.  I've never been to a show, meet, or layout in any scale where I couldn't learn something useful that could be applied to my own modeling efforts.

Joe, thank you for the great pictures and description of the show.  The last one I attended was in St. Louis and it was a fabulous show.

 

Art

Thanks Joe for the photos. Gives those of us who cannot attend a look at what we missed.

 

Nice to see the Chicago boys well represented.

sorry, I was too sleepy to post them all last night!

I took around a hundred shots so....

I missed NCE's booth until I was leaving and saw it from the exit. Digitrax was there too. I didn't see QSI??

(I use DCS anyways but like to stay current)

Lots of different manufacturers that are available and willing to discuss trains!

Man! I forgot to go back to the Fast Tracks booth and get some jigs! Urrggg. I hate being the photo guy.

great pictures joe!-reminds me of the orange hall at york. minus the pay-the-restroom-guys. we are above that here in ohio. they get you at the parking lots instead.-jim

ahh 6 bucks wasn't too bad. We got a spot in the shade on the ramp too.

we stopped for a second about half way to see a glimpse of anything that would be outside. Bad timing I guess. I drove around the Erie plant and nothing! I should have BS'd my way in....I had on a train shirt!

 

I missed a talk with the booth for the O scale king's. He was busy and I didn't make it back.

two rail!!! (stupid camera focused on the shelf's crack?). Urrggg.

 Does Lionel go to this show?  

Did anyone go out to visit my friend, Jim Berilla, at The Trading Post Train Shop on Pearl Road in Cleveland?

No, I don't believe they have ever participated in that particular show.

Thanks for sharing all the photos, Joe!    

No problem...Boss!

Did Bachmann display the new paint schemes for the GP38-2 that were announced in the catalog?

 

Thank you.

 

Andrew

I have attended 4 NMRA National Conventions and the associated National Train Show.  I have enjoyed all the shows.  I especially like the home and club layout tours.

 

O gauge is not well represented at most NMRA Conventions because there are not that many O gauge model railroads around.  

 

The Hartford convention in 2009 had the Stamford Club (2 rail O) and another 3 rail club in either northern CT or southern MA open. (I have forgotten the name of this layout.)  Both of these layouts were amazing and well worth the trip.  The Seattle convention had some spectacular ON3 logging and mining layouts on tour.  The San Diego convention had the San Diego 3-rail layout and the San Diego 2 rail club in Balboa park both open.   

 

One of the best thing about the NMRA conventions is that you get to see some amazing layouts in all scales.  I enjoy all of them no matter what the scale.  I also enjoy talking to the vendors.  Rock scenery is rock scenery in all scales.

 

This convention (Cleveland) is unusual because of the large 3-rail layout shown in the photos at the train show.  I don't recall seeing any other modular 3-rail layouts at any of the NMRA shows that I have attended.  I want to thank the 3-rail modular group for displaying our segment of the hobby.

 

Joe

 

 

 

  

I was hoping that someone else could answer this? I didn't look at much of their stuff.

Here is a link to the photos I took. I won't take up space here. If you want you can click over and check them out. Mostly smaller scales of course. It was a fantastic show though. Biggest and best I've ever seen.

 

https://www.facebook.com/media...e=1&l=53ba588c8b

An excellent group of photos, Jonathan!  Thanks for taking them and sharing them!