OGR AND THE NEW JERSEY HI-RAILERS HAD THE PARTY AND YOU WERE INVITED.....!!!....AND MANY OF YOU CAME!!!

Traindiesel posted:

I love it when a plan comes together!  Saw this notice just before making our flight reservations.  Added an extra day to the trip so Lynley and I will be attending.  What a great way to cap off York Week and to celebrate the hobby and the magazine that brought us all together.  It's going to be a week long PARTY!!

And what makes it better is we will be visiting our daughter in Philly on Saturday, so we will stay overnight in Philly and have a shorter drive to Paterson than it would be from York.  Then after the party we'll stay in Philly again and head to BWI Monday morning for our afternoon flight home.  PERFECTION!

So glad you and Lynley will be there.

Gerry

bluelinec4 posted:

Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:

Don't forget to RSVP. Still working on my coworker Bob about this. Is there any deadline to RSVP by? I know it is still a ways away, but always good to ask the questions before you're at the door and can't get in.

The deadline to rsvp is the Saturday before. We just want to gauge how many are coming

ILL BE THERE ALSO,THANX BEN..........

Allan Miller posted:

I plan to be there on Sunday (my first visit to that fabulous layout). My spouse, Wendy, may or may not be with me. . . it's too early yet to tell what her work schedule will be, plus we have another grandson on the way and due soon.

Congratulations on the grandson, who I'm sure will someday be a master model railroader.

Looking forward to this, what a great idea!

Great idea and planning having it York weekend.  Already put in for my personal days to attend York so staying the extra day won't be a problem.  Even though I have seen tons of pictures and videos of the NJ HiRailers layout it has been on my bucket list to see in person.  I know some people think just seeing a picture will make people not want to visit a layout but that is definitely not me or probably the majority of us in this hobby.  Can't wait until October. 

Alan, what do you think about running one article from very early OGR magazines each issue for a year. I think it might be fun to see how it was done years ago.

Don

scale rail posted:

Alan, what do you think about running one article from very early OGR magazines each issue for a year. I think it might be fun to see how it was done years ago. Don

Don...come on to our party and we can discuss this....

Bryan in Ohio posted:

Great idea and planning having it York weekend.  Already put in for my personal days to attend York so staying the extra day won't be a problem.  Even though I have seen tons of pictures and videos of the NJ HiRailers layout it has been on my bucket list to see in person.  I know some people think just seeing a picture will make people not want to visit a layout but that is definitely not me or probably the majority of us in this hobby.  Can't wait until October. 

Once you've seen it in person, it's much more impressive than the pictures.

scale rail posted:

Alan, what do you think about running one article from very early OGR magazines each issue for a year. I think it might be fun to see how it was done years ago. Don

I love that idea   Its like culture shock looking back over the old issues

bluelinec4 posted:

scale rail posted:

Alan, what do you think about running one article from very early OGR magazines each issue for a year. I think it might be fun to see how it was done years ago. Don

I love that idea   Its like culture shock looking back over the old issues

Funny (ironic) - I just pulled out the first year's issues this past weekend and paged through time for the first time in several years.  It was like opening a time capsule.  I think it's a great idea - similar to what they did with covers in their 200th issue.

-Greg

Alan, how much is a flight from Maui to New Jersey? Or, maybe Rich can pick me up in his plane. Don

If you see this..

maybe you guys could pick me up too?

Uh Oh. Maybe the I love NY site's pictures can't be posted here? 

Joe, we could pick you up but there are no floats on the plane. Don

I still have to RSVP. This weekend for sure, keep forgetting during the week, and the weekends have been somewhat hectic as of late.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Bryan in Ohio posted:

Great idea and planning having it York weekend.  Already put in for my personal days to attend York so staying the extra day won't be a problem.  Even though I have seen tons of pictures and videos of the NJ HiRailers layout it has been on my bucket list to see in person.  I know some people think just seeing a picture will make people not want to visit a layout but that is definitely not me or probably the majority of us in this hobby.  Can't wait until October. 

Once you've seen it in person, it's much more impressive than the pictures.

Truer words have yet to be written.

Engineer-Joe posted:

If you see this..

maybe you guys could pick me up too?

Which one is you? Granted I won't be up that way. 😆

I'm not saying that I will be the best dressed man there, but I just ordered my new O-Gauge 50 year Hoody. With that over my NJHR shirt I will definitely be ready for GQ!

WOW, that's looking great! The dwarfs all the other buildings!

Can I park in the WTC garage again?

scale rail posted:

...Or, maybe Rich can pick me up in his plane. Don

Don, when I was flying, the aircraft I flew was not mine. I flew it for the owner. I was just the airborne bus driver.

I made my last flight on April 28, 2019 and am no longer flying. All done with that. So you’ll have to go the commercial route. Sorry.  😉

This is turning out to be quite the party   We have confirmation from a number of industry leaders that will be attending from Lionel, MTH, Atlas, Metca, and others.  We also have some pretty nice giveaways and raffles.   C'Mon down!!!!!!!!!!!

RSVP in!

Jim

Patterson NJ ......home of Hurricane Carter..

Nessmuck posted:

Patterson NJ ......home of Hurricane Carter..

this guy got famous in Paterson too

and there is a statue for this guy

bluelinec4 posted:

Nessmuck posted:

Patterson NJ ......home of Hurricane Carter..

this guy got famous in Paterson too

and there is a statue for this guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTcRRaXV-fg

Who's on first.

Trainmaster04 posted:

bluelinec4 posted:

Nessmuck posted:

Patterson NJ ......home of Hurricane Carter..

this guy got famous in Paterson too

and there is a statue for this guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTcRRaXV-fg

Who's on first.

One of the funniest skits ever  

BTW  The other pic is Larry Dobey      There is a baseball field named after him in Paterson  He got his exposure while playing baseball in high school in paterson  First black player in the American league  

bluelinec4 posted:

Weren't those towers inside the helix or am I thinking of a different tower? 

Must be a different one, those are brand new!

Holy Cow, what Helix?  Looks like a bit of work taking place!

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Holy Cow, what Helix?  Looks like a bit of work taking place!

Yikes - Somebody call the Batman - It looks like Gotham has been stolen!! 

I was only there once, but its a layout so large it should get a drone flyover!!

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Must be a different one, those are brand new!

Ok, I remember seeing a building that looked like those. Oh well wish I could go, but I live in Texas and that is quite aways from New Jersey.

The LCCA will be represented at this Party.

I will be promoting the clubs 50th ANNIV.  TO BE HELD IN OMAHA NEB. NEXT JULY.

SAL GAMBINO

PRES/ELECT LCCA

Well we have a number of speakers and presentations for your listening pleasure at this event along with some special surprises

First up is yours truly  ME  to welcome everybody to the NJ HiRail club and to wish a very Happy Birthday to the OGR family

The next group of dignitaries is the OGR muckity mucks including Myron Biggar

Mike Phillips from Lionel will be next along with Ryan and Dave

We have Sal Gambino and Al Kolis from the LCCA

MTH is sending the very esteemed and affable representive named Andy Edelman

The local division of the TCA called METCA is sending  Stu Rankin

Atlas is sending Steve Horvath along with his cowboy hat

Then we have the forum stars of Skip Natoli and Alex Malliae to share their experiences with us 

We will have some giveaways along with sales of our special run cars and locomotives.  There will be all the birthday festivities including Cake balloons and more.  So Cmon down  I see this as being a blast!!!!!!!!!!!!

We'll be there!

Hi all see you there oct 20th Alan great job o the layout Ben!

My O-Gauge Hoody came the other day. Boy it is really nice. Heavy weight, water resistant with a hidden key pocket in the right hand pocket.

Count me in, looking forward to seeing old friends and the layout with the WTC towers.

Apollo flight controllers, this is Houston. Listen up:

Tomorrow, it will be 10 days and counting until the launch of OGR Magazine's 50th Anniversary/Birthday party hosted by NJ HiRailers Train Club, and all Forum members are invited to this spectacular celebration!

Arnold 

I plan to attend.

MELGAR