OGR Forum Party Part 4 - AKA Trainstock 4

Ben,

I have a sick wife and kid so my trip has cancelled. Maybe next year.
Scott Smith

The NJHighrailer crew is still at the club making preparations for tomorrow. LOL I think I noticed Ben tasting some of the food.

No fair peeking Bill


BTW the chicken came great

Can't sleep...is it morning yet????

Everyone have a safe trip!

--Greg

quote:

Can't sleep...is it morning yet????

Me too. I gotta be up in 3 hours!

walking out the door in 5 minutes

On my way

Leaving at Zero 900
Waiting for the Queenie

I know everyone will be having a great time and sorry that I can't make it. We got notified earlier this week that my very active 92 year old father-in-law was hospitalized in Phoenix with liver cancer and we are flying out. Post a lot of pics John and Ben for those that can't be there please.

We are leaving in a few minutes (from Ashburn, VA), so keep your fingers crossed for us and the traffic, hope to get there no later than 3:00.

Looking forward to it - thanks for the tips re: directions and parking.

Cheers,

John

Folks,

Have a good time! Sorry will miss this great event and the chance to see many of you. Hope to be able to attend some day.

Will surely miss Vinny's sausages:





and my favorite eggplant parm .... and a great glass of Tuscan wine:







Ben and Company, thanks for putting this great party together!

Prairie

Ok who ever is messing with the WEB CAMS cut it out.

Had a great time. Thanks for having us!

Just got home. We had a great time with wonderful people and great food. Thanks NJHR for another terrific gathering and a beautiful layout.

...I'll second what Don said. We were amazed at all the changes since last year!

Ed

I'll third that, I had a great time and the RR looks great and the hospitality is always Outstanding!!! Happy Railroading!!!!-Don Klose

The web cam coverage was terrific. Well done all!

Just got back in and must say that 2012's event was the best ever. The layout just keeps growing bigger and getting better each year. The new additions of the refinery, huge hotels and monorial were awesome.
When I left I couldn't find them so I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks here to Marty, Bernie, Ben, Jim, Chef Vinnie, and all of the members of the New Jersey Hirailers for their warm welcome and great hospitality. No group that I know of contributes a more positive and fun event for the model railroading community than these folks.

Many thanks to Marty, Bernie, Ben, Vinne and all the rest of the NJ HiRailers for another spectacular event.
I missed the last two events and was amazed at the changes and progress made to the layout. I couldn't believe 6 hours could go by so fast.
A finer club you will not find anywhere. These folks are gracious hosts.
And a nice tribute by Ben for Owen followed by a moment of silence.
It was nice to catch up with some folks that I haven't seen in quite some time.
Even got to spend a few minutes talking with Mike Wolf - a fine gentleman.
And speaking of gentleman, Ed Boyle was also in attendance.
That barely left enough time to actually see the layout. There are some fine folks representing this hobby that we all love.
Thank you again for a very nice afternoon of friendship and trains.
All the best
Bill

It was great seeing so many of my friends today, and meeting a few new ones. Easily the best train day of the year!

Hello all,

Kathy and I had a great time, once again! Thanks to everyone at the club, the food was excellent, Kathy seemed to think, the best ever that she had at the club, right up to the white cake with Owen's image and a WP F-unit!

What a great time for all of us OGR members!!!

See everyone at Spring Thaw.

SAM

thanks NJ Hirailers, could not believe all of the changes. Had a great time seeing everyone, the food, vinnie and crew did a great job.

I too would like to thank Ben for the invite, and a great day. Thank You Merrell for getting me on the track with the Alaska set. It never looked so good! Food was great thanks Vinnie. What is the date for Trainstock 5?
Next stop Allentown. See you there.
Brad

Let me add my thanks to the guys and gals from NJHR. Another first rate job.

Thanks to the NJ HiRailers. WOW what a change since I was there two years ago. Magnificent layout. Great hospitality and food. Really much more crowded than I remember in the past. Great conversations. Thanks again.
Larry S

What a wonderful day. Thanks to all the NJ HiRailers. You guys are awesome and what a wonderful tribute to Owen.

Thanks for coming everybody I really enjoyed myself and hope you did too. We toasted my friend Owen and really missed him today.

Ben, your heart felt tribute to Owen echoed the way all of us thought and felt about him. Very moving.

Ann and I had a great time, thanks to all of NJHighrailers. We had to make a quick exit to head south for a visit with our grand daughter.

See you at Hamfam

Thanks to the NJHighrailers for a great time. It was nice to at least see, if not meet and talk with so many OGR forum members. This was my first East Coast train event and I felt right at home.

The layout(s) were amazing and the food outstanding. Thanks again.

Paul---I hope everything goes well with your father-in-law.

Thanks again to all the NJ Hi-Railers for another great event! I truly had a great time talking with everyone! I hope to see everyone at Spring Thaw and/or York!

Best regards,

Greg

The Lehigh Valley HiRailers want to say "Thank you!" to the NJ Hi-Railers for hosting this event again. We had a wonderful time. We enjoyed the hospitality, Vinny's great food, the conversations, and of course, the trains. You have made a great deal of progress since last year.

The tribute to Owen was especially moving. Well done.

We hope to see all of you in Allentown at the Spring Thaw meet.

Chris
LVHR

Bernie and Marty thanks for your hospitality.
Ben, Vinny, Jim and all the NJ Hirailers, along with their wives / girlfriends that put in so many hours to make this happen
It was great seeing old friends and meeting new ones.
Ted, thanks for bringing along Dick Maddox it was a real treat to talk with him again.

Thank you NJ Highrailers for hosting another magnificent Trainstock event and for your gracious hospitality. It is truly appreciated!! Lynley and I really enjoyed ourselves and spent most of the 3 hour ride home talking about the new layout additions and seeing all our friends there, and of course Vinny's marvelous culinary delights.

Hope to see you all at Allentown and/or York!

Ben, Bernie, and Marty,
Thanks for the hospitality. The food was excellent as usual. The layout looks fantastic - can't believe all the changes since my last visit.
Phil

I would also like to thank you guys for the great time my family and I had. Each year it gets better and better!

A big thanks to the NJHR for another great Trainstock, the 5 of us from Mass. & Ct. had a great time & will be looking forward to next year!

Thank you Ben, Jim, Joe, Vinnie, et al. As always, Trainstock is THE BEST SINGLE DAY in model railroading.

Sue and I had a great time and it was wonderful to see friends who I just don't see that often.

Regards,
Gerry

My heart was there with you guys but I had to work so I could not make it. I'm very happy to read that all had such a great time, but I'm sorry I was not with you.

Oh well, there's always next time.

A very special thank you to everyone at NJHR for hosting the open house yesterday. As all before , 2012's event was better than the year before. You folks have been very busy in the past year, improving on a layout I though could not get any better.
Good folks, good food, good stories, and trains. It doesn't get any better than that!

My thanks to the whole NJHR gang for a great day. It was great seeing everyone and all the changes made to the layout since last time.

Jim