There were a number of threads asking about Trainstock at the NJ HiRailers this year but this is the official announcement Trainstock 13 WILL BE held on Saturday January 15 2022
For those that dont know what Trainstock is I will explain We at the club started this 14 years ago. What it is is a forum party Everybody from the forum and their friends and family are invited to come see the Nj HiRailers layout in Paterson NJ We have a party We feed you We quench your thirst and we let any attendee run their trains on our layout Our own Chef Vinny goes all out in the food department He gives you appetizers, hot food, and desserts. We give you water, soda, beer and wine. We do charge $7.00 just to offset some of the cost of the food. Trust me you really get your monies worth in that department Some people come just to taste Vinnys Eggplant Parmigiana. I will post the menu when Vinny finalizes it.
The address of the club is
185 Sixth Ave
Paterson NJ 07524
We have raffles and giveaways of some nice items
As we all know we lost one of our friends and Nj HiRail member Marty Fitzhenry two years ago. Marty was at 10 of our previous 12 Trainstocks and it was that attendance that led him to join our club This past year our club dismantled Martys layout and brought most of it back to Paterson We are in the process of framing Martys wall of fame where many people signed their names when visiting his layout. We will be displaying a number of his unique items. We are placing a number of items on the layout but found that a number of items just dont fit so we are doing something a little different this year First we will be giving anybody that attends a small piece of Martys layout For other trains clubs that contact us we have a number of small items that we will donate to them in remembrance of Marty for their own little Memorial And at Trainstock we will be raffling off some of Marty's items that are pretty nice
The Raffle will be
First Prize Marty Fitzhenrys Roundhouse and Turntable The six stall roundhouse and turntable can be seen in the picture Of course the Trains are not included
Second Prize Marty Fitzhenry's Two Stall MTH Engine house that can be seen in the following picture
Third Prize One of our Special run Atlas 40 foot Bohack Beer Reefers
There will also be a number of giveaways.
We will also have our new calendar and the Trainstock hats available ( Very limited numbers of both )
If you do a search on the forum for Trainstock you can see a number of pics and videos of past parties We had some interesting guests over the years
One thing I ask is if you are attending just give us an idea of the number in your party in this thread This helps us plan for the food.
Thank you everyone and I hope to see you in January
I would suggest using these directions if coming as Waze and other cyber directions take you through Downtown Paterson which is not the garden spot of the garden state. These are more user friendly
Directions
From Points South 1- Take the Garden State Pkwy to exit 156. Merge onto route 20 north. Stay on rte 20 and left exit at 5th avenue. Make a left on fifth. Go over the railroad tracks and make the first left onto River street. Make a right on 6th avenue and we are in the big white building . 2- Take the NJ Tpke to exit 16W route 3 West. Take route 3 about 2 miles and take Route 21 north. Route 21 north becomes route 20.Stay on rte 20 and left exit at 5th avenue. Make a left on fifth. Go over the railroad tracks and make the first left onto river street. Make a right on 6th avenue and we are in the big white building. From Points North Take the Garden State Pkwy south and exit at Route 80 west. Exit route 80 at exit 60 onto route 20 North. Stay on rte 20 and left exit at 5th avenue. Make a left on fifth. Go over the railroad tracks and make the first left onto river street. Make a right on 6th avenue and we are in the big white building. From Point West Take route 80 east to exit 60 route 20 north. Stay on rte 20 and left exit at 5th avenue. Make a left on fifth. Go over the railroad tracks and make the first left onto river street. Make a right on 6th avenue and we are i n the big white building. From Points East Take the George Washington bridge. Merge onto route 80 west. Exit at exit 60 which is route 20 north. Stay on rte 20 and left exit at 5th avenue. Make a left on fifth. Go over the railroad tracks and make the first left onto river street. Make a right on 6th avenue and we are in the big white building. |
